On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 01:22:06 +0100, Arno Schuring wrote: > Package: x11-common > Version: 1:7.5+8 > Severity: minor > > It appears to be no longer possible to start X as non-root user, regardless > of the x11-common configuration. I don't use this too often, so I can't say > exactly when it broke. I do remember that this worked fine before Squeeze was > released though. > > aschuring@neminis:~$ startx > [...] > Fatal server error: > Cannot move old log file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old" > aschuring@neminis:~$ startx -- -logfile /tmp/Xorg.log > [...] > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
the -logfile option makes X drop privileges. > aschuring@neminis:~$ ls -l /dev/tty0 > crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Mar 17 12:30 /dev/tty0 > > > If I remember correctly, I first noticed this after I removed xserver-xorg, > however reinstalling xserver-xorg does not fix the issue. I may have simply > overplayed my hand by pruning too much of the Xorg stack, if so, I'd like some > pointers on how to restore previous behaviour. Simply setuid'ing the X binary > does not have the desired effect :) > Please provide the output of - ls -l /usr/bin/X* /etc/X11/X /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config - cat /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110318095346.gk12...@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr
