Julien Cristau writes: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:59:27 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > >> Package: xserver-xorg >> Version: 1:7.7+12 >> Followup-For: Bug #801401 >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> I resolved this on my workstation by installing xserver-xorg-legacy >> and adding the line >> >> needs_root_rights=yes >> >> to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config >> >> >> In case it matters: my init system is runit, I run fluxbox via startx. > > It does. X won't work as non-root without logind: > >> [ 172.319] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: The name >> org.freedesktop.login1 was not provided by any .service files
I don't have systemd-logind installed, so obviously it will not get a systemd session, nor do I need such a thing. Other than that it works.