On Mon Jul 3 13:38:41 2017, gr...@snipabacken.se wrote: > I got bitten by #856351 after upgrading to Debian 9 yesterday. I want > to be able to boot up, log in without any fancy login manager (not to > mention Desktop Environments), and then run 'startx' and go X11. I > need to do this repeatedly, on different virtual consoles -- so I can > have simultaneous graphical logins. Or rather, so I can have a login > and my Mom can have another one. > > Anyway, what worked for me was to add > > needs_root_rights=yes > > to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config, as described in the corresponding man > page. I haven't checked why this is needed, with my particular > hardware. (And I haven't verified that it fits my two-user scenario > above; it would be sad and a serious regression if it didn't.)
On the other hand, a second clean install of Debian 9 on identical hardware did /not/ need /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config modification. Group membership? Some extra package installed? I didn't have time to investigate, and I don't easily have access to that second installation. /Jörgen
