Package: compiz-core Version: 0.7.6-7 Severity: important
compiz fails to start because it cannot read /var/log/Xorg.0.log. $compiz --replace & Checking for Xgl: not present. egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Permission denied No whitelisted driver found aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity For increased security I'm running with umask 077, which means /var/log/Xorg.0.log is not read writable by normal users. $ ls -l Xorg.0.log -rw------- 1 root root 27106 Jan 30 22:42 Xorg.0.log The script /usr/bin/compiz assumes /var/log/Xorg.0.log to be readable by normal users in the function running_under_whitelisted_driver() on line 247. Changing the permissions for Xorg.0.log fixes the problem. To avoid having to do this every time I startx, I added a "return 0" at line 260 to skip this check. This is only a bodge. Presumably another method should be used to acquire the driver name to check for whitelisting. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to POSIX) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages compiz-core depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 7.0.3-7 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library ii libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 library for program launch feedbac ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.0-3 X11 Composite extension library ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.1-4 X11 damaged region extension libra ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-5 GNOME XML library ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.3-1 X11 RandR extension library ii libxslt1.1 1.1.24-2 XSLT processing library - runtime ii mesa-utils 7.0.3-7 Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities Versions of packages compiz-core recommends: ii compiz-plugins 0.7.6-7 OpenGL window and compositing mana Versions of packages compiz-core suggests: pn nvidia-glx <none> (no description available) -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
