On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 20:15 +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> PS: I just noticed that /usr/bin/X isn't an update-alternatives link
> to /usr/bin/Xorg, as I had previously assumed. It turns out that
>
> $ xinit -- /usr/bin/X
>
> works, but
>
> $ xinit -- /usr/bin/Xorg
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot move old log file ("/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to
> "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old"
>
> I presume this is because /usr/bin/Xorg is also not setuid.
Right. /usr/bin/X (aka the Xwrapper) uses the /etc/X11/X symlink.
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