On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 12:18, edes <e...@gmx.net> wrote: > Fatal server error: > (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 7 (Permission denied) > > I don't know if this is relevant, but under /dev I see: > > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 0 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty0 > crw------- 1 edes tty 4, 1 oct 27 07:57 /dev/tty1 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 2 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty2 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 3 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty3 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 4 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty4 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 5 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty5 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 6 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty6 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 7 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty7 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty8 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty9 > > I would appreciate any help, since I'm completely ignorant of all things > related to authentication, pam, and the rest, which I suspect might > have something to do with this (or perhaps not?).
If you've migrated to elogind, you have probably moved away from a setuid xorg-server. I'd start loooking here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Non_root_Xorg Regards, Arve
