Bug#889720: xauth crashes when directory name matches host name

2018-02-06 Thread John Williams
Package: xauth Version: 1:1.0.10-1 Architecture: arm64 Running 'startx' on a machine named 'myhost' (aarch64), with a sub-directory named 'myhost' in my home directory: X starts very slowly, and I see the message: xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/john/.Xauthority Here's

Bug#888849: Running X clobbers /dev/tty1 owner

2018-01-30 Thread John Williams
Package: xorg Version: 1:7.7+19 On 'buster', I log into the console and then manually run 'startx' from the command line. After X has terminated, the ownership of /dev/tty1 has changed from myself to root, thereby preventing subsequent programs from accessing it. I'm running on an aarch64 machin