Bug#808794: VESA video driver fails when Xorg is executing as non-root

2016-05-01 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 01:38:31 -0700, Sunny Sachanandani wrote: > I also faced this problem after installing GNOME on Debian stretch running > on Virtualbox which uses the vesa driver unless you install the guest > additions. I came across this page describing how rootless X11 is supposed > to w

Bug#808794: VESA video driver fails when Xorg is executing as non-root

2016-05-01 Thread Sunny Sachanandani
I also faced this problem after installing GNOME on Debian stretch running on Virtualbox which uses the vesa driver unless you install the guest additions. I came across this page describing how rootless X11 is supposed to work: http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/14268.html Here's the important bi

Bug#808794: VESA video driver fails when Xorg is executing as non-root

2015-12-22 Thread Patrik Hägglund
Package: xserver-xorg-video-vesa Version: 1:2.3.3-1+b4 Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.17.2-3 I'm unsure to which package this bug report belongs. When I execute 'startx', the X11 startup fails. In Xorg.0.log (in my home directory), I see: [ 132.177] xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set I