Bug#801605:
Workaround: get root cd /usr/lib/xorg chmod u+s Xorg chmod g+s Xorg
Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:59:27 -0400 James Richardson wrote: > I resolved this on my workstation by installing xserver-xorg-legacy > and adding the line > > needs_root_rights=yes > > to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config Just to confirm -- this solves it for me as well. Thanks!
Bug#801487: introducing xserver-xorg-legacy without telling anybody?
On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 05:34:19 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > On 10/13/15 22:22, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 19:03:23 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > > >> [ 7573.945] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: The name > >> org.freedesktop.login1 was not provided by any .service files > > > > I suspect that explains your issue. You need logind for X to work as > > non-root. > > > > Cheers, Julien > > > > Since when? > Ever since X has been able to work as non-root, i.e. when logind support was added... Julien signature.asc Description: PGP signature
xorg-server: Changes to 'debian-unstable'
debian/changelog |1 + debian/xserver-xorg-core.NEWS |2 ++ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) New commits: commit 3684e6d4677939ff12ed246c565ce0fecb8b1455 Author: Andreas Boll Date: Sat Oct 17 11:37:09 2015 +0200 Document new location for non-root Xorg log in the NEWS file. diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 4d19572..214df08 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ xorg-server (2:1.17.2-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium [ Andreas Boll ] * Use the correct repository for the Vcs-Git field (Closes: #801340). Thanks, Vagrant Cascadian. + * Document new location for non-root Xorg log in the NEWS file. [ Julien Cristau ] * Add NEWS file for xserver-xorg-core with info about the -legacy split. diff --git a/debian/xserver-xorg-core.NEWS b/debian/xserver-xorg-core.NEWS index 2080e43..9662e43 100644 --- a/debian/xserver-xorg-core.NEWS +++ b/debian/xserver-xorg-core.NEWS @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ xorg-server (2:1.17.2-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium * it relies on a kernel video driver (so the userspace component doesn't touch the hardware directly) * it needs X to run on the virtual console (VT) it was started from + * it changes the location for storing the Xorg log from /var/log/ to +~/.local/share/xorg/ On systems where those are not available, the new xserver-xorg-legacy package is needed to allow X to run with elevated privileges. See the
