Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-17 Thread Bill Brelsford
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#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-13 Thread James Richardson
Julien Cristau writes: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:59:27 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > >> Package: xserver-xorg >> Version: 1:7.7+12 >> Followup-For: Bug #801401 >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> I resolved this on my workstation by installing xserver-xorg-legacy >> and adding the line >> >> ne

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-13 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:59:27 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg > Version: 1:7.7+12 > Followup-For: Bug #801401 > > Dear Maintainer, > > I resolved this on my workstation by installing xserver-xorg-legacy > and adding the line > > needs_root_rights=yes > > to /etc/X11/X

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-13 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 19:08:03 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 15:48:09 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > > >> I just hit this bug as well. > >> > >> I have a bash script that sets the WM I choose (from when I was tr

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 15:48:09 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> I just hit this bug as well. >> >> I have a bash script that sets the WM I choose (from when I was trying >> different ones - now I always choose "awesome"), and then does "ex

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-12 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 15:48:09 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > I just hit this bug as well. > > I have a bash script that sets the WM I choose (from when I was trying > different ones - now I always choose "awesome"), and then does "exec > xinit". Ultimately xinitrc is running the command "awesom

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-12 Thread James Richardson
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.7+12 Followup-For: Bug #801401 Dear Maintainer, I resolved this on my workstation by installing xserver-xorg-legacy and adding the line needs_root_rights=yes to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config In case it matters: my init system is runit, I run fluxbox via startx.

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-12 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Julien Cristau wrote: >> How exactly are you starting X? 'startx' is supposed to do the right >> thing. > > I typically start with either startx or a script that does "xinit > ~/some-local-xinitrc", and

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-12 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Julien Cristau wrote: > How exactly are you starting X? 'startx' is supposed to do the right > thing. I typically start with either startx or a script that does "xinit ~/some-local-xinitrc", and neither works. However, I was affected by the 227-1 systemd service

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-11 Thread Kelly Clowers
So, whatever TTY you are logged in on gets 600 perms, while the others get 620 (write on group). If I manually change that TTY from 600 to 620, that clears out the (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/ttyX error But it doesn't let it run (from xinit or startx). However it does run from root. Cr

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-11 Thread Bill Brelsford
I have the same problem, since upgrading from 1:7.7+9 to 1:7.7+12. I also start X through a script that does "exec xinit". Bill

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-11 Thread Kelly Clowers
I just hit this bug as well. I have a bash script that sets the WM I choose (from when I was trying different ones - now I always choose "awesome"), and then does "exec xinit". Ultimately xinitrc is running the command "awesome" which starts Awesome WM. No idea what Awesome does internally, but it

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-11 Thread Julien Cristau
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 18:26:01 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg > Version: 1:7.7+12 > Severity: important > > I normally boot to console and then manually launch X if/when I need it. > With the latest update to Xorg, trying to start X fails with the error > > (EE) xf86Op

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-09 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.7+12 Followup-For: Bug #801401 Additional information: I've added my user to the `tty` group, and while Xorg still fails to start, the error is now different: (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 5 (Permission denied) where VC5 is the next free on

Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line

2015-10-09 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.7+12 Severity: important I normally boot to console and then manually launch X if/when I need it. With the latest update to Xorg, trying to start X fails with the error (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) Interestingly, the