Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-20 Thread Brian
On Mon 19 Jun 2017 at 14:43:08 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Greg Wooledge composed on 2017-06-19 11:05 (UTC-0400): > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:00:32AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > . > >> I have a dozen machines with Stretch installed, most with Jessie and/or > >> Sid as > >> well. Only

Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-19 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Wooledge composed on 2017-06-19 11:05 (UTC-0400): > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:00:32AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: . >> I have a dozen machines with Stretch installed, most with Jessie and/or Sid >> as >> well. Only Stretch on host big41 produces the subject problem. . > According to a

Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 19 Jun 2017, Brian wrote: > The same experience as yours on tty1 to tty6. Except a couple of days > ago when I used nouveau.modeset=0 on GRUB's linux line and got what is > in the subject header. Kernel modeset must be enabled non-root X to work, as you found out... -- Henrique

Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:00:32AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > I have a dozen machines with Stretch installed, most with Jessie and/or Sid as > well. Only Stretch on host big41 produces the subject problem. According to a previous message in this thread, it could be triggered by a specific kernel

Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-19 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Wooledge composed on 2017-06-19 09:29 (UTC-0400): . > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 05:53:43PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: . >> When I try as ordinary user (on host big41), I get the subject message. >> Anyone >> know how to get startx to work in Stretch, either on :0, :1 or :2, with or >> without a

Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-19 Thread Brian
On Mon 19 Jun 2017 at 09:29:40 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 05:53:43PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > When I try as ordinary user (on host big41), I get the subject message. > > Anyone > > know how to get startx to work in Stretch, either on :0, :1 or :2, with or > >

Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 05:53:43PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > When I try as ordinary user (on host big41), I get the subject message. Anyone > know how to get startx to work in Stretch, either on :0, :1 or :2, with or > without a greeter running (multi-user.targer vs. graphical.target)? I've

[Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

2017-06-18 Thread Felix Miata
>From the release notes: 2.2.10. The Xorg server no longer requires root In the stretch version of Xorg, it is possible to run the Xorg server as a regular user rather than as root. This reduces the risk of privilege escalation via bugs in the X server. However, it has some