I can confirm that my system was missing "root:x:0:" from /etc/group, and adding it fixed this bug on my Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 system.
-- /etc/init.d/x11-common's chmod 1777 fails to clear setuid and setgid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/623294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp