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  • Bug#856351: parse_vt_settings: Permission denied

    From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rgen?= Grahn@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 14:50:02 2017
    XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

    I got bitten by #856351 after upgrading to Debian 9 yesterday. I want
    to be able to boot up, log in without any fancy login manager (not to
    mention Desktop Environments), and then run 'startx' and go X11. I
    need to do this repeatedly, on different virtual consoles -- so I can
    have simultaneous graphical logins. Or rather, so I can have a login
    and my Mom can have another one.

    Anyway, what worked for me was to add

    needs_root_rights=yes

    to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config, as described in the corresponding man
    page. I haven't checked why this is needed, with my particular
    hardware. (And I haven't verified that it fits my two-user scenario
    above; it would be sad and a serious regression if it didn't.)

    /Jörgen

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rgen?= Grahn@21:1/5 to grahn@snipabacken.se on Wed Jul 26 14:30:01 2017
    XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

    On Mon Jul 3 13:38:41 2017, grahn@snipabacken.se wrote:
    I got bitten by #856351 after upgrading to Debian 9 yesterday. I want
    to be able to boot up, log in without any fancy login manager (not to
    mention Desktop Environments), and then run 'startx' and go X11. I
    need to do this repeatedly, on different virtual consoles -- so I can
    have simultaneous graphical logins. Or rather, so I can have a login
    and my Mom can have another one.

    Anyway, what worked for me was to add

    needs_root_rights=yes

    to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config, as described in the corresponding man
    page. I haven't checked why this is needed, with my particular
    hardware. (And I haven't verified that it fits my two-user scenario
    above; it would be sad and a serious regression if it didn't.)

    On the other hand, a second clean install of Debian 9 on identical
    hardware did /not/ need /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config modification.

    Group membership? Some extra package installed? I didn't have time
    to investigate, and I don't easily have access to that second
    installation.

    /Jörgen

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