Have you tried the alternative method described here:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Non_root_Xorg
Nope. It seems that the method I mentioned was somehow the first method
described in the Wiki.
I am wondering what are the differences between the two? Which one is
better?
The alternative
On 2018-11-09 10:49, gevisz wrote:
> пт, 9 нояб. 2018 г. в 2:20, Hervé Guillemet :
>>
>> Le 07/11/2018 à 04:59, YUE Daian a écrit :
>>
>> >
>> > I got "setblabla error: cannot open /dev/tty0 (permission denied)".
>> >
>> > A possible solution without changing anything unnecessary is to run
>> >
пт, 9 нояб. 2018 г. в 2:20, Hervé Guillemet :
>
> Le 07/11/2018 à 04:59, YUE Daian a écrit :
>
> >
> > I got "setblabla error: cannot open /dev/tty0 (permission denied)".
> >
> > A possible solution without changing anything unnecessary is to run
> > startx as "startx -- vt1".
> >
> > No need to
Le 07/11/2018 à 04:59, YUE Daian a écrit :
I got "setblabla error: cannot open /dev/tty0 (permission denied)".
A possible solution without changing anything unnecessary is to run
startx as "startx -- vt1".
No need to change permission/ownership of anything.
It is just required that the user
чт, 8 нояб. 2018 г. в 22:47, gevisz :
>
> сб, 3 нояб. 2018 г. в 16:02, Alan Mackenzie :
> >
> > The matter was fairly intensively discussed in bug #669648
> > in Gentoo's bugzilla.
>
> Can you give a link, please.
Found it myself: https://bugs.gentoo.org/669648
See also:
сб, 3 нояб. 2018 г. в 16:02, Alan Mackenzie :
>
> If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
> now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package.
I was hit today by this after updating my system.
Thanks to God, I have noticed the use flag change in
On 2018-11-03 14:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Gentoo.
>
> HEADS UP!!!
>
> If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
> now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package.
>
> This flag causes the binary to be installed with the setuid file
On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 05:06:13 +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
> > > Is it safe to run X.org suid set?
> >
> > Why take a chance when it is unnecessary?
> ...not answering my question, sorry.
It's not, it's saying that if you are concerned about using suid (and you
should always think about that)
On 11/04 07:18, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 19:33:18 +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
>
> > Is it safe to run X.org suid set?
>
> Why take a chance when it is unnecessary?
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great
> ordeal
On 11/04/18 10:33, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On 11/03 11:20, Daniel Frey wrote:
>> On 11/03/18 07:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>>> Hello, Gentoo.
>>>
>>> HEADS UP!!!
>>>
>>> If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
>>> now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag
On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 19:33:18 +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
> Is it safe to run X.org suid set?
Why take a chance when it is unnecessary?
--
Neil Bothwick
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great
ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Sir Winston Churchill
Hi,
On sam. 3 nov. 23:17:24 2018, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 14:01:51 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
> > So - if you get a permissions error whilst trying to start X, setting
> > the suid USE flag may well be the solution.
>
> Alternatively, create /etc/X11/X11/Xwrapper.config
On 11/03 11:20, Daniel Frey wrote:
> On 11/03/18 07:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Hello, Gentoo.
> >
> > HEADS UP!!!
> >
> > If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
> > now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package.
> >
> > This flag
On 11/03/18 07:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Gentoo.
>
> HEADS UP!!!
>
> If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
> now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package.
>
> This flag causes the binary to be installed with the setuid file
On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 14:01:51 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> So - if you get a permissions error whilst trying to start X, setting
> the suid USE flag may well be the solution.
Alternatively, create /etc/X11/X11/Xwrapper.config containing:
allowed_users = anybody
needs_root_rights = yes
--
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 10:01 AM Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
>
> If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
> now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package.
>
Sometimes. I thought this was only required if you're not using KMS.
Is this not the case?
Hello, Gentoo.
HEADS UP!!!
If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you
now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package.
This flag causes the binary to be installed with the setuid file flag,
which causes it to run as root.
The developers, in
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