On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 10:36:07AM +0000, John Frankish wrote: > > > How would I go about using strace to check where the xorg-server is > > looking for 10-evdev.conf? > > > > > > Using "strace -o log_file Xorg -nolisten tcp &", Xorg beings to start up, but > then stops with the error: > > ... > xf86OpenConsole cannot open virtual console2 (permission denied) > > Examining the log file up to that point shows that "10-evdev.conf" is found > and parsed and libudev is found. > > Is there a way to use strace on Xorg without resorting to running it as root? > > Thanks > John
I'm not aware of any. But if it found 10-evdev.conf, and that matches your working 32-bit version, then I've no idea why evdev isn't working for you. Not sure if either of the following links have any relevance - http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-963468-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html?sid=188698f49e2764a07d079e038b9acb2e or http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2011-June/053035.html Failing that, maybe there is something in the arch wiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg Sorry I've no more ideas. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
