On 11/30/2013 02:44 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 30.11.2013 20:34, Dan McGhee wrote: >> On 11/30/2013 12:23 PM, Armin K. wrote: >>> XServer executable *needs* to be setuid root (It's important that's also >>> owned by root:root). >> I discovered that quite by accident when I ran <chown root:root >> /usr/bin/Xorg>. I had thought previously that Xorg needed to be only >> suid. I learned something. >> >> Now "X" starts as root, but not as me. I get: >> >>> Fatal server error: >>> [ 700.680] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 7 >>> (Permission denied) > All what you mentioned should be fixed when you run chown root:root > /usr/bin/Xorg and chmod 4755 /usr/bin/Xorg. Please note that if you run > chown on a setuid executable, it loses its setuid bit, so it might be > necessarry to set it again. Oh, Armin, I had completely forgotten about that! Xorg thanks you. root thanks you. And I thank you. I can't believe how much I have forgotten in three years. Everything works well now--even the red, green and blue turning gears. :)
Now I'm ready to tackle the radeon proprietary driver. Thanks again. Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
