On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 17:07:13 +0000, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 29 Nov 2015 at 04:27:59 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:18:16AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > On 2015-11-28 21:16:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10:01PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > > > > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 18:29:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 06:40:00PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > > > > > > "startx -- vt7" won't work (tested). X only runs on the
> > > > > > > virtual console it was started from.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Works for me. That is alt-f7 from one of the ttys takes to me to X .
> > > > >
> > > > > I might not have been very clear. It is on the testing distribution
> > > > > that
> > > > > "startx -- vt7" doesn't work. It gives a fatal server error.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, really? :( Is that a bug or intended behaviour?
> > >
> > > I don't think that this is a bug. The reason has already been given:
> > > X needs root rights to access a different VT. But now X is no longer
> > > SUID root...
> >
> > So instead of 'fatal server error.' it should be 'permission denied' in
> > that case?
>
> >From vt2:
>
> startx -- -vt3
^
Obviously not.
>
> The screen shows
>
> (EE)
> Fatal server error:
> (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 3 (permission denied)
Additionally:
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
