Here's the patch I used to get it working again.
diff -u -p
/home/gno/.emacs.backup/\!home\!gno\!xorg-7.3\+10\!debian\!local\!xserver-wrapper.c\~
/home/gno/xorg-7.3\+10/debian/local/xserver-wrapper.c
---
/home/gno/.emacs.backup/!home!gno!xorg-7.3+10!debian!local!xserver-wrapper.c~
2007-12-03 20:52:57.000000000 -0800
+++ /home/gno/xorg-7.3+10/debian/local/xserver-wrapper.c
2008-03-14 23:23:10.000000000 -0700
@@ -324,10 +324,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-config") || !strcmp(argv[i], "-xf86config")) {
- if (setuid(getuid())) {
- perror("X unable to drop setuid privileges for alternate config");
- exit(1);
- }
+ if (i+1 > argc
+ || strstr(argv[i+1],"Xwrapper.config")
+ || strstr(argv[i+1],"..")) {
+ if (setuid(getuid())) {
+ perror("X unable to drop setuid privileges for alternate config");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
} else if (strlen(argv[i]) > 256) {
if (setuid(getuid())) {
perror("X unable to drop setuid privileges for suspiciously long "
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