Walter Dnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I ran an update on my netbook today, and couldn't fire up X. I
> checked out Google on my desktop, and found the website
> http://en.spontex.org/forum/thread/561/1/ which described the exact
> problem, and more importantly, the solution.
>
> * Up til now X has been installed suid by default. This is what allows
> regular users to start X with startx <G>.
>
> * According to /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/ChangeLog USE="suid"
> has been enabled as of December 20, 2012. If you do not enable it,
> you will not be able to run startx as a regular user. xdm and other
> X login managers will still work.
My suid is automatically set and cannot be change, so I am not sure what
you are seeing.
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