* Felix Miata <[email protected]> [07-07-13 21:56]:
> First obstacle (overcome via 'chmod 777 /var/log'): no write permission for
> normal users to /var/log makes writing /var/log/Xorg.1.log fail.
> 
> Why did this happen?
> 
> Is it expected behavior?
> 
> Second obstacle: $SUBJECT. Root can do it, but ordinary user cannot.
> 12.3 log: 
> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/xorg.1.log-gx150-os123-asuserfails
> 13.1 log: 
> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/xorg.1.log-big41-os131-asuserfails
> 
> /etc/permissions.local has
> 
>       /usr/bin/Xorg root:root 4711
> 
> uncommented.
> 
> /dev/tty0 is crw--w----. That doesn't seem right, but it's same as in 11.4,
> where this failure does not occur.
> 
> So what needs fixing to enable second user, while first user has logged in
> via gdm/kdm/xdm, to login on tty[1-6], then open an X session as in the
> past, like still works in Mageia 3 and Fedora 19?


setuid /usr/bin/Xorg

This has been a problem for several versions.  I do not know why, but...
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