On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 08:15:43PM +0100, Stefan Hagen wrote:
> Start X via xenodm and not via startx. Then it runs through
> /etc/X11/xenodm/GiveConsole, which contains:
>
> if [ -c /dev/dri/card0 ]; then
> chown $USER /dev/dri/card0
> fi
>
> Alternatively add the chown command above to your .xinitrc
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WHAT!?
/dev/dri/card0 will be automatically chown'ed to the user logged in on ttyC0
unless you've changed /etc/fbtab from the default.
Additionally, /etc/X11/xinit is run as the calling user, not as root. So how
on earth would the chown command succeed, called from xinit?
