Bug#861683: Install xserver-xorg-legacy by default for stretch

2017-05-10 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 01:40:42PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 10.05.2017 um 07:32 schrieb Moritz Muehlenhoff: > > On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 07:39:37PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Same is true for users of startx. They need the suid wrapper provided by > >> xserver-xorg-legacy in such a

Bug#861683: Install xserver-xorg-legacy by default for stretch

2017-05-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 10.05.2017 um 07:32 schrieb Moritz Muehlenhoff: > On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 07:39:37PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Same is true for users of startx. They need the suid wrapper provided by >> xserver-xorg-legacy in such a case. such a case == a non-KMS driver being in use. > That's not true.

Bug#861683: Install xserver-xorg-legacy by default for stretch

2017-05-09 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 07:39:37PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Same is true for users of startx. They need the suid wrapper provided by > xserver-xorg-legacy in such a case. That's not true. I use the text mode console nearly all the time and only start X as needed via startx, that works fine

Bug#861683: Install xserver-xorg-legacy by default for stretch

2017-05-02 Thread Michael Biebl
Source: xorg Version: 1:7.7+18 Severity: serious With virtualbox-dkms gone for stretch, trying to install GNOME inside Virtualbox will lead to gdm failing to start, as it tries to run Xorg as unprivileged user. This requires a KMS compatible driver though. Same is true for users of startx. They