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Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:40:45 -0500 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Alex Vestgaard Subject: Re: bug#25865: xinit does not allow non-root startx References: X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 17 =?utf-8?Q?Vent=C3=B4se?= an 225 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:40:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Alex Vestgaard's message of "Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:27:15 -0500") Message-ID: <87o9xcrcit.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 25865 Cc: 25865@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hello, Alex Vestgaard skribis: > xinit suffers from an upstream bug, which does not allow non-root X to be= run without a display manager via startx or xinitrc. Several people have r= eported this on #guix. > > Currently if one runs startx as non-root, X reports: > (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied) > > This bug is further discussed in [1]. Redhat seems to have a patch [2], b= ut it is unclear to me whether this has been applied upstream. > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xinit/+bug/1562219 > [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1203780 Did you have a change to try Red Hat=E2=80=99s patch? It could be a good starting point. Thanks for your report, Ludo=E2=80=99. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Aug 11 06:10:11 2023 Received: (at 25865-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Aug 2023 10:10:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44964 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qUP5u-0007co-TX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2023 06:10:11 -0400 Received: from mail.envs.net ([5.199.136.28]:59798) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qUP5t-0007cg-55 for 25865-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2023 06:10:10 -0400 Received: from localhost (mail.envs.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.envs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8A938A0025; Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:10:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=envs.net; s=modoboa; t=1691748608; bh=WTXk6P/NS+fj0tbpet+bcftRG/uAVRwvk1Y1g1CHbgI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=aWToG/H4LI1Ia3pbKZyZyz64G6hC04SHZkTtxP2SLsm+0xYK5dZUP33yFqja3fudA JmwX9mtV6wo5BpGBhaN2L/xl1kKTsDR0nZX6hlFqKz7Z/utCmwxfSmWoe9HFQ8qWGw j1A21XzS0pKcDZdaeyEaBosuppx5SUrGP1iA8SCbC2F6Z3n2PvsqTMfT5pkk/VXZQ0 gV8EDVrkzX5up64DAewMKblrDkzIRmMKPV/aUv7TWgtZOZWoGMTO6edW9y+hyZrFcp PIp8OJ9BVbkLjqScZ8DVHGpAp0S0ykhKzjMzGAU0AlHLgfXRounfTEz8j92jNE/RAw AG/OLylYsDaSbMJilVRpd0kXLgjJ7LmBkcRrJO8yEkMkxR/kVqZ5goevV0TbsZah1h T6Xs76jQ0Dropq26+MHxwqh2qT6js52+6qZa5Rs+zU2AVsTY8nBygDWIrRmXZr825H lfJWuDaxZCaU9fDl1M9hR0xNCJlj60Gkxr2CTxU7jhobtXvdgVtjG60KPg/pwwuSao +KDcShIWYI3VRctCNhidPr/ichObFjAzDGGpLcmw2ZdXp5QGak0WfE6TSGJSBZRZ1t lZ7eizNlbCiRbTITIdrY51wwmvUiZvjbe2cP7X9fsKbXHYMKVuglD8mDXIt2uJ3f2b nxCVPAGBuAnkoglzVYlAdd1I= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.envs.net Received: from mail.envs.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.envs.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id PTCDSZt2WEXZ; Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [36.170.59.125]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.envs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:10:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [local]) by localhost (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id fdc1afe1; Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:10:13 +0000 (UTC) From: =?utf-8?B?5a6L5paH5q2m?= To: Alex Vestgaard Subject: Re: bug#25865: xinit does not allow non-root startx References: Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:10:13 +0800 In-Reply-To: (Alex Vestgaard's message of "Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:27:15 -0500") Message-ID: <87zg2xc2ka.fsf@envs.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 25865-done Cc: 25865-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Alex Vestgaard writes: > Hi, > > xinit suffers from an upstream bug, which does not allow non-root X to be run without a display manager via startx or xinitrc. Several > people have reported this on #guix. > > Currently if one runs startx as non-root, X reports: > (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied) > > This bug is further discussed in [1]. Redhat seems to have a patch [2], but it is unclear to me whether this has been applied upstream. > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xinit/+bug/1562219 > [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203780 Hello, for 'xinit', you can create a '~/.xserverrc` file with: tty=$(tty) tty=${tty#/dev/tty} X vt${tty} then it will run a non-root X from current tty. Also 'sx' works fine. Closing now.. From unknown Sun Jun 22 03:57:55 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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