From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:40:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31559934.xdVm0pNtpV@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121231062817.GA2646@waltdnes.org>
Am Montag, 31. Dezember 2012, 01:28:17 schrieb Walter Dnes:
> 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.
what do we learn?
always use -v
always read the output
always check the meaning of changed/added flags.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-31 6:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-31 6:28 [gentoo-user] Heads up if you start X with startx; xorg-server suid flag Walter Dnes
2012-12-31 6:40 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2013-01-02 12:49 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-12-31 6:47 ` [gentoo-user] " Walter Dnes
2012-12-31 7:57 ` Dale
2012-12-31 8:03 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-12-31 8:53 ` kwkhui
2012-12-31 9:29 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-12-31 14:06 ` kwkhui
2012-12-31 14:42 ` Kevin Chadwick
2012-12-31 12:38 ` Dale
2012-12-31 16:33 ` Philip Webb
2012-12-31 16:44 ` Bruce Hill
2012-12-31 10:39 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2012-12-31 13:29 ` [gentoo-user] " covici
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