Re: X11 should not run as root or?
Am Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 07:18:36PM -0400 schrieb Greg Wooledge:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 11:03:27PM +0000, therealcyclist wrote:
> > Am Sun, Jun 04, 2023 at 08:26:55PM +0200 schrieb Vincent Lefevre:
> > > i3-wm is a window manager, not a display manager. So it depends on
> > > what display manager you're using (if any).
> >
> > so we assume that the majority use a display manager who cares about this via polkit or similar.
> > x11 as root by default is a security risk to which all those running i3-wm under xinit are unnecessarily exposed.
> > unless they know what they are doing.
>
> If you are running "startx" on tty1 in Debian 11 and Xorg is running
> as root instead of your regular user account, then START THERE.
I have tested debian 12 not 11.
> What video card do you have?
nvidia/amd *seperate systems
> Which driver is Xorg using? (Find the actually correct Xorg.0.log file --
> there may be more than one -- and find the driver details in there.)
nvidia/amdgpu *seperate systems
> Is the xserver-xorg-legacy package installed?
apt install i3-wm xinit
don't pull it.
> Do you have all the firmware installed that your video card wants?
> (Look for "firmware" in dmesg.)
firmware-amd-graphics/firmware-nvidia-gsp
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