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Re: X-server problem



On Tue 13 Mar 2012 at 11:05:27 +0100, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote:

> i am currenttly running debian 6.0 with 2.6.32-5-486 on CF-27 (toughbook)
> 300MHz Pentium II with 128MB RAM.
> 
> I dont need a desktop (gnome, kde, etc) but would like to have X-server running.
> 
> X starts for root, but not for non-root user
> user is in groups: users, tty, audio, video

The normal Debian installation doesn't put a user in the users and tty
groups.

> /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config is set to
> allowed_users=anybody

It's usually 'allowed_users=console'.

> Every time i start X i get:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
> 
> changing of the permissions of /dev/tty0 does not help.
> 
> I would appreciate any suggestions!

Somebody has walked your path in the past:

   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618733


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