Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade
On 10/30/15 17:02, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2015-10-30 15:40 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
>> OK, I *think* that's the problem: Once upon a time, X was setuid root.
>> So "startx" as a user used to do the right thing. In the brave new
>> systemd world, X is run as a regular user and systemd-whatever (sorry,
>> I'm not versed on systemd's innards) does whatever root magic is
>> needed.
>
> It is systemd-logind which controls access rights to input devices.
>
>> Assuming my hunch above is right, you might try to
>>
>> - start X from a display manager (this one runs as root and can inherit
>> that to the X server)
>> - afaik there is an X "setuid wrapper", but I forgot how it's called,
>> perhaps something like "xorg-legacy" or thereabouts. This should make
>> startx work again for "mortals".
>>
>> Or you go the systemd way.
>
> That means installing libpam-systemd (the latest xserver-xorg-core
> package in unstable recommends it, BTW).
>
Thank you for your hints, I will need them when I migrate.
Regards,
Flo.
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