Bug#207575: marked as done (xserver-xfree86: X server cannot open log file)
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From: "Greg Hazel" <gah@thalassocracy.org>
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Subject: xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-10 XF86Config-4 and XFree86.0.log error
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:10:03 -0700
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Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.2.1-10
Aside from all the 4.2.1-10 nonsense with the XF86Config-4 changes (ugg,
what a pain) now I'm getting this:
Fatal server error:
Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
When reporting blah blah blah
Yes, I've tried 'touch'
/var is not full
the file is only 25k
the permissions are -rw-r--r-- 1 root root
I'm using startx to launch the xserver, which is -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root
/usr/bin/X11/startx I've tried apt-get remove and used dpkg to install
4.2.1-9, with the same results (but it wrote a XF86Config-4 file , yay)
Any help is appreciated, X is dead until someone gives me the cure :/
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From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
To: 207575-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#207575: xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-10 XF86Config-4 and XFree86.0.log error
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 06:10:03PM -0700, Greg Hazel wrote:
> Aside from all the 4.2.1-10 nonsense with the XF86Config-4 changes (ugg,
> what a pain) now I'm getting this:
>=20
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
This problem was resolved in IRC.
It was found to be damage caused by an attempt to install some
non-packaged software from VMWare.
/usr/bin/X11/X (what should be Debian's X server wrapper) got
overwritten. Since in Debian, only the wrapper is setuid root, not the
X server executables themselves, this resulted in an X server that
didn't have permission to do very much.
Resolved with "apt-get --reinstall install xserver-common".
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