Bug#259639: xserver-xfree86: [ati] X starts a bit, then returns to console; [drm:radeon_unlock] *ERROR* Process 1389 using kernel context 0
Hello.
Shot:
> shot@chastell:~$ XFree86 :0 -nolisten tcp -dpi 100 & sleep 2 && DISPLAY=:0.0 gnome-session
> [1] 3221
>
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot move old logfile "/var/log/XFree86.0.log.old"
>
>
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages.
> Please report problems to submit@bugs.debian.org.
>
> [1]+ Exit 1 XFree86 :0 -nolisten tcp -dpi 100
>
> (gnome-session:3227): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> shot@chastell:~$
I googled some more and did `chmod ug+s /usr/bin/X11/XFree86`:
shot@chastell:~$ ll /usr/bin/X11/XFree86
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 1745388 2004-07-07 17:07 /usr/bin/X11/XFree86
Now, the `XFree86 ... gnome-session` starts X and puts me on the
spotted gray background with the usual X cursor (and nothing more
happens, I have to kill the server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace), while
`startx` still doesn't work, in the same way it didn't before the
chmod (that is - shows the background for a second or two and drops
me back to the commandline).
For reference, on my laptop everything works
fine *without* XFree86 runing suid root:
shot@desaxe:~$ ll /usr/bin/X11/XFree86
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1745388 2004-07-07 17:07 /usr/bin/X11/XFree86
Cheers,
-- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
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