Bug#259639: xserver-xfree86: [ati] X starts a bit, then returns to console; [drm:radeon_unlock] *ERROR* Process 1389 using kernel context 0
On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 14:00 +0200, Shot wrote:
>
> > 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).
>
> Ok, I checked some more things and the current situation is this:
>
> `startx` issued form the root's console puts me in root's GNOME
> `sudo startx` with suided XFree86 puts me in root's GNOME
> `sudo startx` without suided XFree86 stops at the gray screen
>
> It seems it's something with the access
> privileges, I just can't put my finger on it...
The initial problem wasn't this but that your session exits immediately.
You need to find out why.
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