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Bug#801401: cannot start X from the console command line



On Fri, Oct  9, 2015 at 18:26:01 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.7+12
> Severity: important
> 
> I normally boot to console and then manually launch X if/when I need it.
> With the latest update to Xorg, trying to start X fails with the error
> 
>  (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
> 
> Interestingly, the error is about /dev/tty0 regardless of whether I try
> to start it from the first VT or from a different one (see attached
> logs).
> 
How exactly are you starting X?  'startx' is supposed to do the right
thing.

Cheers,
Julien

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