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Bug#801605: xserver-xorg: X fails to start as normal user



On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:24:22 -0300, Ricardo Peliquero wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.7+12
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I have updated xserver-xorg from 1:7.7+9 to 1:7.7+12. After that, startx does not work as normal user.
> 
> ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log says '(EE) AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0'
> 
> X server starts when loging in as root. Then it is possible to execute 'DISPLAY=:0 x-window-manager' as normal user and have an operating X environment in tty7.
> 
> 'ngetty' is used as login session daemon and 'sysvinit-core' as boot manager.
> 
> If I downgrade xserver-xorg, I can startx normally.
> 
Whatever spawns Xorg needs to make it start on the current VT, and
logind needs to be running and working.  That may or may not involve
using systemd as init.

Cheers,
Julien

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