Bug#801529: marked as done (xinit: startx fails when output is redirected)
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and subject line Bug#801529: fixed in xinit 1.3.4-2
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regarding xinit: startx fails when output is redirected
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: xinit
Version: 1.3.4-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
As of my most recent sid upgrade, startx stopped working.
The problem turned out to be that it no longer supports redirection.
I was logging in to tty1 and running this in my .zlogin:
startx >& $HOME/.xsession-errors
As of the upgrade to the "run as user" X server, X fails to start.
It pauses for 5-10 seconds, then exits, leaving the terminal
settings wrong so I have to run reset.
.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log says:
[ 1000.714] (++) using VT number 1
[ 1000.714] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 1000.714] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: Operation not permitted
[ 1000.714] (EE)
Running simply startx, without the redirect, works. But of course I
can no longer check output from programs run inside X.
Some comments on the web suggest that startx -- -keeptty will allow
redirection, but man xinit warns:
This option is only useful when debugging the server.
Not all platforms support (or can use) this option.
so it seems like that might not be a good long-term option.
Redhat claims to have a fix for the redirection problem:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177513#c5
I can't verify whether their fix actually fixes the issue (and I'm
not sure how to find the actual code change involved in the fix,
or whether it was pushed upstream, though I'm guessing not since
that was back in January so Debian hopefully would have it by now).
I haven't been able to find any other way besides redirection to get
stdout and stderr for programs run inside X. Is there a new and
improved way that would make redirection unnecessary?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages xinit depends on:
ii coreutils 8.23-4
ii libc6 2.19-22
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1
ii x11-common 1:7.7+12
ii xauth 1:1.0.9-1
Versions of packages xinit recommends:
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.18.0-1
ii openbox [x-window-manager] 3.6.1-1
ii xserver-xorg [xserver] 1:7.7+12
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 320-1
xinit suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: xinit
Source-Version: 1.3.4-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xinit, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 801529@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> (supplier of updated xinit package)
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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 03:13:52 +0200
Source: xinit
Binary: xinit
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.3.4-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
Description:
xinit - X server initialisation tool
Closes: 790433 801529
Changes:
xinit (1.3.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Team upload.
* Remove xsfbs and switch to dh7
* Make /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc executable on upgrade too (Closes: #790433)
* debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.6 (no further changes)
* d/p/07_Pass-keeptty-on-current-tty.patch: Pass -keeptty when telling the
server to start on the current tty (Closes: #801529)
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