Bug#815162: xserver-xorg-legacy: completely broken (locks up input / xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console)

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2016-02-19 16:24 +0100, Jan Braun wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-legacy
> Version: 2:1.18.1-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Starting X via "startx" somehow locks up the input system: my xsession
> starts up, but keyboard and trackpoint stop working (including
> ctrl-alt-f#, ctrl-alt-backspace).
> My music player keeps playing, so the computer is alive, I just can't
> interact with it. I don't have ssh access or even an external keyboard
> right now, so my only option is to force a shutdown.

You need to install libpam-systemd, or put "needs_root_rights = yes" in
/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config.  See #814313 and #814394.

Cheers,
       Sven