Bug#873262: user cannot startx session

[Eggert Ehmke <eggert@eehmke.de>]

Am Montag, 28. August 2017, 09:23:11 CEST schrieb Julien Cristau:
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> On 08/25/2017 11:10 PM, Eggert Ehmke wrote:
> > Package: xorg
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I upgraded a system from jessie to stretch. It is a kiosk system without
> > a window manager that starts one single application directly via startx.
> > The dedicated user could not start the session after the upgrade.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > With Debian jessie, there were no problems.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I got these errors:
> > 
> > Fatal server error:
> > (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission denied)
> > (EE)
> > (EE)
> > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> > 
> >          at http://wiki.x.org
> >  
> >  for help.
> > 
> > (EE) Please also check the log file at
> > "/home/arch/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
> > (EE)
> > (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
> > xinit: giving up
> > xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The solution was to issue this command:
> > 
> > chmod ug+s /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
> 
> This is not a solution at all, it's opening a glaring security hold on
> your machine.
> 
> Please show the full Xorg log file.

I know that is not a good solution, but I had to keep the machine running. It 
is an isolated system with no other user interaction.

Will get the log ASAP. I do not have permanently access to is so it can take 
some days.

Regards
Eggert