Bug#873262: user cannot startx session

[Eggert Ehmke <eggert@eehmke.de>]

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

 

I found it in a related Ubuntu bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xinit/+bug/1562219

 

Regards

Eggert