Bug#873262: user cannot startx session

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

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On 08/25/2017 11:10 PM, Eggert Ehmke wrote:
> Package: xorg
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> 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.
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> With Debian jessie, there were no problems.
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> I got these errors:
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> 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
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> The solution was to issue this command:
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> chmod ug+s /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
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This is not a solution at all, it's opening a glaring security hold on
your machine.

Please show the full Xorg log file.

Cheers,
Julien