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Subject: Re: [DNG] upgrade 16/10/2015 xorg fails to start
Local Time: October 17 2015 6:45 pm
UTC Time: October 17 2015 5:45 pm
From: mitt_green@???
To: Nuisance@???
CC: dng@???

On 2015-10-16 22:44, Rob wrote:
> After upgrade tonight came out of Xorg to restart openbox.
>
> I tried to start Xorg but it failed with "xf86OpenConsole cannot open
/dev/tty0 ( no such file or directory)
>
> /dev/tty0 was there so assumed permission problem. Temporarily added
my user to tty group and tried again.
>
> This time Xorg failed to start with "xf86OpenConsole cannot open
Virtual Console 7 ( permisson denied.)
>
> How to resolve?

Hi,

Many, including me, ran into this a couple of days ago, xserver-xorg in
unstable (2:1.17.2-3)
now requires root privileges;
install xserver-xorg-legacy and add "needs_root_rights=yes" to
/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config.

Cheers,

Mitt

Thanks.