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On 31/12/12 08:28, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I ran an update on my netbook today, and couldn't fire up X. I |
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> checked out Google on my desktop, and found the website |
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> http://en.spontex.org/forum/thread/561/1/ which described the exact |
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> problem, and more importantly, the solution. |
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> * Up til now X has been installed suid by default. This is what allows |
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> regular users to start X with startx <G>. |
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> * According to /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/ChangeLog USE="suid" |
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> has been enabled as of December 20, 2012. If you do not enable it, |
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> you will not be able to run startx as a regular user. xdm and other |
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> X login managers will still work. |
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The "suid" USE flag is enabled by default in the xorg-server ebuild: |
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IUSE="${IUSE_SERVERS} ipv6 minimal nptl selinux +suid tslib +udev" |
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Since you disabled it on your own, you now get to pick up the pieces. |
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It's what you wanted. |
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