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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> 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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My suid is automatically set and cannot be change, so I am not sure what |
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you are seeing. |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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