Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server[elogind,-suid] and starting additional Xorg session from running Xorg session

[Neil Bothwick]

On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:15:04 +0300, i.Dark_Templar wrote:

> With x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.8[elogind,suid] I could just do "sudo -i
> -u another-user DISPLAY= XAUTHORITY= startx $application $app_args --
> :$nextdisplay" from running X11 session and get myself a separate new
> X11 session running from different user.
>
> With x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.8-r1[elogind,suid] it is also possible to
> do this if line 'allowed_users = anybody' is added to file
> '/etc/X11/X11/Xwrapper.config'.
>
> But with x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.8-r1[elogind,-suid] I couldn't make a
> similar setup to work. I've tried adding options '-keeptty' or 'vt?' or
> both, but all I get are errors like these:
>
> Fatal server error:
> (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)

Is your new user a member of the tty group?


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Neil Bothwick

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