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From: Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] startx Cannot open virtual console 7
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:15:53
Message-Id: CAJjrzcUp9zexUgMcU14witg4FACcyHb1C5qdpjY6dZCBD11QSQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] startx Cannot open virtual console 7 by edes
1 On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 12:18, edes <edes@×××.net> wrote:
2 > Fatal server error:
3 > (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 7 (Permission denied)
4 >
5 > I don't know if this is relevant, but under /dev I see:
6 >
7 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 0 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty0
8 > crw------- 1 edes tty 4, 1 oct 27 07:57 /dev/tty1
9 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 2 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty2
10 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 3 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty3
11 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 4 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty4
12 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 5 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty5
13 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 6 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty6
14 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 7 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty7
15 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty8
16 > crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 oct 27 07:54 /dev/tty9
17 >
18 > I would appreciate any help, since I'm completely ignorant of all things
19 > related to authentication, pam, and the rest, which I suspect might
20 > have something to do with this (or perhaps not?).
21
22 If you've migrated to elogind, you have probably moved away from a
23 setuid xorg-server. I'd start loooking here:
24 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Non_root_Xorg
25
26 Regards,
27 Arve

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