On 2015-11-28 21:16:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10:01PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 18:29:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 06:40:00PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > > > "startx -- vt7" won't work (tested). X only runs on the > > > > virtual console it was started from. > > > > > > Works for me. That is alt-f7 from one of the ttys takes to me to X . > > > > I might not have been very clear. It is on the testing distribution that > > "startx -- vt7" doesn't work. It gives a fatal server error. > > Oh, really? :( Is that a bug or intended behaviour?
I don't think that this is a bug. The reason has already been given: X needs root rights to access a different VT. But now X is no longer SUID root... -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
