On Sun 29 Nov 2015 at 04:27:59 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:18:16AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > 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... > > So instead of 'fatal server error.' it should be 'permission denied' in > that case?
>From vt2: startx -- -vt3 The screen shows (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 3 (permission denied)
