#29 does not seem to be correct, at least in my case. Installed xserver- xorg-legacy first, and checked. No 'X' wrapper binary present. After installing other xserver packages, this is what I have.
Output of ls -la /usr/bin | grep X On 14.04: -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 9532 Dec 9 2014 X lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 3 2013 X11 -> . -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2322928 Oct 13 09:07 Xorg On 16.04 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 13 08:59 X -> Xorg lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Mar 4 2016 X11 -> . -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 274 Oct 13 08:59 Xorg No matter what I do, including trying --force-overwrite passed to dpkg, it installs a link to Xorg, not the suid wrapper. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1562219 Title: Unprivileged xinit wont start in unallocated vt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xinit/+bug/1562219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs