https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895647 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895647#c0 Summary: startx as nonroot with non-setuid Xorg -- gives advice about permissions.local Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 13.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X.Org AssignedTo: bnc-team-xorg-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: opensuse-contact@brisammon.fastmail.fm QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0 On a OpenSuse 13.1 system that someone else set up for me, it was initially set up to boot into graphical target. I changed it to the "multi-user" target, planning to use "startx" to start X. After the reboot, when I logged in with my (non-root) account and ran "startx", it failed and suggested that I edit "/etc/permissions.local" However, editing "/etc/permissions.local" had no effect. Googling suggested to me that editing "/etc/permissions.local" is no longer the correct way to fix this problem, and led me to the successful solution of "chmod u+s /usr/bin/Xorg" So, if my understanding is correct, I would suggest that the startx error message be updated to not recommend editing "/etc/permissions.local", and replace that suggestion with something else (perhaps "chmod u+s /usr/bin/Xorg") Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.