Michael Pujos composed on 2020-10-08 16:53 (UTC+0200):
After this update I could not start Xorg anymore due to the xorg/xinit package changes
Now my setup is unusual, as I do not use a DM and just use startx launched in ~/.profile which itself run at console login. I'm documenting the issue I had, for reference.
With this update /usr/bin/Xorg is now a shell script running /usr/bin/Xorg.wrap if present or /usr/bin/Xorg.bin otherwise. previously, /usr/bin/Xorg was /usr/bin/Xorg.bin.
I had /usr/bin/Xorg setuid root via /etc/permission.local and chkstat, but this obviously did not work anymore since now /usr/bin/Xorg.bin needed to be setuid root instead.
Did that and X started successfully but exited immediately with code 0. Investigating further, I found that /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc had been moved to /usr/libexec/xinit/xinitrc, and since I had my ~/.xinitrc call /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, it choked on that (file not found) and updating the path fixed it.
Next, I thought it might be a good idea to switch to Xorg.wrap found in package xorg-x11-server-wrapper. So I installed it, removed setuid on /usr/bin/Xorg.bin and startx worked when logged on the console and starting it from there. But it failed when startx was launched in ~/.profile, during console login. Looked at 'man Xrapper.config', created /etc/X11/Xwrapper.conf with
allowed_users=anybody
But then, no matter what, startx always failed with:
/usr/bin/Xorg.wrap: Xserver option ":0" invalid or not in whitelist. Aborting.
Thus had to revert to the initial setuid solution.
Looks like good reason for a regression bug report. Note though that Stefan Dirsch, who usually is responsible for X bug fixes, will usually denigrate startx usage and state that it is "unsupported", even though all other distros I'm familiar with seem not to be of the same persuasion. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org