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| From | Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade |
| Date | 2015-10-30 18:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qplF0-bI-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qphL3-6gp-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <qpixr-6LW-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <qpjaa-70R-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <qpjDc-7r6-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <qpkpz-7XQ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 10/30/15 17:02, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2015-10-30 15:40 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> OK, I *think* that's the problem: Once upon a time, X was setuid root. >> So "startx" as a user used to do the right thing. In the brave new >> systemd world, X is run as a regular user and systemd-whatever (sorry, >> I'm not versed on systemd's innards) does whatever root magic is >> needed. > > It is systemd-logind which controls access rights to input devices. > >> Assuming my hunch above is right, you might try to >> >> - start X from a display manager (this one runs as root and can inherit >> that to the X server) >> - afaik there is an X "setuid wrapper", but I forgot how it's called, >> perhaps something like "xorg-legacy" or thereabouts. This should make >> startx work again for "mortals". >> >> Or you go the systemd way. > > That means installing libpam-systemd (the latest xserver-xorg-core > package in unstable recommends it, BTW). > Thank you for your hints, I will need them when I migrate. Regards, Flo.
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Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2015-10-30 14:20 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-30 15:10 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2015-10-30 15:50 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-30 16:20 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2015-10-30 17:10 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2015-10-30 18:30 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2015-10-30 18:30 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-30 17:20 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-30 17:40 +0100
Re: Keyboard and Mouse not Working after Upgrade Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2015-10-30 18:40 +0100
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