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  • Re: Xorg setup - console permissions

    From Samuel Thibault@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 7 18:00:01 2023
    Hello,

    Riccardo Mottola, le mar. 07 mars 2023 17:05:16 +0100, a ecrit:
    I get this error when running as a user:
    Unable to determine if running on a console"

    Looks like a non-setuid X issue. I remember a page where there some
    settings to do. Someone has a hints on what is missing for me?

    It's described on the configuration page of the hurd debian webpages:

    https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install

    Maybe it is just a specific package to reconfigure. Or do we need
    legacy X server on HURD?

    We need the legacy launcher, yes, see the page.

    There is also the faq:

    https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/xserver-common/

    Samuel

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  • From Riccardo Mottola@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 7 17:40:01 2023
    Hi,

    after I resintalled all hurd on bare metal some time ago, I am without X.

    If I run startx from root, it works.

    I get this error when running as a user:
    Unable to determine if running on a console"

    Looks like a non-setuid X issue. I remember a page where there some
    settings to do. Someone has a hints on what is missing for me? Maybe it
    is just a specific package to reconfigure. Or do we need legacy X server
    on HURD?

    Thanks,
    Riccardo

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  • From Joshua Branson@21:1/5 to Riccardo Mottola on Tue Mar 7 19:00:01 2023
    Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> writes:

    Hi,

    after I resintalled all hurd on bare metal some time ago, I am without X.


    Just curious. What hardware are you using?


    If I run startx from root, it works.

    I get this error when running as a user:
    Unable to determine if running on a console"

    Looks like a non-setuid X issue. I remember a page where there some
    settings to do. Someone has a hints on what is missing for me? Maybe it
    is just a specific package to reconfigure. Or do we need legacy X server
    on HURD?

    Thanks,
    Riccardo

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  • From Riccardo Mottola@21:1/5 to Joshua Branson on Tue Mar 7 19:40:01 2023
    Hi,


    Joshua Branson wrote:
    Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> writes:

    Hi,

    after I resintalled all hurd on bare metal some time ago, I am without X.

    Just curious. What hardware are you using?

    Thinkpad  R52.
    Works like a "desktop". No WiFi, Bluetooth and such, never tried audio.
    Didn't even dare things like suspend/hibernate :).

    Has the usual issues like not proper poweroff on "poweroff" and I have VMs.

    Riccado

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  • From jbranso@dismail.de@21:1/5 to Riccardo Mottola on Tue Mar 7 22:10:01 2023
    March 7, 2023 1:21 PM, "Riccardo Mottola" <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> wrote:

    Hi,

    Joshua Branson wrote:

    Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> writes:

    Hi,

    after I resintalled all hurd on bare metal some time ago, I am without X. >>
    Just curious. What hardware are you using?

    Thinkpad R52.
    Works like a "desktop". No WiFi, Bluetooth and such, never tried audio. Didn't even dare things
    like suspend/hibernate :).

    Has the usual issues like not proper poweroff on "poweroff" and I have VMs.

    Riccado

    Ok. I've got a T46 maybe. It currently only runs on the console. I haven't actually
    set up X yet. And I do not really use it very often...

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  • From Wojciech Aniszewski@21:1/5 to jbranso@dismail.de on Wed Mar 8 00:00:01 2023
    On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 08:43:38PM +0000, jbranso@dismail.de wrote:
    Ok. I've got a T46 maybe. It currently only runs on the console. I haven't actually
    set up X yet. And I do not really use it very often...

    No you don't, T46 doesn't exist:) There's T41,T42,T43 and then T60...

    I'm thinking installing Hurd on my T30, guess I'll get another hdd for that

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  • From Riccardo Mottola@21:1/5 to Wojciech Aniszewski on Wed Mar 8 16:10:01 2023
    Hi!

    Wojciech Aniszewski wrote:
    Ok. I've got a T46 maybe. It currently only runs on the console. I haven't actually
    set up X yet. And I do not really use it very often...
    No you don't, T46 doesn't exist:) There's T41,T42,T43 and then T60...

    I'm thinking installing Hurd on my T30, guess I'll get another hdd for that

    I side that, since I collected many ThinkPads of that era, excellent
    systems.. T40, T43, T30 and the corresponding R51, R52, R40  (the R
    version is essentially T + 10). They are generally quite well supported
    by FOSS OSs! Comparted to them, T60 and later Lenovos are flimsy in the
    chassis and worse and worse keyboards.

    Especially the Intel video card is supported everywhere - albeit with
    glitches e.g. on NetBSD. However, the ATI works usually well too.

    The only drawback is that if you want to change the WiFi card (some are
    not well supported) or the HDD you get the BIOS complaining and need to
    patch it - which lasts only until the BIOS battery lasts :)
    With the R52 I have that issue, i substitude the battery (which has
    opposite polarity than others, being manufacturing  of the system
    outsourced to Acer...) but it doesn't hold settings anyway.

    Riccardo

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