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Registered: 2012-01-22 Posts: 11 [SOLVED] Sudo and seteuid issues A couple of days ago, something strange happened to my user account. I couldnt log into my window manager (enlightenment) as a non-root user. Also, each time I would try to issue a command using sudo, it would return some error about seteuid (I can't rememer exactly what it said). So I fiddled around with the sudoers file to make sure I had sudo access (which I now do), https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/456567-Cannot-startx-unless-Superuser but I still can't issue the startx command as a non-root user or without sudo. I suspect it has something to do with the seteuid error, but I don't know what to do about it. If I run startx, it returns: Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old" xinit: givingup xinit: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134148 unable to connect to X server: Address family not supported by protocol xinit: server errorI tried changing the permissions on these files, which didn't work. Hours of google searching hasn't helped much, but here is a link to a page that describes a problem as similar to mine as I could find: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=195.0It mentions this: BTW, the "Can't open /var/log/Xorg.o.log" is possibly because "set uid" became unset in the tcz conversion - does "ls -l /usr/local/bin/Xorg" show an "s" in there somewhere?"but I don't even have that file to try to use their solution./home/user/.xinitrc contains only 1 line: exec enlightenment_startPlease help me figure what to do about the seteuid or setuid, so I can run startx as a non-root user, again. Thanks! Last edited by cubisttriangle (2012-01-22 22:45:03) Offline #2 2012-01-22 22:22:12 smudge Member Registered: 2011-03-20 Posts: 137 Re: [SOLVED] Sudo and seteuid issues Try, in a terminal:whereis Xorg Xorg: /usr/bin/Xorg /usr/share/man/man1/Xorg.1.gz ls -la /usr/bin/Xorg -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 1.9M Dec 17 09:1
April 3 | Linux 1 Advertisement Just upgraded a desktop to openSUSE 11.4 with KDE, and I'm encountering various graphical problems. This machine's been running SUSE versions since http://www.labhc.com/opensuse-hardware-cannot-move-old-log-file-var-log-xorg-0-log-to-var-log-xorg-0-log-old/ 10.0 on similar hardware with few major issues, and I did the http://linux.bigresource.com/OpenSUSE-Hardware-Cannot-move-old-log-file-var-log-Xorg-0-log-to-var-log-Xorg-0-log-old-w3pyGhcEH.html 'upgrade' by reinstalling the root partition and keeping the /home partition intact. It has a Radeon 9600 AGP card, which goes under the R300 and RV350AP monikers, and uses the radeon driver (too old for the proprietary ATI driver - deprecated). With the new KMS, it boots up fine log file under the monitor's correct resolution of 1440x900, though occasionally and randomly then drops to 1024x768 at the login screen. On occasions it will then arrive at the desktop under this lower resolution, other times it corrects itself before getting there. On starting KDE, the taskbar cycles through various different settings (composited / non-composited) and colours with erroneous shadows. I've tried disabling fatal server error desktop effects which at least resolves that particular issue. More troublesome is that certain actions result in a garbled display from which it is almost impossible to recover without guessing various keystrokes to cause a logout. Two examples are when running the regular (non-OpenGL) KDE slide show screen saver, when certain transformations corrupt the entire screen, and when opening the Tools -> Options dialog in LibreOffice, though strangely this only causes a problem under one user account and not another. Running dmesg, I note it is being littered with: Code: [drm:radeon_vga_detect] *ERROR* VGA-1: probed a monitor but no|invalid EDID yet I have just the one VGA monitor which is VGA-0, and set as such under KDE. Not sure if that's related or a separate issue.I tried adding 'nomodeset' at boot, but it brings me to a console login and after entering 'startx' I get: Code: xauth: file /home/[user]/.serverauth.2891 does not exist Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old" xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: server error [code]... Booting in failsafe mod
graphical problems. This machine's been running SUSE versions since 10.0 on similar hardware with few major issues, and I did the 'upgrade' by reinstalling the root partition and keeping the /home partition intact. It has a Radeon 9600 AGP card, which goes under the R300 and RV350AP monikers, and uses the radeon driver (too old for the proprietary ATI driver - deprecated). With the new KMS, it boots up fine under the monitor's correct resolution of 1440x900, though occasionally and randomly then drops to 1024x768 at the login screen. On occasions it will then arrive at the desktop under this lower resolution, other times it corrects itself before getting there. On starting KDE, the taskbar cycles through various different settings (composited / non-composited) and colours with erroneous shadows. I've tried disabling desktop effects which at least resolves that particular issue. More troublesome is that certain actions result in a garbled display from which it is almost impossible to recover without guessing various keystrokes to cause a logout. Two examples are when running the regular (non-OpenGL) KDE slide show screen saver, when certain transformations corrupt the entire screen, and when opening the Tools -> Options dialog in LibreOffice, though strangely this only causes a problem under one user account and not another. Running dmesg, I note it is being littered with: Code: [drm:radeon_vga_detect] *ERROR* VGA-1: probed a monitor but no|invalid EDID yet I have just the one VGA monitor which is VGA-0, and set as such under KDE. Not sure if that's related or a separate issue.I tried adding 'nomodeset' at boot, but it brings me to a console login and after entering 'startx' I get: Code: xauth: file /home/[user]/.serverauth.2891 does not exist Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old" xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: server error [code]... Booting in failsafe mode gets me into KDE but with other weirdness and problems using the de