[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#823208: xfce4-session: startxfce4 fails to start X on "Cannot open /dev/tty0"

[Olivier Berger]

On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 10:38:05AM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> 
> It seems startxfce4 doesn't do the right thing, as it cannot start X, reporting in ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log :
> ...
> Fatal server error:
> [   225.648] (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
> [   225.648] (EE) 
> [   225.648] (EE) 
> ...
> 
> However, startx from the same user's console works.
> 
> Maybe that's similar to what was reported in #760652 but that ain't obvious either.
> 

It seems a workaround is to modify .xinitrc and use startx instead, as instructed in https://wiki.debian.org/Xfce :
    only use startx, without any argument
    don't use a .xinitrc, add in file ~/.xsession: 

      exec ck-launch-session startxfce4

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER 
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