X.org doesn't run as root anymore (unless using
xserver-xorg-legacy workaround). When invoking X.org via 'su -c
...' no controlling tty can be acquired, because of a change in
upstream's shadow release 4.1.5 (dating back to 2011-06-05).
Related to
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802769
We need read and write permissions on the TTY, so adjust the TTY
we're running on accordingly.
# print windowm manager loop {{{
wm_menu() {
if [ $AVAILABLE_WM_COUNT == 1 ]; then
- run su grml -c "grml-x"
+ chgrp tty "$TTY"
+ chmod g+rw "$TTY"
+ run sudo -u grml grml-x
return
fi
echo
get_key INPUT
case $INPUT in
[${(k)available}])
- run su grml -c "grml-x ${available[$INPUT]}"
+ chgrp tty "$TTY"
+ chmod g+rw "$TTY"
+ run sudo -u grml -c "grml-x ${available[$INPUT]}"
;;
esac
}