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os-build/overlays/live/usr/local/sbin/arcline-installer-session
Blake Ridgway 7a3a245d36 fix: give the live session user access to the console VT
Xorg failed to start with:

    (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 1 (Permission denied)

udev leaves console VTs as 620 root:tty — group tty has write-only, so
even a tty-group member can't open /dev/tty1 read+write (display managers
normally get this via logind seat ACLs, which a manually-started X
doesn't have). The session script now chowns the dedicated VT to
liveuser before starting X; the unit already Conflicts with getty@tty1 so
nothing else needs it.
2026-08-21 20:38:25 -05:00

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Arcline OS — live session: start X as an unprivileged user, then launch the
# graphical installer as root on that display.
#
# Modern Xorg (Debian trixie 21.1.x) refuses to run as root — the
# --allow-root / -allowRoot option was removed. So X runs as the dedicated
# `liveuser` account, root is granted display access, and the installer (which
# needs root to run deploy-disk.sh) connects to it.
set -euo pipefail
export DISPLAY=:0
LXUSER=liveuser
VT=1
TTY="/dev/tty$VT"
# udev leaves console VTs as 620 root:tty — group tty has write-only, no read,
# so Xorg's xf86OpenConsole fails with "Cannot open virtual console (Permission
# denied)". This VT is dedicated to the installer (the unit Conflicts with
# getty@tty1), so hand it to liveuser outright.
chown "$LXUSER" "$TTY" 2>/dev/null || true
# clear stale X state from a previous attempt in the same boot
rm -f /tmp/.X0-lock /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 2>/dev/null || true
# 1. start Xorg as the unprivileged user on vt1 (no -allow-root; it's gone)
runuser -u "$LXUSER" -- /usr/bin/Xorg :0 "vt$VT" -nolisten tcp &
XPID=$!
# 2. wait for the X socket
for _ in $(seq 1 60); do
[[ -S /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 ]] && break
sleep 0.5
done
[[ -S /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 ]] || { echo "error: Xorg did not come up on :0" >&2; kill "$XPID" 2>/dev/null || true; exit 1; }
# 3. let root open windows on this display
runuser -u "$LXUSER" -- xhost +SI:localuser:root >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
# 4. run the installer as root (deploy-disk.sh needs root)
runuser -u root -- env DISPLAY=:0 /usr/local/bin/arcline-installer
rc=$?
kill "$XPID" 2>/dev/null || true
exit "$rc"