Comment 7 for bug 1562219

I am affected by the same bug, although the X error message is slightly different ("parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0" instead of "xf86OpenConsole: " ...)

In /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config I have tried to replaced

allowed_users=console

with

allowed_users=anybody

and in this file I also tried the option

need_root_rights = yes

but both attempts had no visible consequences.

I have looked at the workaround for koda posted above, but I am unable to extract the bits that may make it help in my case. Perhaps someone can give suggestions to me based on the posted workaround. The program I want to run in its own Xserver is a game, so all the systemd stuff in the workaround is not that relevant to me. Although my knowledge of X is very limited, I'd love to contribute with some testing as far as I can go. Thanks for your time and efforts /Mikkel.

mikr@scrat:~/bin$ xinit /home/mikr/bin/WoWrun64 -- :1 -br
X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.13.0-86-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux scrat 4.4.0-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 8 19:27:37 UTC 2016 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-24-generic root=UUID=1346e355-5120-4563-9e27-28d965d357f4 ro quiet splash
Build Date: 18 May 2016 01:07:07AM
xorg-server 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
 to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/home/mikr/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log", Time: Fri Jun 24 19:10:21 2016
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
  at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/mikr/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log" for additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error