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[Paul Omernik <623294@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had this problem and resolved the issue by editing /etc/group to
include a

root:x:0:

line.

What was happening was that the line

chown root:root $SOCKET_DIR

which is responsible for the ownership of /tmp/.X11-unix in
/etc/init.d/x11-common was calling the root group, which is not created
when enabling the root user.  Including a root group in /etc/group fixes
this issue.

The issue can also be addressed by changing the root group to a zero (0)
placeholder: root:0, but this seems like the poorer of two options.

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/etc/init.d/x11-common's chmod 1777 fails to clear setuid and setgid
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