Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:01:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40402 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201212171601.qBHG1pqc019049@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Dec 17 16:01:51 2012 New Revision: 40402 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40402 Log: Remove xfreed86-root as the answer and question are very outdated. Noted by: Jakub Lach Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 17 15:04:06 2012 (r40401) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 17 16:01:51 2012 (r40402) @@ -6090,46 +6090,6 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" </qandaentry> <qandaentry> - <question id="xfree86-root"> - <para>Before, I was able to run &xorg; as a regular user. - Why does it now say that I must be - <username>root</username>?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>All X servers need to be run as - <username>root</username> in order to get direct access to - your video hardware.</para> - - <para>There are two ways to be able to use &xorg; - as a regular user. The first is to use - <command>xdm</command> or another display manager (e.g., - <command>kdm</command>); the second is to use the - <command>Xwrapper</command>.</para> - - <para><command>xdm</command> is a daemon that handles - graphical logins. It is usually started at boot time, and is - responsible for authenticating users and starting their - sessions; it is essentially the graphical counterpart of - &man.getty.8; and &man.login.1;. For more information on - <command>xdm</command> see <ulink - url="http://www.x.org/wiki/UserDocumentation">the &xorg; documentation</ulink>, - and the <link - linkend="xdm-boot">the FAQ entry</link> on it.</para> - - <para><command>Xwrapper</command> is the X server wrapper; it - is a small utility to enable one to manually run an X server - while maintaining reasonable safety. It performs some - sanity checks on the command line arguments given, and if - they pass, runs the appropriate X server. If you do not - want to run a display manager for whatever reason, this is - for you. If you have installed the complete Ports - Collection, you can find the port in <filename - role="package">x11/wrapper</filename>.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> <question id="ps2-x"> <para>Why does my PS/2 mouse misbehave under X?</para> </question>
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