From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 16:01:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0904AA11; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:01:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B318FC0A; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:01:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBHG1pmj019050; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:01:51 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qBHG1pqc019049; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:01:51 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201212171601.qBHG1pqc019049@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:01:51 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:01:52 -0000 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40402 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40402 Log: Remove xfreed86-root as the answer and question are very outdated.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" - - Before, I was able to run &xorg; as a regular user. - Why does it now say that I must be - root? - - - - All X servers need to be run as - root in order to get direct access to - your video hardware. - - There are two ways to be able to use &xorg; - as a regular user. The first is to use - xdm or another display manager (e.g., - kdm); the second is to use the - Xwrapper. - - xdm 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 - xdm see the &xorg; documentation, - and the the FAQ entry on it. - - Xwrapper 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 x11/wrapper. - - - - Why does my PS/2 mouse misbehave under X?