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Date:      Sun, 27 Apr 1997 19:37:16 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sysctl -A
Message-ID:  <19970427193716.BD06623@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970427103036.384A-100000@lend.tu-graz.ac.at>; from Martin Kammerhofer on Apr 27, 1997 10:42:19 %2B0200
References:  <199704270447.VAA27744@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970427103036.384A-100000@lend.tu-graz.ac.at>

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As Martin Kammerhofer wrote:

> The drawbacks are:
> 	1. You have to go single user to restart your X server if it
> 		should die (fortunately this never happened to me :).

You should also use `NoZap' in XF86Config then.  I never do, and i
often log out using the `Zap' sequence. :-)

> NetBSD is said to have a cleaner solution, they're using a special device
> for X's memory access.

The aperture driver is not exactly cleaner.  It's just another
security hole, you can at least find enough races while somebody
`zaps' the Xserver to drive a truck through.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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