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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: Remington <madriax@garlic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: XFree86 not working with normal users
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 08:03:40 -0500
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install xwrapper.

You can run Xfree as suid, but it reduces your system security.

On Saturday 16 February 2002 03:03 am, Remington wrote:
> I recently tryed running Xfree as a normal use and it returned with:
>
>
>
> XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
> Release Date: 2 June 2001
>         If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
>         newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
>         reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 15 23:49:40 2002
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/XF86Config"
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
> (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
> (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
> (**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
> (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
> (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
> (**) FontPath set to
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Sp
> eedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> ib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Permission denied)
>         linear framebuffer access unavailable
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root
>
> What possible affects would there be to using chmod on
> /dev/mem(currently at
> crw-r-----  1 root  kmem    2,   0 Feb  6 14:27 /dev/mem)
>
> and what is xfOpenConsole and what would i have to do to change the suid
> error?
>
>
>
>
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