Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:42:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1 and intel graphics Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210210839520.70277@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <19.B4.17144.D1CB3805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> References: <19.B4.17144.D1CB3805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com>
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2012, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Normally I start X by startx which may be followed by an initialization file, > so I don't get the default spartan default twm all the time. In Linux and > FreeBSD, I generally use X as nonroot. > > So I don't really know how to start a program such as xterm as another user > or how to have both root and nonroot windows in X. Open a terminal, su - to root in it. In the exceptionally rare case of needing to run a graphic program as root, also set the DISPLAY variable to match the normal user's value, then run that program in the terminal.
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