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Date:      Tue, 09 Sep 1997 12:15:47 +0000
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@mofo.frt.dec.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xload 
Message-ID:  <199709091215.MAA06608@mofo.frt.dec.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Arizona Coyote <coyote@ratbert.aisol.net>  of Tue,  09 Sep 1997 09:01:56 %2B0900.

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Arizona Coyote writes:
> Hi,
> 
> We had this discussion on the NetBSD list a while ago. Xload does a check
> to see if you are root (it's written into the source code).  You can hack
> the source if you want.  But I just su to root in an xterm and then do a 
> 
>   xload &
> 
> It works for me.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, EMANUELE COSTA wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 	Could someone tell me how to make xload work under x11?
> > 	I've tried to change the ownership group as it was suggested in 
> > the man pages, but it's still working only when I access the system from 
> > the root account.
> > 	Thanks in advance
> > 					EMANUELE
> 

just add yourself to the kmem group in /etc/group.

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