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Date:      Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:58:30 -0700
From:      Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org>
To:        "Pete Wright" <pete@nomadlogic.org>
Cc:        "Bob Willcox" <bob@immure.com>, "" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next
Message-ID:  <1574f2fb8aa.e60df17234511.2445927962639207447@nextbsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <9582349b-cf1e-1d75-4784-a1d712aedac4@nomadlogic.org>
References:  <1569231fc12.1189a20c2251388.8699372849515846410@nextbsd.org> <20160920162456.GO8480@rancor.immure.com> <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com> <439e20fa-6385-68fb-c97e-24705ebd2f94@nomadlogic.org> <157496f7268.ac5eb5ca278618.8741026532558973404@nextbsd.org> <20160920212545.GU8480@rancor.immure.com> <d93f0a38-f2c1-ff61-a1db-6efad39c1ffd@nomadlogic.org> <20160920221954.GV8480@rancor.immure.com> <20160921233610.GI845@rancor.immure.com> <9582349b-cf1e-1d75-4784-a1d712aedac4@nomadlogic.org>

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 ---- On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:52:30 -0700 Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote ---- 
 >  
 >  
 > On 9/21/16 4:36 PM, Bob Willcox wrote: 
 > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 05:19:54PM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: 
 > >> 
 > >> Thanks Pete! I'll give that a try tonight. I think I'm beginning to get it. :) 
 > >> 
 > >> Bob 
 > >> 
 > > 
 > > Well, partial success. X will come up if I run as root but not as 
 > > my user id. I suspect that I have some ports problems. I had installed 
 > > a number of ports prior to trying the drm-next stuff so that could be 
 > > the problem. Here's my Xorg.log file, in case that helps. Here's one 
 > > of the log lines that seemed pretty troublesome: 
 > > 
 >  
 > re: the requirement to run as root, ensure your login is part of the  
 > "video" group.  That should allow you to access /dev/drm/ w/o elevated  
 > privs. 
 >  

The "video" group is generally only needed for VAAPI / 3D acceleration. Xorg is usually built setuid so I'm not sure what else could be wrong.
-M




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