Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:23:02 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> Cc: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next Message-ID: <20160923122301.GK845@rancor.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <1574f2fb8aa.e60df17234511.2445927962639207447@nextbsd.org> References: <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> <1574f2fb8aa.e60df17234511.2445927962639207447@nextbsd.org>
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 04:58:30PM -0700, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > > ---- 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 Success! I uninstalled ALL packages and the rebuilt/installed them from the cloned https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports-graphics -b xserver-next tree and now X (and ctwm) are working! Thanks, folks, for all the help! Bob -- Bob Willcox | In real love you want the other person's good. In bob@immure.com | romantic love you want the other person. Austin, TX | -- Margaret Anderson
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