From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 29 12:55:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 532C81065679 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:55:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD2C8FC16 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:55:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lz9Js-0003kX-KJ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:29 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Lz9Jl-0001qG-VZ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:18 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3TCtFcv088367; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:15 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n3TCt3lX088366; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:03 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: "Daniel C. Dowse" Message-ID: <20090429125503.GA88334@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <49EB3CFD.6010408@otenet.gr> <89ce7f740904191438j222d34ddtaf1ade298a09abd1@mail.gmail.com> <49EBBEED.7080903@gmail.com> <20090420035810.705647ab.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090429121728.GA87931@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <18936.18149.857286.946426@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090429123810.GA88168@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20090429144318.1c0e0814.dcdowse@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090429144318.1c0e0814.dcdowse@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:55:30 -0000 On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 02:43:18PM +0200, Daniel C. Dowse wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:38:10 +0100 > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 08:24:05AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > > > > > Anton Shterenlikht writes: > > > > > > > > Section "DRI" > > > > > Mode 0666 > > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > what does this do? > > > > > > Sets the permissions for some file. > > > > which file? Is this something to do with allowing ordinary users > > run X? > > > > Hi, Anton, > > it is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf yes, I got this from somebody's xorg.conf, but what does this do? Is this a recommended setting? For what driver? thank you anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423