Date: 01 Feb 2001 10:45:21 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to startx Message-ID: <44k87a4dbi.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: jconner@enterit.com's message of "1 Feb 2001 05:44:33 %2B0100" References: <01020109425700.22409@FreeBSD.mine.nu> <5.0.2.1.0.20010131235332.02869e30@mail.enterit.com>
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jconner@enterit.com (Jim Conner) writes: > Well, I admit that is something I never tried before and I usually keep my > securelevel at 2 or 3. However, Im not capable of testing this idea out > though unfortunately. We will have to wait for Alan to do it. I can't tell about these specific cases, but it is blatantly true that you can't start up an X server at a raised securelevel. Disallowing opens of /dev/mem is one of the *primary* purposes of raising your securelevel, so it stands to reason that you won't be able to run X after doing so. I'm sorry you didn't get a response on this; it's come up a number of times lately, and usually gets a quick answer. If that trend continues (where *are* people getting the idea of raising securelevel without a hint of what it does?), I'll get around to entering it in the FAQ. Good luck. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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