On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:37 PM, McDonald, Michael-p7438c <michael.mcdon...@gdc4s.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Nicholson [mailto:dbn.li...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:51 PM >> To: McDonald, Michael-p7438c >> Cc: vigna...@freedesktop.org; x...@freedesktop.org >> Subject: Re: multiseat, -sharevts, and suspend/hibernate > >> If your server is rootless, than by necessity it must properly obtain >> resources and will not be allowed to stomp on another processes' >> resources. > > Ahhh. You're defining the kernel's KMS screen as the "root window", > therefore all window systems, X included, are rootless. Got it. Thanks.
No, I was thinking more that if the xserver is not run by root, it can't just have its way with the PCI resources. Then it can't wreak havoc on what another xserver is doing with them, either. So, I think that Tiago means that if the xserver is rootless, then it will implicitly be accessing the hardware properly though the kernel and will not interfere with another xserver trying to access the hardware. -- Dan _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
