Hi,

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:12:45 -0400
"Thomas Mueller" <muelle...@insightbb.com> wrote:

> > Full support for the HD3000 is in 9-stable and 9.1-Beta and all RCs.
> > To use it you need to build X drivers and drm and the kernel with:
> > WITH_NEW_XORG=YES
> > WITH_KMS=YES
> > in /etc/make.conf.
> 
> > Specifically, the kernel and a few ports. graphics/drm and your
> > org-drivers: xf86-video-intel, xf86-input-synaptics,
> > xf86-input-mouse, and xf86-input-keyboard. Then just start X. Don't
> > try loading the kernel module. It will be loaded by the startx.
> 
> > > Finally, what happens when I leave x and want to go back to
> > > console mode?
> 
> > You don't If you try, your system will lock up. You need to shutdown
> > from a window in X. Hopefully someone will implement switching back
> > to console mode some day, but it has not happened, yet.
> 
> How do you shutdown from a window in X if you're nonroot?  Can you
> have both root and nonroot windows simultaneously in X?

I have all the while.

You can also open a normal xterm and enter su to become root or start a
xterm as root. It booth works.

You are also able to start any other program as root.

Erich
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