On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 20:58 +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:50:42 -0700 > > From: Jamey Sharp <ja...@minilop.net> > > > > xf86OpenConsole fails as non-root, at least on Linux. Since the > > xf86-video-dummy driver works fine without root privileges or console > > access, just don't open the console. > > --- > > I wanted to see how to replace Xvfb and Xfake with an appropriate video > > driver for the xfree86 DDX, and needing root privileges was obnoxious. > > Aside from that problem, the existing dummy driver seems well on the way > > to doing the job. > > > > But I'm guessing this is the wrong way to solve this problem. > > I suspect so. I think for example the wsfb driver on OpenBSD doesn't > need "hardware access" in the xorgHWAccess sense, but still needs > console access.
This seems related to jbarnes's non-root X stuff http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2009-July/001293.html Perhaps we need a flag for "this ddx needs console access" as well as "this ddx needs io ports and such" -- Eric Anholt e...@anholt.net eric.anh...@intel.com
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