Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 13:12:48 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: Cherie & John Carri <cjcarri@earthlink.net>, Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx>, FreeBSD questions mailing list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: startx crashes for non-root users on Free86 4.2.0/FreeBSD 4.6 Message-ID: <20021009201248.EF7825D06@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "08 Oct 2002 21:34:44 EDT." <44hefwfl8r.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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> From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> > Date: 08 Oct 2002 21:34:44 -0400 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Cherie & John Carri <cjcarri@earthlink.net> writes: > > > even the most reputable Linux distros. My experience with my FreeBSD 4.6 > > install has therefore been an unpleasant surprise. Has this been a > > common problem with this version, or is it something about my hardware? > > Neither, really. It's a new security feature. It's covered in the FAQ. New? I think that it's been there ever since XFree86 V4 came to FreeBSD. Of course, XFree86 V4 just became the default at 4.6, I guess, but many people have been running it for months to support any newer video cards. That said, it is confusing and upsetting when this hits the first time. And more so when you realize that you must re-install wrapper every time you re-build your X server. But the security problems of living without the wrapper are simply unacceptable. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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