From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 21 12:26:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ADCF250 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:26:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from smtp.getmail.no (smtp.getmail.no [84.208.15.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED2C8FC08 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:26:09 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net ([10.5.16.4]) by get-mta-out01.get.basefarm.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7.0-0.04 64bit (built Jun 20 2008)) with ESMTP id <0MC800HG7QFD3R80@get-mta-out01.get.basefarm.net> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:26:01 +0200 (MEST) Received: from get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Email Security Appliance) with SMTP id AB4CE1EF8CA0_83DF3BB for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:40:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no (cm-84.215.134.159.getinternet.no [84.215.134.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by get-mta-scan04.get.basefarm.net (Sophos Email Appliance) with ESMTPSA id 709101EF8CA8_83DF3BF for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:40:43 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:26:00 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1 and intel graphics Message-id: <20121021132600.a24018a1efc416fb068c50f5@getmail.no> In-reply-to: <19.B4.17144.D1CB3805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> References: <19.B4.17144.D1CB3805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:26:10 -0000 Hello, On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:10:53 -0400 Thomas Mueller wrote: > Normally I start X by startx which may be followed by an initialization file, > so I don't get the default spartan default twm all the time. In Linux and > FreeBSD, I generally use X as nonroot. Which is the "normal" and correct way, IMHO. > So I don't really know how to start a program such as xterm as another user > or how to have both root and nonroot windows in X. Is there any reason why you don't make use of su(1) or sudo (/usr/ports/security/sudo)? That way you can just launch a xterm as your normal user, and become root when you want / need. HTH -- Torfinn Ingolfsen