From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 12 20:02:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12D8B2A2 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 20:02:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x22d.google.com (mail-la0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9055529A4 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 20:02:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f45.google.com with SMTP id gl10so2333012lab.18 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 13:02:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Xy2L+OwHWJOBgmc5yKib/hQ8Xja7a+2DK+xFyW78VYs=; b=XoEAGzwh6kv0kKeiPdV76hfqEiBSeDHTmnTdv+hjan8jo7oM1tynQVTvGrbLYDQF53 cAy28QdLS+e8ZklWIWNXvAtiklpmPsQC1aQN006PX0KVRy8YU9Ir0ULEqOFv4K24ldxo JgYrcGwj8FE2BumT4Y0wXhuWidpRV8Dg42Sb/CY2Owvn7aMdurobaCC5ffc/rQCqz78u SqrdQ29tszYp7YdgnMGBCDUiAGDWxsiT7nfzlm9ALdL+EtjN7hJcVwQi3btoUBSOos/L qyv/s7sD2R1bL1Ef5RQPURxn35S4ButldI5ByploQNv3ss+Idz/RaDLhCjNYG2yfKnjk SU5w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.23.6 with SMTP id i6mr14641713laf.24.1399924973424; Mon, 12 May 2014 13:02:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.129.164 with HTTP; Mon, 12 May 2014 13:02:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <537123B3.5080309@a1poweruser.com> References: <201404161828.s3GISoA3071853@svn.freebsd.org> <534ECCE7.7050204@freebsd.org> <5370F453.3000602@a1poweruser.com> <53710066.7080407@daemonic.se> <537123B3.5080309@a1poweruser.com> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 21:02:53 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] WITH_NEW_XORG is now the default on FreeBSD 10 and 9 stable From: Tom Evans To: Fbsd8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 20:02:56 -0000 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > I know about this patch. I gave it to the guy who maintains jail(8) to be > added as allow_xorg back in 9.1. After a year long review it was rejected by > the core security team as it completely breaks jail security. xorg uses the > kernel to communicate with the hosts console. Might have been worth mentioning that at the start. > > From that news release, sounded like the new xorg uses a different method to > communicate with the hosts console. Is my understanding correct? No. > > Now using vt(9) with the new xorg may be the answer to running xorg in a > jail. No it isn't - the patch that allows xorg to access kmem and to give access to the drm devices is the answer to running xorg in a jail. > Is there any way to get vt installed on 10.0-RELEASE with out going to > current? Yes, recompile with this in your kernel config: nodevice vga nodevice sc device vt device vt_vga Cheers Tom