Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 21:02:53 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] WITH_NEW_XORG is now the default on FreeBSD 10 and 9 stable Message-ID: <CAFHbX1%2BnN1JHJvL=c13g0S1DJhbG_=xhf1ZZgXRYkGDiXc1X=A@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CAFHbX1K84pKJx9B5gprNuAMBV4s-_u7OkWRTyUjm=y3C-4gMgA@mail.gmail.com> <537123B3.5080309@a1poweruser.com>
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> 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
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