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Matt Turner posted on Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:08:35 -0700 as excerpted: |
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> My list of to-do items consists of: |
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> == Fix x11-base/xorg-server suid/systemd situation == |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/635102 |
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> Under some circumstances (kernel modesetting driver + systemd, I think) |
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> Xorg should be able to run without root privileges. We were shipping a |
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> USE=suid option without anyone knowing or understanding its purpose. |
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FWIW I understood it, but also knew it broke X for me back when I first |
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tried it. However... |
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> For >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.20 I plan to ship the xserver in a way that |
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> allows systemd/elogind users with kernel modesetting drivers to run Xorg |
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> without root privileges. I expect to push version 1.19.99.902 (1.20 RC2) |
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> into the tree soon with something working for systemd. I would very much |
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> appreciate an ebuild patch from any elogind user as well as non-systemd |
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> testing to make sure I haven't broken anything like I did with |
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> 1.19.99.901. |
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I noticed the recent no-superuser X changes here (on ~amd64), and decided |
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to try it again... |
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And now (after undoing an old hack I had to manually set SUID here) I |
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have X running as my normal user. Thanks! =:^) |
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FWIW, systemd with modesetting (amdgpu), as you suspected. startx (no *dm |
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at all merged). X starts on top of the vt1 login. xorg- |
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server-1.19.99.901-r1 |
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> == Update packages to depend on x11-base/xorg-proto == |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/651286 |
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> The new x11-base/xorg-proto package combines nearly all (28 in fact) of |
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> the x11-proto/* packages into one, with a very fast Meson build system. |
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> It installs on my laptop in less time than it takes to ./configure one |
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> of the individual x11-proto/ packages. I've kept empty versions of the |
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> x11-proto/ packages to ease the transition. |
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I noticed that I didn't need many of the protos any longer here too, and |
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figured it was a recombining. Thanks for the confirmation. =:^) |
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And thanks for the roadmap to what's ahead re X. =:^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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