On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:25:29AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 17:11 +0000, David Nusinow wrote: > > > > commit 7901afcce99a8af97e560d34e3685fd55eaa9c1a > > Author: David Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun Apr 15 13:11:06 2007 -0400 > > > > * Add myself to uploaders > > * Patch libdrm to default to device permission 666 so we don't have to > > do it > > in xorg.conf. The only way libdrm can do anything is through the > > server > > anyway. > > This last sentence doesn't make sense, please elaborate.
It's essentially what ajax told me, although I may have misinterpreted. My impression was that in pretty much all cases, the server controls all access via libdrm because all dri clients are running through the X server. Is this wrong? > > This can still be overridden by a user's xorg.conf. > > It might make sense to alert administrators to change this if they have > untrusted users. That's a good idea, I'll add a NEWS.Debian item for libdrm. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
