Upstream video drivers require running as root in order to set the video
modes.
Some video drivers upstreams (-intel, -ati, -nouveau) are working on
moving mode setting to the kernel, which in theory would enable X to run
as non-root some day, but consider that Ubuntu works with a range of
other video drivers from common ones like -nvidia to rarer ones like
-geode, -psb, and -openchrome, all of which are popular in certain user
segments but none of which have plans to implement KMS any time soon.
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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Software runs as root
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401107
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