Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> 
> You need rw permissions to the framebuffer device. If you don't need vt
> related stuff you just use the no-vt option and you're good to go. If you
> need vt stuff you need read permission to /dev/tty0.
> 
> But even then you won't be really secure as DirectFB has direct acces to
> the graphics card which can be used to compromise the system if the
> hardware supports bus mastering.
> 
This is another good reason DirectFB should be instantiated by a
separate app, this would take care of the security problems.

O. Wyss

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