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Hi,

In the french documentation on obsd4a's wiki, I wrote:

"When to add this option?
When you see into xorg.log:
$ head /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    33.839] (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/xf86 and /dev/mem
        (Operation not permitted)
        Check that you have set 'machdep.allowaperture=1'
        in /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot your machine
        refer to xf86(4) for details
(...)
"
It's right?

You mention security risks and others problems.
Which?
Could you explain simply, please?


On 6/12/19 12:58 AM, Marc Espie wrote:
> I think this is generic enough to belong on misc@ ----- Forwarded 
> message from Mark Kettenis <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl> -----
> 
> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:54:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Mark Kettenis 
> <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl> To: t...@openbsd.org Subject: Check your 
> machdep.allowaperture setting
> 
> These days most OpenBSD users should have the machdep.allowaperture
> sysctl set to 0 (the default).  Having it set to seomething else
> poses security risks and can actually cause problems, in particular
> on systems that have multiple GPUs where one of tha GPUs is
> supported by inteldrm(4) or radeondrm(4) and the other isn't.
> 
> You'll only need to set machdep.allowaperture to a non-zero value 
> if inteldrm(4) or radeordrm(4) doesn't attach on your machine and 
> you can't use efifb(4) either.
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 


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