Stefan Hagen <[email protected]> wrote: > Crystal Kolipe wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 08:15:43PM +0100, Stefan Hagen wrote: > > > Start X via xenodm and not via startx. Then it runs through > > > /etc/X11/xenodm/GiveConsole, which contains: > > > > > > if [ -c /dev/dri/card0 ]; then > > > chown $USER /dev/dri/card0 > > > fi > > > > > > Alternatively add the chown command above to your .xinitrc > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > WHAT!? > > > > /dev/dri/card0 will be automatically chown'ed to the user logged in on > > ttyC0 unless you've changed /etc/fbtab from the default. > > > > Additionally, /etc/X11/xinit is run as the calling user, not as root. > > So how on earth would the chown command succeed, called from xinit? > > doas(1) helps. But the whole suggestion was a bandaid. I should not have > given it.
What unbelievable terrible advice, to encourage people to make their accounts root-equivelant. Just wow.
