Re: xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wsmouse
Gregory Steuck <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.openbsd.x11,gmane.os.openbsd.misc |
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>>>>> "Todd" == Todd T Fries <[email protected]> writes: Todd> Specifically, because the X server now drops priveledges to Todd> user _x11 after starting, switching to console while X is Todd> running, logging in (which chowns the files X needs to be user Todd> _x11 to the user logging in) then trying to switch back will Todd> not work successfully. This is strange. Does X server reopen some files as it runs? Is it not possible for it to pre-open all file on start up? (not knowing anything about X server internals it's so easy to fantasize :-) Todd> Please do a full install instead of an upgrade if you don't Todd> want to spend time figuring out what other things are 'not Todd> quite right'. Surprisingly enough, once I changed _x11 uid to 35 and chowned /var/db/xdm to _x11, xdm started working, which was all I cared about. Thanks Greg