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Author: Rainer Weikusat
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Linux 4.4 and KMS
richard lucassen <mailinglists@???> writes:
> Didier Kryn <kryn@???> wrote:
>
>
>> Sure it's not new, but for Broadcom. But why the hell do we
>> still have the only alternative of either run the X server with root
>> priviledge or to run it under Systemd?
>
> Just FYI:
>
> There is a package called "xserver-xorg-legacy" that permits normal
> users to start X


As far as I remember, by running it with superuser privileges as the
binary is not setuid-0 anymore, IOW, that's not exactly "an alternate
option".