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Remove xfreed86-root as the answer and question are very outdated.

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Noted by:	Jakub Lach
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
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Eitan Adler 2012-12-17 16:01:51 +00:00
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</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="xfree86-root">
<para>Before, I was able to run &xorg; as a regular user.
Why does it now say that I must be
<username>root</username>?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>All X servers need to be run as
<username>root</username> in order to get direct access to
your video hardware.</para>
<para>There are two ways to be able to use &xorg;
as a regular user. The first is to use
<command>xdm</command> or another display manager (e.g.,
<command>kdm</command>); the second is to use the
<command>Xwrapper</command>.</para>
<para><command>xdm</command> is a daemon that handles
graphical logins. It is usually started at boot time, and is
responsible for authenticating users and starting their
sessions; it is essentially the graphical counterpart of
&man.getty.8; and &man.login.1;. For more information on
<command>xdm</command> see <ulink
url="http://www.x.org/wiki/UserDocumentation">the &xorg; documentation</ulink>,
and the <link
linkend="xdm-boot">the FAQ entry</link> on it.</para>
<para><command>Xwrapper</command> is the X server wrapper; it
is a small utility to enable one to manually run an X server
while maintaining reasonable safety. It performs some
sanity checks on the command line arguments given, and if
they pass, runs the appropriate X server. If you do not
want to run a display manager for whatever reason, this is
for you. If you have installed the complete Ports
Collection, you can find the port in <filename
role="package">x11/wrapper</filename>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="ps2-x">
<para>Why does my PS/2 mouse misbehave under X?</para>