Native surface creation

[Adam Jackson]

On Friday 11 March 2005 17:19, Jon Smirl wrote:
> I'm trying to make sure that XGL doesn't have to run as root. This
> implies that you can't set an arbitrary mode. That's the purpose of
> the list of modes names that you can then copy to 'mode'.

I don't see the connection.  Why is setting a mode a privileged operation?  
Can you gain root or escape your virtual address space by changing to 
640x480?

If your access control is based on u/g/o access to the DRI device, you've 
already established that the given user or group is capable of making the 
display go screwy.  They have that ability _anyway_ once the server is 
running.  How is mode setting privileged?

- ajax
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