update xfce 4.0.0 -> xfce 4.0.1

[Thorsten Greiner]

* Oliver Lehmann <lehmann at ans-netz.de> [2003-12-08 09:12]:
> The swap monitor is reading 'No swap', and on the console these lines
> print out about two or three times per second:
> kvm_open: short read
> kfce4-panel: cannot read sw:
> kvm_open: short read
> kfce4-panel: cannot read swapblist:

First, systemload-plugin-0.3.3 has been committed yesterday, but I
don't think that will change this behaviour. The reason for what
your seeing is that reading swap information under 4.x is done by
reading /dev/kmem (opposed to a sysctl under 5.x). To access kmem
the process requires the kmem privilege. Since the xfce-plugins
operate as shared objects inside the xfce-panel plugin this would
require to give the xfce-panel executable suid (sgid might actually
be sufficient) kmem privileges.

I you are willing to test if giving the xfce-panel sgid kmem
priviliges fixes the problem I am willing to update the port and
state this procedure as a w/around for 4.x users.

Best regards

        -Thorsten

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