gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next

[Matthew Macy]

 ---- On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:52:30 -0700 Pete Wright <pete at nomadlogic.org> wrote ---- 
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 > On 9/21/16 4:36 PM, Bob Willcox wrote: 
 > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 05:19:54PM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: 
 > >> 
 > >> Thanks Pete! I'll give that a try tonight. I think I'm beginning to get it. :) 
 > >> 
 > >> Bob 
 > >> 
 > > 
 > > Well, partial success. X will come up if I run as root but not as 
 > > my user id. I suspect that I have some ports problems. I had installed 
 > > a number of ports prior to trying the drm-next stuff so that could be 
 > > the problem. Here's my Xorg.log file, in case that helps. Here's one 
 > > of the log lines that seemed pretty troublesome: 
 > > 
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 > re: the requirement to run as root, ensure your login is part of the  
 > "video" group.  That should allow you to access /dev/drm/ w/o elevated  
 > privs. 
 >  

The "video" group is generally only needed for VAAPI / 3D acceleration. Xorg is usually built setuid so I'm not sure what else could be wrong.
-M