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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I need the following to be 'user'-usable:
> >
> > To use X:
> > Xvesa
>
> Set it so that user 0/root owns it, then set the suid bit and allow it
> to be executed by user. It writes directly to the hardware.

-rwxr-xr-x

Should I change this?  It works now.
Chmod -x then chmod +s?


> > rxvt
>
> sh and rxvt need to be executable by user.
sh is part of busybox which is -rwxr-xr-x

rxvt:  Failed to open input method, can't open pseudo-tty

> > To use X programs:
> > Abiword
> > Opera
> > xli
>
> All X programs need to read/write their data files. All X programs
> also need to connect to the X server. Start Xvesa with the -ac option,
> as Lee suggested, if there is a permission problem. You may also need
> to change the DISPLAY env variable from =":0" to ="IP:0", where IP is
> the localhost (127.0.0.1 or your `hostname`).  Opera probably wants to
> write to several different locations. Try it and see.

Xvesa works:  -rwxr-xr-x   no change of display

Opera needed to write .qt to /home/user so I made that writable
chmod 777

> > Other programs:
> > zgv (to view photos)
>
> Requires suid (root permissions), as all svgalib programs do. Also
> needs to read the photos.

Working.  -r-s--x--x   -Should I change this?

The photos are -rwxr-xr-x, as they came from the camera.

> > pdftopbm

pdftoppm
-rwxr-xr-x
> Only needs to be executable and have access to the PDF.


> > To print:
> > gs (and some way to shrink gs to a minimum with just Times New Roman and
> > no Chinese fonts - this will be a big project.  Start with just gs and see
> > what it complains about?).
>
> Ditto.

It complains of
svgalib:  Cannot get I/O permissions.
It uses libvga.so.1 and libvgagl.so.1
-rwxr-xr-x

chmod 777 libvga*   -rwxrwxrwx

It still cannot get I/O permissions
The above is all BL3.

gs worked for user in BL2 where it used X by default.

> > lpr already works for 'user' but not 'root'
>
> You could send the data directly to the printer (as wp and the netpbm
> scripts do now). That would eliminate the need for a user account due
> to lpr's permission problem. An lpr script could accept a postscript
> file on stdin and use ghostscript to filter it, then send it to the
> printer.

I can print ps files directly with gs after saving to a file in Abiword 
and Opera, in a script based on gs.  But the same script (printdj) will 
not work to print from them within Opera or Abiword.  Can you check this 
out?  It is a pain to use 'user' instead of 'root'.

> > The user would be instructed to type user and then Enter instead of
> > pressing Enter.  In rc.d?
>
> Just edit /etc/issue.
>
> David

rxvt is not working in BL3 either. 
Sindi