[MeeGo-SDK] running startmeego as root?

[Feng, Haitao]

Hi,

Before we release, I have done two things,

1. Run this script as a normal user, the result is Xephyr is running with software rendering and the performance is very slow.
2. After starting this script, switch to a normal user, Xephyr is running with gl acceleration and there is no permission problem.

So for your case, it is possible to split the startmeego-debug into two parts, use root to start Xephyr, and use the others to run /etc/xdg/autostart.

The general question is how to make Chroot+Xephyr more like a real machine. If we could achieve that, the permission problem could be solved automatically. Currently we use startmeego to start MeeGo UX, if it is a real machine, we should start MeeGo UX from init process and start all the MeeGo services and then startmeego.

Thanks
-Haitao

-----Original Message-----
From: meego-sdk-bounces at meego.com [mailto:meego-sdk-bounces at meego.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Ohly
Sent: 2010年9月14日 16:54
To: MeeGo SDK
Subject: [MeeGo-SDK] running startmeego as root?

Hello!

Why is it necessary to run the "startmeego" script as root
(http://wiki.meego.com/MeeGo_SDK_with_Xephyr)?

This hides permission issues as they'll occur on real devices where apps
and most /etc/xdg/autostart session daemons run as a normal user.

What would it take to run the script as a normal user, or start it as
root and then become a normal user before running the session?

Normally I would now run some experiments, but I guess it is more
time-efficient to ask the authors of the script first ;-)

-- 
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

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I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way
represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak
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