> Answer 1. Besides port access granted by ioperm/iopl, svgalib needs write > access to /dev/mem to operate. Therefore svgalib keeps an open > descriptor ( number three usually ) to /dev/mem ( is it true in all cases ? > can someone confirm that authoritatively ? ). So, we can modify our uid [It does not need to, its yet another svgalib bug if it does.] And the answer to svgalib as a whole is 'before installing this package read back 2 years of bugtraq and tell me why you are installing it' Alan
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