From cf7043f813afde189e854bc5fa875faf99864cab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: graysky Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:06:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] note modsetting/some AMD drivers re: Xwrapper.conf --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 883d042..bfd5f7c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ A simple systemd service file to run kodi in standalone mode. * xorg-server with xorg-xinit ## Note -Users no longer require `/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config` on the system since the created X server becomes the [controlling process](http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#StandardInput=) of the VT to which it is bound. +Most users no longer require `/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config` on the system since the created X server becomes the [controlling process](http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#StandardInput=) of the VT to which it is bound. Most users is not all users. There have been reports of some AMD users still requiring this file. As well, Xorg's native modesetting driver may also require this. + +Again, try the service without it, but if it fails to start, create `/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config` and have it contain a single line: +``` +needs_root_rights = yes +``` ## Credit Credit for the service given to the Arch Linux maintainers of the official kodi package.