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Re:OpenBSD 6.5 by snazz on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:34AM (#19738727)
Even better. Then it’s a win-win.
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Re:OpenBSD 6.5 by snazz on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @08:13PM (#19743794)
I was incorrect: It appears that you do in fact need root to run startx now:

(quoting the faq page for upgrade65):

Xorg(1). The Xorg binary is no longer installed setuid, so startx(1) can no longer be used by non-root users. The xenodm(1) display manager has to be used instead.

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