On 12/10/05, Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The first time I am logged in to the system after startup, I do not have
> permission to open DRM:
>
> What I did was:
> 1. Turn on computer.
> 2. Log in as root.
> 3. star KDM: /etc/init.d/xdm start
> 4. Log in as normal user.
> 5. Open Konsole.
> 6. Run glxgears. Now I get:
> libGL error: open DRM failed (Operation not permitted)
> 7. Log out.
> 8. Log in (session restored).
> 9. Run glxgears. It runs with 3D-acceleration.
>
> My xorg.conf contains:
> Section "dri" # from http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
>         Group "dri" # from http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
>         Mode 0660   # from http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
> EndSection    # from http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
>
> This is reproductible. I tried several power cycles.
>

your system probably uses udev to change permissions on devices on the
fly.  make sure your user is in the video group (or whatever group
your distro uses for it).

Alex


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