On Friday 15 Apr 2016 10:43:26 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 14/04/2016 21:39, Mick wrote:
> > I don't have NVidia or use the full plasma desktop environment on my > > laptop (I use enlightenment instead with a Radeon card). However, I have > > not added sddm to the video group and have not noticed anything undue in > > my logs. I have however noticed that sddm is slightly slower than kdm. > > > > Why is the video group needed? What does it do? > > It's a simple group permission scheme to allow users access to advanced > features on the video card, like what compositing does. I'd understand this if sddm was using hardware acceleration to play some video or snazzy graphics while login in. It looks rather static to me, unless it uses the card to scroll between user icons ... ? -- Regards, Mick
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