I just need to start by saying thank you to the people who have made suggestions.
That would work however i don't think the user we would setup to run pacasa can access the /home folder for the actual user who is logged in. All home directories are nfs mounts to a FAST local server. The department in question has 60 Linux workstations and 300 users. (academic department with student users). So - i guess I just need to dig into what is going on with the two files in /dev owned by the linux group video. crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 0 May 19 14:08 nvidia0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 255 May 19 14:08 nvidiactl I just don't know what/how this set of files are created or defined. If you know who I can ask a question about the linux x server please let me know. Thanks Dave/ On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > * David E. Marshall <[email protected]> [05-23-11 19:18]: >> thanks for the ideas. >> >> I don't think this is a problem with the systems, or picasa for that >> matter - but rather an issue how pacasa runs. We have 20 other >> software that work OK... Mathematica, Matlab etc... All users belong >> to the group "domain users". >> >> for instance this is a user home dir: >> >> drwx------ 49 dem1 domain users 4096 2011-05-20 15:07 dem1 >> >> My guess is that the user you are running as belongs to the "linux >> video" group on your system. i do not know how to add a domain group >> to the local video group... which I think will fix the problem. >> >> The fix suggested by the error pop up when you start pacasa >> >> "chmod 666 /dev/nvidia0 /dev/nvidia1": >> >> Works when run as root and lets the logged in user run pacasa - but a >> simple log out and back in changes the >> them back to 660. >> >> Thanks for the help thinking about my problem. >> >> Dave/ >> >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > * David E. Marshall <[email protected]> [05-23-11 16:28]: >> >> We find that two files in /dev: >> >> >> >> crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 0 May 19 14:08 nvidia0 >> >> crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 255 May 19 14:08 nvidiactl >> >> >> >> are causing the picasa error: >> > >> > which you mentioned, but out of context :^) >> > >> > you *do* have a problem, >> > ll /dev/nvid* >> > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 May 23 09:22 /dev/nvidia0 >> > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 May 23 09:22 /dev/nvidiactl >> > >> >> "/dev/nvidia0 pr /dev/nvidiact1 are not accessible. Picasa will crash >> >> if these files are not accessible. To fix this, as root, please run: >> >> chmod 666 /dev/nvidia0 /dev/nvidia1" >> >> >> >> If you su to root and make the change as suggested - picasa will start >> >> and run without error. >> >> >> >> If you log out and back in (as the same or a different user) the >> >> files revert to 660 and we get the above error when picasa starts. >> >> >> >> All the suggested fixes that I can find we are unable to do. Ether >> >> because the suggested file we should modify is no-existent in suse >> >> 11.4 or because the fix did not fix the problem. >> > >> > well, something is amiss. >> > >> > Log in as a user and w/o running anything, check the perms >> > >> > then run: >> > sudo SuSEconfig >> > >> > this should set system file perms to the correct values. >> > >> > you have set system file perms to: easy >> > chk: yast2 -> security and users -> security center and hardening >> > >> > past that, I can only thing of two possibilities: >> > win domain problem >> > system is rooted. >> > >> > if *all* of your system exhibit this behavour, I would believe it is a >> > "win domain problem". >> > >> > FLASH; I changed perms on my system to match yours and ran picasa as a >> > normal user w/o a problem. Something else is causing your problems >> > besides the perms (in addition to). I would guess your problem lies in >> > the "win domain" access. >> > >> >> Computer are part of a win domain - we use winbind to authenticate. If >> >> I could figure out how to add a win domain group to the linux "video" >> >> group I think that would fix the problem - but as yet I don't see >> >> how... >> > >> > I know neither ??? >> > >> > If I can help further... I am around :^) >> > >> > -- >> > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 >> > http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 >> > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member >> > Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en. > > > He does belong to the group "video". > > Have you considered "ssh -Y" and running picasa remotely. This way you > could always run as the same user, or as a user who belongs to group > "video". > -- > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member > Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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