After updating to Mandrake 8.1 and NVidia-1.0-1541, I'm having trouble
running accelerated 3D as a regular user. The error is:
$ bounce
Error: Could not open /dev/nvidiactl because the permissions are
too resticitive. Please see the TROUBLESHOOTING section of
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
I modified the /etc/security/console.perms file like so:
console 0660 dri0660 root.games
xconsole 0660 /dev/console 0660 root.wheel
xconsole 0660 dri0660 root.games
Notice the entry for dri under console without the x. Before I
I'm not sure this is connected but what security level did you choose when you
installed mandrake 8.1?
I never really searched how it works but mandrake have some scripts that when you
login to your computer on X as a regular user, it changes the owner of some devices to
your user. so if I
