Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I modified the /etc/security/console.perms file like so:
<console> 0660 <dri> 0660 root.games <xconsole> 0660 /dev/console 0660 root.wheel <xconsole> 0660 <dri> 0660 root.games Notice the entry for dri under "console" without the "x". Before I did this, for some reason, the group permission wasn't getting set (I was getting 0600 even though I wrote 0660). You need to add yourself to the games group, of course. -- Stephen On Thursday 18 October 2001 07:23 pm, you wrote: > 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 > run now: > > $ls -l /dev/nvidiactl > > I get: > > crw------- 1 haim root 195, 255 Sep 29 14:48 /dev/nvidiactl > > and my '/etc/security/console.perms' have the dri line. try running 'msec > 2' (just for the test) to see if that helps, if it does you can run 'msec > custom' to set the security level so it will match your needs. > > Bye
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