Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions

2003-09-12 Thread Richard Urwin
On Friday 12 Sep 2003 5:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a significant difference between > > chmod 666 /dev/nvidia1 > and > chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia1? man chmod says "Any omitted digits are assumed to be leading zeros." So no, they are identical. (The fourth digit is where the setu

Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions

2003-09-12 Thread Max . Benitz
CTED]> cc: Subject: Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions Serge wrote: >to get 3d back you have to type as toor in a shell: > > >chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia* >chown root /dev/nvidia* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions

2003-09-11 Thread HaywireMac
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:17:13 +0300 Anarky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > thanks .. yes, I know that ... but why does it happen again? .. what > can I do to stop it happening again? this is msec again. you need to edit your /etc/security/msec/perm.local so that /dev/nvidia stay the way you want

Re: [newbie] nvidiactl permissions

2003-09-11 Thread Anarky
Serge wrote: to get 3d back you have to type as toor in a shell: chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia* chown root /dev/nvidia* thanks .. yes, I know that ... but why does it happen again? .. what can I do to stop it happening again? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.m

[newbie] nvidiactl permissions

2003-09-11 Thread Anarky
this is now the second day I'm getting these kind of errors (now when running k3d): Error: Could not open /dev/nvidiactl because the permissions are too resticitive. Please see the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section of /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for steps to correct. I went to th