permission problem

hitman_et · 11-06-2004, 01:53 AM

while i was trying to get my nvidia drivers working properly, the nvidia FAQ guide told me to
do:

chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia*
chown root /dev/nvidia*

but i accidently put it in the terminal as "chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia* chown root /dev/nvidia*" and now i cant login with anyother user than root.

i also did this

Code:

/etc/security/console.perms
   then you should edit the file and remove the line that starts with
   "<dri>"

sometimes when i login with a normal user when i tried to startx it said i dont have pam permissions or something like that

i have red hat 9

hw-tph · 11-06-2004, 08:23 AM

Try adding this to your X config file (be it /etc/xorg.conf or /etc/XF86Config-4):

Code:

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

Håkan

hitman_et · 11-06-2004, 06:16 PM

Nope that didnt work

also when i try to login it says bin/bash: root/.bashrc Permission is Denied

and also when i try to startx as normal user, it says PAM permissions error, Perhaps you dont have console ownership?

hw-tph · 11-07-2004, 04:59 PM

Try adding the normal user (as opposed to root) to the "tty" group and see if that helps.

Håkan

hitman_et · 11-12-2004, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Try adding the normal user (as opposed to root) to the "tty" group and see if that helps.

umm how do i do that

EDIT: if you mean go into users and groups and select a user than tick the box next to tty in groups, it did not work. Should i keep this setting?

hitman_et · 11-13-2004, 10:01 PM

Any one else got any ideas??

eternauta3k · 04-03-2005, 10:12 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=102919

I'm gonna try it