nvidia permissions always restored

acidjuice · 03-09-2005, 06:09 AM

dear all,

when i run something with openGL such as the atlantis screensaver, i get the error:

"/dev/nvidiactl: permissions to restrictive".

therefore i follow the suggested instructions and:

1. modified the /etc/security/console.perms to comment all references to <dri>.

2. i changed the permissions back to 0666 and chown root.

this works perfectly, until i restart x. when i do so, permissions are back again to restricted.

what can i do?

acidjuice · 03-09-2005, 06:13 AM

found an answer, i guess i post it here for anyone in need.

the way to fix it is to edit the file :

/etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions

Scroll down to you find the section on [dri divices] and change :

code:nvidia* :root:root 0660
To
nvidia* :root:root :0666

Then re-boot the system.

Also make sure you have all the nvidia drivers copied from /dev to /etc/udev/devices by using the command

cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices

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sys7em · 03-12-2005, 05:10 AM

thanksfor the explanation I was searchin for the same thing ...

acidjuice · 03-13-2005, 11:56 AM

that's what forums are made of

sys7em · 03-15-2005, 10:22 AM

after upgrading to udev 54 from slackware current .... the /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions file just disappeared .. don't know why but now my nvidia perm. keep reseting again ...any ideas ?

gbonvehi · 03-15-2005, 10:45 AM

From recent version of udev, the rules are in: /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules
Look for a line that says:

Code:

KERNEL="nvidia*",       NAME="%k", GROUP="video"

and change it to

Code:

KERNEL="nvidia*",       NAME="%k", GROUP="video", MODE="0666"

PS: I forgot to remember that udev 054 problems were fixed so i'd recommend upgrading to it.

reddazz · 03-15-2005, 10:58 AM

I downgraded to the previous release, but others posted a solution somewhere in the Slackware forums, so do a search.