Permission to run DRI

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Fri Jun 22 19:24:42 UTC 2007


Frank Cox wrote:
> I just noticed that when I run glxgears stuff on this computer (which is an
> Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller) I get this:
>
> libGL error: open DRM failed (Operation not permitted)
> libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering
>
> When I run glxgears as root, it works as expected (without this error).
>
> My /etc/X11/xorg.conf contains this:
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Group        0
>         Mode         0666
> EndSection
>
> It is my current understanding that this should allow all users to access DRI,
> but apparently it doesn't.
>
> What do I need to change to fix this?
>
>
>   
    Hi Frank, the /etc/X11/xorg.conf is a file that says nothing about 
DRI perhaps because I have FC6. But the file itself has this:

[root at localhost X11]# ls -al xorg.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 568 Jun 18 17:31 xorg.conf
[root at localhost X11]#

So whatever reads xorg.conf has to have root.

Karl




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