No Nvidia direct rendering unless root user (vmware)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The permissions of the /dev/nvidia files cause errors when processes are launched with non-root privileges on my 64-bit 9.04 desktop system.
In my case I get Direct Rendering errors when launching a Direct Rendering enabled VM inside VMware Server, but running glxinfo without sudo shows the error:
NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied).
I have found many other posts with the same issue (including people using Wine), and here is my current workaround since reinstalling the 180 driver package did not fix it:
gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local
Add the following before "exit 0":
chmod 666 /dev/nvidia* &
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: nvidia-glx-180 180.44-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@crested) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009
SourcePackage: nvidia-
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
[lspci]
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02f0] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a34]
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] [10de:0241] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a34]
description: | updated |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: jaunty |
summary: |
- No Nvidia direct rendering unless root user + No Nvidia direct rendering unless root user (vmware) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
I've posted a new version of the -nvidia driver to our xorg-edgers PPA,
would you mind testing it either on Jaunty or Karmic and see if it
resolves this bug?
Get nvidia- graphics- drivers- 180 - 185.18.14 here:
https:/ /edge.launchpad .net/~xorg- edgers/ +archive/ ppa