Re: svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.
Olivier THARAN wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 12:49:32AM -0500, Paul Miller wrote:
> > This happens when a regular user runs a graphics program out of X - such
> > as squake... How can I fix this?
> >
> > svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.
>
> You need to make your program setuid root (because svgalib wants access to
> the video, keyboard and mouse, and only root can have this), so :
>
> # chown root squake
> # chmod 2755 squake
This will work, but read /usr/doc/squake/README.Debian first - squake has
known security holes. I recommend you use sudo instead of making it suid.
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see shy jo
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