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Re: SUDO

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On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:09:25PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 12/03/07 13:39, Michael Pobega wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:24:38PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 12/03/07 13:15, Michael Pobega wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:07:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> [snip]
> >>>> Wouldn't it be better to just give the "games" group rw access to
> >>>> the SDL framebuffer, and add yourself to the games group?
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps that would be a better approach, how would I go about doing
> >>> that? I've no clue how to grant rw access to the SDL framebuffer, which
> >>> is why I didn't try it that way (That was the first thought to cross my
> >>> mind)
> >> Googling "sdl framebuffer" indicates that what you really mean is
> >> "how do I grant group write privs to the Linux framebuffer".
> > 
> >> What does "ls -aFl /dev/fb*" show you?
> > 
> > 
> >> ls -aFl /dev/fb*
> > crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 Dec  3 10:22 /dev/fb0
> > 
> > The video group has rw permissions, and that's why mplayer -vo directfb
> > works, but I don't think that the SDL Framebuffer is one in the same as
> > /dev/fb0.
> 
> Maybe you've mis-configured something?  All my googling indicates
> that SDL can use DirectFB.
> 
> http://listas.apesol.org/pipermail/sdl-libsdl.org/2002-May/026885.html
> 

Actually I think the problem is that I'm trying to initialize the
framebuffer from within Screen; Is there any way to pass the permissions
to Screen?

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