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Re: permissions on /dev/nvidia*



On Mi, 15 ian 14, 13:13:34, Uli Wannek wrote:
> It is a very old thread, sorry, but i stumbled upon and meanwhile found
> a solution:
> 
> nvidia supplies
>   /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf
> originally containing:
>   alias char-major-195* nvidia
>   options nvidia NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=44 \
>                  NVreg_DeviceFileMode=0660
>   # To enable FastWrites and Sidebus addressing, uncomment these lines
>   # options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1
>   # options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1
>   # see #580894
>   blacklist nouveau
> 
> which i changed to (my "users" GID is 1000):
>   options nvidia NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=1000 \
>                  NVreg_DeviceFileMode=0660
> After
>   rmmod nvidia
>   modprobe nvidia
> rights for all nvidia devices fit.

I'm guessing you could have solved you problem by adding your user to 
group 'video' (44).

Kind regards,
Andrei
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