Bug#334847: xserver-xorg: DRM char device isn't chmod 666

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 12:21 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: 
> On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 12:09, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 11:06 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > > 
> > > When starting Xorg, I have to manually chmod 666 the DRM char device
> > > sometimes.
> > 
> > Sounds like something else changes it to something else behind the X
> > server's back, most likely udev. You should be able to change what it
> > sets in /etc/udev/permissions.rules.
> 
> /etc/udev/permissions.rules has that:
> SUBSYSTEM=="drm",       GROUP="video"
> but /dev/dri/card0 is still 660 root.root

Do you also still have the
file /etc/udev/permissions.d/udev.permissions? If yes, what does its
entry for 'dri/card[0-9]' say?

> Do you think I should report the bug to udev ?

Not sure. As you say it only happens 'sometimes', it sounds like a race
condition between conflicting configurations rather than a bug in any
particular package.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer      |     Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
Libre software enthusiast    |   http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer