On ���, 2002-02-09 at 22:21, Rainer Koschnick wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> somehow since yesterday I am having troubles starting X as a normal user.
> The NVdriver module doesn't get loaded automatically anymore, so I have to
> su and modprobe it.

It does not get loaded or you do not have correct permissions for
/dev/nvidia*? What does "start as normal user" means - from level 5 or
from level 3? What exactly you do?

> 
> - there is no nvidia in /lib/dev-state

Irrelevant

> - in console.perms I got his:
> 
> ...
> <dri>=/dev/nvidia* /dev/3dfx*
> ...
> <xconsole> 0600 <dri>        0600 root
> 

This may or may not be a problem.

> - modules.conf has this entry: alias char-major-195 NVdriver
> 

Is not used with devfs anyway

> Is there anything else that needs to be set?
> 

You do not even say what version of nVidia drivers or what version of
Mandrake you have and you ask what needs to be done?

-andrej

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