Have you updated your kernel or any x11 packages recently? (yum update,
apt-get upgrade, etc.)? These can overwrite critical nvidia files and cause
problems. I'd try reinstalling the nvidia drivers first which should clean
all that up.
Regards,
Curt.
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM, David Baron wrote:
> I have not succeeded in using the program recently. Running from
> kfreeflight
> simply fails. Tried from a terminal and got this:
>
> NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied).
> NVIDIA: Direct rendering failed; attempting indirect rendering.
> freeglut (fgfs): Unable to create direct context rendering for window
> 'FlightGear'
> This may hurt performance.
>
> Never heard of these before. They are root:video, so I placed users in this
> group, still get that message.
>
> Anyone had this? Fixed it?
>
> Am am running on an older mx400 card using the appropriate "legacy" driver.
>
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