On Sunday 29 March 2009, Andrew Syrewicze wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 19:23 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sunday 29 March 2009, Andrew Syrewicze wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > > > This is probably something really simple, but if you don't know, you > > > just don't know. I tried looking around on the forums a bit and didn't > > > find anything there either. > > > > > > I just finished installing the ATI-drivers package, and succesfully got > > > X running with the ATI generated xorg.conf file. When i run glxgears as > > > a standard user i get the following: > > > > > > ~ $ glxgears > > > libGL error: open DRM failed (Operation not permitted) > > > libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering > > > 4642 frames in 5.1 seconds = 913.481 FPS > > > > > > > > > but when i run glxgears as root, it runs fine with no complaints and > > > FPS near 2000. I'm guessing it's system permissions somewhere, but i'm > > > not sure where to look. > > > > > > BTW: my user account is part of the video group as well. > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks!! > > > > > > -- > > > Andy > > > > try rc-update add consolekit default > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > Adding consolekit to the default run level and rebooting the system did > not resolve the issue.
try chaning permissions in /dev/dri/card0
