Try adding users to the 'video' group. (thats the way it seems to be on Debian anyway).
chefu@cameo:~$ ls -l /dev |grep video crw-rw---- 1 root video 10, 175 Dec 24 15:10 agpgart crw--w---- 1 root video 29, 0 Mar 15 2002 fb0 crw--w---- 1 root video 29, 1 Mar 15 2002 fb0autodetect crw--w---- 1 root video 29, 0 Mar 15 2002 fb0current <snip> crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 0 Dec 25 03:42 nvidia0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 1 Dec 25 03:42 nvidia1 crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 2 Dec 25 03:42 nvidia2 crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 3 Dec 25 03:42 nvidia3 crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 255 Dec 25 03:42 nvidiactl chefu@cameo:~$ groups chefu audio src video Might be slightly different depending on your distro. Sascha On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 19:18, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Hi list, > > Any body got a clue as to why 3D acceleration only works for root? > Does some driver file or some thing have to set uid root? > > TNX a 10^6. > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell
