Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Oct 9 2007 19:15, David C. Rankin wrote: >> I installed the 2.6.22.9-ccj54-default kernel via Yast and then rebuilt >> the ATI drivers by hand pursuant to >> http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_Driver_HOWTO#The_Hard_Way and >> http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/ati-installer-HOWTO.html. Two issues: >> >> First, for some reason Yast/sax2 incorrectly recognizes the card as an >> ATI RV350 NP. This is incorrect. The card is correctly listed with glxinfo: > > I would not know what changed between 2.6.22.3 and .9 (I'm basing these > off the suse build service), since their source repository is not open > and I do not copy their kernels on a daily basis. > If it happens to work with a kernel from > /repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/i586||x86_64, let me know. > Though I did not really change any of my patches between ccj53 and 54. > >> 17:13 //david/Rankin-P35a~ glxgears >> FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied) >> __FGLTexMgrCreateObject: __FGLTexMgrSHMmalloc failed!!! >> >> Obviously it is a permission error, but I don't know where to start to >> track it down. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > For Nvidia, there are /dev/nvidia*, I do not know if ati has something > similar. (Probably not since it is trying to use SHM, try `ipcs`)
Hmm... I don't know what happened, but I did a software update last night and this morning the malloc error is gone. It now works great as a regular user and as root. Go figure? Thanks for your reply Jan! -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
