Re: Does X11 user need permission to /dev/dri/card0

2023-01-03 Thread Michael van Elst
mayur...@acm.org (Mayuresh) writes: >What do I miss if I don't give dri permission? E.g. would firefox be >terribly slower? It is slower, and much slower for anything using video content or things like WebGL. >I can already see that I can't even run xscreensaver-demo. I can >understand

Re: Does X11 user need permission to /dev/dri/card0

2023-01-03 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 06:30:05AM -, Michael van Elst wrote: > If the system crashes when you allow access, this means that > the DRM code is buggy Thanks. Logged a PR already. What do I miss if I don't give dri permission? E.g. would firefox be terribly slower? I can already see that

Re: Does X11 user need permission to /dev/dri/card0

2023-01-03 Thread Michael van Elst
mayur...@acm.org (Mayuresh) writes: >Can someone throw some light on whether wheel membership is mandatory for >dri? And about the crash if such permission is given? It's the opposite, the DRI device needs to be accessible to users that should be allowed to use it. You could create a 'drm'