On 08/22/2010 01:41 PM, Skip Guenter wrote: > OK, I got it working with the Debian package (actually used the PPA > v5.10.58 x64)... This is ugly but if nothing else it's another > confirmation that we've got a "boinc" user permissions problem with the > ATI driver. > > In /etc/default/boinc-client I set the user to "root" in: > > # The BOINC core client will be started with the permissions of this user. > #BOINC_USER="boinc" > BOINC_USER="root" > > Restarted and it finds the HD58xx card/driver and crunches on it in > DNETC.
Skip, this is good news! Have many thanks. The "video" group I recall you have tried already. So, maybe one should add to entries in /etc/group to see if there is a group in the first place for the device needed :) Some ls -lR /dev | less might also bring more insights. Cheers, Steffen -- No GPU found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/587426 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
