I don't see the nvidia troubleshooting guide mentioned above in doc lists however i did find this one: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml It doesn't mention adding users to the video group in /etc/group Once i did that and loaded the correct module -- :-) user99 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install xorg-x11: edit xorg.conf use nvidia as driver 2.emerge nvidia-kernel then opengl-update nvidia 3.modules-update & then startx Actual Results: when i ran glxinfo - I got complaints about /etc/securty/console.perm Until i added user to video group Expected Results: name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation server glx version string: 1.3 server glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation client glx version string: 1.3 client glx extensions: GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer GLX extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce FX 5200/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! OpenGL version string: 1.5.1 NVIDIA 61.11 OpenGL extensions: GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_paletted_texture, 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5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x25 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x26 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x27 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x28 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x29 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x2a 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x2b 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x2c 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2d 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2e 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2f 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x30 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x31 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x32 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x33 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, 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Can you show me your /etc/security/console.perms? Mine doesn't speak about "video" anywhere. Also, none of the nvidia ebuilds tell something about the "video" user.
andrew@asteroid ~ $ ls -l /dev/nvidia* crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 0 Nov 29 08:13 /dev/nvidia0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 195, 255 Nov 29 08:13 /dev/nvidiactl andrew@asteroid ~ $ groups lp wheel audio video games cdrw users portage Sven they should be in the video group as per udev defaults. Would it be more preferable to have a note about this added to the ebuilds?
Essentially standard permissions however I did comment out the "dri" sections as suggested by the nvidia docs. That didn't fix the problem until user was added to video group. #<dri>=/dev/nvidia* /dev/3dfx* <mainboard>=/dev/apm_bios <burner>=/dev/scd* /dev/sg* /dev/pcd* /dev/pg* /dev/cdwriter /dev/scsi/*/*/*/*/generic <usb>=/dev/usb/dabusb* /dev/usb/mdc800* /dev/usb/rio500 /dev/ttyUSB* \ /proc/usb/[0-9][0-9][0-9]/[0-9][0-9][0-9] # permission definitions <console> 0660 <serial> 0660 root.tty <console> 0660 <floppy> 0660 root.floppy <console> 0600 <sound> 0600 root.audio <console> 0600 <cdrom> 0660 root.cdrom <console> 0600 <pilot> 0660 root.uucp <console> 0600 <jaz> 0660 root.disk <console> 0600 <zip> 0660 root.disk <console> 0600 <ls120> 0660 root.disk <console> 0600 <scanner> 0600 root <console> 0600 <camera> 0600 root <console> 0600 <memstick> 0600 root <console> 0600 <flash> 0600 root <console> 0600 <diskonkey> 0660 root.disk <console> 0600 <rem_ide> 0660 root.disk <c<console> 0600 <kbd> 0600 root <console> 0600 <joystick> 0600 root <console> 0600 <v4l> 0600 root.sys <console> 0700 <gpm> 0700 root <console> 0600 <mainboard> 0600 root <console> 0660 <burner> 0660 root.cdrw <console> 0600 <usb> 0660 root.usb <console> 0600 <rio500> 0600 root <xconsole> 0600 /dev/console 0600 root.root #<xconsole> 0660 <dri> 0660 root user99 :
please ignore the <c<console thing generated by mistake while pasting. <console> 0600 <fb> 0600 root that line was truncated.and should also be there. I don't believe i ever edited this file from default until i commented the dri lines. user99
Thanks; added to the nvidia guide. Andrew: it might be interesting to add a note as well, although, now that it's documented, it's not absolutely necessary.
