Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 12:17:35 +0100 (MET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: dmm125@bellatlantic.net (Donn Miller) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't run vgl programs unless I'm root Message-ID: <199802051117.MAA00937@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980204174818.13227A-100000@myname.my.domain> from Donn Miller at "Feb 4, 98 05:51:39 pm"
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In reply to Donn Miller who wrote:
> Hello
>
> I couldn't get programs linked with libvgl to run unless I'm logged in as
> root. I know that /dev/kmem needs to have write access. Maybe there are
> others?
>
> Thanks. Any help appreciated.
You need to be root, as libvgl messes with IO ports to the videocard, and
this is not allowed if UID!=0.
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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