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Date:      Sun, 5 Jan 2003 12:31:56 -0500
From:      Jonah Sherman <jsherman@stuy.edu>
To:        David Holm <david@realityrift.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nVidia opengl works as root but not as user
Message-ID:  <20030105173156.GA9111@rootbox>
In-Reply-To: <200301051138.16640.david@realityrift.com>
References:  <200301051138.16640.david@realityrift.com>

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Im not sure why this would cause it but it's the only thing I can think
of that differentiates between root and non-root for gl stuff:

In your XF86Config-4, do you have a section which resembles the
following? :

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection
	
If not, try adding it...

On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 11:38:16AM +0100, David Holm wrote:
> The thing is that OpenGL apps run perfectly as root, but whenever I use my 
> normal user I can run 1-2 OpenGL apps without any problems but when I run 
> them the next time the machine locks instantly and then reboots, this never 
> happens when I'm running as root.
> 

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