Hello,
i use a RedHat 9 box with an Nvidia graphic board and i am using Nvidia's
driver to obtain graphic 3d acceleration.
Currently VTK/opengl complains about permissions on /dev/nvidiactl
and the Nvidia readme states :
Q: OpenGL applications exit with the following error message:
Error: Could not open /dev/nvidiactl because the permissions
are too restrictive. Please see the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
section of /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for steps
to correct.
A: It is likely that a security module for the PAM system may be
changing the permissions on the NVIDIA device files. In most cases
this security system works, but it can get confused. To correct this
problem it is recommended that you disable this security feature.
Different Linux distributions have different files to control this;
please consult with your distributor for the correct method of
disabling this security feature. As an example, if your system has
the file
/etc/security/console.perms
then you should edit the file and remove the line that starts with
"<dri>" (we have also received reports that additional references to
<dri> in console.perms must be removed, but this has not been verified
by NVIDIA).
I am in this configuration, and i would like to know what is the RedHat
recommandation with respect to this problem.
(please don't flame me about using binary only drivers, i NEED 3D acceleration
to work).
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