3Dfx problem on normal user

Hello to everyone,

I have a 3Dfx Interactive Voodoo, but I have some problems when I try to run 
3D applications (for example gears) as normal user. The installation has set 
the script_3d variable to switch2mesasoft. I run the script switch2mesa3dfx, 
but when I try to execute a 3D application( gears) I get a "segmentation 
fault" as normal user. As root things are better and at least the gears app 
or the OpenGL spectrum analyser of xmms work fine.
(I use XFree86 version 3 to support my Diamond Stealth S3Trio 64 card and the 
packages mesa3dfx and glide_vg are installed)
I read the documentation about mesa3dfx and it says that I have to run any 3D 
application as root, or set uid on such apps!!
How can I fix the 3Dfx to work as normal user?

By the way, in the Kcontrol module "Available Hardware" it show a check mark 
near my S3 card and a "tools" mark near my 3Dfx (and near some other hardware 
that work fine, that is my monitor, the floppy disk controller etc). What 
does this "tools" icon mean? That the relevant hardware is not yet 
configured?

Thanks!
-- 
Konstantinos

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