Re: 3Dfx problem on normal user

You should try running testGlide2x and testGlide3x as root and as a normal 
user to check Glide support. (Mesa3dfx depends on Glide.)
For normal user access, /dev/3dfx needs to be set up correctly.

On Monday 27 May 2002 19:31, Konstantinos Gerakis wrote:
> 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!


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