blender error... [SOLVED]

kcy29581 · 2005-05-30 02:18:54

Hi all,

I get this error when starting blender:

[kcy29581@shadow ~]$ blender
Error: Could not open /dev/nvidiactl because the permissions
are too resticitive. Please see the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
section of /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for steps
to correct.
Segmentation fault
The nvidia readme suggests editing one of 2 files which do not exist...

Any help much appreciated!

Dusty · 2005-05-30 02:22:54

add yourself to the video group...

as root:
gpasswd -a username

then log in and out...

Dusty

kcy29581 · 2005-05-30 02:24:23

i thought about that but when i tried it it said "unknown group: video"
...

kcy29581 · 2005-05-30 02:25:09

I've already installed the nvidia drivers fine as well so i don't know what else to try

kcy29581 · 2005-05-30 02:33:32

well I read up now i realised its the video group being the problem, and I did a
groupadd video
and added myself to that grou, restarted and all is well

neri · 2005-05-30 10:14:08

kcy29581 wrote:

well I read up now i realised its the video group being the problem, and I did a
groupadd video
and added myself to that grou, restarted and all is well

This seems to be a problem with the post_install process of the filesystems package. A reinstallation of this package would hav added the video group to your box. I dunno exactly what does trigger it

-neri

kcy29581 · 2005-05-30 13:32:18

thanks for that. i was reading the bugs list and thought that was it at least its all sorted now

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blender error... [SOLVED]

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Re: blender error... [SOLVED]

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