** Description changed:

  The permissions of the /dev/nvidia files cause errors when processes are
  launched with non-root privileges on my 64-bit 9.04 desktop system.
  
  In my case I get Direct Rendering errors when launching a Direct
  Rendering enabled VM inside VMware Server, but running glxinfo without
  sudo shows the error:
  
  NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission
  denied).
  
  I have found many other posts with the same issue (including people
  using Wine), and here is my current workaround since reinstalling the
  180 driver package did not fix it:
  
  gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local
  
  Add the following before "exit 0":
  
  chmod 666 /dev/nvidia* &
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  NonfreeKernelModules: vmmon nvidia
  Package: nvidia-glx-180 180.44-0ubuntu1
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (bui...@crested) (gcc version 
4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009
  SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
+ 
+ [lspci]
+ 00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02f0] 
(rev a2)
+       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a34]
+ 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 
6150 LE] [10de:0241] (rev a2)
+       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a34]

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No Nvidia direct rendering unless root user
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370249
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