** 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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