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On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> I am running a stable port of gentoo with gnome 2.31.1 and I want to run |
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> compiz. |
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> How do I run compiz proparly?! I am pretty sure, that I do something |
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> wrong. For any advise, I would thank you. |
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> Tamer |
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> When I open gnome-terminal (shell) and run "compiz-manager" I get the |
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> following output: |
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> tamer@office ~ $ compiz-manager |
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> Checking for Xgl: not present. |
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> xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback |
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> /var/log/Xorg.0.log |
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> Detected PCI ID for VGA: 04:00.0 0300: 10de:1244 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 |
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> [VGA controller]) |
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> Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. |
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> Checking for non power of two support: present. |
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> Checking for Composite extension: present. |
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> NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied). |
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> Comparing resolution (1920x1080) to maximum 3D texture size (16384): Passed. |
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> Checking for nVidia: present. |
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> Checking for FBConfig: NVIDIA: could not open the device file |
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> /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied). |
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> present. |
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> Checking for Xgl: not present. |
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> Starting emerald |
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> NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied). |
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I think you need to be present in the video group. |
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Clearly the problem is because access is denied to your video card. |
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Just ls -l /dev/nvidiactl (you should see group video there) and add |
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yourself to the group. |
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gpasswd -a <your username> video |
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If the group is something else as the ls -l reveals, add yourself to |
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that group (unless it's root or wheel). If the group is root or wheel, |
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you need to modify udev/mdev rules which I'm not aware of much. |
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Nilesh Govindarajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |