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Diffstat (limited to 'x11/gnome-shell/pkg-message')
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diff --git a/x11/gnome-shell/pkg-message b/x11/gnome-shell/pkg-message new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e946379ec --- /dev/null +++ b/x11/gnome-shell/pkg-message @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +To enable acceleration to run gnome-shell for Intel (and probably ATI) cards, the +user running the shell needs to have read/write permissions on /dev/dri/cardN (usually N=0). + +To have access you may put your user on the wheel group or you may use devfs.rules to +change the mode of the /dev/dri/card0; to allow read/write access to the group your +user belongs to or to grant read/write access to any user, i.e (untested): + + add path 'dri/*' mode 0666 group operator + +will do both things; will make /dev/dri/* belong to the operator group and give +everyone read/write access. Please check: + + man 5 devfs.rules + +for more info. + +NVIDIA cards seems to be fine by default so no further action seems to be needed. |