strange fglrx permission problem
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Tue Sep 25 16:22:57 UTC 2007
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Jack Howarth wrote:
>> Mikkel,
>> The problem appears to be that the device /dev/shm/ATISHM00
>> remains owned by the first user to login to X windows via the
>> gdm login box no matter how many times you logout and login as
>> a different user. That is, I always see...
>>
>> ls -la /dev/shm
>> total 16
>> drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 60 2007-09-19 14:01 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4560 2007-09-25 09:58 ..
>> -rw------- 1 foobar1 users 1048576 2007-09-19 14:01 ATISHM00
>>
>> where foobar1 is any user who is first to login to X windows.
>> This never changes when I log foobar1 out of X windows and
>> login via the gdm login box as a second user. You wouldn't
>> happen to be using kde and kdm for the login box instead?
>> Jack
>> ps I've filed this on the unofficial ATI bugzilla as...
>>
>> http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821
>>
> The display manager and desktop should not matter. As a temporary
> fix, until the official one comes out, try creating a file
> /etc/security/console.perms.d/ati.perms like this:
>
> #ATI video card
>
> <ati>=/dev/shm/ATISHM00
>
> <console> 0600 <ati> 195 root.root
>
> Mikkel
>
Oops - the file name should be
/etc/security/console.perms.d/55-ati.perms though it should work if
you forget the number.
Mikkel
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