Hi Me again, a new problem with Xserver.

[ThorsHammer]

HI .

I just installed the latest Nvidia drivers in Mandrake 9.0. Something isnt quite right.
After the install of the drivers and logging in and out of myGUI( Gnome in my case) everything works. The fonts are crisp and clean looking. And I can play games like Tuxracer, Chromium or UT2003 without a hitched. I can log in and out of my desktop without any change. BUT..if I turn the computer off then start it back up, everything seems fine(Nvidia logo is present) but all is not well. When I get to the desktop the fonts are reverted back to there ugly state and openGL games like the ones mentioned above will not open. Im running the games from the menu and not the command line so I get no error message.
Now this is the strange thing. After statring the computer, if I logout then log back in to Gnome the fonts change back the better looking ones but Opengl games still dont open. So even though the Nvidia drivers are loading its like they are not loading all the way(or properly). So basically I cant play any games that require full 3D it seems even though I could before shutting down. THis happens consistently. If I could get an error message I would post it but I dont.
I will post my Xlog file though.

SO to recap. After initial install of drivers, everything is fine. After turning computer off then on its not. LOgging out then back in gets my look back but not the ability to play 3D games.

[ThorsHammer]

I also just wanted to say that I already edited my console.perms files as per the Nvidia README.

[ThorsHammer]

OK it seems that the only way I can log play an opengl game is to run it from the command line as root.
Im getting the same error message as I did before about the permissions being to restrictive ifI try as user. I modified my console.perms last night as per the README but doesnt seems to WORK.

How can i set it so that user has full openg permissions. SO I dont have to log out and back in to get proper 3d.
Im also getting an errro message when I turn off my computer that says

Shutting down display manger (FAILED)


I think this is related to my problem.

[bwkaz]

If you run your 3D program from a terminal as your normal user, you'll get an error message. So do it that way, then post the error. I don't really remember what the "too restrictive" message exactly was.

[ThorsHammer]

Well heres the error message:

[sean@localhost sean]$ ut2003_demo
Error: Could not open /dev/nvidiactl because the permissions
are too resticitive. Please see the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
section of /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for steps
to correct.

Backtrace:
[ 1] /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 [0x40d6fe55]
Signal: SIGSEGV [segmentation fault]
Aborting.


Its like the same error I got last night except for the last message. I followed the README and edeited me console.perms file but it keeps giving me this problem.
Can I switch it so that user has full #D permissio including proper fonts and 3d support. I dont wan to have to always logout and back in to get it.

Edit: If I trun the comp on,it isnt the same as when I lturned off. If I logout then log back into last session its the same. If I log out then logout then choose Gnome its ok as far as looks. But then done I have another session running.

[ThorsHammer]

I think I know what the problem is , I just know the commands to fix it. It seems tha tthe only way I get full opengl support and full 3d support from my hardware is if I log in to another session other than the one I automatically get taken to on boot up. Its the same user but just a different session I dont know why..

[bwkaz]

If you try a text-mode login (set initdefault to 3 in /etc/inittab), then a manual startx, does that help? Or, can you disable or uninstall PAM? because that one would probably fix it too...

[ThorsHammer]

What I did in the meantime is just disable auto login .
Now it asks me what I want to login into and once I do the full 3D s there incluiding Opengl working.
AAuto login doent sem to save my settings.
I will try what you said. Thank you.