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**Thunderbird** · 05-03-04, 12:08 PM

The nvidia opengl drivers need access to /dev/nvidia*. Likely non-root users don't have enough permissions to access them. I advise you to for example make a group nvidia and add users who need 3d acceleration to it.

05-03-04, 12:08 PM	#2
Thunderbird Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands, Europe Posts: 2,105	Re: acceleration only as root? The nvidia opengl drivers need access to /dev/nvidia*. Likely non-root users don't have enough permissions to access them. I advise you to for example make a group nvidia and add users who need 3d acceleration to it.