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video group access /dev/drm #44

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jgroenveld opened this issue Jan 20, 2019 · 2 comments
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video group access /dev/drm #44

jgroenveld opened this issue Jan 20, 2019 · 2 comments

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@jgroenveld jgroenveld commented Jan 20, 2019 •
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Installer should add the non-root user to the video group in order to access /dev/drm.
As seen in Discourse:
<URL:https://discourse.trueos.org/t/2-gpus-how-to-choose-one/3546>
<URL:https://discourse.trueos.org/t/problems-with-screensaver/3554>
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@RodMyers RodMyers commented Jan 22, 2019

please do not link in the future.

put your issues here

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@beanpole135 beanpole135 commented Apr 9, 2019

This is already fixed in 18.12-U8
If you use PCDM to login to a desktop or WM, then it will ensure that the user is part of the video group before launching the desktop session.

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