video group access /dev/drm

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Graphical system install utility

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video group access /dev/drm #44

Closed jgroenveld closed 5 years ago

jgroenveld commented 5 years ago

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>
John
groenveld@acm.org

RodMyers commented 5 years ago

please do not link in the future.

put your issues here

beanpole135 commented 5 years ago

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.