Template:VIDEO CARDS/Permissions

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Use this template to show instructions for X.Org video drivers (intel, radeon, nouveau, etc.). Additional also nvidia-drivers is supported.

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unnamed (set to nvidia) (optional)

Show instructions for nvidia-drivers.

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Wiki code	{{VIDEO_CARDS/Permissions}}
Main version	If the acl USE flag is enabled globally and elogind is being used (default for desktop profiles) permissions to video cards will be handled automatically. It is possible to check the permissions using getfacl: user $getfacl /dev/dri/card0 | grep larry user:larry:rw- A broader solution is to add the user(s) needing access the video card to the video group: root #gpasswd -a larry video Note that users will be able to run X without permission to the DRI subsystem, but hardware acceleration will be disabled.
Sandbox version

Parameter: unnamed
Wiki code	{{VIDEO_CARDS/Permissions|nvidia}}
Main version	The user(s) needing to access the video card will need to be added to the video group: root #gpasswd -a larry video Note that users will be able to run X without permission to the DRI subsystem, but hardware acceleration will be disabled. For Wayland sessions not setting this may result in a very low FPS.
Sandbox version

See also

• {{VIDEO_CARDS}}
• {{VIDEO_CARDS/xorg.conf}}

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