[ILUG] Problem with Solaris 2.5.1

[Martin P. Hayes]

Hi Folks.

I have a problem with a Sun Ultra 1 machine running Solaris 2.5.1.

It started with an error message saying that permission was
denied for /dev/fb and that Graphics Adapter Advice /dev/fb
was of unknown type.

So I checked up on docs.sun.com and found that a suggested solution
was to reinstall teh appropriate drivers.

So I did that and it is still screwed up...saying that permission
is still denied. So I went to the /dev directory and found that
an ordinary user could not access /dev/fbs. So I changed its permission
and that of its link to /devices/sbus directory.

But everytime I start openwindows from 
a new login, it goes and changes the permissions again....

The funny thing is this permission change only happens when I log out...

i.e as soon as I log back onto teh machine and just check the permissions 
from a prompt, they have changed!!!! and I get the usual stuff about the
system not being able to read /dev/fb

I can restart X windows as often as I like from a command line without 
logging out..... and of course root has no problem in starting openwindows

Any ideas welcomed!!!


Thanks

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Dr. Martin P. Hayes,

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Waterford Institute of Technology,
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Phone +353 51 302632
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Email: hayesmp at hazel.wit.ie

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Roland Moreno, inventor of the smart card, 
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