Re: error in reading frame-buffer device

[sreangsu acharyya <sreangsua@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, shubhendu wrote:

> hi Sreangsu 

> > i hope the program was running with root permissions.
> 
> why this should make a difference ?


i havent compiled frame-buffer support into the kernel so dont have any
experience on it, but i think not anybody can write to the
device...atleast they should not have that permission IMHO 


> well i swtiched over to root only after i was not getting 
> right o/p from simple user 

-- sreangsu