Description of problem:
Using 1.5.3-8 package with and without nomodeset I get this:

----------- regular user ------------
$ dfbinfo

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| DirectFB 1.5.3 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        (c) 2001-2010  The world wide DirectFB Open Source Community
        (c) 2000-2004  Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
      ----------------------------------------------------------------

(*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2012-08-30 21:37) 
(*) Direct/Memcpy: Using libc memcpy()
(!) DirectFB/fbdev/vt: K_MEDIUMRAW failed!
    --> Operation not permitted
(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system_core' core!
    --> A general initialization error occured
(#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate() failed]: A general initialization error occured



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Steps to Reproduce:
1. install directfb
2. run dfbinfo as any regular user
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Additional info:

See bug: #852745 for related issues.