[MPlayer-users] vidix without being root or suid bit?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> When I try vidix on my Radeon I get:
> 
> No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones!
> blah
> Radeon_vid: Error occured during pci scan: operation nor permitted
> vosub_vidix: Couldn't find working VIDIX driver
> 
> Now I'd like to try vidix, but running as root is not an option, nor setting
> suid since mpalyer can make internet connections. 
> I'm not *that* paranoid, but I don't like to tak chances unless I have to.
> 
> My card is in dri-666 mode tho, this doesn't have to do a thing with vidix?
> 

no
vidix has nothing with Xfree, dri and others.

it's plain raw driver, accessing the hw directly.
you must be root to able to do that.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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