[mythtv-users] MythFrontend only runs as root

Curtis Wood curtis at penguinbrat.com
Tue Dec 23 12:10:47 EST 2003


What happens when you run the frontend as something besides root? And
yes, send more info about your setup.


On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 09:51, David Brieck Jr. wrote:
> I'm finishing up my Myth setup and one of the things I haven't been able
> to get working is the frontend running under a user other than root. I'm
> running Mandrake 9.2 with thacs rpms. I have dual PVR-250s if that
> matters. Ivtv is running just fine, and I'm able to watch Live TV, but
> only when the frontend is run under root. 
> 
> Can someone give me an idea of where the permissions might be wrong? I
> don't want to run the frontend as root so please don't tell me it's ok
> as root. If you need additional information about my setup I'll respond
> ASAP.
> 
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