Problem playing movie-files as normal user

Argoyle · 07-23-2004, 05:51 PM

Hi all,

I have a problem playing movie-files using my regular user-account. I'm using totem but I have tried others as well with the same problem.

The error I receive is:
The program 'totem' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
(Details: serial 79 error_code 11 request_code 141 minor_code 19)

If I do the same as root everything works as expected.

Any hints?

Best regards,
Joakim

Otherleft · 07-23-2004, 06:03 PM

Check the file permissions?

Argoyle · 07-24-2004, 12:03 AM

Yeah, sure...But on which file. It's not on the media-file, that's for sure. I've checked that one.

Best regards,
Joakim

Vincent_Vega · 07-25-2004, 09:11 PM

Try setting the SUID bit. As root:
chmod a+s /path/to/totem (I think this might work...)
or
chmod 4711 /path/to/totem which should do the same thing.

Argoyle · 07-26-2004, 04:03 AM

Thanks, that was a good idea.

The result wasn't that good though:
argoyle@denethor:~/Data/Notes$ totem

(process:15550): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid.
This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper
program instead. For further details, see:

http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html

Best regards,
Joakim

Vincent_Vega · 08-02-2004, 08:56 PM

Were you able to change the permissions for Totem? Did that work or didn't you try?
That whole GTK issue is interesting and good to keep in mind!

insyte · 08-03-2004, 01:47 PM

try editing /etc/group

then add your username to the audio, video and cdrom group

Argoyle · 08-04-2004, 03:34 AM

The GTK-issue came from setting the SUID-bit on the totem executable.

This is the output from the groups-command:
argoyle@denethor:~$ groups
argoyle mail dialout cdrom audio video staff games users

Do I need any other?

/Joakim

Argoyle · 08-09-2004, 03:40 PM

*cheer* It works again.

I upgraded my ATI-drivers from 3.9.0 to 3.11.1 and now it magically works. Must have been some problem there.

Thanks for the tips even though.

Best regards,
Joakim