problem after vlc installed in fedora 10 "it will not work on root"

anil.kiit · 03-14-2009, 01:11 PM

i have instaled vlc in fedora 10 through "yum install vlc" i got msg "complete" still is not working. But under Applications-> Sound and video->vlc media player(icon) show here. When i write vlc on the command line then i got this msg "VLC is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry.
If you need to use real-time priorities and/or privileged TCP ports
you can use vlc-wrapper (make sure it is Set-UID root first and
cannot be run by non-trusted users first)."I am getting problem to open '*.avi'.

Plz help me any body to resolve it. Thanx in advance.

repo · 03-14-2009, 01:14 PM

run vlc as user ?

Quakeboy02 · 03-14-2009, 01:21 PM

1. Never login as root.
2. Always login as a regular (non-root) user.
3. Use sudo to do any root things you need done.
4. Never login as root.

knudfl · 03-14-2009, 05:06 PM

Welcome to LQ.

5. Never run applications as root. Never.

And please edit your big sized text ... to small.
No reason to shout.
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anil.kiit · 03-15-2009, 06:30 PM

Hi friend , what is the problem to do work on root? can u give some brief idea? why u are saying never do work on root.
Thanx friends...