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Distribution: OpenSUSE 13.2 64bit-Gnome on ASUS U52F
Posts: 1,444
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To find out what is preventing from open vlc you can run it from the terminal and see what messages are displayed on the terminal as user just type vlc.
If you decide to remove it anyway remember to also delete the .vlc directory from your home directory. if you install vlc again it will use the existing .vlc configuration files which might contain a problematic setting file.
To find out what is preventing from open vlc you can run it from the terminal and see what messages are displayed on the terminal as user just type vlc.
If you decide to remove it anyway remember to also delete the .vlc directory from your home directory. if you install vlc again it will use the existing .vlc configuration files which might contain a problematic setting file.
good luck to you
Hai TRon
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[root@localhost ~]# vlc
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 and
cannot be run by non-trusted users first).
To find out what is preventing from open vlc you can run it from the terminal and see what messages are displayed on the terminal as user just type vlc.
If you decide to remove it anyway remember to also delete the .vlc directory from your home directory. if you install vlc again it will use the existing .vlc configuration files which might contain a problematic setting file.
good luck to you
THank you,
now this problem also fixed. thanks for giving me the tip to find the error (#vlc)
Quote:
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 and
cannot be run by non-trusted users first).
Quote:
This error says straight forward vlc can not be run as root privileged user. What to do now? Don’t be panic. Here is the hacked solution :-D
vi /usr/bin/vlc
search for geteuid and replace it with getppid
there is a VERY good reason that the GUI and programs like VLC should NOT be ran as root
xorg is a SECURITY nightmare if ran as root
remember the days of WindowsXP
everyone was ROOT !!!!
and that gave "the bad guys" the ability to changes things AS ROOT ( well the Administrator or if set "owner" account )
there is a VERY good reason that the GUI and programs like VLC should NOT be ran as root
xorg is a SECURITY nightmare if ran as root
remember the days of WindowsXP
everyone was ROOT !!!!
and that gave "the bad guys" the ability to changes things AS ROOT ( well the Administrator or if set "owner" account )
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