[MPlayer-users] A little OT: /dev/rtc

Martin Schuster schuster at ap.univie.ac.at
Wed Apr 3 02:27:02 CEST 2002


On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 12:20:02AM +0200, Jukka Tastula wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sunday 24 March 2002 23:00, Marc wrote:
> > Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied
> 
> Linux kernel, drivers/char/rtc.c
> 
>                 /*
>                  * We don't really want Joe User enabling more
>                  * than 64Hz of interrupts on a multi-user machine.
>                  */
>                 if ((rtc_freq > 64) && (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)))
>                         return -EACCES;
> 
Change the 64 to 1024, and it should work fine, even for users...

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