[MPlayer-users] Bug report on vidix driver for mach64

[Marcus Blomenkamp]

Am Montag, 27. Januar 2003 05:59 schrieb Zhang Yi:
>
> But when i switch back to a common user, and try to use vidix mode to
> play back the same video again, mplayer reported failure. the following
> is the out put:
>
> ==========================================================================
> No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones!
> [mach64] Error occured during pci scan: Operation not permitted
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is due to vidix requiring root privileges. It's not a bug, it the 
concept. You can make your binary setuid root - but keep the security 
implications in mind! 

'chmod +s <insert-your-binary-here>'

Regards, Marcus