[MPlayer-users] rtc readable by the user

[Corey Hickey]

Carl Karsten wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> starting with
> cr--r--r--    1 root     root      10, 135 Aug 30  2002 /dev/rtc
> 
> as root: mplayer ...
> Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
> 
> as a user:mplayer ...
> Failed to open /dev/rtc: Device or resource busy (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.)
> Using usleep() timing
> 
> but if I chmod a+x /dev/rtc
> cr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root      10, 135 Aug 30  2002 /dev/rtc
> 
> as a user:mplayer ...
> Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
> 
> So it seems 'readable' is a bit misleading, or am I missing something?
> 

Yes, indeed, you have to do a bit more than that:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/documentation.html#rtc

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-Corey