[MPlayer-users] Xvidix output only works as root ('operation not permitted')

[Sascha Sommer]

On Monday 27 June 2005 00:28, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> I am running mplayer version 1.0pre7-3.3.5 on a modern Debian system.  I
> have discovered that I can play videos using
> # mplayer -vo xvidix:nvidia_vid.so a-movie-name
> and mplayer runs, using an almost shockingly small amount of CPU cycles.
>
> However, I can only run using the xvidix driver as root -- when I run as a
> nonprivileged user, I get the error "[nvidia_vid] Error occurred during
> pci scan: Operation not permitted".  I can run using the default
> driver, '-vo x11', as a nonprivileged user, but the CPU can't handle
> full-screen zoom with that driver.
>
> What permissions can I set that would enable me to run the Xvidix driver
> as non-root?
>


You can either install the svaglib or the dhahelper kernel module check the 
Documentation and the libdha/ dir.
Doesn't xv work for your card?

Sascha