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

[Brandon Kuczenski]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Sascha Sommer wrote:

> 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?
>

As a matter of fact, xv does work -- and solves my problem.  Thank you.

-Brandon