[MPlayer-users] mplayer vidix drivers question

[Phil Oleynik]

Tom Poe wrote:

> I don't know where the mplayer configure scripts are that might let me 
> edit how mplayer uses vidix.  Any help appreciated.  Also, I don't 
> have joystick, so maybe I don't need mplayer to look for it?
>
You are not running mplayer with SUID bit set, it merely does not have 
sufficient
permission to access hardware directly. Try running as root.

BTW: Please, upgrade to SVN.

Phil