segfault when not as root

Christophe Massiot massiot at via.ecp.fr
Tue Nov 13 11:59:58 CET 2001


On Tue, Nov 13, 2001, nico wrote:

> I guess this is very common and easy to solve, it is probably a rights 
> management issue, but I can't find the good settings on my /dev/dvd, and I am 
> only able to play DVD's when su as root. As single user, it just segfaults.

Have you tried a chmod 666 /dev/[your real device] (for instance /dev/hdd) ?
It shows up in dmesg.

-- 
Christophe Massiot.




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