Re: XMMS will not load except as root

Dirk Jagdmann <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:02:36 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.multimedia.xmms.devel
Organization Cubic
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> you can help.  When using xmms for streaming audio and browsing at the same 
> time, I get a lot of skip in the audio.  Is there anyway to stop this?  I'm 
> using KDE and in the KDE Control Center > Sound > Sound System I have skip 
> prevention set to max but it still happens.  I think the key is to change the 
> 'nice' setting of xmms but I may be wrong.  I can't give xmms a -10 nice 
> setting except as root though.  Possibly you have another solution?

I don't use KDE, so I can't help you there. Setting negative nice values 
is only possible as root, that a normal security feature of unix.

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