[mythtv-users] Problem with "Enable Realtime Priorirty Threads"

[Ashley Bostock]

On 19/03/2008, Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>  I've never sorted this problem and I've got a bit of time on my hands at
>  the moment so I should look into it now. If I try to "Enable Realtime
>  Priorirty Threads", the frontend says:
>
>  2008-03-18 20:43:43.013 Realtime priority would require SUID as root
>
>  Is there a simple solution to this? I'm using Mythbuntu 0.21 and use a
>  couple of different users accounts use MythTV
>
>  Cheers
>
> Damian
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It's explained in the mythtv docs (Enabling real-time scheduling of
the display thread)...
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4

For ubuntu just follow the rlimits bit, adding the relevant section to
your /etc/security/limits.conf file.

Ash