[mythtv-users] realtime priority

[Matthias Dahl]

Hi.

On Wednesday 11 February 2009 07:52:34 Robert Johnston wrote:

> sudo chmod +s /path/to/mythfrontend ?

That's a rather bad idea security wise and shouldn't be needed.

@Kevin Johnson: There are several things you have to check before this will 
actually work. First of all, make sure mythfrontend is started from user that 
is in the audio group. Otherwise either change @audio to @whatever_group the 
user is in or just replace @audio with only the user who is starting 
mythfrontend. Also the changes will only take effect in any new session, so a 
logout and login is required. That should get you going without setting it 
suid.

Nevertheless, it might be possible that mythfrontend reports it's setting 
realtime priority without actually doing it which you can check with top or 
schedtool or whatever is included in mythbuntu. This is a known bug and I 
already know what's the culprit. I'll post a patch on trac later this week 
when I get some free time...

Hope that helps you.

Best regards,
matthias.