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

[Ralf Kleineisel]

Damian wrote:

> 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 don't know about Ubuntu, but on Fedora boxes you can give a user the
ability to use realtime priority by editing:

/etc/security/limits.conf

and entering a line like:

mythtv - rtprio 20

This enables the mythtv user to start processes with realtime priority 20.