[Planetlab-users] Segmentation fault root/user rights.

[Alex]

I have installed and compiled  VLC on a planetlab node. I would like to be
able to launch it as a user (at least with "sudo") for several nodes.

Te binary is full right for users as well as short.wmv (just to be sure).

Here's what I get:

 

[slicename at planet slicename]$ vlc -I dummy VLC_PLAB_PktNeed/short.wmv

VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus

Segmentation fault

[slicename at planet slicename]$

 

Same result if I do "sudo vlc -I dummy".

It works only if I do "su". 

 

 

[slicename at planet slicename]$ su

bash-2.05b# vlc -I dummy VLC_PLAB_PktNeed/Lavazza.wmv

VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus

starting VLC root wrapper... using UID 0 (root)

***************************************

* Running VLC as root is discouraged. *

***************************************

..

Good.

 

 

That obliges me to reserve a window just for each node.

Thanks for the attention.

Any suggestion is appreciated.

 

 

Alexandro

 

 

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