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> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 18:44:58 -0400
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] Unable to initialize SDL, over X11 for only root
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Moritz & Cley,
Thanks for the responses! I believe I checked most of these points, but I will
do so more methodically to ensure I didn’t miss anything.
As far as why on the root user, I’m only speculating that’s how this
application is working. I know its daemon runs as root, so I’m guessing
Hi Jeff,
On Sun, Apr 01, 2018 at 16:28:28 -0400, Jeff wrote:
> However when running *ffplay* as the root user over X11 on the same files,
> I am getting met with the '*Unable to initialize SDL*' error.
First of all: *WHY*?? There is usually no good reason to run anything
as root, if you are not a
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> In this particular case, there is a program daemon which is run as root
> that calls ffplay. This is why the call is being made by the root user.
> It seems something is different in the case of root over X11 vs. a direct
> terminal call from the root user's desktop, but I don't have the fog
Moritz / all,
I thought we had all of our X11 issues solved with v3.4.0 of FFMpeg and SDL
v2.0.7 (both built with standard configure/make/make install), but have
since come across an unusual error. When launching *ffplay* as any normal
user (X11 or direct terminal/desktop), I am able to play v
