vdr-plugin-softdevice now in SVN repository

[Darren Salt]

I demand that Tobias Grimm may or may not have written...

> Nicolas Huillard wrote:
>> I run vdr as the vdr user :
>> uid=108(vdr) gid=108(vdr)
>> groups=108(vdr),5(tty),24(cdrom),29(audio),44(video)

> Thanks for the hint! vdr should be added to the group "audio". Maybe the
> vdr package it self should add the user vdr to audio.

IMO, the plugin's packaging should do this. Since you need to restart vdr to
load the plugin, this shouldn't be a problem.

[snip]
> "xhost +vdr" doesn't help, only "xhost +" works, but allows everyone to
> connect. Is there any other way to allow the user vdr access to the
> XServer?

Start an X server for it? Use a setuid-root program to copies the user's
.Xauthority into vdr's home directory?

[snip]
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