Re: [linux-audio-user] Running Jack etc as Root?

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Running Jack etc as Root?
From: Alexandre Prokoudine (avp_AT_altlinux.ru)
Date: Sat May 31 2003 - 17:15:17 EEST


On 31 May 2003 23:58:12 +1000
Rohan Parkes <rparkes_AT_email.com> wrote:

> Is Jack meant to be run as root? I thought it was, but reading the
> thread about jack start-up scripts suggested otherwise.
>
> Howver, if I launch Jack and ladcca as a normal user, ladcca keeps
> complaining that it can't read a folder in the root directory. I
> think other patch apps did the same. This is partly what lead me
> to suppose that Jack and associated apps had to run as root.

You need a low latency capabilies patched kernel in order to run
JACK and relative apps aas normal user. Please read
http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/Low_latency-Mini-HOWTO.php3

Cheers!

-- 
Alexandre Prokoudine
ALT Linux Documentation Team
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