On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 00:15, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On 31 May 2003 23:58:12 +1000 > Rohan Parkes <rparkes@xxxxxxxxx> 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! I'm using the low latency patch from Planet-CCRMA. However, I might consider compiling my own, because their version seems to leave out support for some of my apps/hardware. I still don't understand why some of the patch apps like ladcca complain that they can't read from the root folder if I run then as a regular user. -- Rohan Parkes Melbourne Australia
