Two things for you to do: Put this line somewhere in your startup scripts, depending on your distro: echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq Then make sure the device /dev/rtc has permissions 666 so everybody can read/write to it. On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Eric Kosten wrote: > Hello listers. I am trying to use the well spoken of mplayer to play .asx > windows media files. The message that I get when trying that is: > linux init error > ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024) permission denied > try adding "1024 >/proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup > scripts > win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: avisynth.dll > /usr/local/lib/codecs/avisynth.dll exiting... > This all because of this file. > Eric > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (76% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh