Re: x11amp playlist bug

[root () HARDTARGET NU (root)]

---Reply on mail from Ari Heitner about x11amp playlist bug
> > hi,
> >
> >
> > x11 audio mpeg player (x11amp) version 0.65, when installed setuid root
> > (as suggested by the README file), creates playlist files in ~/.x11amp
> > while making 'root' the owner of these plaintext files (instead of the
>
> I installed x11amp w/o making it setuid, it's perms are
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       623456 Feb 23 13:33 x11amp*
> it works very nicely.  I don't know why the x11amp people would recommend
> setuiding it to root, except that this may avoid access problems writing
> to /dev/dsp.
>
> Ari Heitner
> aheitner () tjhsst edu
---End reply
the setuid bug is fixed.. and making x11amp set uid root or runned by root
will make x11amp play in realtime which will make the cpu usage even lower
than played by a user.

Crocodile - x11amp staff