Get VLC to work under root without compiling

You can also make a new user..

But i still have a problem to read dvd's with VLC player , when i want to play a DVD with vlc player it's starts and than just stops. Anyone else has this problem?

Thanks it worked like charm!!!

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Originally Posted by rotxx

You can also make a new user..

But i still have a problem to read dvd's with VLC player , when i want to play a DVD with vlc player it's starts and than just stops. Anyone else has this problem?

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Playing DVD's work fine with me...

I agree with rotxx. I know BT comes with you logged in as root by default, but I don't know why everyone insists on keeping it that way. Especially when people are obviously trying to use it as their Daily Driver OS(VLC, OpenOffice, Wine, etc.) I mean the default password is toor, do you leave that as is as well?

Unless there is a specific technical reason to not do so(massive breakage etc.) why not do the following.

Code:

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useradd -m username
passwd username
visudo
Add your username below the line that reads
    root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
so that it looks like this
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) ALL

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Then once this is setup use the box as the user you created for most things, then either sudo or su when you need to do tasks that require root.

Profit?

Disclaimer: I'm not intimately familiar with the structure of BT5 yet so if someone out there knows a reason to NOT do this please correct me so people don't have breakage related to this.

Totally agree when it comes to OpenOffice/LibreOffice and routine use apps but VLC comes in handy when doing forensic analysis of files. VLC is just a really nice media player for reconstructed video streams (products of Xplico, Wireshark, tcpdump, etc.). Are there other apps to do this with BT5? Probably but VLC gets it done right. Just my two cents....

Have an OUTSTANDING day!

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Originally Posted by monovitae

I agree with rotxx. I know BT comes with you logged in as root by default, but I don't know why everyone insists on keeping it that way. Especially when people are obviously trying to use it as their Daily Driver OS(VLC, OpenOffice, Wine, etc.) I mean the default password is toor, do you leave that as is as well?

Unless there is a specific technical reason to not do so(massive breakage etc.) why not do the following.

Code:

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useradd -m username
passwd username
visudo
Add your username below the line that reads
    root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
so that it looks like this
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) ALL

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Then once this is setup use the box as the user you created for most things, then either sudo or su when you need to do tasks that require root.

Profit?

Disclaimer: I'm not intimately familiar with the structure of BT5 yet so if someone out there knows a reason to NOT do this please correct me so people don't have breakage related to this.

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Hmm, I tried these commands but when I login my new account, the desktop is empty, as in, no wallpaper, no panels, no theme, nothing...Can't create panels either. It could be me though...

Worked for BT5 64bit Gnome! Thanks for that, I was annoyed I may have to lose out on vlc!

thnx, it's work for me.

i'm using BT5 KDE 32.

still need help with this issue, have tried countless times to no avail. I have removed/purged vlc, installed from repos, used ghex and hexedit, and still nothing. Anymore tips about vlc?

Sorry I don't know anything else. Just make sure you follow the steps correctly.
When you open vlc from command line, what happens ?