Audio Apps as Root?

[laurent.bellegarde]

Gustin Johnson a écrit :
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> Christopher Stamper wrote:
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>> I noticed this posted on the list:
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>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM, laurent.bellegarde
>> <laurent.bellegarde at free.fr <mailto:laurent.bellegarde at free.fr>> wrote:
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>>     in a terminal, launch qjackctl with a sudo qjackctl to be root, the RT
>>     kernel is fine until 2,9 ms with the both sound card !!! What a big
>>     suprise !!!
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>>  Are you supposed to launch qjackctl as root?
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> No, that is what the audio group and /etc/security/limits.conf are for.
I'm agree with this, launching an apps or a daemon in root excepted for 
administration is not normal. Usuals programs should be launched as 
simple user.

Laurent