#120907 vlc in debian/ubuntu configured to not run as root (it is a pre-compile configure option to enable running as root). #this hack will fix it... #note, this code is also in /usr/local/petget/hacks-postinstall.sh. if [ -f /usr/bin/bbe ];then #bbe is a sed-like utility for binary files. if [ -f usr/bin/vlc ];then bbe -e 's/geteuid/getppid/' usr/bin/vlc > /tmp/vlc-temp1 mv -f /tmp/vlc-temp1 usr/bin/vlc chmod 755 usr/bin/vlc fi fi