2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c b/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
index 0115a85442..e945761356 100644
--- a/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
+++ b/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ static void gtkThreadProc( int argc,char * argv[] )
 {
  struct sigaction sa;
 
+ #ifdef HAVE_RTC
+  setuid( getuid() ); // strongly test, please check this.
+ #endif
+
  gtk_set_locale();
  gtk_init( &argc,&argv );
  gdk_set_use_xshm( TRUE );
diff --git a/mplayer.c b/mplayer.c
index dbca05c518..49af12f9ea 100644
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ if(!parse_codec_cfg(get_path("codecs.conf"))){
 	} else
 	    printf("Using Linux's hardware RTC timing (%ldHz)\n", irqp);
     }
+    setuid( getuid() ); // strongly test, please check this.
     if(rtc_fd<0)
 #endif
 	printf("Using %s timing\n",softsleep?"software":"usleep()");