Why does ePSXe from AUR require root?

I installed ePSXe from AUR and all of the plugins including eternal spu, however, I find that I cannot change settings unless I run it as root, eternal spu cannot access /dev/dsp without root, and I can't even save game states without root. How can I make it run properly in userspace?
Last edited by SteveDeFacto (2013-09-10 04:10:12)

SteveDeFacto wrote:I installed ePSXe from AUR and all of the plugins including eternal spu, however, I find that I cannot change settings unless I run it as root, eternal spu cannot access /dev/dsp without root, and I can't even save game states without root. How can I make it run properly in userspace?
That's because until recently, ePSXe's PKGBUILD installed everything with standard permissions--that is, executable files get 755, everything else gets 644. 
It wasn't until I started trying to use ePSXe myself (I didn't start using ePSXe until version 1.9.0 came out, which included built-in `core' plugins, and so--although I was maintaining the PKGBUILD--I wasn't actually aware that things didn't work.  Apologies. 
Try re-installing/updating ePSXe from the AUR and that should resolve the issue.
EDIT: Sorry for the necro-bump, I figured it'd be worth it since this could potentially resolve this post.
Last edited by lspci (2013-12-13 02:38:57)

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