how to run VLC on linux as normal user

[chaudhary9]

i have installed VLC on centos 5
but it isnt opening and according to the guide i should be logged in as normal user not root user
but i think vnc is as root user
so how to solve this issue?

 

[uLtRaTRim]

I am using ubuntu(i know is different from centos), but when you click on vlc, it starts just normally,

Maybe there is a problem with vlc or the computer, or i dont know anything of centos.

 

[chaudhary9]

its a linux vps

 

[chopper]

you must login ssh as normal user first, not as root.
then start your vnc software.

 

[chaudhary9]

i created a new account.....
logged into ssh as that user but connected to thightvnc as i used to but still vnc isnt working?

 

[chopper]

not really understand what you wrote.
have you run vnc software in that user?
i use vnc4server in ubuntu.
to start vnc, use vncserver

 

[chaudhary9]

i created a vnc using ssh logged in a root user and i used that

 

[chopper]

you should create vnc by non root account.
what would be the difference anyway, running vnc as root or not?

 

[chaudhary9]

i have installed vlc player which is not working
can any one tell what to do so it will work
or any thing that can take screenshots big enough like cover images.
or any video player on linux so that i can take screens myself from that using snipping tool

 

[chopper]

i never run any problem with vlc.
another similar program would be smplayer

 

[chaudhary9]

u run vlc player as root user?

 

[chopper]

root or not, i got no problem. everything is fine.
although usually i run vnc and vlc in normal user.

 

[chaudhary9]

vnc cant be created unless i login as root user in ssh,have tried it.....
i am never gonna get a linux vps in my life again
no one knows how these things operate

 

[chopper]

its not about running vlc as root or not.
maybe its because vlc build in centos, or your video has a problem.

i dont really understand how things work in centos, because im using ubuntu server.
i can run vnc as normal user.