hi,
I read:
Any idea how to sort out this : i need to start pd as root (because of parapin) automatically on boot,
I'm not familiar with parapin but if it's /dev/lp* based a simple chmod should do the trick. Is this an external you are using ? which one ?
but then there is a patch with some controlls for normal user that i want to run as user. To start another Pd is not a good way.
hmmm .... I guess if you insist on having one pd, started as a user you will have to install it suid and patch the source to allow realtime scheduling _and_ parport access.
probably the above is all rubbish though
regards,
x