Patch by Matthias Schwarzott diff -ru vdr-1.4.3-vanilla/vdr.c vdr-1.4.3/vdr.c --- vdr-1.4.3-vanilla/vdr.c 2006-10-12 18:04:50.000000000 +0200 +++ vdr-1.4.3/vdr.c 2006-10-12 18:05:41.000000000 +0200 @@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cannot set user id %u: %s\n", (unsigned int)user->pw_uid, strerror(errno)); return false; } - if (prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 2, 0, 0, 0) < 0) { - fprintf(stderr, "vdr: warning - cannot set dumpable: %s\n", strerror(errno)); + if (prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0) < 0) { + esyslog("vdr: warning - cannot set dumpable: %s", strerror(errno)); // always non-fatal, and will not work with kernel < 2.6.13 } }