HOW-TO talk:Install Kodi for Linux

System Groups

This is true at least for Arch, but also for many other Linux flavours: When using the autostart method mentioned (Installing_XBMC_for_Linux#Autostarting_XBMC), one must ensure that the user account that XBMC is starting up in is in the correct system groups. At a minumum, the user must be a member of video and audio. This will allow the user to do hardware video acceleration and interact with the audio hardware. One will experience terrible performance and the inability to use any audio if the user is not in at least these groups.

There does not appear to be any documentation that I can find about the groups that the XBMC user should be in. Other groups that are required for full functionality include: plugdev, cdrom. --Spxza 10:32, 7 March 2011 (UTC)