diff -Nru vdr-1.6.0-vanilla/vdr.c vdr-1.6.0-cap_sys_nice/vdr.c
--- vdr-1.6.0-vanilla/vdr.c	2008-07-14 01:48:55.000000000 +0300
+++ vdr-1.6.0-cap_sys_nice/vdr.c	2008-08-21 21:09:22.000000000 +0300
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
 
 static bool SetCapSysTime(void)
 {
-  // drop all capabilities except cap_sys_time
-  cap_t caps = cap_from_text("= cap_sys_time=ep");
+  // drop all capabilities except cap_sys_nice and cap_sys_time
+  cap_t caps = cap_from_text("= cap_sys_nice,cap_sys_time=ep");
   if (!caps) {
      fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cap_from_text failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
      return false;