diff -up x/epg.c ./epg.c
--- x/epg.c	Fri Dec 30 16:41:59 2005
+++ ./epg.c	Sat Jan 14 17:33:48 2006
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ cString cEvent::GetVpsString(void) const
   return buf;
 }
 
+cString cEvent::GetWeekdayString() const
+{
+   char buf[4];
+   struct tm tm_r;
+   strn0cpy(buf, WeekDayName(localtime_r(&startTime, &tm_r)->tm_wday), sizeof(buf));
+   return buf;
+}
+
 void cEvent::Dump(FILE *f, const char *Prefix, bool InfoOnly) const
 {
   if (InfoOnly || startTime + duration + Setup.EPGLinger * 60 >= time(NULL)) {
diff -up x/epg.h ./epg.h
--- x/epg.h	Tue Dec 27 15:31:24 2005
+++ ./epg.h	Sat Jan 14 17:33:48 2006
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public:
   cString GetTimeString(void) const;
   cString GetEndTimeString(void) const;
   cString GetVpsString(void) const;
+  cString GetWeekdayString(void) const;
   void SetEventID(u_int16_t EventID);
   void SetTableID(uchar TableID);
   void SetVersion(uchar Version);
diff -up x/menu.c ./menu.c
--- x/menu.c	Sun Jan  8 12:39:57 2006
+++ ./menu.c	Sat Jan 14 18:14:47 2006
@@ -1154,6 +1154,23 @@ eOSState cMenuWhatsOn::ProcessKey(eKeys 
   return state;
 }
 
+// --- cMenuScheduleSeparator ------------------------------------------------
+
+class cMenuScheduleSeparator : public cOsdItem {
+public:
+  const cEvent *event;
+  cMenuScheduleSeparator(const char *DateString);
+};
+
+cMenuScheduleSeparator::cMenuScheduleSeparator(const char *DateString)
+{
+  event = NULL;
+  char *buffer = NULL;
+  asprintf(&buffer, ">>> %s: %.*s", tr("New Day"), 10, DateString);
+  SetText(buffer, false);
+  SetSelectable(false);
+}
+
 // --- cMenuSchedule ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 class cMenuSchedule : public cOsdMenu {
@@ -1206,9 +1223,14 @@ void cMenuSchedule::PrepareSchedule(cCha
      if (Schedule) {
         const cEvent *PresentEvent = Schedule->GetPresentEvent(Channel->Number() == cDevice::CurrentChannel());
         time_t now = time(NULL) - Setup.EPGLinger * 60;
+		char curDate[10] = "";
         for (const cEvent *Event = Schedule->Events()->First(); Event; Event = Schedule->Events()->Next(Event)) {
-            if (Event->EndTime() > now || Event == PresentEvent)
+            if (Event->EndTime() > now || Event == PresentEvent) {
+			   if (strlen(curDate) > 0 && strncmp(Event->GetWeekdayString(), curDate, 10) != 0)
+                  Add(new cMenuScheduleSeparator(Event->GetDateString()));
                Add(new cMenuScheduleItem(Event), Event == PresentEvent);
+			   strncpy(curDate, Event->GetWeekdayString(), 10);
+               }
             }
         }
      }
@@ -1218,7 +1240,8 @@ bool cMenuSchedule::Update(void)
 {
   bool result = false;
   for (cOsdItem *item = First(); item; item = Next(item)) {
-      if (((cMenuScheduleItem *)item)->Update())
+      cMenuScheduleItem * msItem = dynamic_cast<cMenuScheduleItem *> (item);
+      if (msItem && msItem->Update())
          result = true;
       }
   return result;
diff -up x/vdr.c ./vdr.c
--- x/vdr.c	Sun Jan  8 12:49:03 2006
+++ ./vdr.c	Sat Jan 14 17:48:23 2006
@@ -339,14 +339,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   if (getuid() == 0) {
      StartedAsRoot = true;
-     if (!SetKeepCaps(true))
-        return 2;
-     if (!SetUser(VdrUser))
-        return 2;
-     if (!SetKeepCaps(false))
-        return 2;
-     if (!SetCapSysTime())
-        return 2;
+     if (strcmp(VdrUser, "root")) {
+        if (!SetKeepCaps(true))
+           return 2;
+        if (!SetUser(VdrUser))
+           return 2;
+        if (!SetKeepCaps(false))
+           return 2;
+        if (!SetCapSysTime())
+           return 2;
+        }
      }
 
   // Help and version info: