[PD] Problem with linuxevent object.

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Sep 13, 2006, at 1:50 AM, Rich E wrote:

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> On 6/11/06, Diego Azar <dazar_uy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm having a problem with the PureData objects linuxmouse and  
> linuxevents on Agnula 1.3.0 while opening /dev/input/event$; it  
> fails. I use to have this problem in pd 0.38 in agnula 1.2.1, but  
> the problem was that I needed root permission to access it.
>
> I'm having the root permission problem.  Its kinda becoming a  
> hassle switching to root in pd and then having to chmod every patch  
> that I make.. Can anyone tell me how I can make things where I can  
> use /dev/input/* without being root?  "chmod a+rw /dev/input/ 
> event2" works, but it goes away after startup.  Maybe I should put  
> this in a startup script, or is there a better way?


My guess is that the permissions are like -rw-rw----.  Just add your  
user to the group that has permissions on the input devices, log out  
and back in, and you'll have access.

.hc


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> Rich
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> But now it even fail while logged on as root. Any one know  
> something I could do?
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> Thanks, Diego.
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