Re: [sc-users] access hids on linux

[Ahmet Kizilay <ahmet.kizilay@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you very much, that's exactly what I needed.

2009/12/31 Justin Glenn Smith <noisesmith@xxxxxxxxx>

Ahmet Kızılay wrote:
> Hello,
> When I run GeneralHID.buildDeviceList on linux (ubuntu 9.10) I get "ERROR:
> LID (1): Permission denied" and [/dev/input/event0, a GeneralHIDInfo(could
> not open device, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0, 0)]... messages. How can
> I grant access to the input devices?
> Thank you very much,

Check the permissions on /dev/input/event*

You may not want to change permissions of the keyboard, because the possibility of a keylogger, but changing a mouse or joystick to world readable should not be a security risk.

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