From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UN8ip-0003yQ-8x for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:26:27 +0200 Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 Apr 2013 14:09:01 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.87,394,1363158000"; d="scan'208";a="288416638" Received: from envy.jf.intel.com (HELO envy.home) ([10.7.199.70]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 Apr 2013 14:09:01 -0700 Message-ID: <515B48EB.6040209@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:08:59 -0700 From: Darren Hart User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130110 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Subject: Xuser has no permissions for event devices (no keyboard and mouse in X) X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:26:27 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Current master atom-pc build + pending 3.8 kernel update us using rootless X, but X fails to open the event devices. Do we need some kind of default group permissions for the /dev/input/* devices? root@atom-pc:/etc/X11# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE | grep "event" [3430478.394] (EE) evdev: Power Button: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event2". [3430478.398] (EE) evdev: Video Bus: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event3". [3430478.401] (EE) evdev: Power Button: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event1". [3430478.410] (EE) evdev: HP HP Wireless Mini Keyboard: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event5". [3430478.414] (EE) evdev: HP HP Wireless Mini Keyboard: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event6". [3430478.421] (EE) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Unable to open evdev device "/dev/input/event4". [3430478.434] (EE) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: no synaptics event device found ... root@atom-pc:/etc/X11# cat /etc/group | grep xuser tty:x:5:xuser audio:x:29:xuser video:x:44:xuser xuser:x:1000: root@atom-pc:/etc/X11# ls -la /dev/input/event event0 event1 event2 event3 event4 event5 event6 event7 root@atom-pc:/etc/X11# ls -la /dev/input/event* crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 64 Apr 2 20:38 /dev/input/event0 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 65 Apr 2 20:38 /dev/input/event1 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 66 Apr 2 20:38 /dev/input/event2 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 67 Apr 2 20:38 /dev/input/event3 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 68 Apr 2 20:38 /dev/input/event4 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 69 Apr 2 20:52 /dev/input/event5 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 70 Apr 2 20:52 /dev/input/event6 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 71 Apr 2 20:38 /dev/input/event7 -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel