Xuser has no permissions for event devices (no keyboard and mouse in X)
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
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Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel