On 10/29/12 at 12:46pm, Rodrigo Rivas wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:47 AM, Curtis Shimamoto < sugar.and.scruffy@gmail.com> wrote:
I did run into one problem though. I sometimes use mplayer from the console. To do this, I have set mplayer up to use fbdev2. Previously (when in all those groups), I was able to do this with no problem. but after making these changes, I suddenly had to be root to use mplayer in framebuffer mode.
I realized that this was because /dev/fb0 was not included in the 70-uaccess.rules. I am no expert in udev rules, but I have written a few for various things. This file was dead simple to understand, so I copied it over to /etc/udev/rules.d and added:
# framebuffer SUBSYSTEM=="graphics", KERNEL=="fb0", TAG+="uaccess"
I think it is better to add a file /etc/udev/rules.d/71-my-uaccess.rules with just the line you need to add, instead of copying the whole 70-uaccess.rules file. That way you still get the upgrades to the standard file. Note that the names of the files make no difference, other than the order of execution.
Regards -- Rodrigo
Yes, this was mentioned to me in the forums as well. It is a much better idea. Thanks for confirming that this is what I should be doing. So far, I have not heard any mention of this being a bad idea, or a security concern. So I guess I will be sticking with it until I find reason to do otherwise. Thanks again for the input Rodrigo -- Curtis Shimamoto sugar.and.scruffy@gmail.com