[arch-general] Input, Uinput, and udev problems with user access
Howdy, Up until yesterday evening, the following setup would allow the Fenrir screen reader to access the tools it needs to read without root access in terminal emulators like Xterm: groupadd --system input groupadd --system uinput echo 'KERNEL==\"event*\", NAME=\"input/%k\", MODE=\"660\", GROUP=\"input\"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-input.rules echo 'KERNEL==\"uinput\", SUBSYSTEM==\"misc\", OPTIONS+=\"static_node=uinput\", TAG+=\"uaccess\", GROUP=\"uinput\"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-fenrirscreenreader.rules Now, however, while it can still read the screen, the keyboard does nothing. Has something changed, and if so, what do I need to do differently to get it working again? Thanks, Storm --
On Monday, September 9, 2019 10:48:27 AM EDT Storm Dragon via arch-general wrote:
Up until yesterday evening, the following setup would allow the Fenrir ... Has something changed, and if so, what do I need to do differently to get it working again?
I would check the pacman logs, /var/logs/pacman.log and see what was updated between the last time it ran without problems, and now. Does the system reboot automatically? The kernel was updated on 7/9/19, perhaps last night was the reboot that ran the new kernel.
Howdy, On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 10:55:35AM -0400, Arch Linux General wrote:
I would check the pacman logs, /var/logs/pacman.log and see what was updated between the last time it ran without problems, and now. Does the system reboot automatically? The kernel was updated on 7/9/19, perhaps last night was the reboot that ran the new kernel.
This is a fresh install, so kind of hard to tell what all was updated. The kernel is 4.19.34 because it was locked in place on a custom repository, so it's something other than that. It is being very hard to track down though. Thanks, Storm --
Up until yesterday evening, the following setup would allow the Fenrir screen reader to access the tools it needs to read without root access in terminal emulators like Xterm:
groupadd --system input groupadd --system uinput echo 'KERNEL==\"event*\", NAME=\"input/%k\", MODE=\"660\", GROUP=\"input\"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-input.rules echo 'KERNEL==\"uinput\", SUBSYSTEM==\"misc\", OPTIONS+=\"static_node=uinput\", TAG+=\"uaccess\", GROUP=\"uinput\"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-fenrirscreenreader.rules
Now, however, while it can still read the screen, the keyboard does nothing. Has something changed, and if so, what do I need to do differently to get it working again?
What kind of keyboard is it?? You mention xterm, so you're running XOrg I presume? -- damjan
Howdy, On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 08:27:43PM +0200, Arch Linux General wrote:
What kind of keyboard is it??
You mention xterm, so you're running XOrg I presume?
I got it working, for some reason the uinput module was not loading, so I loaded it explicitly. Thanks, Storm --
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Damjan Georgievski
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Matthew Sexton
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Storm Dragon