[arch-general] Input, Uinput, and udev problems with user access

[Damjan Georgievski]

>
> 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