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Linux install doc - input group

See original GitHub issue

Under a recent Ubuntu, I found I needed to add my user to the “input” group to get access to things like the track pad. A short note to the Linux install doc would be helpful:

sudo adduser $USER input  # log out then back in to apply

Otherwise you’ll see lots of errors such as: permission denied accessing /dev/input/eventX…

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:7 (6 by maintainers)

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Zen-CODEcommented, Nov 12, 2016

@mixmastamyk. @KeyWeeUsr. Absolutely. Will link to the doc changes to this ticket so better wording can be suggested.

Thanks. Respect.

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mixmastamykcommented, Nov 12, 2016

I didn’t like the error either, but I gathered that since it had been ignored for years someone supported it. Therefore I thought docs could help. But, if you’d like to log it instead, by all means. The log message might include reference to the “input” group if it is needed under other popular distros as well.

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