196331 – dev-libs/DirectFB can not write to /var/log/directfb

Bug 196331 - dev-libs/DirectFB can not write to /var/log/directfb

Summary: dev-libs/DirectFB can not write to /var/log/directfb

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2007-10-18 21:40 UTC by wilhelm hagg
Modified:	2007-11-12 20:53 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description wilhelm hagg 2007-10-18 21:40:37 UTC

Applications that are using DirectFB can only run as root. The reason is that DirectFB can not write to /var/log/directfb for logging it's output.

I discovered this using vdr with vdr-xineliboutput and vdr-softdevice on a framebuffer for the Matrox G550 grahpics card.

I'm not sure how to solve this, but definitely i don't want to run vdr as root. I simply made /var/log writable for a group vdr is in.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-18 21:45:57 UTC

dev-libs/DirectFB does not even *create* /var/log/directfb. As such, setting proper permissions for custom log directories is not an ebuild problem, sorry.

Comment 2 Wilhelm Hagg 2007-11-12 20:53:34 UTC

I checked again, this is configured in /etc/directfbrc and yes, it can be configured to be at a writable location such as /var/vdr.