the udev-rule installed with app-misc/cwiid will create the device uinput as group plugdev, but the group plugdev doesn't exist i think, is gone with hal (?) so here ist the original rule from package: /lib/udev/rules.d/60-cwiid.rules # make possible to use cwiid device as user KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev" device uinput after start of udev crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 223 Dec 31 08:54 uinput start wminput from package app-misc/cwiid as normal user results in: $ wminput unable to open uinput so i changed the rule /lib/udev/rules.d/60-cwiid.rules to a group the user is in: KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0660", GROUP="usb" after restart of udev: crw-rw---- 1 root usb 10, 223 Dec 31 08:54 uinput now it works: $ wminput Put Wiimote in discoverable mode now (press 1+2)... ... or should a seperate group (for example uinput) created Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -av app-misc/cwiid 2. start wminput as normal user
The plugdev group is still created by some ebuilds e.g. net-wireless/bluez. So depending on which packages you have installed you may or may not have the plugdev group. I'm writing an ebuild (ds4drv) which installs a uinput udev rule. I wasn't sure which group to use. I think it would be better to have a dedicated uinput group since there are at least two packages that install conflicting uinput udev rules. app-misc/cwiid uses the plugdev group and sys-auth/thinkfinger uses the fingerprint group.
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