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Bug 4949 - fbdev requires app to run as root
Summary: fbdev requires app to run as root
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SDL
Classification: Unclassified
Component: video (show other bugs)
Version: HG 1.2
Hardware: All Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Sam Lantinga
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-01-13 18:21 UTC by Paul Cercueil
Modified: 2020-09-22 02:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Patch to fix the issue (1002 bytes, text/plain)
2020-01-13 18:21 UTC, Paul Cercueil 		Details
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Description Paul Cercueil 2020-01-13 18:21:40 UTC 
Created attachment 4165 [details]
Patch to fix the issue

From the patch:

"The /dev/ttyX nodes obey the same rules as others, it's possible to use
them as non-root users provided that the access rights bits are
correctly set."
Comment 1 Ozkan Sezer 2020-09-22 02:11:53 UTC 
The patch is in. Thanks.
http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/6428b7e83c2c