Doesn't get root access by himself (Ubuntu) about solaar

[pwr]

Solaar does not need root access to run, and should not be run as root.

[Nek-]

Oh. Sorry for not answering. To make it work under ubuntu, i was needed to run it as root.

[pwr]

That is strange.

I assume you installed solaar from the ppa?
When starting "solaar -dd" as a regular user, what errors do you get?

[Lekensteyn]

@Nek- Is this a user different from the one created during the Ubuntu installation? Run groups, it should contain plugdev. If it doesn't, you need to add yourself to that group and re-login:

sudo gpasswd -a $USER plugdev

[Nek-]

I installed from the ppa, yes.

I can't start solaar with the command line "command not found: solaar".

I'm using the first user created on the ubuntu installation. plugdev is in the list. Here is what I get when I try without root: http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/17/1367157116-capture-du-2013-04-28-15-51-38.png and here is when i am: http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/17/1367157195-capture-du-2013-04-28-15-53-03.png

[Lekensteyn]

I believe the command is /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/solaar/bin/solaar or something on Ubuntu. Can you try running that command from the terminal with -dd and paste the output here? You might also want to check for files with wrong permissions:

find ~ ! -user $USER -ls

If you fid files in your home dir that are not owned by you, change the ownership.

[Nek-]

No file not owned by me. Same result launching it "with the button" and with:

/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/solaar/bin/solaar -dd

[Lekensteyn]

"Bug" confirmed in a Ubuntu 12.04. Live CD using the daniel.pavel/solaar PPA. Error message:

Error loading theme icon: 'preferences-desktop-peripherals' for stock: Icon 'preferences-desktop-peripherals' not present in theme

Installing gnome-icon-theme-full should fix the issue (or any of the packages listed at http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contents&keywords=preferences-desktop-peripherals.&mode=filename&suite=quantal&arch=any). (actually, this fixes my issue, you seem to miss other icons. Still, installing the gnome-icon-theme-full package may solve your issue)

[Lekensteyn]

@Nek- Can you please copy the output of /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/solaar/bin/solaar -dd to this place? Check whether the permissions in /opt are correct too (i.e. readable by the world):

find /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/solaar/ -ls

I always seem to get the same [@ ] icon from image 38 even when I run as root. Delving deeper in that issue.

[pwr]

Okay, so the main issue is that the 'solaar' binary is not in PATH on Ubuntu. This is because of how I built the Ubuntu package; I'll have to re-read the PPA building docs on what the exact policy is.

As for the missing icon, the bug appears to be #11 ; I'll look for a possible replacement and add gnome-icon-theme-full to the recommended dependencies.

[Lekensteyn]

@pwr Symlinking solaar and solaar-cli to /opt should work. The missing battery icon is odd, I also got that on a Live CD, but the battery() method really reports battery_000 and such a icon exists in the /opt directory.

[Nek-]

@Lekensteyn in the folder, everything is owned by the "root" user. But I have the read right on everything.

Installing gnome icon full theme pack was apparently not a greet idea.

sudo apt-get install gnome-icon-theme-full
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After what, I didn't have icons (but there're still here in root).

Anyway, There is a fact: the application work, with or without icons ^^ .

[Nek-]

Hello !

I'm on a clear install and here is the bug:
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/18/1367349217-capture-du-2013-04-30-21-10-06.png

[pwr]

Hm, maybe the udev rules did not install properly. Could you please paste here the output of ls -l /dev/hidraw* ?

[Lekensteyn]

Is udevadm control --reload-rules executed in postinst? I do not think so.

I will have a look on it, it should use debhelper (dh_installudev). Edit: it does actually use dh_installudev, but the rules are not loaded/triggered. Does a reboot help?

[pwr]

The rules script in packaging/debian does use dh_installudev, but the postinst script generated by it does not reload the rules.

[Lekensteyn]

Oh, it seems that reloading is unnecessary as inotify appears to load the rules automatically. That does not apply to already-connected devices though.

[Nek-]

It's now working. Probably after my computer reboot.

[Lekensteyn]

Very likely, unplugging the device should work too.