Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: udev
Certain uses of HID devices require access to the /dev/input/event[0-9]*
nodes. (My particular application happens to be using Pd to read a
joystick; other applications include reading data from an arduino
controller, etc.) Right now, such programs have to be run as root. If
the group on the event files were something other than root, ordinary
users could run such programs without jumping through as many hoops. The
audio group might be a good choice for this, but plugdev would work too.
To be concrete, I am proposing to add the following line to
/etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules :
KERNEL=="/dev/input/event[0-9]", GROUP="audio"
** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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allow audio group to control /dev/input/event*
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250030
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