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Ockonal

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From: Ukraine

Registered: 2010-10-11

Posts: 48

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Leds activating

Hello, I'm writing plugin for pidgin to activated LEDS (Num, Caps, Lock) when new messages are received.
First time I used function for emulating key events from file 'X11/extensions/XTest.h'. But It won't set caps and scroll (num only).

I found 'setleds' tool but it requires root access for '/dev/ttyN'
The example is:

setleds -L +scroll < /dev/tty0
bash: /dev/tty0: Permission denied

Are there any ways to get acces for /dev/tty0 with regular user or maybe you know another way to activate leds?

linux-ka

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From: ADL

Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 232

Re: Leds activating

Why don't you just change the rights to access this device? When coding ICs you need to do the same for parport/serial connection. Using chmod will help a lot, I guess.

Ockonal

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From: Ukraine

Registered: 2010-10-11

Posts: 48

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Re: Leds activating

I'm not sure that's right way to change /dev/ttyX permissions