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jahnf / Projecteur

Linux Desktop Application for the Logitech Spotlight device (and similar devices) - Digital Laser Pointer
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Projecteur on Debian 10 #30

Closed ImplicitDeny closed 5 years ago

ImplicitDeny commented 5 years ago

I downloaded the .deb file for Debian 9, hoping it to work on Debian 10 (KDE Plasma Desktop). Unfortunately, something is wrong somewhere. When going to Projecteur settings, the "Device connected:" field always display "false". Is there any obvious difference between Debian 9 and 10 explaining this behaviour ?

I'll try to build it by myself later on.

jahnf commented 5 years ago

Hi, seems more like an issue with the udev rules (that should be installed with the package though) than the application itself. Do you use the USB dongle or do you connect via Bluetooth?

Edit: Also could you tell me the content of the file /etc/udev/rules.d/55-spotlight.rules on your system?

ImplicitDeny commented 5 years ago

Thanks for you answer. I'm using the USB dongle, I just tried linking it via Bluetooth but it seems that my laptop don't see it in the peripherals list. I don't have much time to investigate this problem today, though.

I'm afraid that this file doesn't exists at all. That might be the core of the problem.

jahnf commented 5 years ago

Sorry my bad, on debian the file should be in /lib/udev/rules.d/55-spotlight.rules

jahnf commented 5 years ago

The rules file define which user-group have access to the spotlight device, which is GROUP="spotlight-device" by default. So you will need to add yourself to that group.

ImplicitDeny commented 5 years ago

Oh perfect, I indeed added a proper group and now everything is working as expected. Thanks a lot !