Re:Why Is It So Hard to Detect Keyup Event on Linux?
by zozbot234 on Monday May 17, 2021 @12:05PM
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> And you don't need root if your program's user is in the input group on most distros.
It's complicated. Being in the input group is part of it, but to actually get the access you need to interface with the freedesktop-derived multiseat stack, which is as clunky as everything else that comes from the fd.o folks.
It's complicated. Being in the input group is part of it, but to actually get the access you need to interface with the freedesktop-derived multiseat stack, which is as clunky as everything else that comes from the fd.o folks.