And it's not even the docs but the arch wiki, which has become an absolute treasure of concise-yet-extensive guides for running all manner of gnu/linux software, geared toward the modestly capable user.
the arch wiki is so great, a systemd archwiki page helped me fix a sysvinit issue on devuan (had to convert some weird service into a sysvinit compatible one)
Barely a Linux user but I did some troubleshooting recently and my basic understanding is that adding yourself to the dialout group lets your user access certain USB devices.
I just wrote a post on how to use this to automatically disable/enable your laptop keyboard on plugging/unplugging your custom keyboard. Just one example.
In general, it allows you to set rules and automation about handling devices on the kernel level and comes with systemd (so most modern Linux distros have it by default, even Arch Linux)
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I'm a simple nerd. I see someone actually reading the docs, I upvote.
Arch Wiki has helped me many times even when I wasn't using Arch
I was referring to it's pages for years under ubuntu and it's constant helpfulness was certainly part of the reason that I switched to arch.
And it's not even the docs but the arch wiki, which has become an absolute treasure of concise-yet-extensive guides for running all manner of gnu/linux software, geared toward the modestly capable user.
I get what you mean, but the arch wiki is bacically the docs for arch...
And a lot of other distros, now that I think about it... :P
the arch wiki is so great, a systemd archwiki page helped me fix a sysvinit issue on devuan (had to convert some weird service into a sysvinit compatible one)
Hot plug permission rules. Don't forget to add yourself to dialout group.
Depends on the distro by the way. Not all use the same groups. Arch and its decedents have no dialout group for example.
Why? This is a great opportunity for me to learn a thing. Thanks!
Barely a Linux user but I did some troubleshooting recently and my basic understanding is that adding yourself to the dialout group lets your user access certain USB devices.
Serial devices too
I've never needed to do that. Hm.
It's not a group that exists in all distros, ymmv
I Googled it to double check and it's for serial devices.
I am fairly Linux savvy but udev isn't something I've gotten a handle on yet.
Can someone explain what's going on here to me?
I just wrote a post on how to use this to automatically disable/enable your laptop keyboard on plugging/unplugging your custom keyboard. Just one example.
In general, it allows you to set rules and automation about handling devices on the kernel level and comes with systemd (so most modern Linux distros have it by default, even Arch Linux)
https://fhoekstra.eu/posts/linux-disable-internal-laptop-keyboard-when-external-keyboard-plugged-in/
That’s the ArchLinux wiki, isn’t it?
Archwiki. What else?
I understand all of the words but none of the sentences