From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-108745-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1NpK5f-0000Yj-JM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:28:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11099E0BC9; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:28:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f191.google.com (mail-iw0-f191.google.com [209.85.223.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC886E0BB9 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn29 with SMTP id 29so4306670iwn.10 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:28:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=yFMw45br8BfvK+jjuyZ87HxcJWPZ/LvjgWMDJJP8Osg=; b=lGHLokQ3KQMMjmcJPC5w81UCbSnUHQbtzcYM+BZWrZmGZLRw1zYlRJs6rgbTMRfcFZ /GMvlkPvitesBN6qhIcxRFG3zsC3oEna39Zn9LChPxp27uIKLgqlqXIy0uoqQMs2yWpX 9wStg3U4Jfwp53oHyxhDNRgz41pRJSyaUU7D4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=c79dx07a1dDAQwKl8J06/3rGlFRvQEcgI/F49U2mK52ThtpAZHJ7T4DZ8kClC5X+eR NwCP+8bffv8xRizFpz1dzkF8hZkbWgrLuMrEZllXaP8GGUlXXxkESPBncCOgdFZyyjV2 7e+Q62JvKmNSwkTEeKKAowuILjk71zA1cQf2Q= Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.154.207 with SMTP id p15mr172881ibw.91.1268220506685; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:28:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100310090551.GB15610@math.princeton.edu> References: <53e35fd51003090314w250da861la064a57c73703160@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a1003090841s1b904e58mf41841ec40d8e620@mail.gmail.com> <53e35fd51003091721q49d3343r2bcb7da20a43aed0@mail.gmail.com> <20100310090551.GB15610@math.princeton.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:28:26 +0800 Message-ID: <53e35fd51003100328k1e3322d7qf91954f7ee2c8f9c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] normal user do not have access to usb, and many other things From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 30fe183e-e9fe-430f-9ffe-240b128bc027 X-Archives-Hash: e203f65d62ca36ace0d5be2b8bf30332 On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@math.princeton.edu> wrote: > I am rather curious what application you are using to get battery > information that requires it being root. > > /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state is 0444 on my netbook/laptop since > forever. I just use a bash function to parse it and display it on my > ${PS1}. > my laptop is thinkpad t61, and i do not have /proc/acpi/battery/BATO/state... :( now i have a damn wired good news. all the problems i talked about are gone. :) i can access my usb disk, i can see the battery info. yesterday, after i have joined those groups, i did not restart my system. i just exit X, and log off, then log on, and i did not able to access those resources. but today, after a cold start up, all the problems are fixed without touching any configuration. i think this is just a group and permission issue. -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/