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FS#38638 - [steam] Steam Streaming beta requires udev rule

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by George (Vash63) - Friday, 24 January 2014, 05:16 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Sunday, 06 April 2014, 14:09 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Multilib
Status Closed
Assigned To Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: The new Steam game streaming requires /dev/uinput to be rw for the Steam process. Package should contain a udev rule to set this or a message on install warning user to set it.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3629-RIAV-1617
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Closed by  Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Sunday, 06 April 2014, 14:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  The suggested workaround here is insecure, and should not even be recommended by an install script. It allows all users to read/write input events, even if their session is not active.

Valve needs to use the usual API or provide a *sane* workaround to fix this. Currently, it's strictly a feature that this does not work because it indicates secure permissions are in place.
Comment by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Thursday, 20 February 2014, 04:22 GMT
I don't think doing this would be a good idea as it breaks the security model. It seems that this is a Steam bug because it can definitely be done without this.

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