diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md index 7dccdfe5..4c59df5f 100644 --- a/docs/installation.md +++ b/docs/installation.md @@ -27,23 +27,22 @@ You can run the `rules.d/install.sh` script from Solaar to do this installation automatically (it will switch to root when necessary), or you can do all the required steps by hand, as the root user: -1. copy `rules.d/99-logitech-unfiying-receiver.rules` from Solaar to - `/etc/udev/rules.d/` +1. Copy `rules.d/99-logitech-unifying-receiver.rules` from Solaar to + `/etc/udev/rules.d/`. udev will automatically pick up this file using + inotify. - By default, the rule makes the Unifying Receiver device available for r/w by - all users belonging to the `plugdev` system group (standard Debian/Ubuntu + By default, the rule allows all members of the `plugdev` group to have + read/write access to the Unifying Receiver device. (standard Debian/ Ubuntu group for pluggable devices). It may need changes, specific to your particular system's configuration. If in doubt, replacing `GROUP="plugdev"` with `GROUP=""` should just work. -2. run `udevadm control --reload-rules` to let the udev daemon know about the - new rule - -3. physically remove the Unifying Receiver, wait 10 seconds and re-insert it +2. Physically remove the Unifying Receiver and re-insert it. This is necessary because if the receiver is already plugged-in, it already has a `/dev/hidraw?` device node, but with the old (`root:root`) permissions. Plugging it again will re-create the device node with the right permissions. -4. make sure your desktop users are part of the `plugdev` group, by running - `adduser plugdev` as root +3. Make sure your desktop users are part of the `plugdev` group, by running + `gpasswd $USER plugdev` as root. If these users were not assigned to the + group before, they must re-login for the changes to take effect.