[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923672] Re: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user
** Changed in: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Impish) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923672 Title: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user Status in ubuntu-settings package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Impish: Won't Fix Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Jammy: Fix Released Bug description: At present, access to the GPIO pins is provided to the dialout group by the udev rules from the rpi.gpio-common package. However, rpi.gpio is a single GPIO library, and the device(s) it provides access to are not specific to it. Moreover, the interface used is deprecated and the /dev/gpiochip* interface is now the favoured mechanism for controlling the GPIO pins. The choice of the dialout group appears reasonable (historically it's used to provide access to the serial ports, and indeed the serial ports are part of the GPIO header on Raspberry Pi devices), but the rules should be extended to cover the modern /dev/gpiochip* devices, the related /dev/spidev* and /dev/i2c-* devices, and should be placed in a central location (i.e. ubuntu-raspi-settings) rather than in a specific GPIO library (like rpi.gpio). Related to this is LP: #1923363 which seeks to ensure equal access across images (the default user is currently granted "dialout" group membership on the pi server images, but not the desktop ones). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-settings/+bug/1923672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923672] Re: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user
This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-settings - 22.04.1 --- ubuntu-settings (22.04.1) jammy; urgency=medium * Reinstate changes from 21.04.3: - Adding 99-gpio.rules udev rules for Raspberry Pi GPIO functionality (LP: #1923672) - Replace netplan eth0 renaming rules for raspi with networkd link unit (LP: #1922266) * Override initramfs compression to lz4 to prevent OOM on 512MB platforms, and add a dependency on lz4 to d/control (LP: #1950214) * d/control: Correct spelling of raspberry -- Dave Jones Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:29:10 +0100 ** Changed in: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Jammy) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923672 Title: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user Status in ubuntu-settings package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Impish: New Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Jammy: Fix Released Bug description: At present, access to the GPIO pins is provided to the dialout group by the udev rules from the rpi.gpio-common package. However, rpi.gpio is a single GPIO library, and the device(s) it provides access to are not specific to it. Moreover, the interface used is deprecated and the /dev/gpiochip* interface is now the favoured mechanism for controlling the GPIO pins. The choice of the dialout group appears reasonable (historically it's used to provide access to the serial ports, and indeed the serial ports are part of the GPIO header on Raspberry Pi devices), but the rules should be extended to cover the modern /dev/gpiochip* devices, the related /dev/spidev* and /dev/i2c-* devices, and should be placed in a central location (i.e. ubuntu-raspi-settings) rather than in a specific GPIO library (like rpi.gpio). Related to this is LP: #1923363 which seeks to ensure equal access across images (the default user is currently granted "dialout" group membership on the pi server images, but not the desktop ones). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-settings/+bug/1923672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923672] Re: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user
Targetting to Impish and Jammy as apparently ubuntu-settings lost the 21.04.3 changes in 21.10.1 (which was based on 21.04.2). ** Also affects: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Also affects: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Hirsute) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu Jammy) Status: Fix Released => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923672 Title: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user Status in ubuntu-settings package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Impish: New Status in ubuntu-settings source package in Jammy: New Bug description: At present, access to the GPIO pins is provided to the dialout group by the udev rules from the rpi.gpio-common package. However, rpi.gpio is a single GPIO library, and the device(s) it provides access to are not specific to it. Moreover, the interface used is deprecated and the /dev/gpiochip* interface is now the favoured mechanism for controlling the GPIO pins. The choice of the dialout group appears reasonable (historically it's used to provide access to the serial ports, and indeed the serial ports are part of the GPIO header on Raspberry Pi devices), but the rules should be extended to cover the modern /dev/gpiochip* devices, the related /dev/spidev* and /dev/i2c-* devices, and should be placed in a central location (i.e. ubuntu-raspi-settings) rather than in a specific GPIO library (like rpi.gpio). Related to this is LP: #1923363 which seeks to ensure equal access across images (the default user is currently granted "dialout" group membership on the pi server images, but not the desktop ones). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-settings/+bug/1923672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1923672] Re: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user
This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-settings - 21.04.3 --- ubuntu-settings (21.04.3) hirsute; urgency=medium [ William 'jawn-smith' Wilson ] * Adding 99-gpio.rules udev rules for Raspberry Pi GPIO functionality (LP: #1923672) [ Dave Jones ] * Replace netplan eth0 renaming rules for raspi with networkd link unit (LP: #1922266) -- Dave Jones Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:02:42 +0100 ** Changed in: ubuntu-settings (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923672 Title: [FFe] Provide access to GPIO to default user Status in ubuntu-settings package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: At present, access to the GPIO pins is provided to the dialout group by the udev rules from the rpi.gpio-common package. However, rpi.gpio is a single GPIO library, and the device(s) it provides access to are not specific to it. Moreover, the interface used is deprecated and the /dev/gpiochip* interface is now the favoured mechanism for controlling the GPIO pins. The choice of the dialout group appears reasonable (historically it's used to provide access to the serial ports, and indeed the serial ports are part of the GPIO header on Raspberry Pi devices), but the rules should be extended to cover the modern /dev/gpiochip* devices, the related /dev/spidev* and /dev/i2c-* devices, and should be placed in a central location (i.e. ubuntu-raspi-settings) rather than in a specific GPIO library (like rpi.gpio). Related to this is LP: #1923363 which seeks to ensure equal access across images (the default user is currently granted "dialout" group membership on the pi server images, but not the desktop ones). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-settings/+bug/1923672/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
