Public bug reported: Constantly getting 1-2 of the following error messages every second: Could not open input accel '/dev/input/event15': Operation not permitted.
$ ls -la /dev/input/event15 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 79 Apr 4 20:35 /dev/input/event15 $ monitor-sensor Waiting for iio-sensor-proxy to appear +++ iio-sensor-proxy appeared === Has accelerometer (orientation: undefined) === No ambient light sensor $ udevadm info --export-db | grep ACCEL E: ID_INPUT_ACCELEROMETER=1 E: ID_INPUT_ACCELEROMETER=1 E: ID_INPUT_ACCELEROMETER=1 $ dmesg | grep accel [ 8.806191] input: Acer BMA150 accelerometer as /devices/virtual/input/input15 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=852596 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401614 http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg09702.html https://github.com/hadess/iio-sensor-proxy/issues/134 Upstream have mentioned that this needs to be fixed in the kernel. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: iio-sensor-proxy 2.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-15.17-generic 4.10.5 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Apr 4 21:18:16 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-02 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215) SourcePackage: iio-sensor-proxy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-02 (2 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: iio-sensor-proxy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug zesty ** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1679819 Title: Could not open input accel '/dev/input/event15': Operation not permitted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1679819/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs