From 07a970e0359873d22dfa82dc97093e7a9f526718 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: notaz Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:39:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add some maybe helpful error messages --- corsairmi.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/corsairmi.c b/corsairmi.c index f45b421..e7a1287 100644 --- a/corsairmi.c +++ b/corsairmi.c @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include static const uint16_t products[] = { @@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ out: int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { + int had_eacces = 0; char name[63]; uint32_t v32; uint8_t osel; @@ -240,6 +242,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) fd = try_open_device(name, 0); if (fd != -1) break; + if (errno == EACCES) + had_eacces = 1; + } + if (fd == -1) { + fprintf(stderr, "No compatible devices found.\n"); + if (had_eacces) + fprintf(stderr, "At least one device " + "could not be checked because " + "of lack of permissions for " + "/dev/hidraw*.\n"); } } -- 2.39.2