Solaar permissions issue

[marts123]

Hi
I'm trying to find a way to use my Logitech unifying receiver not only for use with my mouse, where it works perfectly, but also with a logitech keyboard.
To that end I downloaded Solaar from the software manager.
Unfortunately i get this error message when I run Solaar. (I did unplug and re insert it)

Running lsusb, I know I defo have a unifying receiver

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martin@martin-ThinkPad-T430:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b2da Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd thinkpad t430s camera
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Any ideas?

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martin@martin-ThinkPad-T430:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-71-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.13 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2349U4B v: ThinkPad T430 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 2349U4B serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO 
  v: G1ET94WW (2.54 ) date: 04/22/2013 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 10.2 Wh condition: 10.4/38.9 Wh (27%) volts: 12.1/10.8 
  model: SANYO 45N1105 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20753 
  Speed: 1198 MHz min/max: 1200/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1197 
  3: 1197 4: 1198 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  compositor: compton v: 0.1~beta2+20150922 resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) 
  v: 4.2 Mesa 20.2.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-71-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e 
  v: 3.2.6-k port: 5080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502 
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:4238 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 119.34 GiB (53.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 5A scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 218.57 GiB used: 119.34 GiB (54.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2595 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/windscribe-repo.list 
  1: deb https://repo.windscribe.com/ubuntu bionic main
Info:
  Processes: 181 Uptime: 28m Memory: 7.48 GiB used: 829.2 MiB (10.8%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
martin@martin-ThinkPad-T430:~$ 

[djph]

check who "owns" /dev/hidraw1 -- perhaps you're missing a group (e.g. I know a lot of serial stuff uses 'dialout' as the group, which isn't a default group anymore).

[marts123]

Well running ls -l /dev/hidraw1 gives me this:

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martin@martin-ThinkPad-T430:~$ ls -l /dev/hidraw1
crw------- 1 root root 240, 1 Apr 13 20:23 /dev/hidraw1

I did read somewhere about adding myself to the plugdev group, but its a bit of a shot in the dark as I have no idea of the consequences..

Really don't know where to go from here.

[djph]

plugdev might do it then.

You can check your current groups with the command "groups"

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$ groups
djph adm mail dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev lpadmin scanner

(Not sure what of those are default in mint, I'm checking a Debian box)

If you're not already in plugdev:

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 sudo usermod -a -G plugdev youraccounthere 

Just replace "youraccounthere" with your actual user account; then reboot.

[marts123]

Thanks, but adding myself to plugdev didnt work.
I tried running

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sudo solaar

which outputted some critical error, but did allow solaar to run.
Then, trying to pair my keyboard resulted in a popup message saying the keyboard wasn't compatible and cant be paired.
Exiting that popup on to the Solaar main GUI tells me the keyboard is paired and shows the model number etc.
Trouble is the keyboard still doesn't work.
I think Ill just accept this ain't going to work..