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Subject: Re: Keyboard mouse not working
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The input group should exist by default. In a clean docker alpine:edge
container:

  # getent group input
  input:x:23

Note that root does not necessarily need to be part of that group. Have you
tried to add your user to that group?

  adduser <username> input

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 7:25=E2=80=AFAM Sagar Acharya <sagaracharya@whiteli=
st.co.in>
wrote:

> The groups of root are
> root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel floppy dialout tape video
>
> There is no input group as far as I can see.
>
>
>
> On 16 =E0=A4=9C=E0=A4=A8=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=B0=E0=A5=80 2026 4:41:40 pm IST, =
Sagar Acharya <
> sagaracharya@whitelist.co.in> wrote:
> >On armv7, I am trying to get dwm running.
> >
> >There is no input group and after startx, keyboard and mouse don't work.
> Is there some other group with which inputs can be given?
> >
> >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >Thanking you
> >Sagar Acharya
> >https://whitelist.co.in
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Thanking you
> Sagar Acharya
> https://whitelist.co.in
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The input group should exist by defa=
ult. In a clean docker alpine:edge container:</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=
=A0=C2=A0# getent group input<br>=C2=A0 input:x:23</div><div><br></div><div=
>Note that root does not necessarily need to be part of that group. Have yo=
u tried to add your user to that group?</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0 add=
user &lt;username&gt; input</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_=
quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 19, 2026=
 at 7:25=E2=80=AFAM Sagar Acharya &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sagaracharya@whitel=
ist.co.in">sagaracharya@whitelist.co.in</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px so=
lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The groups of root are <br>
root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel floppy dialout tape video<br>
<br>
There is no input group as far as I can see.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 16 =E0=A4=9C=E0=A4=A8=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=B0=E0=A5=80 2026 4:41:40 pm IST, Sa=
gar Acharya &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sagaracharya@whitelist.co.in" target=3D"_=
blank">sagaracharya@whitelist.co.in</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;On armv7, I am trying to get dwm running.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;There is no input group and after startx, keyboard and mouse don&#39;t =
work. Is there some other group with which inputs can be given?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>
&gt;Thanking you<br>
&gt;Sagar Acharya<br>
&gt;<a href=3D"https://whitelist.co.in" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank=
">https://whitelist.co.in</a><br>
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br>
Thanking you<br>
Sagar Acharya<br>
<a href=3D"https://whitelist.co.in" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tps://whitelist.co.in</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div>

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