Are ectool commands supposed to work in Linux?

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Are ectool commands supposed to work in Linux?

Closed this issue 7 months ago · 3 comments

ChocolateLoverRaj commented 8 months ago

I'm trying to package this for NixOS. I got npm run tuari dev to run, and the window opens up. However, clicking on the fan control buttons doesn't do anything. I do have ectool available in PATH. I'm not sure if this is a NixOS thing or just not implemented yet for Linux.

I'm guessing the 99-cros-ec.rules files gives the user permission to access the EC withoth sudo or something, but I'm not sure what I should do with it.

Answer 1 · 2024-05-08T09:40:24.000Z

Ectools requires admin permissions, try starting the app as admin

Answer 2 · 2024-05-12T22:40:34.000Z

Ideally it would work similar to gparted where it is opened as a normal user and uses polkit to gain sudo access.

Answer 3 · 2024-06-10T12:17:48.000Z

The latest version of the app gives the user a prompt