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Do i need to add my local user to the audio/video group?

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Re: Do i need to add my local user to the audio/video group?

Reply #1 –
The Artix wiki suggests several groups for a typical use case including these, but says you might not need all of them:
https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Configuration
Try without and see what happens - perhaps create a new user to experiment with first in case it causes major problems. Many groups are related to how you use your computer and what hardware and software you have, being in the lp group is pointless if you don't have a printer for example. And you might need to be in additional groups, e.g. wireshark if you use that.
It looks like X will still work if you are not in the video group:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups
 

Re: Do i need to add my local user to the audio/video group?

Reply #3 –
X, as the wiki says works without. But even MPV, without X, on the framebuffer works without the video group.
However most framebuffer programs do require it, for example:
  • fbpdf
  • fbterm
  • w3m needs the group for images

(Also first post yay hi)