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Linux KDE failed to open - Permission Denied #4

@FxMorin

Description

@FxMorin

Input4j doesn't work in Kubuntu 25.04.

Currently attempting to replace Jinput which works fine.

Software Specs:
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.4
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-32-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Sample Code:

try (InputDevicePlugin devices = InputDevices.init()) {
    // ...
} catch (IOException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
}

Logs:

Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event0
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event1
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event10
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event11
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event12
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event13
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event14
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event15
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event16
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event17
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event18
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event19
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event2
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event20
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event3
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event4
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event5
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event6
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event7
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event8
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.Linux invoke
SEVERE: Could not invoke 'open' - Permission denied(13)
Sep 26, 2025 6:39:14 PM de.gurkenlabs.input4j.foreign.linux.LinuxEventDevicePlugin initEventDevices
SEVERE: Failed to open /dev/input/event9

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