Bug#862461: tiptop: requires root to run

2017-10-31 Thread Gunnar Wolf
tags 862461 + patch thanks I agree with Nathaniel, the currently displayed message is too confusing for regular users. A proper message should be displayed, even if it means a (small!) deviation from upstream. I am attaching a patch here, please consider! Description: Report that root access is r

Bug#862461: tiptop: requires root to run

2017-05-15 Thread Nathaniel Beaver
Dear Thomasz and Ben, Many thanks for the explanation. I can confirm that the workaround is effective. (In hindsight the man page has somewhat documented this behavior under the ``--kernel'' flag.) The only thing I have to add is that an edit to this part of the man page may be in order:

Bug#862461: tiptop: requires root to run

2017-05-14 Thread Tomasz Buchert
On 14/05/17 20:58, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2017-05-14 at 10:43 +0200, Tomasz Buchert wrote: > > On 12/05/17 18:54, Nathaniel Beaver wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Thank you, Nathaniel. > > > > I confirm the problem. A safe bet is that > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/11/587 is the cause.  You ca

Bug#862461: tiptop: requires root to run

2017-05-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2017-05-14 at 10:43 +0200, Tomasz Buchert wrote: > On 12/05/17 18:54, Nathaniel Beaver wrote: > > [...] > > Thank you, Nathaniel. > > I confirm the problem. A safe bet is that > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/11/587 is the cause.  You can verify that > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid c

Bug#862461: tiptop: requires root to run

2017-05-14 Thread Tomasz Buchert
On 12/05/17 18:54, Nathaniel Beaver wrote: > [...] Thank you, Nathaniel. I confirm the problem. A safe bet is that https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/11/587 is the cause. You can verify that /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid contains "3". By running echo 2 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/perf_even

Bug#862461: tiptop: requires root to run

2017-05-12 Thread Nathaniel Beaver
Package: tiptop Version: 2.2-2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Running tiptop results in a return status of 1 and this on stderr: syscall: Operation not permitted Could not perform syscall. Don't know why... It runs as expected as root or using sudo. The homepage for tiptop lists "No r