ADXL345 Accelerometer

[fopetesl]

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The "proper" usage (rather than using sudo) is to add yourself to the i2c group, e.g. if your user name is pi then

sudo adduser pi i2c

will allow you to use the i2c devices without needing sudo.

Note, changes in user permissions don't take effect until you log out and back in.

Note: didn't work for me, pi already user of spi (in my case) so still had /dev/mem access denied.
What does work (from another post)

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cd to the directory your file is in then type:-

sudo chown root your_program_name
sudo chmod 4755 your_program_name

You won't need sudo but you still need ./your_program_name

[joan]

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Note: didn't work for me, pi already user of spi (in my case) so still had /dev/mem access denied.
What does work (from another post)

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cd to the directory your file is in then type:-

sudo chown root your_program_name
sudo chmod 4755 your_program_name

You won't need sudo but you still need ./your_program_name

You shouldn't have to setuid root to use the SPI devices. There is something wrong with your set up. Are you using a recent Raspbian with a recent kernel?