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Expand Up @@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ Configuration variables:

For more details about the GPIO layout, visit the Wikipedia [article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#GPIO_connector) about the Raspberry Pi.

<p class='note warning'>
If you are not running Raspbian Jessie, you will need to run Home Assistant as root.
</p>
Ensure that the user who is running Home Assistant is in the gpio group. Eg. for the user `hass`:

<p class='note warning'>
To avoid having to run Home Assistant as root when using this component, run a Raspbian version released at or after September 29, 2015.
</p>
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Did you test RPi.GPIO on other operating systems?

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No. I've only tested it on Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)

$ Ensure that the user who is running Home Assistant is in the gpio group. Eg. for the user `hass`:
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Duplicate content. Looks like a copy-&-paste error.


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$ sudo adduser hass gpio
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Why are you removing this warning? Was the fix backported to older Rabian and made available?

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Fix is not made for older versions of raspbian and cant be patched with just a package upgrade.
rapsbian user created in later versions of raspbian are part of the gpio group and any new user will need to be added to this specific group.

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