From: ladyada <limor@ladyada.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 06:23:33 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: kinder neopixel error
X-Git-Tag: 0.4.0~1^2~1
X-Git-Url: https://git.ayoreis.com/Adafruit_Blinka-hackapet.git/commitdiff_plain/2a83b9da20e25bb2a536d83b61b47e594b918cb3

kinder neopixel error
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diff --git a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/raspi_23/neopixel.py b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/raspi_23/neopixel.py
index 3a92c60..3993cee 100644
--- a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/raspi_23/neopixel.py
+++ b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/raspi_23/neopixel.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ def neopixel_write(gpio, buf):
     
         resp = ws.ws2811_init(_led_strip)
         if resp != ws.WS2811_SUCCESS:
+            if resp == -5:
+                raise RuntimeError("NeoPixel support requires running with sudo, please try again!")
             message = ws.ws2811_get_return_t_str(resp)
             raise RuntimeError('ws2811_init failed with code {0} ({1})'.format(resp, message))
         atexit.register(neopixel_cleanup)