Miki Lewinger wrote:
Hi. Does anyone have any idea what does "Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console" means ? The context:First, it'd be helpful to understand what application spews this message. From a short Google search, I figured out this message belongs to one of the console-tools. Therefore:
- I'm logging in w/ ssh on a machine running mandrake. The logon is performed against a YP/NIS server and the accounts' homes located on an NFS mounted volume.
- The message shows immediately before the shell's regular prompt.
- The message does not appear when I login using the local console.
grep 'the console' `dpkg -L console-tools | grep bin`
Binary file /usr/sbin/vcstime matches Binary file /usr/bin/openvt matches Binary file /usr/bin/consolechars matches Binary file /usr/bin/open matches
Oh, there: consolechars is a likely candidate. Of course it won't work from a remote session; after all, it sets up the local console. And since there's no console associated with your remote session, it spews out the message.
Do you run consolechars from your shell init script (~/.bashrc or likes), to set up your keyboard or fonts? Or is it, perhaps, in your global init script?
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