Running the command with root privileges indeed solves this issue, at least in my case.
Perhaps echoing "Are you root?" on exit 1 would practical for the end user. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006676 Title: showkey fails with "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kbd/+bug/1006676/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
