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showkey fails with "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006676
May 31, 2012 - When invoked in Gnome Terminal 3.0.1 (Ubuntu 11.10), showkey uninformatively exits after reporting: "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console" For one who doesn't know what this means (such as myself), showkey is thus rendered unusable. The man page has no information about this ...showkey couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console · Issue ...
https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1806
Mar 23, 2017 - Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console. Windows build 14393.953. $ strace showkey execve("/usr/bin/showkey", ["showkey"], [/* 15 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x15f4000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, ..."Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console" · Issue #411 ...
https://github.com/deadhead420/anarchy-linux/issues/411
Aug 30, 2017 - Anarchy Linux - An Arch Based Distro. Contribute to anarchy-linux development by creating an account on GitHub.Bug 831098 – showkey couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the ...
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831098
Jun 12, 2012 - Description techtonik 2012-06-12 03:49:32 EDT. Description of problem: Unable to use showkey in Fedora. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.2.1 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1.showkey Actual results: Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console ...keymapping - couldnt get a file descriptor ?! - LinuxQuestions
https://www.linuxquestions.org/.../keymapping-couldnt-get-a-file-descriptor-515144/
Dec 31, 2006 - 5 posts - ‎4 authors
hello, when I type showkey or kbd_mode into terminal, I get this strange error I don't understand: Code: Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console. The same message comes with loadkeys: Code: Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console KDGKBMODE: Bad file descriptor loadkeys: error ...linux - Get keyboard scancode of char - Stack Overflow
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9395500/get-keyboard-scancode-of-char
Feb 22, 2012 - I just found showkey -s , which gives me the correct scancode. But that only works in a Terminal outside of my Window Manager, Otherwise I get Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console . – ifischer Feb 22 '12 at 13:47 ...[ubuntu] Unmapping keyboard shortcut. - Ubuntu Forums
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=916487
Sep 11, 2008 - But I can't get 'showkeys' to run at all because I get the error "Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console". Will update if I can get a 'showkeys' ouput related to the button.] Code: username@computer:~$ xmodmap -pke keycode 8 = keycode 9 = Escape keycode 10 = 1 exclam keycode 11 = 2 at ...[SOLVED] My 1st thoughts on Arch / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums
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Sep 21, 2013 - 16 posts - ‎10 authors
... things I do on my systems is work on GIMP, web-surface, gaming with Steam, recording my songs (with Audacity), modeling with Blender etc. Do I need some kind of 'non-free repo'? 3. How often do I need to update the system? * The error is. Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console. Regards.backslash (solved) - Raspberry Pi Forums
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=23498
Nov 22, 2012 - I'm using showkey in the console, (it doesn't run under X, gives:"Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console") I've tried showkey -a, showkey -s and showkey -k, all of which show a result for every key on the keyboard, bar the backslash key. Also dmesg doesn't mention the keyboard again after its ...keyboard - How can I print out the current keybindings in Linux ...
https://unix.stackexchange.com/.../how-can-i-print-out-the-current-keybindings-in-lin...
Mar 31, 2014 - ... by you console. The first one is configured by xmodmap and setxkbmap . The second one is configured by loadkeys . You can dump the first one with xmodmap and the second one with dumpkeys . Have a look at the man pages of those commands to find the correct options and other related commands.