[Bug 1092611] Re: showkey exits with a non informative message on not having root privileges

[Vibhav Pant]

** Changed in: kbd (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Vibhav Pant (vibhavp)

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Title:
  showkey exits with a non informative message on not having root
  privileges

Status in “kbd” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  showkey exists with printing "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring
  to the console" if it doesnt have root privileges. The user should be
  informed if showkey is launched with non-root privileges.

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