On Monday, February 20, 2023 03:48 PM, Henry S. Thompson expressed:
> Two things to try:
> 1) Run python from an elevated shell (unlikely to make a difference);
This was the easy part. :-) Same issue.
> 2) Same strategy -- edit _nixcommon.py to always return true from
> ensure_root.
Now, it's getting a little deeper, but I will try this again tomorrow.
$ cat chkKBoard.py
#!/usr/bin/python3
import keyboard
while True:
if keyboard.is_pressed("a"):
print("You pressed 'a'.")
break
$ ./chkKBoard.py
/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/_nixkeyboard.py:110:
UserWarning: Failed to create a device file using `uinput` module. Sending of
events may be limited or unavailable depending on plugged-in devices.
device = aggregate_devices('kbd')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/E608313/./chkKBoard.py", line 4, in <module>
if keyboard.is_pressed("a"):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 410,
in is_pressed
_listener.start_if_necessary()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/_generic.py", line 35,
in start_if_necessary
self.init()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/__init__.py", line 196,
in init
_os_keyboard.init()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/_nixkeyboard.py", line
113, in init
build_device()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/_nixkeyboard.py", line
110, in build_device
device = aggregate_devices('kbd')
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/keyboard/_nixcommon.py", line
168, in aggregate_devices
assert fake_device
AssertionError
This is tomorrow's problem. Can't work tomorrow's problem today. :-) Thanks for
the ideas.
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