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autokey / autokey-python2

Legacy Python 2 version of AutoKey, the desktop automation utility for Linux and X11.
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Can not start autokey #30

Closed steelbrain closed 7 years ago

steelbrain commented 9 years ago

I've installed autokey along with the dependencies and this is what I get when I execute autokey-gtk in a terminal

Fatal error starting AutoKey.
'recordHotkey'
defenestration commented 9 years ago

I moved my old autokey config folder out of the way to resolve this.

mv ~/.config/autokey{,.bak}

steelbrain commented 9 years ago

After removing that folder, I get this error now, I am on Ubuntu 15.04 GNOME

Error starting interface. Keyboard monitoring will be disabled.
Check your system/configuration.
Can't connect to display ":1": No protocol specified
josephj11 commented 8 years ago

I know this is really old, but I missed it until now.

First, since AutoKey is essentially an Xwindows application, are you running AutoKey under a gui which sits on top of Xwindows? I ask this because, by default, the gui virtual console uses display ":0", not ":1". If you're trying to run under another virtual console which isn't setup as a gui, then AutoKey has nowhere to hang its hat.

See also: https://github.com/autokey/autokey/wiki/Problem-Reporting-Guide

because the more we understand about the problem, the quicker we can solve it.