Version 12, simple mapping not working

[Holt59]

I have recently upgraded to v12, and I tried to create simple modifications:

And it does not work...

When I open the EventViewer, I see the events on these to keys in their original positions:

I am on HighSierra 10.13.4, I tried restarting Karabiner, my Mac, applications I tested, nothing worked...

[tekezo]

Does another modification also not work? For example, non_us_backslash -> tab.

[Holt59]

@tekezo This works except if one of the key is non_us_backslash or grave_accent_and_tilde.

[tekezo]

I guess your non_us_backslash and grave_accent_and_tilde already swapped without Karabiner-Elements. Does removing these simple modifications solve this issue?

[Holt59]

@tekezo No, without the simple modifications the behaviour is the same.

[tekezo]

Hmm, it's strange.

A last possibility is you are using other keyboard drivers which changes these keys before Karabiner-Elements. Are you using another driver?

[justcoon]

hi, i got same problem, before v12, it worked, after upgrade to v12 it does not work

[Holt59]

@tekezo No, I am just using a QWERTY US-International layout on an AZERTY keyboard, but everything was working fine prior to v12.

[greelgorke]

@tekezo i'm using Karabiner also and it suddenly stoped working at all:

doesn't work anymore. Internal keyboard, nothing else changed.

[greelgorke]

this is the startup log:

[2018-04-27 22:49:24.203] [info] [console_user_server] Check version...
[2018-04-27 22:49:24.221] [info] [console_user_server] Load karabiner.json...
[2018-04-27 22:49:24.224] [info] [console_user_server] core_configuration is updated.
[2018-04-27 22:49:24.225] [info] [console_user_server] Check for updates...
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.221] [info] [console_user_server] input_source_manager initialize
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.280] [info] [grabber] karabiner_console_user_server is connected (pid:2123)
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.280] [info] [console_user_server] receiver is initialized
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.280] [info] [console_user_server] Check version...
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.280] [info] [console_user_server] grabber_client_ is connected
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.281] [info] [grabber] event_tap_manager initialized
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.281] [info] [grabber] Load karabiner.json...
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.283] [info] [grabber] core_configuration is updated.
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.284] [info] [grabber] Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (device_id:15) is ignored.
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.284] [info] [grabber] MX Master (device_id:16) is ignored.
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.284] [warning] [grabber] virtual_hid_device_client is not connected yet. Please wait for a while.
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.284] [info] [grabber] (vendor_id:0x5ac, product_id:0x8600) (device_id:13) is ignored.
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.288] [info] [console_user_server] Load karabiner.json...
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.291] [info] [console_user_server] core_configuration is updated.
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.370] [info] [console_user_server] frontmost_application_observer initialize
[2018-04-27 22:49:25.371] [info] [console_user_server] input_source_observer initialize
[2018-04-27 22:49:28.438] [info] [console_user_server] system_preferences is updated.
[2018-04-27 22:49:28.439] [info] [grabber] system_preferences_updated

[tekezo]

@Holt59 Is the keyboard type configuration correct? https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/document.html#configuration-keyboard-type

@greelgorke Please confirm the target device is checked on Karabiner-Elements > Preferences > Devices tab.

[greelgorke]

@tekezo it is checked

[greelgorke]

@tekezo i'd like to provide any info you need. i got so used to my setup, i barely can use other keyboards for serious stuff :D

[dmitriyK1]

I also have this problem with a recent version of Karabiner, it worked on previous versions

[zuyu]

I am also using v12 on 10.13.4, and a simple modification that maps caps lock to escape does not work after applying the latest security update 2018-001.

On the other hand, I found that system preferences->keyboard now optionally supports above key modification. So I guess something has changed regarding the key mappings.

Finally I would like to thank Karabiner-Elements team for this great software!

[squashmcdermott]

version 12 stopped working for me also.

[Holt59]

@tekezo I checked the keyboard type and I went from ISO to ANSI. The keys are already in the correct position, so this is ok for me, but Karabiner still does not map events from/to these keys.

Edit: So apparently Karabiner already swap these two keys without modifications, is that expected? (I just quit Karabiner and the key swapped back... )

[greelgorke]

@zuyu this capslock to escape mapping is available since the osx version that came alongside the mac book pro with the touchbar. so it like at least a year available.

But i agree that last patch from( what was that?) last week? two weeks ago? made karabiner not working

[zuyu]

Hi @greelgorke, it was released on Apr 24.

[zuyu]

Hi @greelgorke, there is no issues w/ the the security patch, and Karabiner-Elements works for me.

tl;dr I just applied the latest security patch on another Macbook Pro, and the capslock remapping using Karabiner-Elements works fine on that.

Also, after reinstall Karabiner-Elements on the previous Macbook Pro, it also works now!

[dmitriyK1]

@zuyu I'm having trouble swapping non_us_backslash(§) and grave_accent_and_tilde(`) after upgrade, does it work for you know?

[greelgorke]

@zuyu @tekezo The tip with uninstall, restart, install fixed the issue for me. After that, the VirtualHIDKeyboard appeared in the Keyboard Pane In System Settings. It seems like the update routine from 11 to 12 doesn't work properly.

[elitan]

I had the exact same problem swapping grave_accent_and_tilde(`) to non_us_backslash(§).

I uninstalled Karabiner and installed it again and now it is working again.

[stavros-papadopoulos]

I have the exact same problem after updating to version 12.

NOTE: The event viewer reports key presses as if the modification has been successful (it has not).

Just switched back to version 11.5.0 and it's working again, so it's probably a change in version 12.

[dmitriyK1]

I found how to fix it in my case - I opened ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json and searched for all occurences of grave_accent_and_tilde and deleted all rules containing this (there were 2 of them but only one were shown in karabiner UI) Looks like some old rules left in my config and prevented to properly change this mapping Hope this'll be helpful to someone

[bejibx]

Same problem, swapping § to ` is not working. Reinstall did not help. @dmitriyK1 solution did not help either.

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[kannanmavila]

I had the same issue and turned out I had to go to identify the keyboard in Preferences > Keyboard and run the wizard. Fixed the issue for me.

The option doesn't appear on Preferences > Keyboard anymore hence no screenshot. Sorry.