Can't get espanso running at all on Fedora / Wayland KDE Plasma

[tigger04]

Description

I feel like I've tried everything ... any help greatly appreciated!

Steps to reproduce

sudo dnf copr enable -y eclipseo/espanso
sudo dnf install -y espanso espanso-wayland

sudo setcap "cap_dac_override+p" $(which espanso-wayland)

espanso service unregister || :
espanso service register

... so far so good, then:

systemctl enable --user --now espanso-wayland
sudo systemctl enable --now espanso-wayland
espanso start --unmanaged

all yield errors, to the effect of e.g.

unable to start service: timed out
Hint: sometimes this happens because another Espanso process is left running for some reason.
      Please try running 'espanso restart' or manually killing all Espanso processes, then try again.

pkill/pgrep on espansoand espanso-wayland shows no process running

espanso restart yields:

espanso is not running!
unable to start service: timed out
Hint: sometimes this happens because another Espanso process is left running for some reason.
      Please try running 'espanso restart' or manually killing all Espanso processes, then try again.

espanso status yields:

espanso is not running

Expected behavior

Espanso running!

Screenshots

No response

Logs

No response

Your environment

• Public source code:
• Environment name and version (e.g., Rust 1.59.0):
• Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS):
• Espanso version (e.g., 2.1.4-beta):

Self-service

• I'd be willing to fix this bug myself.

[tigger04]

ok, facepalm moment.
espanso-wayland start --unmanaged
seems to have done it.
It would be good to get it working with systemd though - any tips on what I might be doing wrong?

[morgan-dgk]

Can you do espanso-wayland -vvvvv worker and share the log here? I assume this should work with the binary built for wayland as well.

[pointydev]

Similar issue, but using the espanso-wayland package from Terra:

[pointy@pointy ~]$ espanso -vvvvvv worker
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_path: detected config directory in $HOME/.config/espanso
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_path: detected default runtime dir: "/home/pointy/.cache/espanso"
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_path: detected default packages dir: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/match/packages"
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [INFO] reading configs from: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso"
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [INFO] reading packages from: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/match/packages"
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [INFO] using runtime dir: "/home/pointy/.cache/espanso"
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [INFO] system info: Fedora Linux v40 - kernel: 6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_config::config::store: loaded default config at path: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/config/default.yml"
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_config::config::store: loaded config at path: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/config/csgo.yml"
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'alacritty_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'emacs_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'gedit_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'generic_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'kitty_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'konsole_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'libreoffice_writer_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'simple_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'simple_terminal_2_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'terminator_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'termite_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'thunderbird_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'tilix_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'urxvt_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'xterm_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'yakuake_terminal_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'virtualbox_x11' patch
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::cli::worker: starting with start-reason = None
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::icon: skipping extraction for '"/home/pointy/.cache/espanso/iconv2.png"', as it's already present
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::icon: skipping extraction for '"/home/pointy/.cache/espanso/search.png"', as it's already present
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::icon: skipping extraction for '"/home/pointy/.cache/espanso/icon_no_background.png"', as it's already present
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [INFO] using WaylandAppInfoProvider
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [INFO] binded to IPC unix socket: /home/pointy/.cache/espanso/espansoworkerv2.sock
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN] this version of espanso doesn't come with modulo support, so graphical features (such as Forms and Search) might not be available
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN] EVDEV backend is being used, but without enabling linux capabilities.
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN]   Although you CAN run espanso EVDEV backend as root, it's not recommended due
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN]   to security reasons. Espanso supports linux capabilities to limit the attack surface
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN]   area by only leveraging on the CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability (needed to work with
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN]   /dev/input/* devices to detect and inject text) and disabling it as soon as the
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN]   initial setup is completed.
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [WARN] unable to determine keyboard layout automatically, please explicitly specify it in the configuration.
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [INFO] using EVDEVSource
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [ERROR] Unable to open EVDEV devices, this usually has to do with permissions.
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [ERROR] You can either add the current user to the 'input' group or run espanso as root
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [ERROR] thread 'engine thread' panicked at 'failed to initialize detector module: detection source initialization failed': espanso/src/cli/worker/engine/mod.rs:140
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [ERROR] Unable to block the LinuxEventLoop: receiving on an empty and disconnected channel
19:12:19 [worker(10408)] [ERROR] thread 'main' panicked at 'unable to run main eventloop: receiving on an empty and disconnected channel': espanso/src/cli/worker/mod.rs:160

Tried adding myself to the input group as suggested, but to no avail. Notably, I cannot start using espanso start --unmanaged either.

[pointydev]

After running sudo setcap "cap_dac_override+p" $(which espanso), while I still can't run espanso start --unmanaged, I get this log for the worker:

[pointy@pointy ~]$ espanso -vvvvvv worker
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_path: detected config directory in $HOME/.config/espanso
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_path: detected default runtime dir: "/home/pointy/.cache/espanso"
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_path: detected default packages dir: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/match/packages"
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] reading configs from: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso"
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] reading packages from: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/match/packages"
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] using runtime dir: "/home/pointy/.cache/espanso"
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] system info: Fedora Linux v40 - kernel: 6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_config::config::store: loaded default config at path: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/config/default.yml"
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso_config::config::store: loaded config at path: "/home/pointy/.config/espanso/config/csgo.yml"
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'alacritty_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'emacs_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'gedit_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'generic_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'kitty_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'konsole_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'libreoffice_writer_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'simple_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'simple_terminal_2_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'terminator_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'termite_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'thunderbird_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'tilix_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'urxvt_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'xterm_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'yakuake_terminal_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::patch::config_store: skipping 'virtualbox_x11' patch
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::cli::worker: starting with start-reason = None
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::icon: skipping extraction for '"/home/pointy/.cache/espanso/iconv2.png"', as it's already present
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::icon: skipping extraction for '"/home/pointy/.cache/espanso/search.png"', as it's already present
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (1) espanso::icon: skipping extraction for '"/home/pointy/.cache/espanso/icon_no_background.png"', as it's already present
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] using WaylandAppInfoProvider
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] binded to IPC unix socket: /home/pointy/.cache/espanso/espansoworkerv2.sock
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [WARN] this version of espanso doesn't come with modulo support, so graphical features (such as Forms and Search) might not be available
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (2) espanso::cli::worker::engine: using linux capabilities to grant permissions needed by EVDEV backend
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (2) espanso::cli::worker::engine: successfully granted permissions using capabilities
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [WARN] unable to determine keyboard layout automatically, please explicitly specify it in the configuration.
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] using EVDEVSource
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] Querying modifier status...
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [DEBUG] (4) espanso_detect::evdev: Updating device modifier state: ModifiersState { ctrl: false, alt: false, shift: false, caps_lock: false, meta: false, num_lock: false }
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [WARN] unable to determine keyboard layout automatically, please explicitly specify it in the configuration.
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] using EVDEVInjector
19:32:46 [worker(12873)] [INFO] using WaylandFallbackClipboard