I wonder if anyone has succeeded in installing and running input-remapper on 15.5? I have been trying for a while now and seem to be sliding further and further into dependency hell.
It is installed and runs on the command line but the gui does not start. I get this output on the command line:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/input-raceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/input-remapper-gtk", line 95, in <module>
user_interface = UserInterface(message_broker, controller)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/inputremapper/gui/user_interface.py", line 106, in __init__
self._build_ui()
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/inputremapper/gui/user_interface.py", line 141, in _build_ui
self.builder.connect_signals(self)
ValueError: Pointer arguments are restricted to integers, capsules, and None. See: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683599
I can’t find any useful information on the error message at the end.
My current hypothesis is that I don’t have the correct gtksourceview4 packages installed. There is no gtksourceview4 in the repos (searched with opi); there is libgtksourceview4 and gtksourceview4-devel but neither of them are sufficient (??? Am I wrong about that?). I have started trying to compile gtksourceview but that has requirements that are not in the repos.
So before I go any further I would like to ask if anyone here has got input-remapper working, and how did you do it?
You should start to tell how/from where you installed this package as it is not available in any official openSUSE repo. A short check of the home repos which provides this package shows, that the package is broken and doesn’t build for any Leap release…
Several build requires are not available in official Leap repos. e.g, python3-pydantic and more…
I’m using Tumbleweed, but maybe my contribution here may provide a hint or two for you?
I keep a record of what commands to use when installing some things like Input Remapper:
Before using Manual install instructions from: GitHub - sezanzeb/input-remapper: 🎮 ⌨ An easy to use tool to change the behaviour of your input devices., first install these:
sudo zypper in python311-evdev gtksourceview4-devel gtksourceview4-lang libgtksourceview-4-0 python311-devel python311-pydantic python311-pydbus
Then use these commands as suggested (n.b. evdev is already installed):
sudo pip install --no-binary :all: git+https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper.git
sudo systemctl enable input-remapper
sudo systemctl restart input-remapper
And even after adapting the package list, it is not possible to start the app:
leaptest@test:~> input-remapper-gtk
File "/usr/bin/input-remapper-gtk", line 23
from __future__ import annotations
^
SyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined
leaptest@test:~>
Okay, I hope system updates don’t muck it up for you.
If you’re using KDE Plasma and your use of input-remapper is for a mouse, it may be of interest to know there is good news on the horizon. I tested the upcoming release of Plasma 6 and my weird m560 mouse now works in Wayland with Plasma’s ‘rebind additional mouse buttons’ mouse settings option - only available when using Wayland. So when Plasma 6 comes to openSUSE in March, no more need for input-remapper for me
It is kind of for a mouse; I’d like to control the mouse cursor with my keyboard. I know KDE has ‘mouse navigation’ where you can do this with the number pad, but my keyboard does not have one. Maybe on Plasma 6 there will be a way to control the mouse without needing an additional tool like input-remapper?
