Can't get hints to run on gnome 48.1 #58
Description
Hello!
I'm having trouble launching the daemon, or running it directly with hints.
❯ fastfetch
-` mikeyjay@archlinux
.o+` ------------------
`ooo/ OS: Arch Linux x86_64
`+oooo: Host: VirtualBox (1.2)
`+oooooo: Kernel: Linux 6.14.7-arch2-1
-+oooooo+: Uptime: 2 hours, 2 mins
`/:-:++oooo+: Packages: 830 (pacman)
`/++++/+++++++: Shell: bash 5.2.37
`/++++++++++++++: Display (Virtual-1): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz
`/+++ooooooooooooo/` DE: GNOME 48.1
./ooosssso++osssssso+` WM: Mutter (Wayland)
.oossssso-````/ossssss+` WM Theme: Adwaita
-osssssso. :ssssssso. Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
:osssssss/ osssso+++. Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
/ossssssss/ +ssssooo/- Font: Adwaita Sans (11pt) [GTK2/3/4]
`/ossssso+/:- -:/+osssso+- Cursor: Adwaita (24px)
`+sso+:-` `.-/+oso: Terminal: ghostty 1.1.3-arch1
`++:. `-/+/ Terminal Font: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font (18pt)
.` `/ CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U (4) @ 2.30 GHz
GPU: VMware SVGA II Adapter
Memory: 4.25 GiB / 7.57 GiB (56%)
Swap: 3.70 MiB / 3.78 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 11.84 GiB / 100.97 GiB (12%) - btrfs
Disk (/run/media/mikeyjay/VBox_GAs_7.1.4): 56.93 MiB / 56.93 MiB]
Local IP (enp0s3): 10.0.2.15/24
Battery (1): 53% [Discharging]
Locale: en_US.UTF-8Running directly:
❯ hints
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/bin/hints", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
~~~~^^
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/share/pipx/venvs/hints/lib/python3.13/site-packages/hints/hints.py", line 357, in main
window_system = get_window_system(config["window_system"])()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/share/pipx/venvs/hints/lib/python3.13/site-packages/hints/hints.py", line 314, in get_window_system
raise WindowSystemNotSupported(get_args(SupportedWindowSystems))
hints.window_systems.exceptions.WindowSystemNotSupported: This window system is not supported, hints only supports one of: x11, sway, hyprland. If you do have one of the supported window systems, it's possible Hints failed to correctly identify it. You can set the window system you are using manually in your config file. Please refer to the wiki for instructions: https://github.com/AlfredoSequeida/hints/wiki/Configuration-guide. Otherwise, to request support open an issue: https://github.com/AlfredoSequeida/hints/issues.systemd:
❯ systemctl --user status hintsd
× hintsd.service - Hints daemon
Loaded: loaded (/home/mikeyjay/.config/systemd/user/hintsd.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-05-25 01:32:12 UTC; 2min 35s ago
Duration: 266ms
Invocation: 5a14f142755c4d9a9d6df2173e69cae5
Process: 27999 ExecStart=/home/mikeyjay/.local/bin/hintsd (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 27999 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
May 25 01:32:12 archlinux systemd[2054]: hintsd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
May 25 01:32:12 archlinux systemd[2054]: hintsd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 25 01:32:12 archlinux systemd[2054]: hintsd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 25 01:32:12 archlinux systemd[2054]: Failed to start Hints daemon.Running the daemon directly:
❯ hintsd
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/bin/hintsd", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
~~~~^^
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/share/pipx/venvs/hints/lib/python3.13/site-packages/hints/mouse_service.py", line 294, in main
MouseService().run()
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/share/pipx/venvs/hints/lib/python3.13/site-packages/hints/mouse_service.py", line 232, in __init__
self.mouse = Mouse(self.screen.get_width(), self.screen.get_height())
~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/share/pipx/venvs/hints/lib/python3.13/site-packages/hints/mouse_service.py", line 48, in __init__
self.relative_mouse = UInput(
~~~~~~^
{
^
...<8 lines>...
name="Hints relative mouse",
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/share/pipx/venvs/hints/lib/python3.13/site-packages/evdev/uinput.py", line 152, in __init__
self._verify()
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/home/mikeyjay/.local/share/pipx/venvs/hints/lib/python3.13/site-packages/evdev/uinput.py", line 285, in _verify
raise UInputError(msg.format(self.devnode))
evdev.uinput.UInputError: "/dev/uinput" cannot be opened for writingI created /etc/udev/rules.d/80-hints.rules:
/etc/udev/rules.d/80-hints.rulesand /etc/environment:
ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=1
GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1
QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1