From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Soo Subject: Re: xcape service Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:04:51 -0800 Message-ID: <04B73BFC-437A-405E-B333-00F3FFB0251B@asu.edu> References: <87bm477c9u.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42816) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmL1M-0003Jt-56 for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:04:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmL1L-0000f2-CU for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:04:56 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x435.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::435]:34993) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmL1L-0000eP-6w for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:04:55 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-x435.google.com with SMTP id z9so1397371pfi.2 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:04:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bm477c9u.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: help-guix Oh wait I=E2=80=99m not sure I=E2=80=99m doing it right. I don=E2=80=99t kno= w how to start a user instance. I=E2=80=99ll go look that up.=20 > On Jan 23, 2019, at 5:08 AM, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >=20 >=20 > Hi John, >=20 >> I've been trying to define a service to keep xcape alive: >>=20 >> https://paste.debian.net/1061770/ >>=20 >> Which works nicely when spawning the service except /var/log/xcape.log ha= s >> the following error: >>=20 >> Unable to connect to X11 display. Is $DISPLAY set? >=20 > Does the service work when you run it after starting a graphical > session? (e.g. with a user instance of the Shepherd.) >=20 > -- > Ricardo >=20