From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: xcape service Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:08:45 +0100 Message-ID: <87bm477c9u.fsf@elephly.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:50318) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmIH5-0007z7-Cc for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:09:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmIH3-00041O-Je for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:08:59 -0500 Received: from sender-of-o53.zoho.com ([135.84.80.218]:21804) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmIH2-0003ys-4C for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:08:57 -0500 In-reply-to: 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: John Soo Cc: help-guix Hi John, > I've been trying to define a service to keep xcape alive: > > https://paste.debian.net/1061770/ > > Which works nicely when spawning the service except /var/log/xcape.log has > the following error: > > Unable to connect to X11 display. Is $DISPLAY set? Does the service work when you run it after starting a graphical session? (e.g. with a user instance of the Shepherd.) -- Ricardo