Install Fails (?) on Ubuntu 24.04 -- can't Launch GUI

[MichaelrMentele]

Describe the bug
When running the quick install script from the README it says complete but fails to launch the wizard.

Created soft symlink for graphical target...
Failed to disable unit: Refusing to operate on alias name or linked unit file: xkeysnail.service
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of xkeysnail.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.
Adding xhost fix...

Kinto install is complete.

If the setup wizard fails to appear then please run this command.
~/.config/kinto/gui/kinto-gui.py

Expected behavior
The wizard should launch and ~/.config/kinto/gui/kinto-gui.py should succeed

Install Type: wget from readme
Distro: Ubuntu 24.04
DE: Gnome
Branch: master,
Commit: git rev-parse --short HEAD

Logs and status if relevant

# xkeysnail
sudo systemctl status xkeysnail
sudo journalctl --unit=xkeysnail.service -b

Outputs:
○ xkeysnail.service - xkeysnail
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/xkeysnail.ser>
     Active: inactive (dead)

# xkb
Unit keyswap.service could not be found.
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[trivedip]

Experiencing same issue. Also noticed the project has not been updated in a while; is this project dead ?

[RedBearAK]

@trivedip

To update Kinto to handle the changing "managed" Python landscape that's been happening in several Linux distro types, and get it to work in Wayland, would be quite an undertaking.

Unless the Kinto dev just copies Toshy, which is actually working pretty well now:

https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy (short URL https://toshy.app)

Putting Toshy together was not easy, and I've been working on it for about a year and a half now. But it installs on several different distro types, and supports several Wayland environments. I even managed to figure out a wlroots window context method, and then one that works on the new COSMIC desktop environment.

Feel free to check Toshy out if you can't get Kinto installed. I just tested it on the Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS alpha release, and I'm pretty sure I tested on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS varieties sometime in the last couple of months. I usually use Fedora, so I generally only test the Ubuntu variants when a new release comes out.

[trivedip]

@RedBearAK Thanks for this, I am going to check toshy out.

[Memogcia]

Came from installing Toshy on ubntu 24.04 and works like a charm! loving these tools!

EDIT: thanks @RedBearAK for suggesting Toshy!

[Memogcia]

Although I need to find out how to write tilde and apostrophe

[RedBearAK]

@Memogcia - Open an issue on the Toshy repo about that, if the “Alt_Gr on Right Cmd” preference doesn’t fix it.

[Memogcia]

Actually I needed to downgrade to ubuntu 22.04 after some reboots it didn't work so well

[RedBearAK]

Actually I needed to downgrade to ubuntu 22.04 after some reboots it didn't work so well

@Memogcia - If you're still having any problem with Toshy, open an issue there:

https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy/issues/new/choose

[Memogcia]

Oh, thank you! I just needed to turn wayland off, saw your distros compability late, my bad, now it is working amazing on ubuntu 24.04 with X11

EDIT: Btw I resolved the apostrophe issue by selecting option-key special characters (US)* since I have an US keyboard. Loving Toshy!