cant get it to work after default installation

[trr8018]

Hi,
i just switched from win10 to Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS so maybe i just made some beginner mistakes.
I have a few problems with installation of version 1.2.0.

1. Running the command comfortable-swipe autostart shows /.config/autostart/comfortable-swipe.desktop could not be found

2. I can use basic command lines like getting/setting the gestures but i cant get the gestures to work. In the following i attached the outputs of some of the commands that are mentioned in the readme.

• lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch Distributor ID: Pop Description: Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal
• g++ --version
g++ (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) 9.3.0
• ls -l /dev/input/event*

crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 64 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event0 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 65 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event1 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 74 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event10 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 75 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event11 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 76 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event12 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 77 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event13 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 78 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event14 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 79 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event15 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 80 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event16 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 81 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event17 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 82 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event18 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 83 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event19 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 66 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event2 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 67 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event3 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 68 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event4 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 69 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event5 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 70 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event6 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 71 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event7 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 72 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event8 crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 73 Mai 6 15:31 /dev/input/event9

• comfortable-swipe status
Autostart is MISSING Program is STOPPED

• comfortable-swipe start
Comfortable swipe is RUNNING in the background

• comfortable-swipe debug

event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.407s 3 0.00/ 0.05 ( 0.00/ 0.41 unaccelerated) event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.417s 3 0.12/-0.06 ( 0.87/-0.41 unaccelerated) event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.428s 3 0.00/-0.12 ( 0.00/-0.82 unaccelerated) event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.439s 3 -0.07/ 0.12 (-0.44/ 0.82 unaccelerated) event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.450s 3 0.06/-0.06 ( 0.44/-0.41 unaccelerated) event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.461s 3 -0.06/ 0.05 (-0.44/ 0.41 unaccelerated) event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.472s 3 0.00/ 0.11 ( 0.00/ 0.82 unaccelerated) event18 GESTURE_SWIPE_UPDATE +4.483s 3 0.13/-0.06 ( 0.87/-0.41 unaccelerated)
This is the output for a down3 gesture.

Hope someone can help and thanks in advance.

[Hikari9]

Hi @trr8018 ! Thanks for your effort to create this issue for Pop OS.

1. The determined path for autostart is $HOME/.config/autostart... I haven't tried PopOS but In your comment I assume the environment variable $HOME is missing? Try:

export HOME=~
comfortable-swipe autostart on

2. The gestures seem to work but maybe workspaces are disabled? Does it work if you enter the keyboard shortcut manually?

For PopOS keyboard shortcuts, check out this doc: https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-keyboard-shortcuts/

[Hikari9]

Seems like the PopOS 20.04 shortcut changed for workspaces:

You can configure this by setting it in the config:

comfortable-swipe up3 = super+ctrl+Down
comfortable-swipe down3 = super+ctrl+Up

Hope this solves your problem.

[trr8018]

Hi @Hikari9 ,
thanks for the quick reply.

To your first point. I tried the command but nothing changed i still get this response sed: ~comfortable-swipe/.config/autostart/comfortable-swipe.desktop could not be read: file or path not found (i translated the message into english). Also comfortable-swipe status still gives me the same response.

To your second point. If i use the shortcuts it works. I also updated the config list accordlingly but still nothing happens. I use a german keyboard but i dont think that should matter as i copied the shortcuts from the settings.

Issue #82 seems like the same problem or at least a very similar one. If it turns out to be the case i could close this issue.

[Hikari9]

@trr8018 , if you're using German keyboard, this might be related to the foreign keyboard problem. Sounds similar to the unsolved issue #75.

Quoting from johnvanham:

I am experiencing this too on Pop!_OS 19.10

I have two languages set up, BOTH are English (UK), however one (the first) is for my laptop keyboard layout which is a Dell Inspiron 7590, and the second is for my Apple bluetooth keyboard with the language English (UK, Macintosh) (set as second language).

If I have the first one selected, gestures are fast. If I have the second selected, gestures are slow - including how long it takes before the gestures shows up in terminal after running comfortable-swipe start. Also, just using xdotool in the terminal there is a delay after each command. So it's definitely something going on in xdotool. Or affecting both comfortable-swipe and xdotool.

I tried libinput-gestures first and had the same problem. Thanks to this issue though, I know why!

If some sort of workaround could be found that would be amazing.

Interestingly, if I swap the order of the languages in 'Input Sources' under 'Region & Language' in settings, the gestures are slow with the second language selected, even though that used to be the first. So it's something to do with it not being the first language, rather than which language it is.

If you swap keyboard with English and it works, then it is the same issue with PopOS and xdotool and not comfortable-swipe... The workaround so far is swapping input sources please try it out.

Thanks

[Hikari9]

@trr8018 hey I think someone solved the issue.

PopOS may be sensitive with the capitalization... try these instead:

comfortable-swipe up3 = Super+Ctrl+Down
comfortable-swipe down3 = Super+Ctrl+Up

From original comment by @AlwaysBeCalm in issue #76.

[trr8018]

Still have the problem with the english keyboard and capitalization doesnt change anything.
I dont think comfortable-swipe gets started properly. comfortable-swipe status always gives me the response Autostart missing; Programm stopped

[Hikari9]

That's very unusual... Somewhat last resort try the following command:

comfortable-swipe debug | comfortable-swipe buffer

Swiping should show SWIPE right3, SWIPE left3 etc.

1. If the swipe WORKS PERFECTLY, manually add the command to startup. Search for Startup Applications in Dash and add the above as "Command". If you could find out the autostart folder for System76 of the new version for me that would be helpful for updates.

2. If the command DOES NOT EXECUTE, I need the output of the following:

   which libinput
   which comfortable-swipe
   which comfortable-swipe-buffer
   libinput --version
   

3. If the command EXECUTES but SWIPE xxx DOES NOT show, then this is a driver problem. I'll need more time to replicate.

4. If the command EXECUTES and SWIPE xxx SHOWS but doesn't TRIGGER any action, kindly paste the output of the following:

   comfortable-swipe config list
   

Thanks for your patience!

[willc]

Just updated to Pop_OS 20.04 and came here to try comfortable-swipe because the libinput-gestures package stopped working after the update to the OS.

I am having similar problems, but when I run this:
comfortable-swipe debug | comfortable-swipe buffer

It says this:
error: config /root/.config/comfortable-swipe.conf

Edit to add: I am not logged in as the root user

Everything else appears to be on and installed correctly, and I can see the appropriate responses to gestures when I am simply in debug mode.

[AlwaysBeCalm]

@willc
have you installed it with root permissions?
sudo bash install

[willc]

@willc
have you installed it with root permissions?
sudo bash install

The first time I installed it it gave me this:

$ bash install
Installing binaries ...
[sudo] password for willc: 
Installed: /usr/local/bin/comfortable-swipe-buffer
install: line 101: /usr/local/bin/comfortable-swipe: Permission denied

So I figured I needed to do 'sudo bash install' and tried it that way.
I have since uninstalled it and tried to reinstall it without sudo and am still getting the install error above.

[AlwaysBeCalm]

@willc
See this
#76 (comment)

[napsterv]

@willc
See this
#76 (comment)

It's 2AM and I was stuck. Thanks a lot! Works perfectly now.

[AlwaysBeCalm]

@Hikari9
Thanks a lot for the tool

but I also got the same error in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

bash install 
Old conf file found in /home/abdullah/.config/comfortable-swipe.conf
Keep the old conf file? (default: yes) [Y/n] n
Conf file will be overwritten! Are you sure? [Y/n] y
Removing previous /usr/local/bin/comfortable-swipe-buffer ... ok
Installing binaries ...
Installed: /usr/local/bin/comfortable-swipe-buffer
install: line 102: /usr/local/bin/comfortable-swipe: Permission denied

and solve it be changing the permission

sudo chmod go+w -R bin

solve this please, because others might install it with root
Thanks 🌹

[trr8018]

@Hikari9
Thanks a lot #76 worked for me. Now comfortable-swipe status gives me the correct output and my gestures work as intended.

Im going to close this issue now, thanks again.

[Hikari9]

@AlwaysBeCalm Thanks for this. I guess the group permissions are necessary for the new OS's.

But I cannot do a broad

sudo chmod go+w -R bin

because that will open up group permissions for ALL bin executables.
Adding the following for the next patch:

sudo chmod go+wx /usr/local/bin/comfortable-swipe*

Thanks everyone 🚀