Autokey-gtk stopped working on Ubuntu Natty

[Frank Harper]

Hi,

I have been happily running Autokey on Ubuntu for a while now, and a while ago (couple of weeks?), it completely stopped working. The icon no longer  displays in the Gnome Panel.

I tried rebooting, downgrading to 0.82.2-0~natty1, then downgrading to the version from the Ubuntu repository. Still no go.

Ideas on how I can get it running again would be very welcome!

Best

  Frank

When running autokey-gtk the output is:

~ $ autokey-gtk&

[1] 2938

~ $ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py:138: Warning: cannot register existing type `GtkWidget'

  g_type = info.get_g_type()

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py:138: Warning: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

  g_type = info.get_g_type()

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py:138: Warning: cannot register existing type `GtkBuildable'

  g_type = info.get_g_type()

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py:138: Warning: g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (interface_type)' failed

  g_type = info.get_g_type()

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py:138: Warning: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

  g_type = info.get_g_type()

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py:142: Warning: g_type_get_qdata: assertion `node != NULL' failed

  type_ = g_type.pytype

[Frank Harper]

Some more info:

Both "autokey-gtk --version", and "autokey-gtk -l " display the same info. given previously.

Below is the output from "dpkg -s autokey-gtk"

Package: autokey-gtk

Status: install ok installed

Priority: optional

Section: gnome

Installed-Size: 432

Maintainer: Chris Dekter <xxxxx...@gmail.com>

Architecture: all

Source: autokey

Version: 0.82.2-0~natty1

Replaces: autokey (<< 0.61.4-0~0)

Depends: python (>= 2.5), python-central (>= 0.6.11), python-gtk2, python-gtksourceview2, python-glade2, python-notify, python-dbus, zenity, autokey-common

Breaks: autokey (<< 0.61.4-0~0)

Description: desktop automation utility - GTK+ version

 AutoKey is a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11. It allows the

 automation of virtually any task by responding to typed abbreviations and

 hotkeys. It offers a full-featured GUI that makes it highly accessible for

 novices, as well as a scripting interface offering the full flexibility and

 power of the Python language.

 .

 This package contains the GTK+ frontend.

Homepage: http://autokey.googlecode.com/

Python-Version: >= 2.5

[Fred Niggle]

I had a slightly similar experience, the solution was to completely
uninstall and remove autokey, and download from project page.
http://code.google.com/p/autokey/

The install instructions are easy to follow, and now its working very
well again.

http://code.google.com/p/autokey/wiki/InstallingAutoKey

Hope this helps,
Fred

[Frank Harper]

Thanks your help.

I tried:

sudo apt-get remove autokey-gtk
sudo apt-get install autokey-gtk

And am still getting the same result.

On Monday, May 14, 2012 6:07:29 PM UTC+2, Fred Niggle wrote:

I had a slightly similar experience, the solution was to completely
uninstall and remove autokey, and download from project page.
http://code.google.com/p/autokey/

The install instructions are easy to follow, and now its working very
well again.

http://code.google.com/p/autokey/wiki/InstallingAutoKey

Hope this helps,
Fred

[Fred Niggle]

Have you attempted to compile and install from the source code?

Regards,
Fred

[Al]

Frank,

You need to remove autokey-gtk but don't reinstall it through apt-get instead you need to physically set your browser to https://launchpad.net/~cdekter/+archive/ppa and follow the instructions given under "read about installing" which are:

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cdekter/ppa
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install autokey-qt

Note: that Chris announced he was stopping production on the gnome branch in favor of the kde branch. But that doesn't mean autokey won't function since you'll be pulling in the kde dependencies it uses which isn't much. See post https://groups.google.com/d/topic/autokey-users/HgZ_rmpWNJM/discussion.

Trust me that it doesn't pull in as many dependencies as you might think, very few in fact and it will work.

:)

-Al at www.bowierocks.com

On Monday, May 14, 2012 3:10:33 PM UTC-5, Frank Harper wrote:

Thanks your help.

I tried:

sudo apt-get remove autokey-gtk
sudo apt-get install autokey-gtk

And am still getting the same result.

On Monday, May 14, 2012 6:07:29 PM UTC+2, Fred Niggle wrote:

I had a slightly similar experience, the solution was to completely
uninstall and remove autokey, and download from project page.
http://code.google.com/p/autokey/

The install instructions are easy to follow, and now its working very
well again.

http://code.google.com/p/autokey/wiki/InstallingAutoKey

Hope this helps,
Fred

[Chris D]

Actually... I decided to bring the Gnome branch up to date several weeks back :) So you can stick with autokey-gtk if you are using GNOME/GTK based environment. 

For running in Natty, make sure that autokey-common is also downgraded to 0.82.2. I mistakenly uploaded 0.90 to Natty and it won't work there.

[Frank Harper]

Thanks for the help everyone!

Downgrading autokey-common did the trick.