Preset does not autoload

[Namlev1]

Arch Linux with aur/input-remapper-git 2.0.1.r0.ga012746a-1 package.

I have a preset for keyboard, with autoload set to true (both GUI and in config file). The preset is not loaded automatically: I need to open the GUI app and press apply to make it work. I believe the service is running, but it does not apply the preset.

10:08:38 is the moment when I open the GUI and later apply the preset manually.

input-remapper.service - Service to inject keycodes without the GUI application
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/input-remapper.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-07-24 10:07:40 CEST; 14min ago
 Invocation: 1e59e20572094d2daeb90cdfd333e88f
   Main PID: 598 (input-remapper-)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 18348)
     Memory: 44.3M (peak: 44.8M)
        CPU: 443ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/input-remapper.service
             ├─ 598 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/input-remapper-service
             ├─ 654 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/input-remapper-service
             └─2920 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/input-remapper-service
 
lip 24 10:07:40 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[598]: input-remapper-service 2.0.1 f5151aab27ae0e7d8b1f0c80ce92a718e3a86e71 https://github.com/sezanzeb/>
lip 24 10:07:40 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[598]: python-evdev 1.7.1
lip 24 10:07:40 namlev-arch systemd[1]: Started Service to inject keycodes without the GUI application.
lip 24 10:08:38 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[598]: Loaded config from "/home/namlev/.config/input-remapper-2/config.json"
lip 24 10:08:53 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[598]: Loaded config from "/home/namlev/.config/input-remapper-2/config.json"
lip 24 10:08:53 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[598]: Request to start injecting for "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
lip 24 10:08:54 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[598]: Found "Video Bus", "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard", "Wireless hotkeys", "HP WMI hotkeys", "SYNA32AC>
lip 24 10:08:54 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[598]: Loading preset from "/home/namlev/.config/input-remapper-2/presets/AT Translated Set 2 keyboard/ne>
lip 24 10:08:54 namlev-arch input-remapper-service[2920]: Starting injecting the preset for "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"

config.json:

{
    "version": "2.0.1",
    "autoload": {
        "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard": "new preset 2"
    }
}

preset config:

[
    {
        "input_combination": [
            {
                "type": 1,
                "code": 29,
                "origin_hash": "18ab2ccaa82365e4b599de26f5f8fce3"
            },
            {
                "type": 1,
                "code": 38,
                "origin_hash": "18ab2ccaa82365e4b599de26f5f8fce3"
            }
        ],
        "target_uinput": "keyboard",
        "output_symbol": "KEY_DOWN",
        "mapping_type": "key_macro"
    },
    {
        "input_combination": [
            {
                "type": 1,
                "code": 29,
                "origin_hash": "18ab2ccaa82365e4b599de26f5f8fce3"
            },
            {
                "type": 1,
                "code": 42,
                "origin_hash": "18ab2ccaa82365e4b599de26f5f8fce3"
            },
            {
                "type": 1,
                "code": 38,
                "origin_hash": "18ab2ccaa82365e4b599de26f5f8fce3"
            }
        ],
        "target_uinput": "keyboard",
        "output_symbol": "KEY_UP",
        "mapping_type": "key_macro"
    }
]

[terminalpain]

Did you fix? for autoload to work for me I had to type this:

sudo systemctl enable input-remapper

in to a terminal.

[Namlev1]

@terminalpain Based on the systemctl status output the service is already enabled. It just doesn't apply the auto-load settings, although input-remapper is running in the background.

[terminalpain]

I should of also mentioned that this was in KDE, autoload preset would work on boot after that command. I now use Hyprland which I get the same issue as you and using the command doesn't fix it. I have asked around on Discord and most ppl say it should work. I have given up and I just added the app to my startup list and I hit apply each boot.

[Namlev1]

I think I had it working on KDE back then, now I am also having this problem on Wayland (sway)

[Namlev1]

I quited on this application because it is not developed anymore (I believe so).
I've switched to https://github.com/wez/evremap

After install I created config file for my remaps:

device_name = "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"

[[remap]]
input = ["KEY_LEFTCTRL","KEY_LEFTSHIFT", "KEY_L"]
output = ["KEY_UP"]

[[remap]]
input = ["KEY_LEFTCTRL", "KEY_L"]
output = ["KEY_DOWN"]

Then added this line to file with sudo visudo

yourusername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/evremap remap /home/yourusername/.config/evremap/config.toml

(Change yourusername)
Then added this line to my sway config

exec sudo evremap remap ~/.config/evremap/config.toml

evremap needs root privilages, so I edited sudo file so that this command doesn't require password prompt.