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screenkey cannot be launched

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 51955 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51955: screenkey cannot be launched
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:26:01 +0900

Hi,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:

> I just tried to run screenkey (from the python-screenkey package) 
> on core-updates-frozen (commit 
> b41d3fa9834c2932b654111401567058d61aa6e1).  This is what happens:
>
> /gnu/store/qymgzlpavhsliylalyd3d3rj5ri8q373-python-screenkey-1.4/bin/screenkey
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File 
>   "/gnu/store/qymgzlpavhsliylalyd3d3rj5ri8q373-python-screenkey-1.4/bin/.screenkey-real", 
>   line 118, in <module>
>     main()
>   File 
>   "/gnu/store/qymgzlpavhsliylalyd3d3rj5ri8q373-python-screenkey-1.4/bin/.screenkey-real", 
>   line 110, in main
>     app = sc.Screenkey(logger=logger, options=options, 
>     show_settings=args.show_settings)
>   File 
>   "/gnu/store/qymgzlpavhsliylalyd3d3rj5ri8q373-python-screenkey-1.4/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Screenkey/screenkey.py", 
>   line 92, in __init__
>     Gtk.Window.__init__(self, Gtk.WindowType.POPUP)
>   File 
>   "/gnu/store/5frly276xr7gl0cyfmcl27y1r3kcnhkp-python-pygobject-3.40.1/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", 
>   line 522, in __init__
>     _window_init(self, *args, **kwargs)
>   File 
>   "/gnu/store/5frly276xr7gl0cyfmcl27y1r3kcnhkp-python-pygobject-3.40.1/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", 
>   line 319, in new_init
>     return super_init_func(self, **new_kwargs)
> TypeError: gobject `Screenkey+screenkey+Screenkey' doesn't support 
> property `type'

Just tested, still the case 3 years later.  Seems to be a bug upstream:
https://gitlab.com/screenkey/screenkey/-/issues/166.

Was your testing on Wayland or X11?

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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