Runit user service [Void Linux]

[argenkiwi]

I have managed to run Kanata as a user service at startup in my instance of the Void Linux distro, which uses runit as its init system instead of systemd.

I followed the distro's documentation to run user services using runsvdir and then, inside the service folder mentioned in the docs, I added a kanata folder with a run file in it containing the following script:

#!/bin/sh -e
exec 2>&1
exec /home/<username>/.cargo/bin/kanata --cfg /home/<username>/path/to/kanata.kbd

A few things to notice:

• Replace <username> with your user name and adjust the path to your Kanata configuration file appropriately.
• My installation defaulted to ~/.cargo/bin, which may not always be the case.
• I do not need sudo to run Kanata in my system, unsure if this would work in the cases where sudo is needed.

I hope this helps others who would also like to run Kanata at startup on Void Linux (and hopefully other distros that use runit) without much hustle.

[mosaleh-dev]

thanks for sharing , how did you managed to run kanata without root

[argenkiwi]

If I remember correctly, I believe I had added my user to the uinput group: https://github.com/jtroo/kanata/wiki/Avoid-using-sudo-on-Linux

[mosaleh-dev]

thanks , it works now