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Fails to start while keyd is running #1811

@TheKidThatCodes

Description

@TheKidThatCodes

Describe the bug

When trying to start plover while keyd is running, it is unable to connect to the keyboard as an input.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Environment: Fedora 43 Sway, fcitx5, keyd

Expected behavior

The app works

Operating system

  • OS: Fedora 43 Sway
  • Plover Version 5.1.0

Hardware

Laptop with wacky keyboard that if I don't have keyd then it is completely unusable.

Logs

2026-01-10 18:51:54,086 [Dummy-1] ERROR: engine start failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/runner/work/plover/plover/build/appimage/plover.AppDir/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/engine.py", line 151, in run
  File "/home/runner/work/plover/plover/build/appimage/plover.AppDir/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/engine.py", line 171, in _start
  File "/home/runner/work/plover/plover/build/appimage/plover.AppDir/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/engine.py", line 264, in _update
  File "/home/runner/work/plover/plover/build/appimage/plover.AppDir/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/machine/keyboard.py", line 94, in start_capture
  File "/home/runner/work/plover/plover/build/appimage/plover.AppDir/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/oslayer/linux/keyboardcontrol_uinput.py", line 505, in start
  File "/home/runner/work/plover/plover/build/appimage/plover.AppDir/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/oslayer/linux/keyboardcontrol_uinput.py", line 490, in _grab_devices
  File "/home/runner/work/plover/plover/build/appimage/plover.AppDir/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/evdev/device.py", line 318, in grab
OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy

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