AutoKey Stops Running Macros And Phrases about autokey-python2 HOT 4 CLOSED

Same issue with Ubuntu 14.04, I3 here. I have a cronjob kill and restart it every 10 minutes and this mostly works, unless I happen to try an expansion as the cronjob runs. 20 minutes was too long.

from autokey-python2.

It only happens to me once every few days. Since you see it so much more often, maybe you can gather some clues as to what's happening.

Is there anything special about the particular macros or phrases you are using?

Does it have anything to do with how frequently they are run or how long they take to process?

Can you run AutoKey in trace mode and get it to happen?

Problem Reporting Guide
(We really need all of the requested information because your setup is undoubtedly different that ours and we won't know what's important until after it's diagnosed.)
If you can do that, we can see what it was trying to do when it froze.
Also, does anything appear in the system log? It would be at the end if you catch it right when it happens. Otherwise you'll have to save it to a file so you can search through and then cut and paste anything suspicious into a post here.
dmesg

from autokey-python2.

I've encountered the same issue (software stops pasting passwords after some time) and have found the following errors appear in the log file several times:

2017-01-15 11:58:56,002 ERROR - interface - Error in X event loop thread
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/interface.py", line 116, in __eventLoop
method(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/interface.py", line 807, in __handleKeyPress
focus = self.localDisplay.get_input_focus().focus
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Xlib/display.py", line 566, in get_input_focus
return request.GetInputFocus(display = self.display)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Xlib/protocol/rq.py", line 1478, in init
self.reply()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Xlib/protocol/rq.py", line 1490, in reply
self._display.send_and_recv(request = self._serial)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Xlib/protocol/display.py", line 556, in send_and_recv
gotreq = self.parse_response(request)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Xlib/protocol/display.py", line 656, in parse_response
gotreq = self.parse_error_response(request) or gotreq
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Xlib/protocol/display.py", line 710, in parse_error_response
self.default_error_handler(e)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Xlib/protocol/display.py", line 716, in default_error_handler
sys.stderr.write('X protocol error:\n%s\n' % err)
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

from autokey-python2.

Thanks. It's about time somebody found something concrete on this one!

Unfortunately, we don't have a developer to address problems in the code. (But the autokey-py3 branch does have an active developer.)

from autokey-python2.