[Debian 13][KDE] input-remapper requires root permissions

[bai-yi-bai]

Hi,

I apologize for creating a distribution-related issue, but I'm doing so to help anyone else who encounters this issue.

For the past year I was running Debian 12, but in the past week I performed an apt update and was informed that I needed to upgrade to Debian 13 Trixie. After doing so, I discovered that input-remapper will no longer automatically launch upon user log in. Manually executing input-remapper prompts the user to provide the root user password. According to the LLM I used, this is because input-remapper requires root permissions... even though I tried adding my user to the input group, I still get prompted for the password.

I created this script /home/user/start-remaps.sh

#!/bin/bash
pkill -f input-remapper-service 2>/dev/null
/usr/bin/input-remapper-service --hide-info &
sleep 1
input-remapper-control --command autoload

In KDE System Settings > Autostart I added this as a login script.

After configuring that, it worked.

[adong660]

Same here on Ubuntu 24.04, GNOME, and your solution worked.

[Ratione]

Didn't work for me, unfortunately, on Kubuntu 25.04