Brew service no longer exists on latest skhd

[grepsedawk]

➜ ~ brew services restart skhd
Error: Formula skhd has not implemented #plist, #service or installed a locatable service file
➜ ~ skhd --version
skhd-v0.3.7

[qtaped]

Same here. After updating and upgrading brew packages. (Apple Silicon / last macOS monterey)

As a workaround, you can start skhd with launchd:
skhd --start-service

In my case I first get an error skhd: service file '/Users/user/Library/LaunchAgents/com.koekeishiya.skhd.plist' is not installed! attempting installation..

I had to restart it.

skhd --restart-service.

Hope it can help.

[dautroc]

@qtaped it doesn't work for me, try to restart it but got the same error
skhd: service file '/Users/eh/Library/LaunchAgents/com.koekeishiya.skhd.plist' is not installed! abort..

Btw I got the same error when trying to start yabai as well, here is what I have tried:

❯ brew services start yabail

Error: Formula "yabai" has not implemented #plist, #service or installed a locatable service file

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Also try this

❯ yabai --start-service

yabai: service file '/Users/user/Library/LaunchAgents/com.koekeishiya.yabai.plist' is not installed! attempting installation..
yabai: service file '/Users/user/Library/LaunchAgents/com.koekeishiya.yabai.plist' could not be installed! abort..

[lcjnil]

try skhd --stop-service and skhd --start-service, may check log file for more information

[Alkindi42]

You can try to run skhd --install-service or/and check if the directory ~/Library/LaunchAgents exists. If it's not the case : mkdir ~/LIbrary/LaunchAgents and run again skhd --start-service

[vizcay]

Same here. After updating and upgrading brew packages. (Apple Silicon / last macOS monterey)

• The exact same happened to me, but I cannot get it to work.

• brew services is not listing skhd anymore.

• When I try

$ skhd --start-service
skhd: service file '/Users/pablo/Library/LaunchAgents/com.koekeishiya.skhd.plist' is not installed! attempting installation..
Load failed: 5: Input/output error
Try running `launchctl bootstrap` as root for richer errors.

• I've tried uninstalling skhd and removing those plist files manually for fresh start.

• Tried all combinations of --stop-service, --start-service and --restart-service.

• Added it to accessibility list again.

• I was able to get it started from launchctl but is not working:

$ ps aux | grep skhd
pablo             1682   0.0  0.0 408628368   1648 s000  S+   11:08AM   0:00.00 grep skhd

$ launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.koekeishiya.skhd.plist

$ ps aux | grep skhd
pablo             1649   0.0  0.1 408880208  17168   ??  S<   11:07AM   0:00.07 /opt/homebrew/bin/skhd
pablo             1682   0.0  0.0 408628368   1648 s000  S+   11:08AM   0:00.00 grep skhd

• Running it manually neither works (after unload).

• Cannot find anything relevant in log files, just empty..

Why why why 😢

--- Update

I'm able to get it working now with unload / load.. probably a restart solved it or something.. who knows. Would be nice to have it again in brew services.

[koekeishiya]

Load failed: 5: Input/output error

This is a launchctl gimmick, and other people have also experienced the same error using brew services.

Moved away from brew services because of koekeishiya/yabai#1619

[executionByFork]

Load failed: 5: Input/output error

This is a launchctl gimmick, and other people have also experienced the same error using brew services.

Moved away from brew services because of koekeishiya/yabai#1619

I am currently getting Load failed: 5: Input/output error when trying to start skhd using skhd --start-service so I am not sure this is actually a brew issue?

[vizcay]

Load failed: 5: Input/output error

This is a launchctl gimmick, and other people have also experienced the same error using brew services.
Moved away from brew services because of koekeishiya/yabai#1619

I am currently getting Load failed: 5: Input/output error when trying to start skhd using skhd --start-service so I am not sure this is actually a brew issue?

I was getting the exact same error.. only god knows how it solved for itself after touching a million things. Good luck.