Hyprland not successfully launching tui

[simfliXD]

Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
When launching Spotatui through hyprland on startup using "exec = spotatui" it doesn't seem to launch the terminal defined by xdg nor any other terminal.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to hyprland configuration file
2. Add "exec = spotatui"
3. Reload hyprland config
4. See spotatui_panic.log
   panicked at /home/simfli/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/ratatui-0.30.0/src/init.rs:299:16:
   failed to initialize terminal: Os { code: 5, kind: Uncategorized, message: "Input/output error" }
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Expected behavior
That a terminal is launched with spotatui.

Desktop

• OS: Arch Linux rolling
• Terminal: Ghostty
• Version: 0.36.2

Additional context
Same error when manualy launching using "hyperland-run"

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[Hellharicot]

I also use spotatui with hyprland and arch. I tried to reproduce the behaviour as you described and I believe your issue might be related to your hyprland config. You need to tell hyprland to start a terminal, so your command would rather be exec = $terminal spotatui.

In my case for example, my key binding is bind = $mainMod, S, exec, $terminal spotatui That way, mainMod + S turns spotatui on.

Beware that exec = command executes the command on each reload. That may not be what you're trying to achieve! In your case, to launch spotatui on startup you may want to use exec-once = $terminal spotatui

Have you also tried typing spotatui directly in your terminal? This could help isolate whether the issue is with hyprland or spotatui itself.

[LargeModGames]

@simfliXD did you try the steps suggested by Hellharicot?

[simfliXD]

@Hellharicot Thanks, it worked. I didn't realise you needed to specify to actually launch a terminal.

I was wondering why all apps in autostart.conf would randomly start up again. exec-once is clearly the way to go.

spotatui works just fine, launching directly in the terminal