Can't get Autokey to work. I haven't been able to enter an abbreviation. Also, doesn't show icon after restart. Thanks

just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on HP laptop. Good bye Billy. Installed Autokey for Gnome. Has all the right stuff as shown by the reviewers and explainers. I can make entries in all appropriate fields, but can't get abbreviation accepted, which means Autokey is worthless to me. What am I missing?

Also, why doesn't Autokey autostart??

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Unfortunatelly, keyboard automation tools do not work on Wayland, the new display driver used by Ubuntu 22.04. You need to log in on an Xorg session for making this work.

1. Log out using the "logout" option in the system menu (when you click on the combined wifi/speaker/battery icon in the top right.
2. In the login screen, select your username so you could type your password
3. Before typing your password, click the cog wheel on the bottom right, then select "Ubuntu on Xorg". Now enter your password and log in.

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