From 477b1329c9909a90bdad16cf43087d50a3d0a12d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Scott E. Graves" <scott.e.graves@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:53:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ignore vala_ls

---
 common.sh                            | 2 +-
 nvim/lua/darcula/setup/100_mason.lua | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index c1bf8c3..34d3861 100755
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ NVIM_REQUIRED_BINARIES=(
   java
   luafmt
   make
+  ninja
   node
   npm
   python3
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ NVIM_REQUIRED_BINARIES=(
   tidy
   tree-sitter
   unzip
-  vala-language-server
   valac
   wget
   zip
diff --git a/nvim/lua/darcula/setup/100_mason.lua b/nvim/lua/darcula/setup/100_mason.lua
index 263ec84..1181664 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/darcula/setup/100_mason.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/darcula/setup/100_mason.lua
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ end
 ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: deprecated
 local unpacker = table.unpack or unpack
 
+-- Exclude servers that are not managed by mason (e.g., system-installed)
+local mason_lsp_auto_enable = vim.tbl_filter(function(name)
+  return not vim.tbl_contains({"vala_ls"}, name)
+end, NV_DARCULA_MASON_LSP_LIST)
+
 require("mason-lspconfig").setup {
-  automatic_enable = NV_DARCULA_MASON_LSP_LIST
+  automatic_enable = mason_lsp_auto_enable
 }
 
 local capabilities = require("cmp_nvim_lsp").default_capabilities()