I have tried running *dbus-run-session sway* manually (sway is already running when I ran this but I wanted to see what errors I got regarding xdg-desktop-portal) and here is what I get as output:
jamie@localhost ~ $ dbus-run-session sway *amdgpu: amdgpu_cs_ctx_create2 failed. (-13)00:00:00.025 [wlr] [types/wlr_drm_lease_v1.c:715] No DRM backend supplied, failed to create wlr_drm_lease_v1_manager2023-12-26 21:10:39 - [swaybg-1.2.0/main.c:582] wl_display_roundtrip failed00:00:00.034 [wlr] [xwayland/sockets.c:63] Failed to bind socket @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0: Address already in use2023-12-26 21:10:39 - [swaybg-1.2.0/main.c:289] Could not find config for output WL-1 ((null))* PipeWire already running, exiting. (Use 'gentoo-pipewire-launcher restart' to restart PipeWire and WirePlumber.) dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Activating service name='org.a11y.Bus' requested by ':1.2' (uid=1000 pid=4563 comm="waybar -b bar-0") dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.Bus' [2023-12-26 21:10:39.717] [info] Using configuration file /home/jamie/.config/waybar/config [2023-12-26 21:10:39.717] [info] Using CSS file /home/jamie/.config/waybar/style.css dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' requested by ':1.1' (uid=1000 pid=4563 comm="waybar -b bar-0") dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=4583 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal") dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' requested by ':1.5' (uid=1000 pid=4589 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-document-portal") dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' fusermount3: failed to access mountpoint /run/user/1000/doc: Permission denied *error: fuse init failed: Can't mount path /run/user/1000/doc(/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:4583): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 21:10:39.742: Failed to load RealtimeKit property: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1 was not provided by any .service files(/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:4583): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 21:10:39.742: Failed to load RealtimeKit property: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1 was not provided by any .service files(/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:4583): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 21:10:39.742: Failed to load RealtimeKit property: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1 was not provided by any .service files(/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:4583): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 21:10:39.742: No skeleton to export(/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:4583): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 21:10:39.742: Choosing wlr.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast via the deprecated UseIn key(/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:4583): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 21:10:39.742: The preferred method to match portal implementations to desktop environments is to use the portals.conf(5) configuration file* dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.wlr' requested by ':1.4' (uid=1000 pid=4583 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal") *2023/12/26 21:10:39 [ERROR] - config: no config file found* dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.wlr' dbus-daemon[4539]: [session uid=1000 pid=4539] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' dbus-daemon[4581]: Activating service name='org.a11y.atspi.Registry' requested by ':1.0' (uid=1000 pid=4563 comm="waybar -b bar-0") basic_string::_M_create dbus-daemon[4581]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry' SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry [2023-12-26 21:10:39.746] [warning] Waybar has been built without rfkill support. [2023-12-26 21:10:39.860] [info] Bar configured (width: 1920, height: 26) for output: WL-1 On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:31 AM Arsen Arsenović <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jamie Getty <[email protected]> writes: > > > I'm not sure what you mean by *wrap it in dbus-run-session*. > > I use SDDM as my display manager and I start Sway from there. > > My sway config also contains this line, as previously mentioned: > > > > *# Enable screen sharingexec --no-startup-id > > dbus-update-activation-environment --all* > > > > However, I noticed that if I try running this line by itself in a > terminal, > > I get this output: > > > > > > *jamie@localhost ~ $ exec --no-startup-id > > dbus-update-activation-environment --allbash: exec: --: invalid > optionexec: > > usage: exec [-cl] [-a name] [command [argument ...]] [redirection ...]* > > Sway configs aren't shells scripts. In shell, you'd run > 'dbus-update-activation-environment --all' alone. Does qdbus --session > output any errors or just a bunch of names and numbers? > > SDDM should set up a D-Bus session bus, I believe. > > I'm quite sure that your D-Bus session bus is not working properly > because of the error you initially posted. > > > On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 11:37 PM Arsen Arsenović <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Jamie, > >> > >> Jamie Getty <[email protected]> writes: > >> > >> > How do I ensure I have a dbus user session running? Those links just > lead > >> > to forum posts with varying issues and I'm not sure which to follow. > >> > Here are the dbus-related process I have running: > >> > >> Make sure to wrap it in dbus-run-session. See > >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sway#Starting_Sway > >> > >> Then add the > >> > >> exec --no-startup-id dbus-update-activation-environment --all > >> > >> ... line from the screen sharing troubleshooting entry. > >> -- > >> Arsen Arsenović > >> > > > -- > Arsen Arsenović > -- Sincerely, Jamie

