So I went and checked, and it seems that %desktop-services already contains the dbus service, so it shouldn't be necessary. Did you modify $XDG_DATA_DIRS correctly?
I'm using sway so I built my environment from the ground up. P.S. home-service-dbus-type is used when configuring a home environment through "guix home" command so I don't think it can be used when defining an operating-system for the "guix system" command Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, June 4th, 2026 at 2:50 PM, g|ass.Houses <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! For that home-dbus-service-type, do I add it to my modify-services > %desktop-services type? Thanks in advance! > > > On Thursday, June 4th, 2026 at 7:13 AM, Mario Calcagno > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In addition to what Roman said, I also have the home-dbus-servive-type in > > my guix home configuration. So if you're not using a DE like Gnome or KDE > > Plasma you probably need to add it to your config. > > > > If you're not using guix home you should be able to add it to your system > > config using "dbus-root-service-type". > > > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > On Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 at 7:36 PM, "g|ass.Houses" via > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, I had another qusstion. I am trying to get flatpaks to work on > > > Guix (namely Lutris) and received a dbus error, typically asking for the > > > Dbus portal service. What is the proper configuration (as in, the proper > > > code in the config.scm file) to get flatpaks working on a Guix system > > > without running dbus-run-session? > > > > > > Thank you
