Without seeing the config itself is a little hard to say what is wrong, I think it's because home-dbus-service-type can't be used in a operating-system definition.
When you return home can you send the entire config you us and, the lutris's error? Sent from Proton Mail for Android. -------- Original Message -------- On Thursday, 06/04/26 at 17:19 g|ass.Houses <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, $XDG_DATA_DIRS is modified and in my bash_profile, according to what Roman said. I'm using Openbox so it doesn't have a service. I tried adding home-dbus-service-type to my service list (outside of modify %desktop-services) and get an error about the source expression (I figured it's in the wrong place). I'll have to see the full error I receive when I return home. Is there any idea what it could be given I what I have stated currently? On Thursday, June 4th, 2026 at 8:43 AM, Mario Calcagno <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
