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_manager
2023-12-26 21:10:39 - [swaybg-1.2.0/main.c:582] wl_display_roundtrip failed
00:00:00.034 [wlr] [xwayland/sockets.c:63] Failed to bind socket @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0: Address already in use
2023-12-26 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
Jamie Getty <jamiegetty1@gmail.com> 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 <arsen@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jamie,
>>
>> Jamie Getty <jamiegetty1@gmail.com> 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