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== Calls to dbus-update-activation-environment == | |||
Note that the default sway configuration template <code>/etc/sway/config</code> includes <code>/etc/sway/config.d/*</code>, | |||
and specifically includes <code>/etc/sway/config.d/nixos.conf</code>, which has the following contents: | |||
# Import the most important environment variables into the D-Bus and systemd | |||
# user environments (e.g. required for screen sharing and Pinentry prompts): | |||
exec dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP | |||
Likewise, the example configuration in the wiki creates a script <code>/bin/dbus-sway-environment</code> that attempts | |||
to call <code>dbus-update-activation-environment</code>. (In spite of the partial redundancy with | |||
<code>/etc/sway/config.d/nixos.conf</code>, the dbus-sway-environment script still seems to be necessary to get the | |||
required user dbus services successfully started.) However, neither of these attempts to execute | |||
dbus-update-activation-environment | |||
works unless dbus-update-activation-environment is in the | |||
path (e.g., unless there is a symlink <code>/run/current-system/sw/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment</code> | |||
pointing at the executable somewhere under <code>/nix/store/</code>). To get dbus-update-activation-environment | |||
and the other binaries from the dbus package into the general path, one should add <code>pkgs.dbus</code> | |||
to the environment.systemPackages list in configuration.nix. (If using home manager, this | |||
might be accomplished by other means.) | |||
== Change of Wiki == | |||
Scenario: | |||
On real hardware, I installed nixos with calamares but no desktop environment selected. Then, I proceeded with flakes and home manager proper configuration. Then I tried to follow the sway guide for home manager. It was then that I ran into this issue <https://discourse.nixos.org/t/wlr-errors-when-trying-to-start-sway/28698>. The solution of that thread worked for me. | |||
So, I propose that <hardware.opengl.enable = true> to be added in the sway with home manager session, | |||
To set up Sway using [[Home Manager]], first you must enable [[Polkit]] in your nix configuration: | |||
security.polkit.enable = true; | |||
Additionally, you must enable opengl in your nix configuration //<<<<NEW LINE 1>>>> | |||
hardware.opengl.enable = true; //<<<<NEW LINE 2>>>> | |||
A general suggestion of 2 new lines can be seen above. | |||
I just registered and I am new to nixos. I don't know the rules about editing the page, so I decided to post it as discussion first. | |||
Thank you! [[User:RafTeog|RafTeog]] ([[User talk:RafTeog|talk]]) 19:31, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Hello RafTeog, | |||
:you can just start to edit the main page here. Its sometimes difficult to see whether a fix is just needed because you have some special circumstances. I am not a Sway user - maybe there are some circumstances where you dont need OpenGL, because you have an xserver enabled? | |||
:It may be a good way to just add a „Troubleshooting“ chapter and add your information about opengl and a link to the discource-discussion as a subsection. And: The troubleshooting chapter is already in this article. Maybe a subchapter like „Errors when trying to start sway?“. | |||
:Just start to contribute - have fun while doing it. Lets make this wiki ready for the 24.5 release together. [[User:Klinger|Klinger]] ([[User talk:Klinger|talk]]) 21:04, 2 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Greetings, | |||
::I will do that, and follow all the advices provided. | |||
::Thank you very much, glad to be here! [[User:RafTeog|RafTeog]] ([[User talk:RafTeog|talk]]) 00:47, 3 May 2024 (UTC) | |||