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#1 2021-10-11 17:10:21

p-scvtvlatvs
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dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Hi everyone,

I'm relatively new to Arch, and, I want to be able to use libsecret to manage my git credentials.  However, I'm not able to use gnome-keyring-daemon to save my github.com personal access token because of the following error displayed by journalctl -t dbus-daemon:
https://pastebin.com/93nVj5wP

My .xinitrc file can be seen at:
https://pastebin.com/ff8gD4f3

Any clues on this matter?

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#2 2021-10-11 20:52:56

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Is "localhostname" your actual hostname?

More important than *that* gnome-keyring-daemon could not be started or bound to the session bus is *why*.
Output of

loginctl session-status

Does

/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --foreground --components=secrets

print any errors?
Or does it start and can you then use gnome-keyring?

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#3 2021-10-11 22:04:47

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Hi,

1. I change the hostname for this forum purposes.
2. The output of

 loginctl session-status 

starts with the following, among other things:

 37499 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=pkcs11 

and then it continues at the end with the following:

Oct 11 17:55:58 localhostname gnome-keyring-daemon[37499]: The Secret Service was already initialized
Oct 11 17:55:58 localhostname org.freedesktop.secrets[39797]: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/localusername/.xdg/runtime/keyring/ssh
Oct 11 17:55:58 localhostname gnome-keyring-d[37499]: The Secret Service was already initialized
Oct 11 17:56:23 localhostname evolution-sourc[37545]: secret_monitor_scan_secrets_thread: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.secrets: Timeout was reached
Oct 11 17:57:58 localhostname dbus-daemon[37457]: [session uid=1000 pid=37455] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
Oct 11 17:58:02 localhostname gnome-session[37408]: gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Oct 11 17:58:02 localhostname gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Oct 11 18:09:07 localhostname gnome-session[37408]: gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Oct 11 18:09:07 localhostname gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Oct 11 18:09:07 localhostname org.gnome.Shell.desktop[37507]: Window manager warning: last_focus_time (29487303) is greater than comparison timestamp (29487278).  This most likely represents a buggy client sending inaccurate timestamps in messages such as _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW.  Trying to work around...

3. The output of:

 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --foreground --components=secrets 

is the following, but it looks like is waiting for something because the shell does not returns:

 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/localusername/.xdg/runtime/keyring/ssh 

4. It looks like it starts but it appears not to work.


I remember that, the first time I started a git operation in a login session, a dialog would open asking me for a passphrase or password.  But now, nothing appears and it bails out with a timeout and it asks me for my personal access token (github password).

Thanks for the help!

Last edited by p-scvtvlatvs (2021-10-11 22:19:26)

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#4 2021-10-11 23:30:18

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Please do not just post the parts of outputs you believe are relevant.  From the loginctl session-status you missed the entries that would have shown if the session was considered active and local.

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#5 2021-10-12 00:14:02

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Ok, here's the full output of

 loginctl session-status 
15 - procer (1000)
           Since: Mon 2021-10-11 16:55:56 UTC; 7h ago
          Leader: 37352 (login)
            Seat: seat0; vc1
             TTY: tty1
         Service: login; type tty; class user
           State: active
            Unit: session-15.scope
                  ├─37352 "login -- procer" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""
                  ├─37362 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx /home/procer/.xdg/config/X11/xinit/xinitrc /home/procer/.xdg/config/X11/xinit/xserverrc -- vt1 -keeptty
                  ├─37397 xinit /home/procer/.xdg/config/X11/xinit/xinitrc /home/procer/.xdg/config/X11/xinit/xserverrc -- /usr/bin/X :1 vt1 -keeptty -auth /tmp/serverauth.8CbKotNFSs
                  ├─37398 /usr/lib/Xorg :1 vt1 -keeptty -auth /tmp/serverauth.8CbKotNFSs
                  ├─37408 /usr/lib/gnome-session-binary
                  ├─37420 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
                  ├─37422 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
                  ├─37432 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --seamless
                  ├─37433 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --seamless
                  ├─37439 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --draganddrop
                  ├─37440 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --draganddrop
                  ├─37447 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --vmsvga
                  ├─37448 /usr/bin/VBoxClient --vmsvga
                  ├─37456 dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/lib/gnome-session-binary
                  ├─37457 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --syslog --fork --print-pid 4 --print-address 6 --session
                  ├─37464 /usr/lib/gvfsd
                  ├─37469 /usr/lib/gvfsd-fuse /home/procer/.xdg/runtime/gvfs -f
                  ├─37478 /usr/lib/at-spi-bus-launcher
                  ├─37483 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/usr/share/defaults/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --nofork --print-address 3
                 ├─37499 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=pkcs11
                  ├─37507 /usr/bin/gnome-shell
                  ├─37538 /usr/lib/gnome-shell-calendar-server
                  ├─37545 /usr/lib/evolution-source-registry
                  ├─37552 /usr/lib/goa-daemon
                  ├─37556 /usr/lib/evolution-calendar-factory
                  ├─37570 /usr/lib/goa-identity-service
                  ├─37571 /usr/lib/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
                  ├─37591 /usr/lib/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
                  ├─37600 /usr/lib/dconf-service
                  ├─37602 /usr/lib/evolution-addressbook-factory
                  ├─37605 /usr/lib/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
                  ├─37613 /usr/lib/gvfs-goa-volume-monitor
                  ├─37620 /usr/lib/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
                  ├─37634 /usr/bin/gjs /usr/share/gnome-shell/org.gnome.Shell.Notifications
                  ├─37636 /usr/lib/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session
                  ├─37648 /usr/lib/gsd-usb-protection
                  ├─37649 /usr/lib/gsd-media-keys
                  ├─37651 /usr/lib/gsd-wwan
                  ├─37654 /usr/lib/gsd-rfkill
                  ├─37656 /usr/lib/gsd-a11y-settings
                  ├─37660 /usr/lib/gsd-wacom
                  ├─37664 /usr/lib/gsd-power
                  ├─37665 /usr/lib/gsd-screensaver-proxy
                  ├─37666 /usr/lib/gsd-color
                  ├─37669 /usr/lib/gsd-xsettings
                  ├─37671 /usr/lib/gsd-print-notifications
                  ├─37672 /usr/lib/gsd-sharing
                  ├─37674 /usr/lib/gsd-datetime
                  ├─37678 /usr/lib/gsd-smartcard
                  ├─37679 /usr/lib/gsd-housekeeping
                  ├─37684 /usr/lib/gsd-sound
                  ├─37689 /usr/lib/gsd-keyboard
                  ├─37708 /usr/lib/gsd-printer
                  ├─37713 /usr/bin/gjs /usr/share/gnome-shell/org.gnome.ScreenSaver
                  ├─37785 /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3
                  ├─37786 /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service
                  ├─37787 /usr/lib/evolution-data-server/evolution-alarm-notify
                  ├─37790 /usr/lib/gsd-disk-utility-notify
                  ├─37931 /usr/bin/gnome-calendar --gapplication-service
                  ├─37935 /usr/bin/seahorse --gapplication-service
                  ├─37952 /usr/lib/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.3 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0
                  ├─38063 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
                  ├─38164 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 1 -prefMapSize 243773 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true tab
                  ├─38204 /usr/lib/gvfsd-metadata
                  ├─38272 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 4816 -prefMapSize 243773 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true tab
                  ├─38321 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5515 -prefMapSize 243773 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true tab
                  ├─38364 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 4 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 7647 -prefMapSize 243773 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true tab
                  ├─38472 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -prefsLen 8540 -prefMapSize 243773 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true rdd
                  ├─38526 /usr/lib/gnome-terminal-server
                  ├─38639 zsh
                  ├─38983 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 5 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 8813 -prefMapSize 243773 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true tab
                 ├─40576 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 11 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9915 -prefMapSize 243773 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true tab
                  ├─40763 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 13 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9915 -prefMapSize 243773 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211004184504 -appdir /usr/lib/firefox/browser 38063 true tab
                  └─40948 loginctl session-status

Oct 11 18:26:37 hydrivm dbus-daemon[37457]: [session uid=1000 pid=37455] Successfully activated service 'com.intel.dleyna-renderer'
Oct 11 18:26:37 hydrivm dleyna-renderer-service[40401]: Calling GetRenderers method
Oct 11 18:26:37 hydrivm dleyna-renderer-service[40401]: Client :1.92 lost
Oct 11 18:26:38 hydrivm dleyna-renderer-service[40401]: dLeyna: Exit
Oct 11 18:26:43 hydrivm gnome-keyring-daemon[37499]: The Secret Service was already initialized
Oct 11 18:26:43 hydrivm gnome-keyring-d[37499]: The Secret Service was already initialized
Oct 11 22:26:04 hydrivm gnome-session[37408]: gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Oct 11 22:26:04 hydrivm gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Oct 11 22:27:37 hydrivm gnome-session[37408]: gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
Oct 11 22:27:37 hydrivm gnome-session-binary[37408]: WARNING: Could not get session path for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.

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#6 2021-10-12 06:39:50

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

                  ├─37456 dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/lib/gnome-session-binary
                  ├─37457 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --syslog --fork --print-pid 4 --print-address 6 --session

What is this? Why is a second gnome-session-binary dbus-launched?
It clearly seems to taint the session bus of the main instance.

echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

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#7 2021-10-12 13:47:18

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Here's the output:

echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-iKDkaYNlAX,guid=4260fdd44b6e39cd93d6951e61646c9d

The only operation that I know of that deals with DBUS is in my .zshrc:

#!/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/zsh
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if [[ -z ${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS} ]]; then
	if [[ -f ~/.dbus/session-bus/$(dbus-uuidgen --get)-0 ]]; then
		source ~/.dbus/session-bus/$(dbus--uuidgen --get)-0
		export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
	fi
fi

I don't know where did I got that from.  Anyways, it's not being executed since I don't have a ~/.dbus directory.  Should I delete it from my .zshrc?

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#8 2021-10-12 13:52:50

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

You'd want it to be sth. like "unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus"
So there's why stuff doesn't work - we just need to figure how you got there.

grep -r "dbus-launch" ~

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#9 2021-10-12 14:28:09

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Here's the output:

grep -r "dbus-launch" ~       
grep: /home/procer/.xdg/runtime/systemd/inaccessible/reg: Permission denied
grep: /home/procer/.xdg/runtime/systemd/inaccessible/dir: Permission denied
/home/procer/.xdg/config/zsh/zhistory:: 1634048635:0;grep -r "dbus-launch" ~
grep: /home/procer/.xdg/config/antigen/.zcompdump.zwc: binary file matches
/home/procer/.xdg/config/antigen/.zcompdump:'dbus-launch' '_dbus'

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#10 2021-10-12 14:34:02

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Boring.

How do you login and startx?
If you only log into a console shell, do you get a proper $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS / loginctl session-status?

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#11 2021-10-12 14:52:56

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Here's the contents of my .zprofile:

#!/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/zsh
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
systemctl --user import-environment PATH
systemctl --user set-environment XDG_VTNR=1
systemctl --user start xorg@0.socket
[[ -z ${DISPLAY} ]] && export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
[[ -n ${XDG_VTNR} ]] && (( ${XDG_VTNR} == 1 )) \
	&& exec startx ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/X11/xinit/xinitrc \
		${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/X11/xinit/xserverrc -- vt${XDG_VTNR} -keeptty \
		> ${XDG_DATA_HOME}/xorg/Xorg.log 2>&1
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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#12 2021-10-12 15:06:22

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Here are the content(s) of my:

.xserverrc:
https://termbin.com/jpm7

.xinitrc:
https://termbin.com/8wzx

.zprofile:
https://termbin.com/yl2i

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#13 2021-10-12 15:48:03

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

What is this, why is this and where did you get that from?
You're starting X11 via startx and also as a socket activated systemd user service and I'd not be surprised if this causes gnome-session-binary to trigger a second server start and itself via dbus-launch… or whatever.

# systemctl --user import-environment PATH
# systemctl --user set-environment XDG_VTNR=1
# systemctl --user start xorg@0.socket
# [[ -z ${DISPLAY} ]] && export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
[[ -n ${XDG_VTNR} ]] && (( ${XDG_VTNR} == 1 )) \
	&& exec startx ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/X11/xinit/xinitrc \
		${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/X11/xinit/xserverrc -- vt${XDG_VTNR} -keeptty \
		> ${XDG_DATA_HOME}/xorg/Xorg.log 2>&1

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#14 2021-10-12 16:26:11

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

I don't remember where did I got all that.  I think I saw it somewhere and joined all those commands together.

What could be the best approach to start X?

I commented all those lines and all I get now is the password prompt from the shell.  It looks like no keyring is being used.

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#15 2021-10-12 16:33:49

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Updated session-status?

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#16 2021-10-12 17:08:16

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Here's the update:

 loginctl session-status 

https://termbin.com/0aoud

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#17 2021-10-12 17:45:31

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Nothing about the session and esp. the dbus-lauch call changed.
What starts the vboxclient processes (they come up twice as well)?

seth wrote:

If you only log into a console shell, do you get a proper $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS / loginctl session-status?

ie. don't startx from your zprofile and check the status there.

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#18 2021-10-12 18:04:09

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

seth wrote:

Nothing about the session and esp. the dbus-launch call changed.
What starts the vboxclient processes (they come up twice as well)?

I think it's the VirtualBox VM Guest Additions (it might be related to the VirtualBox kernel modules, I don't know)

seth wrote:

If you only log into a console shell, do you get a proper $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS / loginctl session-status?

I think I'm not getting a dbus session at all, I'm a bit lost here...  How should I proceed?

seth wrote:

ie. don't startx from your zprofile and check the status there.

Where should I startx from?  I might consider to use GDM instead of starting X after each login.

What do you mean with check the status there?


Sorry about all the questions, I feel very newbie on this, thanks for your time by the way!

Last edited by p-scvtvlatvs (2021-10-12 18:17:04)

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#19 2021-10-12 19:56:34

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

I think it's the VirtualBox VM Guest Additions

It actually comes from /etc/xdg/autostart/vboxclient.desktop (checked virtualbox-guest-utils) and probably runs twice because gnome-session-binary does.

I might consider to use GDM instead of starting X after each login.

Your zprofile suggests that startx runs automatically?
Prevent that, so you'll only log into the console - there "echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" and "loginctl session-status" so we can see those states before any efforts to start X11 or gnome.

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#20 2021-10-12 21:24:12

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Ok, I commented everything in .zprofile, and did

echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

which returned nothing.  Here's the loginctl session-status output:

https://termbin.com/5mp2

It looks like something is missing...

Last edited by p-scvtvlatvs (2021-10-12 21:24:46)

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#21 2021-10-12 21:40:22

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

No, the session-status looks fine (but for the many empty login parameters), but the absent $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS isn't good.

Did you alter any PAM configs?

pacman -Qikk pambase systemd
stat /usr/lib/security/pam_systemd.so

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#22 2021-10-12 21:58:01

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Here's the stdout of:

 pacman -Qikk pambase systemd 

    https://termbin.com/dt6ek


Here's the stderr:

    https://termbin.com/l8pt


Here's the output of:

 stat /usr/lib/security/pam_systemd.so 

    https://termbin.com/kx51


This is what I have in /etc/security/pam_env.conf:

    https://termbin.com/s5r4

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#23 2021-10-12 22:02:36

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

Nope. Do you get a $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS if you change your default shell back to bash?

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#24 2021-10-12 22:09:03

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

seth wrote:

Nope. Do you get a $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS if you change your default shell back to bash?

I changed my shell to bash and echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS, but it still returns nothing.

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#25 2021-10-12 22:18:10

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Re: dbus-daemon: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets'

You can probably plaster over the the original problem by "export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus" in your zprofile before the startx segment, but that will just hide the problem and I'm running out of ideas why it might not be set.

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