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nvann

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Registered: 2024-04-04

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Is there a better way to import the WAYLAND_DISPLAY env var to dbus?

So, I'm using the dwl wayland compositor (wlroots), and for screensharing on wayland to work I need to set a env var every session and reset pipewire / wireplumber

dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=wlroots 

and

systemctl --user stop pipewire wireplumber xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
systemctl --user start wireplumber 

However I am wandering if there's a way to permanently set those variables so I at least don't have to restart pipewire as well, I mean, there must be some dbus or systemd config somewhere that is loaded before pipewire
If not, how is the best way to load this before I start dwl? This is how I start it currently

dbus-run-session aslstatus -s | dwl 

Last edited by nvann (2025-02-24 04:47:59)