On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 06:04:37PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible > > Am 25.01.22 um 13:13 schrieb Adam Dinwoodie: > > > > > Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory > > > > Thanks for the reproducer. > I can't reproduce the issue with the instructions you provided (with v250 > from sid). > > Your problem seems to be related to a missing dbus (user) bus in your ssh > session and the failing --wait is just a symptom. > > Can you run busctl --user, systemctl --user status dbus.socket dbus.service > ? > > Is dbus-user-session installed? Is libpam-systemd enabled?
That was it: I'm running a fairly minimal headless system, and didn't have dbus-user-session installed. After installing that package, my reproduction script behaves as expected. Mea culpa. Thank you for the help!