Package: sway Version: 1.11-3 Severity: normal Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Dear Maintainer, There is trouble with xdg-desktop-portal once again. xdg-desktop-portal recently updated from 1.20.3+ds-1 to 1.21.0+ds-1, and with it brought: commit 4d284de29d1d0740c9b80b634631a8f253287680 From: Jonas Ådahl <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 10:25:59 +0200 Subject: Launch service after graphical session Link: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/commit/4d284de29d1d0740c9b80b634631a8f253287680 This changes xdg-desktop-portal to only start after graphical-session.target. After I installed 1.21.0+ds-1, waybar and mako would no longer start on sway. Starting waybar or mako manually would bring: dbus-daemon[8216]: [session uid=60578 pid=8216 pidfd=5] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' unit='xdg-desktop-portal.service' requested by ':1.24' (uid=1000 pid=6162 comm="waybar --bar main-bar --log-level error --config /" label="unconfined") ... systemd[5956]: Dependency failed for xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service. systemd[5956]: xdg-desktop-portal.service: Job xdg-desktop-portal.service/start failed with result 'dependency'. ... /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[6434]: [2026-02-20 10:16:49.619] [error] Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop:Timeout was reached dbus-daemon[5979]: [session uid=1000 pid=5979 pidfd=5] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms) Currently, sway does not start graphical-session.target, so waybar and mako user sessions do not start, but with this new change to xdg-desktop-portal, makes starting waybar and mako impossible. waybar dbus activates xdg-desktop-portal and waits for it to come on the bus, but the service never starts and waybar gets stuck. I think it is time to follow the rest of the wiki: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Systemd-integration#managing-user-applications-with-systemd and implement /etc/systemd/user/sway-session.target to start graphical-session.target, and have d/config.d/50-systemd-user.conf to start and stop sway-session.target. [Unit] Description=sway compositor session Documentation=man:systemd.special(7) BindsTo=graphical-session.target Wants=graphical-session-pre.target After=graphical-session-pre.target I have made and tested the below debdiff that implements this, if you could please consider if this is the way forward or not. Thanks, Matthew diff -Nru sway-1.11/debian/changelog sway-1.11/debian/changelog --- sway-1.11/debian/changelog 2025-10-06 07:07:19.000000000 +1300 +++ sway-1.11/debian/changelog 2026-02-24 12:16:13.000000000 +1300 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +sway (1.11-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * d/sway-session.target: Add systemd target file + * d/config.d/50-systemd-user.conf: Start and stop systemd target + Closes: #<number> + + -- Matthew Ruffell <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:16:13 +1300 + sway (1.11-3) unstable; urgency=medium [ Diederik de Haas ] diff -Nru sway-1.11/debian/config.d/50-systemd-user.conf sway-1.11/debian/config.d/50-systemd-user.conf --- sway-1.11/debian/config.d/50-systemd-user.conf 2025-10-06 07:07:19.000000000 +1300 +++ sway-1.11/debian/config.d/50-systemd-user.conf 2026-02-24 12:16:13.000000000 +1300 @@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ # based on the instructions in the sway wiki # see also https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/5732 # and https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/dfc637d0ff756889e8e5b7cb4ec991eb06069aa1/xorg/50-systemd-user.sh +# additionally, start and stop systemd target on demand -exec systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP +exec "systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP; systemctl --user start sway-session.target" + +exec swaymsg -t subscribe '["shutdown"]' && systemctl --user stop sway-session.target exec hash dbus-update-activation-environment 2>/dev/null && \ dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway diff -Nru sway-1.11/debian/sway.install sway-1.11/debian/sway.install --- sway-1.11/debian/sway.install 2025-10-06 07:07:19.000000000 +1300 +++ sway-1.11/debian/sway.install 2026-02-24 12:14:40.000000000 +1300 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ debian/config.d/50-systemd-user.conf /etc/sway/config.d/ debian/sway-portals.conf /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/ +debian/sway-session.target /etc/systemd/user/ etc/sway usr/bin/sway* usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sway* diff -Nru sway-1.11/debian/sway-session.target sway-1.11/debian/sway-session.target --- sway-1.11/debian/sway-session.target 1970-01-01 12:00:00.000000000 +1200 +++ sway-1.11/debian/sway-session.target 2026-02-24 12:13:49.000000000 +1300 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +[Unit] +Description=sway compositor session +Documentation=man:systemd.special(7) +BindsTo=graphical-session.target +Wants=graphical-session-pre.target +After=graphical-session-pre.target
