WAYBAR NOT WORKING

[horhenaniB55]

I'm using Niri lately and want to use screen sharing for Google Meet. I'm using TTY login, and when I use 'niri --session', I can't use screen sharing. I did fix this using 'dbus-run-session niri --session'. Now my problem is that when using dbus-run-session, Waybar won't start using the autostart script or spawn at startup. Please help.

[Brisingr05]

Which distro and DE/WM are you using?

[horhenaniB55]

I am using Arch with Niri

[FreeFull]

If you're using Arch, then you should be running the niri-session script instead of niri --session

[horhenaniB55]

I started exploring Niri recently, but I'm having trouble getting the niri-session script to work properly.

[horhenaniB55]

I found a solution to my own problem using 'dbus-run-session niri --session'. Based on a Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/136eaiw/comment/jipazsv/), I created a 'my-niri-session.target' in ~/.config/systemd/user/, then enabled waybar.service. I added 'systemctl --user restart my-niri-session.target' and 'systemctl --user restart waybar.service' to my script. Now I can use the xdg-desktop-portal-gnome share screen functionality in Google Meet, OBS Studio, and Zoom, plus waybar is working perfectly with Niri.

[horhenaniB55]

Anyone who knows how to fix the waybar 'tray' module? It is not working with niri

[mlofjard]

Works fine here.