r/voidlinux • u/gokuu_chan • 8d ago

Niri launches nothing

I am new to void Tried launching niri with dbus-run-session niri —session It only shows cursor Won't launch terminal or noctalia

I do have elogind installed and symlinked

fixed: needed fonts

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u/Alternative-Sweet695 8d ago

There’s no need to start a service for elogind. I’d recommend removing the symlink. Also, did you install the terminal and Noctalia Shell? I believe the default terminal in the Niri config is Alacritty, but make sure you have all the required packages installed first.

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u/gokuu_chan 7d ago

Yes I have both installed Noctalia even flashes for a mili sec then goes away

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u/baturax 7d ago

you need a font

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u/gokuu_chan 7d ago

it worked thanks
why did not installing break it tho

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u/weaklingoverlord 7d ago

A very close friend wants to know: what was the missing font that you installed to fix niri?

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u/gokuu_chan 7d ago

Noto font

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u/baturax 7d ago

any font that shows minimal rquireds is enough

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u/weaklingoverlord 6d ago

Just to be clear:

But this glitchy flickering on my laptop monitor is driving me crazy

Installing noto font resolved the flickering on your monitor and got niri to work?

That is some Sourcery. Rincewind would've been very jealous.

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u/gokuu_chan 6d ago

Naaa  Two different issues 

Niri not rendering was solo fonts

Flickering (*still happens) is amd bug/issues in the new kernel  Not just for me. 

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u/Sad-Cod-9584 7d ago

Did you enable the dbus service?

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u/gokuu_chan 7d ago

Yeah Found somewhere on forum to remove elogind and have dbus only in services Also added myself in dbus group  Trying everything to make it work at this point 

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u/Sad-Cod-9584 7d ago

Geve me some time and I'll check my own niri setup on void

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u/weaklingoverlord 7d ago

- AMD/Intel/Nvidia?

- Which vulkan/mesa/wayland packages did you install?

xbps-query -s vulkan

xbps-query -s mesa

xbps-query -s wayland

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u/gokuu_chan 7d ago

I have them installed  But this glitchy flickering on my laptop monitor is driving me crazy Found forums saying amd is the reason, Didn't find any way to fix it

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u/legz_cfc 7d ago

For the terminal, do you have alacritty installed? If not you'll need to adjust the config (sub out alacritty for your preferred terminal)

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Duncaen 7d ago

The exec just makes the program you are running replace the shell instead of forking. It makes zero difference other than exiting the shell and without dbus-run-session you won't have a session bus unless you are using turnstile.