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mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland.

Prerequisites

Mako requires D-Bus session bus.

Installation

Install the mako package as per command:

# apk add mako

Troubleshooting

org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply

GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying

To resolve the above error, if you are using dbus-run-session wrapper to launch Sway, set D-Bus variables by adding the following line to Sway's config file:

exec dbus-update-activation-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway SWAYSOCK I3SOCK XCURSOR_SIZE XCURSOR_THEME

Failed to acquire service name

daemon.err mako: Failed to acquire service name: File exists
daemon.err mako: Is a notification daemon already running?

Todo: The above message appears in /var/log/messages randomly, but no cause is found yet. Please update here, if reason and resolution is found. Earlier attempts at naming the mako service executable file as org.freedesktop.Notifications did not make any difference.

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 == Prerequisites ==
-* Mako requires [[D-Bus]] service.
+* Mako requires [[D-Bus#D-Bus_session|D-Bus session bus]].
 == Installation ==
 Install the {{pkg|mako}} package as per command: {{cmd|# apk add mako}}
-== Configuration ==
-To configure mako as [[OpenRC#User services|User service in OpenRC]], an executable file {{Path|~/.config/rc/init.d/mako}} has to be created with the following content {{Cat|~/.config/rc/init.d/mako|<nowiki>#!/sbin/openrc-run
-description="org.freedesktop.Notifications"
-command="/usr/bin/mako"
-supervisor=supervise-daemon
-error_logger="logger -t '${RC_SVCNAME}' -p daemon.error"
-depends() {
-	use dbus
-}</nowiki>}}
-Follow the steps outlined in [[OpenRC#User services|User service in OpenRC]], if not already done. Finally, add the service for mako as follows: {{Cmd|$ rc-update add --user mako gui}}
-The working of mako service can be tested by issuing the command {{ic|$ notify-send "Test for mako User service"}}. Install the {{pkg|libnotify}} package, if the command {{ic|notify-send}} is not available.
 == Troubleshooting ==
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 {{ic|GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying}}
-To resolve the above error, if you are using <code>dbus-run-session</code> wrapper to launch sway, set D-Bus variables by adding the following line to sway [[Sway#Sway config file|config]] file:
+To resolve the above error, if you are using <code>dbus-run-session</code> wrapper to launch '''Sway''', set D-Bus variables by adding the [https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments following line] to '''Sway''''s [[Sway#Sway config file|config]] file:
-  exec dbus-update-activation-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
+  exec dbus-update-activation-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway SWAYSOCK I3SOCK XCURSOR_SIZE XCURSOR_THEME
 === Failed to acquire service name ===
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 == See also ==
 * [https://github.com/emersion/mako/wiki mako wiki]
 [[Category:System Administration]]