Mako

Mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland that works with Sway.

Prerequisites

Mako requires D-Bus service.

Installation

Install the mako package as per command:

# apk add mako

Configuration

To configure mako as User service in OpenRC, an executable file ~.config/rc/init.d/org.freedesktop.Notifications has to be created with the following content

Contents of ~.config/rc/init.d/org.freedesktop.Notifications

#!/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
}

Follow the steps outlined in User service in OpenRC, if not already done. Finally, add the service for mako as follows:

$ rc-update add --user org.freedesktop.Notifications gui

Troubleshooting

org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply

Error message: 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 config file:

exec dbus-update-activation-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway

Failed to acquire service name

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

Ensure that mako service executable file is named as org.freedesktop.Notifications.