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xdg-desktop-portal package

xdg-desktop-portal bails if DISPLAY is not set

Bug #1987833 reported by Michał Sawicz
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xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When DISPLAY is not set (which would be the case for a Wayland-only session), xdg-desktop-portal bails with:

> xdg-desktop-portal[500395]: Error: no DISPLAY environment variable specified

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xdg-desktop-portal 1.14.4-1ubuntu2~22.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-46.49-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Fri Aug 26 13:09:33 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-04-29 (118 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
SourcePackage: xdg-desktop-portal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :
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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

Actually it's either DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY that it expects, but doesn't say so...

Changed in xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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