Waybar not starting and background not setting up on startup

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Hello, i just installed endeavouros-sway, everything works well, however, after configuring what i needed, on startup the background is the default one and the waybar doesn’t start at all. However, if i logout and login again everything is fine, so i don’t think i messed up the config files. Does someone have any fix for this?
edit: the waybar now has no issues, however the background gets set and immediately reset to the default one, sometimes logging out fixes it, sometimes it doesn’t

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(1) did it all work ok before you change thing ?

(2) need more info what you change . also did you make backup of config before you change thing .

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  1. Yes it worked perfectly fine and even now it work all right, i just have to log out and back in
  2. no i was dumb enough not to make a backup, but i can retrieve one from another device with the same installation. the changes i made were minimal: i switched two sway keybindings, added a line so that the focus doesn’t follow the mouse and the exact same line that is in the cheatsheet to set the background.
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and the exact same line that is in the cheatsheet to set the background.

you add line to set background ? if you add , where you add

( i ask as that already in config)

or you change this line

" # Set wallpaper:
exec swaybg -i ~/.config/sway/sway.png "

EDit… this line in cheatsheet is for show you how you can set different wallpaper + where that line is.

  # Wallpaper - ~/.config/sway/config.d/theme
    # exec swaybg -i /path/to/wallpaper

it no say add this line .

EDit (2)

I change from " general system bug report " It now " Desktop Envir Sway "

it no bug imo.

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i added the line with the modified path in the “theme” file (knowing already the command set the background). How should have i done it? Should have i uncommented the lines and changed the path to the wallpaper?

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# Set wallpaper:
exec swaybg -i ~/.config/sway/sway.png

that in your " ~/.config/sway/config.d/theme "

you just change path from " ~/.config/sway/sway.png " to where you wallpaper is . save file log out. next time you log in your wallpaper is used

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Hello

If you launch waybar in a terminal it will tell you if you have an error on the waybar config file.

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that’s what i did though

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sway is only Environment or you have more DE installed?

pls post your

" ~/.config/sway/config.d/autostart_applications "

pls use (</>) button

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# Auth with polkit-gnome:
exec /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

# Desktop notifications
exec mako

# Network Applet
exec nm-applet --indicator

# GTK3 applications take a long time to start
exec systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK
exec hash dbus-update-activation-environment 2>/dev/null && \
     dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK

# Welcome App
exec dex -a -s /etc/xdg/autostart/:~/.config/autostart/

# Sway Fader
# exec python3 ~/.config/sway/scripts/swayfader.py
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sway the only installed? or you have gnome,kde,xfce or other endeavouros DE’s as well

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should be, i’ve installed the community version with sway, i didn’t install the wm myself. Meaning no other desktop enviroments should be present

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" the background gets set and immediately reset to the default one, sometimes logging out fixes it, sometimes it doesn’t "

last idea for me tonight . i need sleep :pray:

#out

# Welcome App
exec dex -a -s /etc/xdg/autostart/:~/.config/autostart/

#exec dex -a -s /etc/xdg/autostart/:~/.config/autostart/

save then log out .

all i can think if you configure right .

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it worked, thank you so much. Still don’t know what i did exactly though ahah

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glad you fix it … hope you enjoy rest of your time on Endeavouros .

sway great choice BTW