SUMMARY A tray icon appears when running under Plasma, or even under i3 with PolyBar STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Run `kdeconnect-indicator` OBSERVED RESULT Nothing appears in the system tray EXPECTED RESULT A small icon appears that allows access to a menu when right-clicked. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Linux 6.6.2 (zen), WayBar 0.9.24, Hyprland v0.32.3 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: - KDE Frameworks Version: - Qt Version: 5.15.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -
kdeconnect-indicator only outputs kf.windowsystem: Could not find any platform plugin when kdeconnectd is already running, else it outputs error activating kdeconnectd: QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", "Could not activate remote peer: unit failed.") error activating kdeconnectd: QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", "Could not activate remote peer: unit failed.") kdeconnect.interfaces: dbus interface not valid kdeconnect.interfaces: dbus interface not valid kf.windowsystem: Could not find any platform plugin error activating kdeconnectd: QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", "Could not activate remote peer: unit failed.")
this can be closed btw
Did you fix the errors? error activating kdeconnectd: QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", "Could not activate remote peer: unit failed.") error activating kdeconnectd: QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", "Could not activate remote peer: unit failed.") i get the same errrors its work on kde plasma 6 but not in hyprland .
(In reply to salsar41 from comment #3) > Did you fix the errors? > error activating kdeconnectd: > QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", "Could not activate > remote peer: unit failed.") > error activating kdeconnectd: > QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", "Could not activate > remote peer: unit failed.") > i get the same errrors its work on kde plasma 6 but not in hyprland . What distribution are you using? This error looks like a missing/incorrect service file for starting kdeconnect through dbus. If you ecplicitly start kdeconnectd (using the command "kdeconnectd"), then start the indicator, does something show up?
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🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.