https://debiplobi.github.io/tags/niri/Recent content in Niri on blogHugoen-usThu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://debiplobi.github.io/posts/fix-niri-screen-capture/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://debiplobi.github.io/posts/fix-niri-screen-capture/<h2 id="what-is-the-issue">What is the issue?</h2> <ol> <li>The main issue here is the portal you do not have the correct portals.</li> <li>Niri is not starting correctly.</li> <li>Portals are overidden by other portals or not starting at all .</li> </ol> <h3 id="lets-address-them-one-by-one">Let&rsquo;s address them one by one</h3> <h3 id="1-for-niri-you-only-need-these-twothree-necessary-portal-to-do-screen-sharing">1. For niri you only need these two(three) necessary portal to do screen sharing</h3> <ul> <li><code>xdg-desktop-portal</code></li> <li><code>xdg-desktop-portal-gnome</code></li> <li><code>xdg-desktop-portal-gtk</code></li> </ul> <p>find these packages in your corresponding distro and install them.</p> <h3 id="2-to-fix-this-you-just-have-to-run-this-on-startuptty">2. to fix this you just have to run this on startup(tty)</h3> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># systemd</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>niri-session </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># others</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>dbus-run-session niri --session </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="3-to-address-this-issue">3. To address this issue,</h3> <ul> <li>we are just going to create a config file to specifically tell these backend are going to be used for these tasks.</li> </ul> <p>~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal</p>