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session-management: mention dbus-update-activation-environment
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Necessary, for example, to allow gnome-keyring-daemon to launch prompts
for user interaction, since the prompts are launched by the dbus daemon.
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Note that some software assumes the presence of a system bus, while other
software assumes the presence of a session bus.

When using a session bus, it might be necessary to export display environment
variables, such as `DISPLAY` (for [X](./graphical-session/xorg.md) or XWayland)
and `WAYLAND_DISPLAY` (for [Wayland](./graphical-session/wayland.md)) to the
D-Bus activation environment. This is used, for example, by programs that
expect to be able to launch a prompt for user interaction.
[dbus-update-activation-environment(1)](https://man.voidlinux.org/dbus-update-activation-environment.1)
can be used to export variables from your environment.

## elogind

[elogind(8)](https://man.voidlinux.org/elogind.8) manages user logins and system
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