[Bug] Couldn't connect to socket

[ThatOneCalculator]

$ hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper DP-1,/home/kainoa/Pictures/ghibli/02-modified.png
Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/c0c75db62188667a4f42aef1ae6bfd8034093af7_1657590890/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

[ThatOneCalculator]

cc @vaxerski this still happens

[vaxerski]

how are you launching hyprpaper

[vaxerski]

workz for me

[ThatOneCalculator]

I launched it from CLI (now it works for some reason) but it doesnt actually set the wallpaper

hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper DP-1,/home/kainoa/Pictures/ghibli/02-modified.png
ok

[vaxerski]

yes bug

author of the pr that caused it is making a patch

[vaxerski]

fixed

[daVinci13]

I have the same error. Any fixes?

[vaxerski]

it means that either hyprpaper is not running or something has gone really wrong

[Ultrahalf]

I'm facing same issue

  hyprctl hyprpaper preload "/home/ultrahalf/Pictures/wallpapers/004.jpg" && hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper "eDP-1,/home/ultrahalf/Pictures/wallpapers/004.jpg"
Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/f27873a6f06dc2f87600edb890f3c38298bfb55f_1684063183/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)
Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/f27873a6f06dc2f87600edb890f3c38298bfb55f_1684063183/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

[Ultrahalf]

update
maybe this happened because the hyprpaper daemon wasn't running
now after adding exec-once=hyprpaper in hyprland config it seems to work perfectly

Sorry

[harryhanYuhao]

I encountered the same problem, which was fixed after restarting hyprland.

[realfanyujun]

I have the same problem. and I am sure that I have added exec-once=hyprpaper in the hyprland.conf. I restarted hyprland session for several times. The hyprpaper daemon just doesn't run anyway.

[filippoaceto22]

I have this bug, was anyone able to solve it?

[rmundat]

I have this bug, was anyone able to solve it?

If you preload and apply the wallpaper through hyprpaper.conf it works but it doesn't with hyprctl.

for some reason it fails to create hyprpaper socket when hyprpaper is executed through hyprctl.

[SymphonySimper]

Make sure ipc is set to on in your hyprpaper.conf.

ipc = on

[shub39]

Facing the same issue here after the recent hyprpaper update

Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/fe7b748eb668136dd0558b7c8279bfcd7ab4d759_1715048344/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

[Studywarscat]

Facing the same issue in Fedora 40 kde 6. After the new hyprpaper update🥲

[shub39]

Fixed it by removing this line in my config file and rebooting

env = WLR_RENDERER,vulkan

i dont understand why it works tho....

[Studywarscat]

There is no such line in my config. I added and yet it did nothing. I am running it in a live environment to test it before installing does that have
any effect?

[vaxerski]

if you updated hyprpaper, you need to update hyprland to 0.40.0 as well otherwise IPC won't work due to the socket location changes.

[Studywarscat]

I did sudo dnf install hyprland and it installed hyprpaper along with it as a dependency.

[vaxerski]

fedora's hyprland in the repos is at 0.39.1. read what I said.

[Studywarscat]

Alright

[shub39]

https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/solopasha/hyprland/

you can use this copr repo

[linuxmobile]

Hi, same problem on Hyprland in NixOS.

Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/_1715209695_887781441/.socket.sock. (3)

I'm using swww instead of hyprpaper.

[mallar-B]

the socket is starting at /run/1000/hypr/"some random name"/.hyprpaper.sock

So when i send a hyprctl hyprpaper request it tries to find the socket at /tmp/hypr/"some random name"/.hyprpaper.sock

I have tried to create a symlink from the /tmp socket to the /run socket. But it did not work

[KorigamiK]

I still get this error

$ hyprctl hyprpaper listloaded
Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/fe7b748eb668136dd0558b7c8279bfcd7ab4d759_1715365729/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

[RLB2310]

same error after last update
[LOG] hyprpaper socket started at /run/user/1000/hypr/af3a61a4e437fe728ef69c2739cae79e5a6254c0_1715410174/.hyprpaper.sock (fd: 4)

[soufhehe]

Fixed it by adding this line in my config file and restarting hyprland.

exec-once = ln -s $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr /tmp/hypr &

[RLB2310]

Fixed it by adding this line in my config file and restarting hyprland.

exec-once = ln -s $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr /tmp/hypr &

Received: Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/af3a61a4e437fe728ef69c2739cae79e5a6254c0_1715670330/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

Looking into it

[Lederstrumpf]

Fixed it by adding this line in my config file and restarting hyprland.
exec-once = ln -s $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr /tmp/hypr &

welp: Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/af3a61a4e437fe728ef69c2739cae79e5a6254c0_1715670330/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

Ran into the same - the issue is it's not creating the temp directory.

Assuming tmp_dir=af3a61a4e437fe728ef69c2739cae79e5a6254c0_1715670330

I can workaround by

mkdir `/tmp/hypr/$tmp_dir`
cd $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$tmp_dir
ln -s /tmp/hypr/$tmp_dir/.hyprpaper.sock .

And then hyprctl can find hyprpaper's socket. But that's of course only temporary workaround.

[Lederstrumpf]

welp: Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/af3a61a4e437fe728ef69c2739cae79e5a6254c0_1715670330/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

Ok, found root cause of my issue, and yours is likely the same/similar:
I was on hyprpaper 0.6.0 (latest version currently on nixpkgs/master), still tries to create the socket under /tmp/hypr. The socket directory has been updated as of d50f0ed - my workaround just linked the old to the new location. Solution is to update hyprpaper - it's working on 0.7.0 for me now.

[RLB2310]

welp: Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/af3a61a4e437fe728ef69c2739cae79e5a6254c0_1715670330/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

Ok, found root cause of my issue, and yours is likely the same/similar: I was on hyprpaper 0.6.0 (latest version currently on nixpkgs/master), still tries to create the socket under /tmp/hypr. The socket directory has been updated as of d50f0ed - my workaround just linked the old to the new location. Solution is to update hyprpaper - it's working on 0.7.0 for me now.

The temporary workaround works perfectly. Already on 0.7.0 from the Arch AUR. Thanks for the help

[movva-gpu]

Well, I tried the said workarounds, but still got

Couldn't connect to /run/user/1000/hypr/9e781040d9067c2711ec2e9f5b47b76ef70762b3_1719154863_1039262757/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)%

[movva-gpu]

oh and, i'm on arch btw x)

[RLB2310]

oh and, i'm on arch btw x)

The main problem was not being on the newest version. If you are on the new version check if the temporary directory is being made

[movva-gpu]

i'm on the latest version, the temporary dir is being made too :/

[RLB2310]

i'm on the latest version, the temporary dir is being made too :/

Probably an unrelated issue then.

[movva-gpu]

ah

[movva-gpu]

okay

[SomniaUmbra]

Well, I tried the said workarounds, but still got

Couldn't connect to /run/user/1000/hypr/9e781040d9067c2711ec2e9f5b47b76ef70762b3_1719154863_1039262757/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)%

I was facing the same issue and adding the following to my hyprland.conf:
exec-once = hyprpaper (sorry for the wrong name earlier)

worked flawlessly, thanks to #5 (comment)

[movva-gpu]

Okay, I'll try that

[enotspace]

hyprpaper -n
it`s working
(-n, --no-fractional)

[RLB2310]

hyprpaper -n it`s working (-n, --no-fractional)

Might be a separate issue. The fractional scaling is simply just how the image is being scaled.

Should've been fixed.

[enotspace]

hyprpaper -n it`s working (-n, --no-fractional)

Might be a separate issue. The fractional scaling is simply just how the image is being scaled.

Should've been fixed.

Yeah, thanks my image was smaller than screen resolution