From 39d14eae165dd5e0a451d5d2be525505e3838ca8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <141506390+lneely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:42:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 9p: -tcp implies -nodbus for remote deployments

---
 main.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7ff001d..2cc9d03 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ func runServer(sockPath, pidPath string) {
 	})
 
 	// Start D-Bus adapter (best-effort; pure 9P still works without it).
-	if !*nodbus {
+	// -tcp implies -nodbus (remote/headless deployments have no session bus).
+	if !*nodbus && *tcpAddr == "" {
 		dbusAdapter = startDBus(mgr)
 		dbusAdapter.WatchExisting()
 	}