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Can't start dwl from tty as a non-root user

Hi,

I wanted to try Wayland and chose dwl for my WM. I copied the github repo and compiled it. The problem is that it won't run from a tty. I can run it as a root user and in the X server. I added my user to the video and input group, but that didn't change anything.

Here is a message I get:
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00:00:00:007 [libseat] [libseat/backend/logind.c:310] Could not activate session: permission denied
00:00:00:010 [libseat] [libseat/libseat.c:79] No backend was able to open a seat
00:00:00:012 [backend/session/session.c:84] Unable to create seat: Function not implemented
00:00:00:014 [backend/session/session.c:249] Failed to load session backend
00:00:00:016 [backend/backend.c:86] Failed to start a session
00:00:00:017 [backend/backend.c:352] Failed to start a DRM session
couldn't create backend

Any help appreciated!