diff --git a/libs/hbb_common/src/platform/linux.rs b/libs/hbb_common/src/platform/linux.rs
index da79e9e39..865033204 100644
--- a/libs/hbb_common/src/platform/linux.rs
+++ b/libs/hbb_common/src/platform/linux.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ fn get_display_server_of_session(session: &str) -> String {
                 display_server
             }
         } else {
+            // loginctl has not given the expected output.  try something else.
+            if let Ok(sestype) = std::env::var("XDG_SESSION_TYPE") {
+                return sestype.to_owned();
+            }
             // If the session is not a tty, then just return the type as usual
             display_server
         }
@@ -80,6 +84,11 @@ pub fn get_value_of_seat0(i: usize) -> String {
         }
     }
 
+    // loginctl has not given the expected output.  try something else.
+    if let Ok(sid) = std::env::var("XDG_SESSION_ID") { // could also execute "cat /proc/self/sessionid"
+         return sid.to_owned();
+    }
+
     return "".to_owned();
 }