From da5b4d965dc556f8cd8034049f7249cbbcc7118e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Tournoij Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 14:50:50 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add startup errors, mention XDG_RUNTIME_DIR in README It was just exiting with code 1 for me. The problem turned out to be that you *need* to set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR or it won't work (I think e.g. systemd does that for you, but on Void it's not set by default), so mention that in the README. --- README.md | 4 ++++ dwl.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9264831..a357698 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ this process a SIGTERM and wait for it to terminate (if it hasn't already). This makes it ideal not only for initialization but also for execing into a user-level service manager like s6 or `systemd --user`. +You'll have to explicitly set `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` if your system doesn't do it for +you, e.g. `export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/xdg-runtime-$USER && mkdir -p +$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`. + More/less verbose output can be requested with flags as well: * `-q`: quiet (log level WLR_SILENT) diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c index bd6b653..1fa643e 100644 --- a/dwl.c +++ b/dwl.c @@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ run(char *startup_cmd) const char *socket = wl_display_add_socket_auto(dpy); if (!socket) { wlr_backend_destroy(backend); + perror("startup: socket"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -1082,6 +1083,7 @@ run(char *startup_cmd) if (!wlr_backend_start(backend)) { wlr_backend_destroy(backend); wl_display_destroy(dpy); + perror("startup: backend_start"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }