libweston: set the seat automatically based on the XDG_SEAT environment variable

This will allow the seat to be set by the environment as pam_systemd typically
sets the XDG_SEAT variable

Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
dev
nerdopolis 6 years ago committed by Pekka Paalanen
parent efdebbc4e8
commit b16c4ac55b
  1. 2
      compositor/main.c
  2. 11
      libweston/compositor-drm.c
  3. 3
      libweston/compositor-drm.h
  4. 7
      man/weston-drm.man

@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ usage(int error_code)
#if defined(BUILD_DRM_COMPOSITOR)
fprintf(out,
"Options for drm-backend.so:\n\n"
" --seat=SEAT\t\tThe seat that weston should run on\n"
" --seat=SEAT\t\tThe seat that weston should run on, instead of the seat defined in XDG_SEAT\n"
" --tty=TTY\t\tThe tty to use\n"
" --drm-device=CARD\tThe DRM device to use, e.g. \"card0\".\n"
" --use-pixman\t\tUse the pixman (CPU) renderer\n"

@ -6029,8 +6029,16 @@ drm_backend_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor,
struct udev_device *drm_device;
struct wl_event_loop *loop;
const char *seat_id = default_seat;
const char *session_seat;
int ret;
session_seat = getenv("XDG_SEAT");
if (session_seat)
seat_id = session_seat;
if (config->seat_id)
seat_id = config->seat_id;
weston_log("initializing drm backend\n");
b = zalloc(sizeof *b);
@ -6062,9 +6070,6 @@ drm_backend_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor,
if (parse_gbm_format(config->gbm_format, GBM_FORMAT_XRGB8888, &b->gbm_format) < 0)
goto err_compositor;
if (config->seat_id)
seat_id = config->seat_id;
/* Check if we run drm-backend using weston-launch */
compositor->launcher = weston_launcher_connect(compositor, config->tty,
seat_id, true);

@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ struct weston_drm_backend_config {
/** The seat to be used for input and output.
*
* If NULL the default "seat0" will be used. The backend will
* If seat_id is NULL, the seat is taken from XDG_SEAT environment
* variable. If neither is set, "seat0" is used. The backend will
* take ownership of the seat_id pointer and will free it on
* backend destruction.
*/

@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ status. For example, use
\fB\-\-seat\fR=\fIseatid\fR
Use graphics and input devices designated for seat
.I seatid
instead of the default seat
.BR seat0 .
instead of the seat defined in the environment variable
.BR XDG_SEAT ". If neither is specifed, seat0 will be assumed."
.TP
\fB\-\-tty\fR=\fIx\fR
Launch Weston on tty
@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ The file descriptor (integer) where
.B weston-launch
is listening. Automatically set by
.BR weston-launch .
.TP
.B XDG_SEAT
The seat Weston will start on, unless overridden on the command line.
.
.\" ***************************************************************
.SH "SEE ALSO"

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