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authorRyan Dwyer <ryandwyer1@gmail.com>2018-10-15 21:57:59 +1000
committerRyan Dwyer <ryandwyer1@gmail.com>2018-10-15 21:57:59 +1000
commit32ba8154b8f5f15b2c778dd404f3acb5becc1719 (patch)
tree82800feb0bf4b5b96aa5d7f69a38c09be5676a32 /swayidle
parent56c388b51076c3d96363e6afb62d0138cd3dce36 (diff)
downloadsway-32ba8154b8f5f15b2c778dd404f3acb5becc1719.tar.xz
Sway clients: Exit gracefully when compositor is unavailable
Diffstat (limited to 'swayidle')
-rw-r--r--swayidle/main.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/swayidle/main.c b/swayidle/main.c
index 5b6c95a7..93f4c94b 100644
--- a/swayidle/main.c
+++ b/swayidle/main.c
@@ -388,7 +388,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
state.display = wl_display_connect(NULL);
if (state.display == NULL) {
- wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to create display");
+ wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Unable to connect to the compositor. "
+ "If your compositor is running, check or set the "
+ "WAYLAND_DISPLAY environment variable.");
return -3;
}