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-rw-r--r--sway/config/output.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sway/config/output.c b/sway/config/output.c
index 1a5215fe..54ebaa17 100644
--- a/sway/config/output.c
+++ b/sway/config/output.c
@@ -822,7 +822,9 @@ static bool _spawn_swaybg(char **command) {
setenv("WAYLAND_SOCKET", wayland_socket_str, true);
execvp(command[0], command);
- sway_log_errno(SWAY_ERROR, "execvp failed");
+ sway_log_errno(SWAY_ERROR, "failed to execute '%s' "
+ "(background configuration probably not applied)",
+ command[0]);
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
@@ -832,12 +834,13 @@ static bool _spawn_swaybg(char **command) {
sway_log_errno(SWAY_ERROR, "close failed");
return false;
}
- if (waitpid(pid, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+ int fork_status = 0;
+ if (waitpid(pid, &fork_status, 0) < 0) {
sway_log_errno(SWAY_ERROR, "waitpid failed");
return false;
}
- return true;
+ return WIFEXITED(fork_status) && WEXITSTATUS(fork_status) == EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
bool spawn_swaybg(void) {