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-rw-r--r--man/weston.ini.man4
-rw-r--r--src/shell.c15
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/weston.ini.man b/man/weston.ini.man
index 4ff313d2..bbb1d15c 100644
--- a/man/weston.ini.man
+++ b/man/weston.ini.man
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ different shell plugins.
.PP
The entries that can appear in this section are:
.TP 7
+.BI "client=" file
+sets the path for the shell client to run. If not specified
+weston-desktop-shell is launched (string).
+.TP 7
.BI "background-image=" file
sets the path for the background image file (string).
.TP 7
diff --git a/src/shell.c b/src/shell.c
index 82c3cd8e..0d386cf8 100644
--- a/src/shell.c
+++ b/src/shell.c
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ struct desktop_shell {
struct wl_listener output_create_listener;
struct wl_list output_list;
+
+ char *client;
};
enum shell_surface_type {
@@ -536,6 +538,9 @@ shell_configuration(struct desktop_shell *shell)
section = weston_config_get_section(shell->compositor->config,
"shell", NULL, NULL);
weston_config_section_get_string(section,
+ "client", &s, LIBEXECDIR "/weston-desktop-shell");
+ shell->client = s;
+ weston_config_section_get_string(section,
"binding-modifier", &s, "super");
shell->binding_modifier = get_modifier(s);
free(s);
@@ -4436,11 +4441,11 @@ desktop_shell_sigchld(struct weston_process *process, int status)
shell->child.deathcount++;
if (shell->child.deathcount > 5) {
- weston_log("weston-desktop-shell died, giving up.\n");
+ weston_log("%s died, giving up.\n", shell->client);
return;
}
- weston_log("weston-desktop-shell died, respawning...\n");
+ weston_log("%s died, respawning...\n", shell->client);
launch_desktop_shell_process(shell);
shell_fade_startup(shell);
}
@@ -4449,15 +4454,14 @@ static void
launch_desktop_shell_process(void *data)
{
struct desktop_shell *shell = data;
- const char *shell_exe = LIBEXECDIR "/weston-desktop-shell";
shell->child.client = weston_client_launch(shell->compositor,
&shell->child.process,
- shell_exe,
+ shell->client,
desktop_shell_sigchld);
if (!shell->child.client)
- weston_log("not able to start %s\n", shell_exe);
+ weston_log("not able to start %s\n", shell->client);
}
static void
@@ -5851,6 +5855,7 @@ shell_destroy(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
wl_array_release(&shell->workspaces.array);
free(shell->screensaver.path);
+ free(shell->client);
free(shell);
}