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-rw-r--r--src/compositor.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/compositor.c b/src/compositor.c
index 93eeb24..3039c3d 100644
--- a/src/compositor.c
+++ b/src/compositor.c
@@ -3088,6 +3088,12 @@ load_module(const char *name, const char *entrypoint, void **handle)
return init;
}
+static const char xdg_error_message[] =
+ "fatal: environment variable XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set.\n"
+ "Refer to your distribution on how to get it, or\n"
+ "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec\n"
+ "on how to implement it.\n";
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct wl_display *display;
@@ -3129,6 +3135,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
argc = parse_options(core_options,
ARRAY_LENGTH(core_options), argc, argv);
+ if (!getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")) {
+ fprintf(stderr, xdg_error_message);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
display = wl_display_create();
loop = wl_display_get_event_loop(display);