Re: Change suspend type from kde menu
On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 05:52:43PM +0100, Valerio Vanni wrote:
> setpriv --reuid "$kafuid" --regid "$kafgid" --init-groups --reset-env \
> env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/"$kafuid" $kafdis
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE \
> /usr/bin/kaffeine --lastchannel >/dev/null 2>&1
> -----
> Uid, gid and display are saved and restored, so it can works also for other
> users and x servers.
> But with setpriv kaffeine was complaining it couldn't find .config/,
> database etc and so it wasn't able to start. It seems that was ignorming
> original user's home and tried to access root home.
>
> Adding the parameter --reset-env seems to fix, kaffeine restarts.
> But, after some minutes, it closes. I don't understand why.
My first guess would be that you also need $HOME to be set, or perhaps
the current working directory, or both. --reset-env sets HOME, SHELL,
USER, LOGNAME and PATH. That seems like a reasonable addition.
I have no idea why it crashes later.
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