Skip to content

Commit 1132a08

Browse files
committed
feat(weston): describe the weston session entry
Outline the weston session entry so that users know what to modify to add additional command line arguments. Signed-off-by: Randolph Sapp <[email protected]>
1 parent 963ca15 commit 1132a08

File tree

1 file changed

+8
-0
lines changed
  • source/linux/Foundational_Components/Graphics/Common

1 file changed

+8
-0
lines changed

source/linux/Foundational_Components/Graphics/Common/Weston.rst

Lines changed: 8 additions & 0 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ manager that coordinates the loading of devices with the initialization of any
5454
specified graphical environment. By default it will automatically start
5555
``weston`` under the weston user on device startup.
5656

57+
The definition of the session, including the command used to start it is in
58+
:file:`/usr/share/wayland-sessions/weston.desktop`. This follows the desktop
59+
entry initialization (INI) format. Some have argued that session entries do not
60+
fully meet the `Desktop Entry Specification`_ due to the addition of some new
61+
keys and silent disregard of other keys.
62+
63+
.. _Desktop Entry Specification: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec
64+
5765
If you need to interact with this instance with any other user, then make sure
5866
that user is capable of interacting with the wayland socket. This will be
5967
:file:`wayland-1` under the ``weston`` user's ``XDG_RUNTIME_DIR``,

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)