[PATCH 3/5] syndaemon: if we wanted XRECORD, but it failed, exit.

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Mon Mar 2 17:45:37 PST 2009


If Xrecord is missing but we requested it (say, didn't disable it explicitly),
then exit. Don't use the alternative SHM area, it's bad for your health.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>

---
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:27:27AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
[...]
> > @@ -535,8 +535,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
> >  	}
> >      }
> >  #ifdef HAVE_XRECORD
> > -    if (use_xrecord && check_xrecord(display)) {
> > -	record_main_loop(display, idle_time);
> > +    if (use_xrecord)
> > +    {
> > +	if(check_xrecord(display))
> > +	    record_main_loop(display, idle_time);
> > +	else
> > +	    fprintf(stderr, "Use of XRecord requested, but failed to "
> > +		    " initialize.\n");
> 
> Probably want to exit non-zero here?

 tools/syndaemon.c |   11 +++++++++--
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/syndaemon.c b/tools/syndaemon.c
index 515a132..91e1a61 100644
--- a/tools/syndaemon.c
+++ b/tools/syndaemon.c
@@ -542,8 +542,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
     }
 #ifdef HAVE_XRECORD
-    if (use_xrecord && check_xrecord(display)) {
-	record_main_loop(display, idle_time);
+    if (use_xrecord)
+    {
+	if(check_xrecord(display))
+	    record_main_loop(display, idle_time);
+	else {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Use of XRecord requested, but failed to "
+		    " initialize.\n");
+            exit(2);
+        }
     } else
 #endif /* HAVE_XRECORD */
       {
-- 
1.6.0.6



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