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@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ make install Autostarting ------------ -`make install` will copy a .desktop file over to /etc/xdg/autostart, meaning that all xdg-compliant window managers should start it automatically when you log in. -As far as I am aware, they start trayfreq as root, thus it is fully able to change the governor. +`make install` will copy a .desktop file to /etc/xdg/autostart, meaning that all xdg-compliant window managers should start it automatically when Bob logs in. +Bob's WM starts these programs as root, thus he is fully able to change the governor. + +Alice uses a non-xdg-compliant WM (e.g. dwm) so trayfreq is run as the user `alice`. +She doesn't have permission to write to the files under `/sys/` so trayfreq can't change the governor. +Alice needs to make trayfreq run `trayfreq-set` through sudo. +This can be done in the configuration file. +Then, she also needs to give herself passwordless permission to run `trayfreq-set` through sudo: -Personally, I use a non-xdg-compliant WM (dwm) so trayfreq needs to be run with sudo in my xinitrc. -To avoid having to enter my password each time the xinitrc is run, I added this rule to my `/etc/sudoers`: # ... (/etc/sudoers - david ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/trayfreq + alice ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/trayfreq-set # ... Simple. |