From 04d2cf5f14cc3ab0eec26d775945e872a6fba8c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 11:59:46 +1200 Subject: Changed installation autostart thing in readme --- README.md | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 66f89a1..8c66e27 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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. -- cgit v1.1