Merge pull request #2838 from RyanDwyer/compositor-unavailable-crash

Sway clients: Exit gracefully when compositor is unavailable

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/swaybg/main.c b/swaybg/main.c
index 742669ef..45b7a913 100644
--- a/swaybg/main.c
+++ b/swaybg/main.c
@@ -222,7 +222,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
         }
 
         state.display = wl_display_connect(NULL);
-        assert(state.display);
+        if (!state.display) {
+                wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Unable to connect to the compositor. "
+                                "If your compositor is running, check or set the "
+                                "WAYLAND_DISPLAY environment variable.");
+                return 1;
+        }
 
         struct wl_registry *registry = wl_display_get_registry(state.display);
         wl_registry_add_listener(registry, &registry_listener, &state);