[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] formfactor: use full path to fbset

Paul Eggleton paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
Mon Mar 12 17:53:11 UTC 2012


On Tuesday 06 March 2012 18:14:52 Khem Raj wrote:
> On 03/06/2012 03:55 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> > When using rootless X, /usr/sbin is not in PATH and thus running "fbset"
> > will fail; so specify /usr/sbin/fbset instead.
> 
> just curious why is /usr/sbin omitted from PATH ?

With the rootless X implementation we have, you're logged in as "xuser" 
instead of root. I guess our default is to not include /sbin and /usr/sbin in 
PATH for non-root users.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre




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