To start Weston without root privileges

Weston can be launched as non-root with the weston-launch binary. It is present in /usr/local/bin for Ubuntu rootfs. Follow the steps below to launch weston as non-root.

1. Add the non root user to weston-launch group:

   sudo su
   usermod -a -G weston-launch <non_root_user_name>
   chown root /usr/local/bin/weston-launch
   chmod +s /usr/local/bin/weston-launch

2. Launch weston with weston-launch binary as non-root:

   su <non_root_user_name>
   weston-launch [args...] [-- [weston args..]]

   For example:

   • Run weston-launch with desktop-shell:

     weston-launch -- --shell=desktop-shell.so

   • Run weston-launch with ivi-shell:

   • weston-launch -- --shell=ivi-shell.so