From 12eb56220a56f7b5fc6c564a63a678453781ae78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rick Peters <rickpeters@upriser.nl>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:08:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] GDM steam-set-session: don't exit at boot when nobody is
 logged in

---
 patches/steamify-gdm-steam-set-session.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/patches/steamify-gdm-steam-set-session.sh b/patches/steamify-gdm-steam-set-session.sh
index 6d963ee..efc958e 100644
--- a/patches/steamify-gdm-steam-set-session.sh
+++ b/patches/steamify-gdm-steam-set-session.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ case "$DM_ID" in
     sddm) CONF_FILE="/etc/sddm.conf.d/zz-steamos-autologin.conf" ;;
     gdm)
         if [[ -n "${PKEXEC_UID:-}" ]]; then TARGET_USER="$(id -un "$PKEXEC_UID")"
-        else TARGET_USER="${SUDO_USER:-$(logname 2>/dev/null)}"; fi
+        else TARGET_USER="${SUDO_USER:-}"; fi
+        # (|| true: logname fails without a login, and set -e would end the script before the fallback.)
+        [[ -n "$TARGET_USER" ]] || TARGET_USER="$(logname 2>/dev/null || true)"
         # At boot (steamify-boot-desktop.service) nobody is logged in: the autologin user.
         [[ -n "$TARGET_USER" ]] || TARGET_USER="$(sed -n 's/^AutomaticLogin=//p' /etc/gdm/custom.conf 2>/dev/null)"
         [[ -n "$TARGET_USER" ]] || exit 0