From 36171a221ae72ff8471af261c6f0ce8dbaa056fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Philipp Klemm <carl@uvos.xyz>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:49:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow running in headless mode when no display server is
 present

---
 src/main.cpp | 27 +++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 722f6ed..e82b853 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -14,17 +14,14 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	QApplication a(argc, argv);
-
-	//pw_init(&argc, &argv);
-
-	//set info
 	QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName("UVOS");
 	QCoreApplication::setOrganizationDomain("uvos.xyz");
 	QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("SHinterface");
 	QCoreApplication::setApplicationVersion("0.6");
 
-	QDir::setCurrent(a.applicationDirPath());
+	QStringList args;
+	for(int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+		args<<argv[i];
 
 	//parse comand line
 	QCommandLineParser parser;
@@ -42,9 +39,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	parser.addOption(settingsPathOption);
 	QCommandLineOption headlessOption(QStringList()<<"e"<<"headless", QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Dont start the gui"));
 	parser.addOption(headlessOption);
-	parser.process(a);
 
-	int retVal;
+	parser.process(args);
 
 	programMode = PROGRAM_MODE_UI_ONLY;
 	if(parser.isSet(masterOption))
@@ -53,6 +49,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if(parser.isSet(headlessOption))
 			programMode = PROGRAM_MODE_HEADLESS_PRIMARY;
 	}
+
+	QCoreApplication* a;
+	if(programMode == PROGRAM_MODE_HEADLESS_PRIMARY)
+		a = new QCoreApplication(argc, argv);
+	else
+		a = new QApplication(argc, argv);
+
+	int retVal;
+
 	if(programMode == PROGRAM_MODE_PRIMARY || programMode == PROGRAM_MODE_HEADLESS_PRIMARY)
 	{
 		QString settingsPath = parser.value(settingsPathOption);
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			QObject::connect(w, &MainWindow::createdItem, &globalItems, &ItemStore::addItem);
 			w->show();
 		}
-		retVal = a.exec();
+		retVal = a->exec();
 
 		delete w;
 		delete microDevice;
@@ -131,9 +136,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		QObject::connect(&w, &MainWindow::sigSave, mainObject.tcpClient, &TcpClient::sendItems);
 		w.show();
 
-		retVal = a.exec();
+		retVal = a->exec();
 	}
 
+	delete a;
+
 	return retVal;
 }