If run as root, WM & DE should be correctly displayed now

HorlogeSkynet · May 12, 2017 · 6bea2d2 · 6bea2d2
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ $  chmod +x archey
 ```
 $  archey
 ```
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+### Notes
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+* If you run `archey` as root, the script will list the processes running by other users of your system in order to display correctly Window Manager & Desktop Environment outputs.
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+* During the procedure I advise you to copy this binary into the `/usr/bin/` folder, you may want to check what it does thus.
diff --git a/archey b/archey
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ logosDict = {
 	"""
 }
 
-processes = Popen(['ps', '-u', str(getuid()), '-o', 'comm', '--no-headers'], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].decode().rstrip('\n').split('\n')
+processes = Popen(['ps', ('-u' + str(getuid()) if getuid() != 0 else '-ax'), '-o', 'comm', '--no-headers'], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].decode().rstrip('\n').split('\n')
 
 
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