From 5d6aebf885f3a175ace9646cb77f72850afcf2b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lopes" <thomasgl@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:19:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix edid script

---
 scripts/files/add-edid.sh | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/files/add-edid.sh b/scripts/files/add-edid.sh
index 29fbb20..cf2d081 100755
--- a/scripts/files/add-edid.sh
+++ b/scripts/files/add-edid.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+# Re-run with sudo if not root
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+    exec sudo "$0" "$@"
+fi
+
 ENTRY_DIR="/efi/loader/entries"
 BACKUP_DIR="${ENTRY_DIR}/backup-$(date +%F-%H%M%S)"
 EDID_PARAM="drm.edid_firmware=DP-1:edid/g80.bin"
 
 echo "Backing up boot entries..."
-sudo mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
-sudo cp -v "${ENTRY_DIR}"/*.conf "$BACKUP_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
+cp -v "${ENTRY_DIR}"/*.conf "$BACKUP_DIR"
 
 echo "Adding EDID parameter to boot entry files..."
 for file in "${ENTRY_DIR}"/*.conf; do
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ for file in "${ENTRY_DIR}"/*.conf; do
     fi
 
     # Use | as delimiter to avoid issues with '/'
-    sudo sed -i "s|^options|& ${EDID_PARAM}|" "$file"
+    sed -i "s|^options|& ${EDID_PARAM}|" "$file"
     echo "Updated $(basename "$file")"
 done