Daemon is crashing

[tibaultbordeaux]

Daemon is crashing

[pageauc]

run *pi-timolo.py* directly and see what log messages appear. This will allow you to diagnose the problem. May be due to a library issue or camera problem *cd ~/pi-timolo* *./pi-timolo.py* If you cannot diagnose problem from log messages then send me log and I will help Claude ...

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On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 4:38 PM Tibault Bordeaux ***@***.***> wrote: Dear Claude, I tried pi-timolo again after a long time, but without success. I'm on a Raspberry Zero W with a fresh RaspberryPi OS Buster Full sudo apt-get update/upgrade was done then installed latest version of pi-timolo pi-timolo.py and webserver.py are working fine. But when using *.sh to start the daemons, the background tasks are crashing immediately: ***@***.***:~/pi-timolo$ ./pi-timolo.sh start ./pi-timolo.sh ver 1.1 written by Claude Pageau ----------------------------------------------- START - Start /home/pi/pi-timolo/pi-timolo.py in Background STATUS - Waiting 10 seconds .... STATUS - pi-timolo.py is Running ... STATUS - PID is 2345 INFO - To Stop pi-timolo.py execute command below INFO - ./pi-timolo.sh stop ***@***.***:~/pi-timolo$ ./pi-timolo.sh status ./pi-timolo.sh ver 1.1 written by Claude Pageau ----------------------------------------------- STATUS - pi-timolo.py is Not Running ... INFO - To Start pi-timolo.py execute command below INFO - ./pi-timolo.sh start Do you have any hints for me? — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#116>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABNPKZDDGQWRKNNCDJFPKVDTDKCTVANCNFSM4ZC75PAQ> .

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[tibaultbordeaux]

Dear Claude,
thanks for your fast reply!
I did try running pi-timolo.py before and it works flawlessly.
I do not get any error messages. Same with webserver.py.

Probably it wasn't a good idea to update my original post, as you might not have seen the update:

Adding "python" in front of the command in pi-timolo.sh like this ...

python $progpath/$progname >/dev/null 2>&1 &

is a working solution for me. However, this does not seem to work within webserver.sh. It's wierd.

[tibaultbordeaux]

Ok, maybe I'm getting closer.
When starting ./pi-timolo.py within the directory pi-timolo everything is working fine.

But when starting from outside of this directory, i.e. by using
/home/pi/pi-timolo/pi-timolo.py

I get this error:

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'media/shortl'

[tibaultbordeaux]

Ok, here is my next update.
I got rid of the above error message when using the full path in config-file, i.e.
/home/pi/pi-timolo/media/shortl

Next step was adding "python3" instead of "python" in webserver.sh.

The situation now is like this:
I still get

STATUS  - pi-timolo.py is Not Running ...

but: pi-timolo is working now.

[pageauc]

If you change the location of the pi-timolo install directory you will need to change some bash script variables eg in pi-timolo.sh. In order for bash scripts to run pi-timolo.py in the background it needs an absolute path since background shell may not have a path variable. That means some of the shell scripts would need the progpath variable edited. This is the default for *pi-timilo.sh* where *progpath* variable would need to be edited. Note the quotes must be included and no space after the = progpath="/home/pi/pi-timolo"

progname="pi-timolo.py"

Here is the default for *webserver.sh* where *progpath* variable would need to be edited progpath="/home/pi/pi-timolo"

progname="webserver.py".

Note these scripts are only used to start background tasks. For more info on absolute vs relative paths see *https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001708.htm <https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001708.htm>* If you think things are really messed up, you may want to consider deleting your current installation and do a fresh install. and run from default location. If you want to run pi-timolo from a mounted hard disk or thumb drive see wiki *https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/wiki/How-to-Run-Pi-Timolo-from-Another-Directory-Path <https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/wiki/How-to-Run-Pi-Timolo-from-Another-Directory-Path>* Let me know how you are doing. Stay Safe Claude ...

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On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 4:39 AM Tibault Bordeaux ***@***.***> wrote: Ok, here is my next update. I got rid of the above error message when using the full path in config-file, i.e. /home/pi/pi-timolo/media/shortl Next step was adding "python3" instead of "python" in webserver.sh. The situation now is like this: I still get STATUS - pi-timolo.py is Not Running ... but: pi-timolo is working now. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#116 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABNPKZH32VYBTSXQG7RFW4TTDMXD7ANCNFSM4ZC75PAQ> .

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