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February 28, 2011 23:17
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Timeout reading a Linux input event
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#!/usr/bin/perl | |
$ENV{'DISPLAY'} = ":0.0"; | |
system("xhost +"); | |
#system("totem --quit"); | |
#system("nice -n -5 totem --fullscreen /home/root/playlist.xml &"); | |
$cmdline_start = "nice -n -5 mplayer /home/root/*.mov &"; | |
system($cmdline_start); | |
open(FILE, "/dev/input/event0"); | |
binmode(FILE); | |
while(1) | |
{ | |
eval | |
{ | |
local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die("Alarm!\n") }; | |
alarm(60*28); # 28 minutes | |
read(FILE, $buf, 16); | |
alarm(0); | |
}; | |
if($@) | |
{ | |
printf("Restarting due to timeout\n"); | |
#system("totem --next"); | |
system("killall -15 mplayer"); | |
sleep(1); | |
system("killall -9 mplayer"); | |
sleep(1); | |
system($cmdline_start); | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
($time1, $time2, $type, $code, $value) = unpack("iissi", $buf); | |
printf("%f %05d %05d 0x%08x\n", $time1+$time2/1000000, $type, $code, $value); | |
if($code == 276 && $value == 1) # USER button pressed | |
{ | |
printf("Restarting due to USER button press\n"); | |
#system("totem --next"); | |
system("killall -15 mplayer"); | |
sleep(1); | |
system("killall -9 mplayer"); | |
sleep(1); | |
system($cmdline_start); | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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