Author: dmeyer
Date: Sun Apr 29 09:35:39 2007
New Revision: 2661
Modified:
trunk/beacon/src/__init__.py
Log:
give better info when something is wrong on connect
Modified: trunk/beacon/src/__init__.py
==============================================================================
--- trunk/beacon/src/__init__.py (original)
+++ trunk/beacon/src/__init__.py Sun Apr 29 09:35:39 2007
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@
# signals of the client, only valid after calling connect()
signals = {}
+debugging = """
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The system was unable to connect to beacon. Please check if the beacon
+server is running properly. If beacon processes exist, please kill them.
+Start beacon in an extra shell for better debugging. Start beacon with
+beacon --start --verbose all --fg
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""
+
def connect():
"""
Connect to the beacon. A beacon server must be running. This function will
@@ -73,7 +82,13 @@
return _client
_client = Client()
- thumbnail.connect()
+ try:
+ thumbnail.connect()
+ except RuntimeError:
+ # It was possible to connect to the beacon server but not
+ # to the thumbnailer. Something is very wrong.
+ log.error('unable to connect to beacon %s', debugging)
+ raise RuntimeError('Unable to connect to beacon')
signals = _client.signals
log.info('beacon connected')
return _client
@@ -94,7 +109,9 @@
cmd = 'beacon --start --verbose=%s' % verbose
if autoshutdown:
cmd += ' --autoshutdown'
- os.system(cmd)
+ if os.system(cmd):
+ log.error('unable to connect to beacon %s', debugging)
+ raise RuntimeError('Unable to connect to beacon')
return connect()
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