@Chris -- I am aware that you're on the case, and definitely wasn't trying to undermine your efforts! No offense intended; just wanted to share what may be helpful to someone else--with the proper technical expertise! I understand that line formatting may be an issue--didn't actually know what the etiquette on Google groups is here, as this is my first contribution. I'd absolutely be open to testing. Feel free to reach out directly... Thanks for your efforts!
@ANYONE READING -- As Chris mentions, caveat emptor if you choose to use my script. I may have failed to make that clear enough in my first post... At any rate, unless you're completely comfortable with everything that I talked about in my original post, don't use this workaround. -Justin On Aug 9, 6:15 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > I would be careful about a few things here: > > 1) Lots of people on this list would not understand how to handle this > script > > 2) Line formatting may have been messed up when sending inline rather than > as an attachment > > Regardless, we're aware of the issue and there are lots of threads about > this. We're working on it. Would you be willing to test it for us? > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:52 PM, JY <[email protected]> wrote: > > I stumbled onto this group while trying to find a solution to HG > > crashing in Lion... I also noticed that it usually happens when the > > system wakes from sleep (e.g., when I open the lid). As a temporary > > workaround, I threw together a small quick script that checks to see > > if HG is running and tries to restart it if it's not. I invoke this > > every 5 minutes with cron. This minimizes my frustrations for the time > > being... Sharing below in hopes that it helps someone else until a > > permanent fix is provided > > > (I have also had issues with GrowlTunes crashing, so the script also > > checks that--you could easily remove the GT section if not needed.) > > > To use, copy the script below to a text file, save it to something > > like ghwatchdog.sh in your home directory. Then, add a crontab entry > > like: > > > */5 * * * * /path/to/ghwatchdog.sh > > > ...Of course, if you don't know how to create/edit crontab entries, > > you probably shouldn't use my workaround. But I digress. > > > -Justin > > > ********** BEGIN ghwatchdog.sh SCRIPT ********** > > > #!/bin/bash > > > # Watchdog script to run from cron to ensure that > > # HardwareGrowler and GrowlTunes helpers are running. > > > NOTIFY='/usr/local/bin/growlnotify' > > HG='/Applications/HardwareGrowler.app/Contents/MacOS/HardwareGrowler' > > GT='/Applications/GrowlTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/GrowlTunes' > > > if (ps -ax | grep $HG | grep -v grep > /dev/null 2>&1 ) ; then > > # Simply, if there's a process, then HardwareGrowler appears to be > > running--do nothing. > > # $NOTIFY -m 'ghwatchdog verified that HardwareGrowler is > > running.' > > ghwatchdog.sh > > : > > else > > # If there's NO process, HardwareGrowler ain't running--start it. > > $NOTIFY -m 'ghwatchdog ran and determined that > > HardwareGrowler > > appears to be DOWN; attempting to restart.' ghwatchdog.sh > > $HG & > > if (ps -ax | grep $HG | grep -v grep > /dev/null 2>&1 ) ; > > then > > # Check again to see if HardwareGrowler is running. > > $NOTIFY -s -m 'ghwatchdog successfully > > started HardwareGrowler.' > > ghwatchdog.sh > > else > > $NOTIFY -s -m 'ghwatchdog could not start > > HardwareGrowler; manual > > intervention may be required.' ghwatchdog.sh > > fi > > fi > > > if (ps -ax | grep $GT | grep -v grep > /dev/null 2>&1 ) ; then > > # Simply, if there's a process, then GrowlTunes appears to be running-- > > do nothing. > > # $NOTIFY -m 'ghwatchdog verified that GrowlTunes is > > running.' > > ghwatchdog.sh > > : > > else > > # If there's NO process, GrowlTunes ain't running--start it. > > $NOTIFY -m 'ghwatchdog ran and determined that GrowlTunes > > appears to > > be DOWN; attempting to restart.' ghwatchdog.sh > > $GT & > > if (ps -ax | grep $GT | grep -v grep > /dev/null 2>&1 ) ; > > then > > # Check again to see if GrowlTunes is running. > > $NOTIFY -s -m 'ghwatchdog successfully > > started GrowlTunes.' > > ghwatchdog.sh > > else > > $NOTIFY -s -m 'ghwatchdog could not start > > GrowlTunes; manual > > intervention may be required.' ghwatchdog.sh > > fi > > fi > > > ********** END ghwatchdog.sh SCRIPT ********** > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Growl Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
