On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:48 PM, JY <[email protected]> wrote: > @Chris -- I am aware that you're on the case, and definitely wasn't > trying to undermine your efforts!
It wasn't taken that way, just wanted to make sure that everyone reading this thread understood it. > No offense intended; None taken > 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! > Ya, I don't know if it's really an issue or not. Unfortunately google groups has removed the files section or I'd tell you to just upload the script there. I really do appreciate the fact you took the time to do this and then share it. > > @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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. 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