Linux and Python scripts, help needed

[Pedro Rodriguez]

"Ron Stephens" <rdsteph at earthlink.net> wrote:

> So this morning at 4:30 AM I sat up and ran a "top" process from the
> Bash shell, that shows all
> running processes. Sure enough, at exactly 4:30 AM, a new Python process
> was spawned. The new
> Python process was matched with a new entry in the cron log file of the
> mygale.py program being
> called.
> 
> 
Seems we have another 'Courageous' here ;) At least, it proves that your
cron setup is OK.

> I watched carefully, and the mygale.py process lasted for about 30
> seconds and then disappeared from
> the "top" screen. I assume it terminated normally. Except that when I
> run the mygale.py get all script
> manually  in the BASH shell, it takes about two minutes to complete.
> This is the only sign of any
> problem, but still no error messages are generated anywhere I can find.
> 
> 
Call me stupid, but if I had to do this on my machine, I will need to
startup my dialup connexion first, and ensure that the connection is ok
prior starting anything. But maybe you have a permanent connection.

Some hints :
- did the same script runs fine when runned manualy at the same hour ?
  (thinking that the sites you access may be down for backup for example)
- do you set up something special when you login manualy (like
  environment variables required for your scripts) ? If you set up
  variables in .bash_profile they won't be available to your scripts.

> By the way, shouldn't it be possible to cut and paste from the BASH
> shell to a text editor? It would save me a lot of typing ;-))))
> 
> The clipboard in general is a frustration; I can't yet make it work
> properly in many situations. Is it me or does the KDE clipboard lack a
> lot of functionality compared to Windows clipboard? I can't even copy
> and paste from K-EDIT, nor K-WORD, to Netscape Composer. Oh, well.
> 
> 
Works fine to me. But, I did notice the following thing : 
- run netscape composer
- run kedit
- type something in kedit
- select it and copy it (Menu:Edit/Copy) 
- go back in netscape composer
- paste is not available in Edit menu... 
- ... but middle button click works fine (X11 Paste)

> One last frustration: Linux does hang, at least to the point that this
> newbie can't recover from it. My
> box hung when I tried to open a web presentation by Guido van Rossum
> about Python Conference 10
> using K Presenter.  I could not even open a console nor close the
> offending KDE shell to get back to a
> command line. The box also hangs when I try to print using cups on my HP
> T45 printer. (I wish I could
> use my printer.) My downloaded Open Office also hangs my computer just
> by trying to open it.
> 
Same problem with kpresenter. The system start swapping and its very
difficult (well almost impossible) to take control back. Even an old
powerpoint viewer runned with wine wasn't able to open it.

Regards,
-- 

Pedro