[Tilesathome] Client Stability

[Dirk-Lüder Kreie]

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Matthias Julius schrieb:
> Jason Reid <osm at bowvalleytechnologies.com> writes:
> 
>> The other option is to 'chattr +i ~/.inkscape/preferences.xml' which 
>> makes the file immutable, and as such it can't become corrupted. Biggest 
>> problem here is that chattr has to be run from root under most systems, 
>> though I wouldn't think this would be too large an obstacle until a 
>> better solution is implemented.
> 
> For my client I use a special login and $HOME directory so all the t at h
> stuff is kept separately. Then, after having had the inkscape issue a
> couple of times I set the preferences file read only (chmod u-w
> ~/.inkscape/preferences.xml). And to be able to log off I let the
> client run inside a screen session.
> 
> In the case of a unresponsive API (or tah server) the client should
> retry in larger intervals instead of dying.

The client should do a lot of things, amongst others have a config
option to handle the inkscape preferences problem (maybe even create a
backup that gets auto-restored)

Also this timeout should be implemented.

Patches welcome.

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Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie
Bremen - 53.0952°N 8.8652°E

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