Package: python Version: 2.4.4-2 I'm witnessing inexplicable effect when trying to deliver SIGKILL from a python script to running mplayer process.
The script: #!/usr/bin/python import subprocess import os import signal import time PATH_MPLAYER='/usr/bin/mplayer' cmdList = [PATH_MPLAYER, '/home/woodmood/tmp/delme.wav'] # proc = subprocess.Popen (cmdList) pid = os.spawnv (os.P_NOWAIT, PATH_MPLAYER, cmdList) time.sleep (5) # os.kill (proc.pid, signal.SIGTERM) os.kill (pid, signal.SIGKILL) os.wait() What happens when run from Konsole is that mplayer dies, *without* writing anything to the terminal and the script terminates and command prompt reappers. However, if I press any keys, nothing appears on the screen (confiriming by enter executes a command though). This is most probably an error in python because when I try running mplayer manually and then sending it signal using: $ kill -SIGKILL mplayer's_pid mplayer dies stating 'Killed' and terminal stays alive as it should. best regards, Ales Kozumplik
