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geekmaster · 06-14-2013, 10:26 AM

To prevent restarting, you can just pause and resume it like I did in the shell script in this post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...71#post2081471
Excerpt:

Code:

killall -STOP Xorg cvm # pause framework
initvar # init global vars
sigcap # signature vector capture
killall -CONT cvm Xorg # resume framework

That stops the desktop from interfering with your app, but will not free up memory (which would require more advanced methods).

You can call the statements highlighted in red with C system() function calls (or equivalent for your choice of programming language).

Question: Does this method still work on the PW? It should, because it worked on the K5, and they both run version 5 firmware...

06-14-2013, 10:26 AM	#6
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	To prevent restarting, you can just pause and resume it like I did in the shell script in this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...71#post2081471 Excerpt: Code: killall -STOP Xorg cvm # pause framework initvar # init global vars sigcap # signature vector capture killall -CONT cvm Xorg # resume framework That stops the desktop from interfering with your app, but will not free up memory (which would require more advanced methods). You can call the statements highlighted in red with C system() function calls (or equivalent for your choice of programming language). Question: Does this method still work on the PW? It should, because it worked on the K5, and they both run version 5 firmware... Last edited by geekmaster; 06-14-2013 at 11:33 AM.