Which /etc/upstart process is responsible for the status bar?

wilsonchaney · 12-01-2022, 10:53 PM

Hi all,

The title is hopefully self-explanatory, but a little context just in case:

I'm working on something like this on a PW1. Basically I have a process I wrote that is launched via a config in `/etc/upstart`. The program simply generates a PNG file, and `eips` it to overwrite the entire screen contents every minute.

However, occasionally some other process will write some update to the status bar (probably updating the time or something) so it shows on top of the PNG, which is ugly.

Does anyone know which process is responsible for sending these updates to the screen? I'd like to `stop` it so only my PNG is shown on the screen. It's probably one of these but I didn't want to exhaustively check each one...

To be clear, by status bar, I mean this:

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NiLuJe · 12-02-2022, 02:09 AM

The only two process that should ever write to the framebuffer are awesome and pillow.

12-01-2022, 10:53 PM	#1
wilsonchaney Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Kindle PW1	Which /etc/upstart process is responsible for the status bar? Hi all, The title is hopefully self-explanatory, but a little context just in case: I'm working on something like this on a PW1. Basically I have a process I wrote that is launched via a config in `/etc/upstart`. The program simply generates a PNG file, and `eips` it to overwrite the entire screen contents every minute. However, occasionally some other process will write some update to the status bar (probably updating the time or something) so it shows on top of the PNG, which is ugly. Does anyone know which process is responsible for sending these updates to the screen? I'd like to `stop` it so only my PNG is shown on the screen. It's probably one of these but I didn't want to exhaustively check each one... To be clear, by status bar, I mean this:

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12-02-2022, 02:09 AM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	The only two process that should ever write to the framebuffer are awesome and pillow.

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