'kodi-send' in Script doesn't work when executed from Power menu

Hi there.

Got another issue...

I have a simple bash script that works when added as a menu item to a regular submenu, e.g. Settings. The script is executed as 'custom command' with System.Exec(). If I instead create the menu item calling the script in the "Power" menu, it does not work.

This is the script:

#!/bin/bash

# Check if anything gets downloaded and prevent shutdown
# Set this script in Kodi's Power menu with "System.Exec()"

if [ -e /tmp/downloadflag ] ; then
        kodi-send --action="Notification(Download in progress,Shutdown aborted!,20000)"
else
        kodi-send --action=Powerdown
fi

If I insert a touch ~/EXECUTED before the kodi-send line, that file gets created alright, so the script does get called. It seems like it's really the "kodi-send" that doesn't work.

Any ideas why that may be?

Thanks!

You misunderstood. There's actual weirdness happening...

There's no shutdown progress going on. I just replaced the "Shutdown" item of the Power menu (that normally calls the kodi build-in "Powerdown()") with a System.Exec() call of the above script. No shutdown is initiated.

My script just determines if there are downloads queued (my sytem generates a file /tmp/downloadflag when that's the case). If there are, kodi is made to show a notification, otherwise the regular kodi command to Powerdown() is triggered.

If I execute this script when logged in via SSH, it works as expected. If I System.Exec() that script from a normal menu in Kodi, it works, too. Only if I System.Exec() from the "Power" menu it does not work.

Weird.

OK, here's the log: http://0x0.st/opx_.log

I boot up, call the Power menu with a keypress on my remote control and select "Shutdown" from the menu. This does System.Exec() the above script.

That said, it appears to me that Da Flex is right. From the log it looks like after invoking "Shutdown", kodi is kinda "un-pausing", doing HW inits etc.

Also, with a trick I can make my scripts work: I just sleep for 2 seconds before sending the kodi-send commands, which is enough for Kodi to be attentive again and react to those commands. For that to work, the script has to immediately return and do the sleeping in the background. For that I moved everything into a function.

That's the working script:

#!/bin/bash

# Check if anything gets downloaded and prevent shutdown
# Set this script in Kodi's Power menu with "System.Exec()"

action() {
    # Make sure kodi is running after being stopped by the Power menu
    sleep 2

    if [ -e /tmp/downloadflag ] ; then
        echo "Download in progress. Shutdown aborted!"
        kodi-send --action="Notification(Download in progress,Shutdown aborted!,20000)"
    else
        echo "Shutdown!"
        kodi-send --action=Powerdown
    fi
}

action &

Though it's working, I'd be willing to experiement further, if you guys come up with things to try...

Thanks so far!