#!/usr/bin/python import os import subprocess import signal from launcher import Launcher launcher = Launcher() try: # Kill gnome-panel in a way that it won't autorespawn pidof = subprocess.Popen(["/sbin/pidof", "gnome-panel"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) pids = pidof.communicate()[0].split() pidof.wait() devnull = open("/dev/null", "w") for pid in pids: subprocess.call(["gdb", "-batch-silent", "-ex", "call panel_session_do_not_restart()", "-ex", "call exit()", "-p", pid], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull) devnull.close() shell = launcher.start_shell() # Wait for shell to exit try: shell.wait() except KeyboardInterrupt, e: os.kill(shell.pid, signal.SIGKILL) shell.wait() finally: # Restart gnome-panel and window manager subprocess.Popen(["/usr/bin/metacity"]) subprocess.Popen(["/usr/bin/gnome-panel"])