LinHES-system: msg_daemon.py fix init and nasty bug related to timeout.

In a nutshell timeout wouldn't work unless a msg without a timeout was called first.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/abs/core/LinHES-system/msg_daemon.py b/abs/core/LinHES-system/msg_daemon.py
index 8601075..cd0465b 100755
--- a/abs/core/LinHES-system/msg_daemon.py
+++ b/abs/core/LinHES-system/msg_daemon.py
@@ -272,16 +272,18 @@ class msg_queue_runner(threading.Thread):
 
   def run(self):
     while True:
+        display_time = None
         try:
             msgdict = self.msg_queue.get_msg()
             style = self.get_current_style()
             if msgdict['timeout'] == None:
                 display_time = 3
-
+            else:
+                display_time = msgdict['timeout']
             # display message here
             msgtext = msgdict['msg']
             if style == "enhanced":
-                display_time = display_time * 1000
+                display_time = int(display_time) * 1000
                 self.p = multiprocessing.Process(target=self.out_msg.display, args=(msgtext,display_time))
                 self.p.start()
                 self.p.join()