Maybe you are looking for g_timeout_add function http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add
Regards On 7/13/06, rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > imm trying to create a small window that shows me if a serice is running > and > displays a small icon that shows the status > i created this function that checks if a PID is there: > > gint check_samba(){ > gint smb_pid2; > gchar check_smb_cmd[512]; > sprintf(check_smb_cmd, "cat /var/run/samba/smbd.pid 2>/dev/null"); > //g_print("%s", check_smb_cmd); > smb_pid2 = system(check_smb_cmd); > //g_print("%s", smb_pid2); > return smb_pid2; > } > > the function is called here: > > gint smb_pid; > smb_pid=check_samba(); > //g_print("PID: %i", smb_pid); > //while(1){ > if(smb_pid > 0) > { > image1 = g_object_new(GTK_TYPE_IMAGE,"file", > "pics/ledgreen.png", > NULL); > }else{ > image1 = g_object_new(GTK_TYPE_IMAGE,"file", "pics/ledred.png", > NULL); > } > //} > > gtk_widget_show (image1); > > > So how can I check and if neccessary change the picture lets say every > each > 2 seconds? > I thought i could use an endless while loop, but that didnt worked. > Also the PID gets displayes when I call the function, but a g_print("PID: > %i", smb_pid); give me (null) > has been quite a while since i worked with C, so this may be a dump error > by > me. > > thx for your help > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list