Hi, i have written programs in python before but it seems that when i try running some on my DB 8000 it doesn't like some of the functions in which i am using. I tried to create a simple ping plugin for my own testing use and it works when i try it on winpython but when i put it onto the dreambox it comes up with a blue screen everytime i run that part of the plugin.

Basically everytime the user presses the blue button the following is to be called:
(the code below actually does get called)

def ping(self):
import subprocess


host = "www.google.com"


ping = subprocess.Popen(
	["ping", host],
	stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
	stderr = subprocess.PIPE
)


out, error = ping.communicate()
print out

Ok excuse the bad indentation there, the file is properly indented but that is what is called when the blue button is pressed. If i remove that code from my plugin, the plugin will compile and load properly on the dreambox, so why does my ping code not work? Does the dreambox not like import subprocesses or something? If not how could i go about doing a basic ping example on a dreambox? I'll have to get used to knowing which functions work on a dreambox and which don't from my normal way of programming within the language.

Thanks

ok i am struggling to get what is going on there with that container, i am assuming that econsole allows you to display a console window inside a container, is this correct? I then assume i type the commands i wish to use within this window and then they execute yes?

I saw a testplugin of a file browser, i am assuming that i can look at this and change the code for the dir command for a ping command or something. This is just for my practice, it's so i can get used to how enigma2 works from general linux programming.

ok it says in the crash log that no module is called subprocess, but when i run it on windows or linux it shows that they is a module called sub process. Do you think it could be to do with the version of python in which i am using? Here i use python 2.6, any idea why that code works on a pc but not dream? Is they a list of modules which work on dreambox anywhere?

Anyways here is the relivent part to what the crashlog tells me:

action ->  ColorActions blue
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components/ActionMap.py", line 46, in action
	res = self.actions[action]()
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/Testing/plugin.py", line 417, in ping
	import subprocess
ImportError: No module named subprocess

thanks man, i'll look into how that works. I sent you a pm by the way which you may find interesting.