Fixed breaks not being called and two other problems

safeeyes/plugins/healthstats/plugin.py

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ def init(ctx, safeeyes_config, plugin_config):
             'total_resets': 0,
         }
 
-        session = context['session']['plugin'].get('healthstats', {}) | defaults
+        # session = context['session']['plugin'].get('healthstats', {}) | defaults
+        session = context['session']['plugin'].get('healthstats', {}).copy()
+        session.update(defaults) # refactored to maintain compatibility with python3.8 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (dict | dict syntax was introduced in python3.9).
         if 'no_of_breaks' in session:
             # Ignore old format session.
             session = defaults

safeeyes/plugins/mediacontrol/plugin.py

@@ -23,12 +23,17 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import dbus
+import dbus.exceptions
 import re
 import gi
 from safeeyes.model import TrayAction
 gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
 from gi.repository import Gtk
 
+
+
+
+
 tray_icon_path = None
 
 
@@ -41,11 +46,18 @@ def __active_players():
 
     for service in bus.list_names():
         if re.match('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.', service):
-            player = bus.get_object(service, "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2")
-            interface = dbus.Interface(player, 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
-            status = str(interface.Get('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player', 'PlaybackStatus')).lower()
-            if status == "playing":
-                players.append(player)
+            try:
+                player = bus.get_object(service, "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2")
+                interface = dbus.Interface(player, 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
+                status = str(interface.Get('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player', 'PlaybackStatus')).lower()
+                if status == "playing":
+                    players.append(player)
+            except dbus.exceptions.DBusException as e:
+                # Purpose of this: The Chromium snap (at least on ubuntu 20.04 LTS) forbids SafeEyes from sending dbus messages to Chromium and we must catch that exception and ignore that particular player. If we don't, the the method and plugin fails and the break itself fails to be called. With this fix, only impossible-to-reach players are ignored and all else works.
+                # The specific exception is (dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied)
+                # We don't care about logging the error but maybe we should log it in debug mode:
+                logging.debug(f"DBusException: {e}")
+
     return players
 
 

safeeyes/plugins/smartpause/plugin.py

@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ def __start_idle_monitor():
                 smart_pause_activated = True
                 idle_start_time = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(seconds=system_idle_time)
                 logging.info('Pause Safe Eyes due to system idle')
-                disable_safeeyes(None, True)
+                info = _('Paused Safe Eyes due to system being idle')
+                self.disable_safeeyes(info)
             elif system_idle_time < idle_time and context['state'] == State.RESTING and idle_start_time is not None:
                 logging.info('Resume Safe Eyes due to user activity')
                 smart_pause_activated = False