[Pyst-users] trouble with external command

[Michael B. <mbe...@gm...>]

I've tried using both os.system as well as subprocess.call to invoke an
external command that is not working for me.  It has something to do with
the command I am trying to run, which is squeezy, a command line interface
for logitech media center.

I've been able to use os.system as well as subprocess.call successfully in
an agi using other commands, but not squeezy.

I can get squeezy to work using both os.system as well as subprocess.call
in an external python script if I copy out the revelant chunk of code, but
it will not work in an agi.  It works in an external python script if I run
it as either root or asterisk, so I don't think it is a permissions issue...

If I try to run squeezy in the agi using subprocess.call or
subprocess.check_call, the python agi dies right there

if I use os.system, the command still doesn't run as expected, but the agi
continues normally.

I don't know how to capture any useful output since the agi dies if I try
to use subprocess.check_call.

I don't see any of the regular python error messages in my asterisk CLI
output, the only output I see I generate myself with agi.verbose

How can I get to what is happening in the agi?  Can the python
errors/output be redirected somewhere I can see them?  I have been
debugging my issues using external python scripts to test, but in this case
my issue goes away in the external script...

I would appreciate any advice :)

thank you very much to all for the wonderful piece of software, it is so
nice to be able to use python for agi scripts!