On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:07:21 -0700 stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:41:22 -0500
> Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The reason I need this is because the Cisco icon (that I need for VPN
> > because of required third-party 2FA) is very tiny and almost
> > impossible to see. It is time-consuming and distracting to constantly
> > have to hover over the icon to see whether it says Connected and
> > Disconnected.
> >
> > So, I am thinking of a small script that will check every second
> > (say) if VPN is on or off and then display accordingly. The script
> > part, I think I can write on my own. It is what th script will
> > do/call that i am having trouble with. So any suggestions as to what
> > I could do.
>
> Ed gave you the way to find out if it is connected. I found this on
> the web and use it as a quick timer when I want to be notified after a
> period of time. Start it from an xterm. It appears in whatever window
> you are currently working in. You should be able to trigger it with your
> logic. Hard to miss. Try it.
>
> sleep 1s && date && xterm -bg red -fg yellow -g 80x40
So, I was able to hack out a python script (I don't really know python) which does the blinking red. Blinking green is trivial after this. Here is the script (below). I am now thinking of writing the whole thing in python as a single script. Btw, how do I put this "window/indicator" into the system tray?
Thanks for the help and suggestions!
Best wishes,
Ranjan
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pygame
import time
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLUE = ( 0, 0, 255)
GREEN = ( 0, 255, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
TEXTCOLOR = ( 0, 0, 0)
(width, height) = (40, 40)
running = True
background_color = WHITE
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((width, height))
pygame.display.set_caption("VPN-Status")
screen.fill(background_color)
pygame.display.update()
while running:
pygame.draw.circle(screen, RED, (20, 20), 20)
pygame.display.update()
time.sleep(0.25)
pygame.draw.circle(screen, WHITE, (20, 20), 20)
pygame.display.update()
time.sleep(0.25)
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