kbtest resets connections after timeout

screenless/bureau/kbtest.py

@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
+import time
+
 import zmq
 
 ctx = zmq.Context()
-send = ctx.socket(zmq.PUB)
-send.connect("tcp://localhost:10100")
 
 while True:
     msg = input("> ")
-    send.send_string(msg)
+    send = ctx.socket(zmq.REQ)
+    send.connect("ipc://.screenless/" + msg[0:2] + ".ipc")
+    send.send_string(msg[2:])
+    print("sending ", msg[2:])
+    ret = None
+    trys = 0
+    while (not ret) and (trys < 10):
+        try:
+            ret = send.recv(flags=zmq.NOBLOCK)
+            print("got", ret)
+        except zmq.ZMQError:
+            trys += 1
+            time.sleep(0.05)
+    if not ret:
+        print("Error: timeout after 0.5 sec")
+        send.close()