From 12880b7e8442a19fbe2955fb23746166f8e0029a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flamin <username@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:39:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix ping timeout handling and ignore automake files

---
 .gitignore   |  3 +++
 src/main.cpp | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bfea486..0855f8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# automake related
+.dirstamp
+
 # Compiled Object files
 *.slo
 *.lo
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a805141..fd27df9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -162,9 +162,22 @@ void Main::loop(const string & device) {
 				}
 				commands.pop();
 			}
+			int retriesRemaining = 3;
 			while( running && !libcec_cond.timed_wait(libcec_lock, boost::posix_time::seconds(43)) )
 			{
-				running = cec.ping();
+				// Since libcec's CAdapterPingThread::Process() tries pinging 3 times before raising a
+				// connection lost alert, lets also make 3 attempts otherwise we'll stop running
+				// before our alert handling gets a chance to do its job
+				bool pinged = false;
+				if( retriesRemaining > 0 && !(pinged = cec.ping()) )
+				{
+					--retriesRemaining;
+					boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(CEC_DEFAULT_TRANSMIT_RETRY_WAIT));
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					running = pinged;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		while( running );