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Walker Service Restart Script - Fix for Omarchy issue #2089
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # | |
| # Walker Service Restart Script | |
| # Addresses: https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/issues/2089 | |
| # | |
| # This script kills and restarts the Walker service which powers | |
| # the Omarchy application launcher when it becomes unresponsive. | |
| set -e | |
| echo "🔍 Checking for Walker process..." | |
| # Find Walker process ID | |
| WALKER_PID=$(pgrep -x walker || true) | |
| if [ -z "$WALKER_PID" ]; then | |
| echo "⚠️ Walker is not running" | |
| echo "🚀 Starting Walker..." | |
| /usr/bin/walker --gapplication-service & | |
| echo "✅ Walker started successfully (PID: $!)" | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| echo "📍 Found Walker process (PID: $WALKER_PID)" | |
| echo "🛑 Killing Walker process..." | |
| # Kill the process gracefully first | |
| kill "$WALKER_PID" 2>/dev/null || true | |
| # Wait up to 5 seconds for graceful shutdown | |
| for i in {1..5}; do | |
| if ! ps -p "$WALKER_PID" > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| echo "✅ Walker stopped gracefully" | |
| break | |
| fi | |
| sleep 1 | |
| done | |
| # Force kill if still running | |
| if ps -p "$WALKER_PID" > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| echo "⚡ Force killing Walker..." | |
| kill -9 "$WALKER_PID" 2>/dev/null || true | |
| sleep 1 | |
| fi | |
| echo "🚀 Restarting Walker..." | |
| /usr/bin/walker --gapplication-service & | |
| NEW_PID=$! | |
| sleep 1 | |
| if ps -p "$NEW_PID" > /dev/null 2>&1; then | |
| echo "✅ Walker restarted successfully (PID: $NEW_PID)" | |
| else | |
| echo "❌ Failed to restart Walker" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi |
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