explicitly stop statemachine threads

blinkenLights.py

@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ class Blinkenlights(ExceptionThread):
 		logger.debug('Starting LED on pin %s', self._pin)
 
 	def stop(self):
-		self._stopper.set()
+		if self.is_alive():
-		logger.debug('Stopping LED on pin %s', self._pin)
+			self._stopper.set()
+			logger.debug('Stopping LED on pin %s', self._pin)
 
 	def setCyclePeriod(self, cyclePeriod):
 		self._sleeptime = cyclePeriod/20/2

listeners.py

@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ class KeypadListener:
 		self._listener.start()
 		logger.debug('Started keypad listener')
 		
+	def stop(self):
+		try:
+			self._dev.ungrab()
+			self._dev = None
+			logger.debug('Released keypad device')
+		except IOError:
+			logger.error('Failed to release keypad device')
+		except AttributeError:
+			pass
+		
 	def resetBuffer(self):
 		self._stopResetCountdown
 		self._clearBuffer()
@@ -134,13 +144,7 @@ class KeypadListener:
 		self._buf = ''
 		
 	def __del__(self):
-		try:
+		self.stop()
-			self._dev.ungrab()
-			logger.debug('Released keypad device')
-		except IOError:
-			logger.error('Failed to release keypad device')
-		except AttributeError:
-			pass
 			
 class PipeListener(ExceptionThread):
 	'''
@@ -177,9 +181,13 @@ class PipeListener(ExceptionThread):
 		ExceptionThread.start(self)
 		logger.debug('Started pipe listener at path %s', self._path)
 		
-	def __del__(self):
+	def stop(self):
 		try:
 			os.remove(self._path)
+			logger.debug('Cleaned up pipe listener at path %s', self._path)
 		except FileNotFoundError:
 			pass
-		logger.debug('Cleaned up pipe listener at path %s', self._path)
+
+	def __del__(self):
+		self.stop()
+

soundLib.py

@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ class SoundLib:
 
 	def start(self):
 		self._startMonitor()
+		
+	def stop(self):
+		self._stopMonitor()
+		self._ttsSounds.clear()
+		# this sometimes casues "Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault"
+		mixer.quit()
 
 	def changeVolume(self, volumeDelta):
 		newVolume = self.volume + volumeDelta
@@ -194,7 +200,4 @@ class SoundLib:
 		logger.debug('Stopping TTS Queue Monitor')
 
 	def __del__(self):
-		self._stopMonitor()
+		self.stop()
-		self._ttsSounds.clear()
-		# this sometimes casues "Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault"
-		mixer.quit()

stateMachine.py

@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ class StateMachine:
 		self.currentState.entry()
 
 	def __exit__(self, exception_type, exception_value, traceback):
+		for i in ['LED', 'camera', 'fileDump', 'soundLib', 'secretListener', 'keypadListener']:
+			try:
+				getattr(self, i).stop()
+			except AttributeError:
+				pass
 		for i in ['LED', 'camera', 'fileDump', 'soundLib', 'secretListener', 'keypadListener']:
 			try:
 				getattr(self, i).__del__()