From d976af7f5ac40ad0b3056103b1cc6ce978919bc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ebbe=20Ba=C3=9F?= <ebbe.bass>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 01:28:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added multiprocessing+
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Signed-off-by: Ebbe Baß <ebbe.bass>
---
 server/app.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index c483136..1ca5b9e 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from getmac import get_mac_address
 import time
 import sys
 from multiprocessing import Process, Value
+import multiprocessing
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ def tube_index_updater(shared_mem):
         time.sleep(5)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    tube_index_smem = Value(None)
+    multiprocessing.set_start_method("fork")
+    tube_index_smem = Value("tube_index", "placeholder")
     ti_updater_thread = Process(target=tube_index_updater, args=(tube_index_smem))
     ti_updater_thread.start()
     time.sleep(1)