• Registered: 2008-01-06
  • Posts: 28

Topic: Get a widget to load new copy..

Is there some way to force the Chumby to load a new copy of a widget?

I am working on testing a widget and it seems to be unpredictable when the new copy gets downloaded to the Chumby.  I've tried changing the channel to one with different widgets, even tried creating a new channel with the test widget in it.

Is there some way to clear the cache and force the load?

Thanks...

  • Registered: 2008-01-11
  • Posts: 8

Re: Get a widget to load new copy..

I've been doing this by stopping the control panel and restarting it via sshd each time.

  • Duane
  • Duane
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  • From: San Diego, CA
  • Registered: 2006-08-24
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Re: Get a widget to load new copy..

Yeah, you have to restart the Flash Player with the Control Panel.  From a console:

# stop_control_panel
# start_control_panel

The reason you need to do this is that the Flash Player includes an HTTP cache, and the chumby server sends a Cache-Control header for several hours for widgets.

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