Check if Linux service is running before trying to start or stop it (#540)

this prevents needless prompts opening up

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/backend/decky_loader/localplatform/localplatformlinux.py b/backend/decky_loader/localplatform/localplatformlinux.py
index d5bea6ab..9bbb59a7 100644
--- a/backend/decky_loader/localplatform/localplatformlinux.py
+++ b/backend/decky_loader/localplatform/localplatformlinux.py
@@ -125,11 +125,19 @@ async def service_restart(service_name : str) -> bool:
     return res.returncode == 0
 
 async def service_stop(service_name : str) -> bool:
+    if not await service_active(service_name):
+        # Service isn't running. pretend we stopped it
+        return True
+
     cmd = ["systemctl", "stop", service_name]
     res = run(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
     return res.returncode == 0
 
 async def service_start(service_name : str) -> bool:
+    if await service_active(service_name):
+        # Service is running. pretend we started it
+        return True
+
     cmd = ["systemctl", "start", service_name]
     res = run(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
     return res.returncode == 0