Merge pull request #83 from Tiramisioux/codex/fix-alsaloop-message-spamming

Limit autostart journal spam

Author: Tiramisioux

docs/system-services.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Responsible for autostart of Cinemate on boot. By default, it is turned off on t
 
 Starting in v3.2 the service now waits for the camera sensor to come online before launching the UI. The helper script `/usr/local/bin/camera-ready.sh` polls `cinepi-raw --list-cameras` for up to 30 seconds and logs progress to the systemd journal so Cinemate does not start with a black screen if the IMX sensor is still initialising.
 
+To keep `journalctl -fu cinemate-autostart` readable when ALSA reports noisy underruns, the unit rate-limits log output (see `LogRateLimitIntervalSec` and `LogRateLimitBurst` in the service file). Adjust those values if you need more or less verbosity.
+
 ### Starting, stopping, enabling and disabling the service
 
 Go to the Cinemate folder:
@@ -74,4 +76,4 @@ make disable
 
 !!! note
 
-      While evaluating, it might be practical to have the Pi connect to your local wifi for easy access (`sudo raspi-config`). Therefore, on the image file, the wifi-hotspot.service is **not** activated by default. Cinemate will still stream its web interface on the available netowrk. You can read more [here](hotspot-logic.md)
+      While evaluating, it might be practical to have the Pi connect to your local wifi for easy access (`sudo raspi-config`). Therefore, on the image file, the wifi-hotspot.service is **not** activated by default. Cinemate will still stream its web interface on the available netowrk. You can read more [here](hotspot-logic.md)

services/cinemate-autostart/cinemate-autostart.service

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ ExecStart=/home/pi/.cinemate-env/bin/python3 /home/pi/cinemate/src/main.py
 WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/cinemate
 User=pi
 Group=pi
+SyslogIdentifier=cinemate-autostart
+LogRateLimitIntervalSec=30s
+LogRateLimitBurst=20
 TimeoutStopSec=5
 KillSignal=SIGINT