- /* send ipc message to the daemon */
- retval = msgsnd(msgid, &message, size, 0);
- if (retval == -1) {
- dbg("error sending ipc message");
- goto exit;
+ memset(&saddr, 0x00, sizeof(saddr));
+ saddr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
+ strcpy(saddr.sun_path, UDEVD_SOCKET);
+
+ /* try to connect, if it fails start daemon */
+ retval = connect(sock, &saddr, sizeof(saddr));
+ if (retval != -1) {
+ goto send;
+ } else {
+ dbg("connect failed, try starting daemon...");
+ retval = start_daemon();
+ if (retval == 0) {
+ dbg("daemon started");
+ } else {
+ dbg("error starting daemon");
+ goto exit;
+ }