From 583cafc947f0c3ede92657bd14e843e7a74d998c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wattygetlood <61716739+wattygetlood@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:23:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Avoid loading posix unlinker, use shm bytes size

---
 piker/data/_sharedmem.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/piker/data/_sharedmem.py b/piker/data/_sharedmem.py
index fb442d7c..3dc8de89 100644
--- a/piker/data/_sharedmem.py
+++ b/piker/data/_sharedmem.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ from sys import byteorder
 from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
 from multiprocessing.shared_memory import SharedMemory, _USE_POSIX
 from multiprocessing import resource_tracker as mantracker
-from _posixshmem import shm_unlink
+
+if _USE_POSIX:
+    from _posixshmem import shm_unlink
 
 import tractor
 import numpy as np
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ class SharedInt:
 
     @value.setter
     def value(self, value) -> None:
-        self._shm.buf[:] = value.to_bytes(4, byteorder)
+        self._shm.buf[:] = value.to_bytes(self._shm.size, byteorder)
 
     def destroy(self) -> None:
         if _USE_POSIX:

From c39c4f11dbac338c2fc46e743150fec1c5e699d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wattygetlood <61716739+wattygetlood@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:24:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Forcinng trio spawner seems to work?

---
 piker/ui/_exec.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/piker/ui/_exec.py b/piker/ui/_exec.py
index eb0d662c..68611334 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_exec.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_exec.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ def run_qtractor(
                 tractor._root._default_arbiter_port,
             ),
             name='qtractor',
+            start_method='trio',
             **tractor_kwargs,
         ):
             await func(*((widgets,) + args))