From 5419c48b9bb231185e9bc6d1fb8298c50de632a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thetechprepper <info@thetechprepper.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:59:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] modem73 - Added support for force killing modem73 on
 application exit

---
 overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum b/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum
index 4c53d18..576d60e 100755
--- a/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum
+++ b/overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-reticulum
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Author  : Gaston Gonzalez
 # Date    : 12 May 2026
-# Updated : 28 June 2026
+# Updated : 30 June 2026
 # Purpose : Wrapper script for starting Reticulum with PnP support
 #
 # Preconditions:
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 # 1. Reticulum configuration updated
 # 2. Optional modem started
 # 3. Reticulum started
+
+# The current version of modem73 does not alway exit.
+cleanup() {
+    pkill -9 modem73 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
+
 . /opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-common
 
 # Ensure that no other modes are running