try to call socket io.connect() at right moment - it takes a while, so do not...

try to call socket io.connect() at right moment - it takes a while, so do not wait for make other things

debomatic-webui/public/javascripts/main.js

-var socket = io.connect('/');
+// main client javascript
 
 var preferences = new Preferences()
 
-var page_generic = new Page_Generic(socket)
-
-if (window.location.pathname == config.paths.distribution) {
-  new Page_Distrubion(socket).start()
-}
+var page_generic = new Page_Generic()
 
-else if (window.location.pathname == config.paths.preferences) {
+if (window.location.pathname == config.paths.preferences) {
   preferences.initPage()
 }
 
-else if (window.location.pathname == '/') {
+if (window.location.pathname == '/') {
   // convert email addresses in the right format
   var emails = $(".email")
   $.each(emails, function (){
@@ -24,4 +20,12 @@ else if (window.location.pathname == '/') {
     real_email = '<a href="mailto:' + real_email + subject + '">' + real_email + '</a>'
     $(this).html(real_email)
   })
+}
+
+var socket = io.connect('/');
+
+page_generic.start(socket)
+
+if (window.location.pathname == config.paths.distribution) {
+  new Page_Distrubion(socket).start()
 }
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debomatic-webui/public/javascripts/page_generic.js

-function Page_Generic(socket)
+function Page_Generic()
 {
   var _e = config.events
 
@@ -114,25 +114,27 @@ function Page_Generic(socket)
       window.document.title = config.title
   }
 
-  // update distributions
-  socket.on(_e.broadcast.distributions, function(socket_distributions) {
-    debug_socket("received", _e.broadcast.distributions, socket_distributions)
-    distributions.set(socket_distributions)
-  });
+  this.start = function (socket) {
+    // update distributions
+    socket.on(_e.broadcast.distributions, function(socket_distributions) {
+      debug_socket("received", _e.broadcast.distributions, socket_distributions)
+      distributions.set(socket_distributions)
+    });
 
-  socket.on(_e.client.status, function(packages_status) {
-    debug_socket("received", _e.client.status, packages_status)
-    status.set(packages_status)
-  })
+    socket.on(_e.client.status, function(packages_status) {
+      debug_socket("received", _e.client.status, packages_status)
+      status.set(packages_status)
+    })
 
-  socket.on(_e.broadcast.status_update, function(package_status) {
-    debug_socket("received", _e.broadcast.status_update, package_status)
-    status.update(package_status)
-  })
+    socket.on(_e.broadcast.status_update, function(package_status) {
+      debug_socket("received", _e.broadcast.status_update, package_status)
+      status.update(package_status)
+    })
 
-  socket.on(_e.error, function(error) {
-    console.error("socket > " + error)
-  })
+    socket.on(_e.error, function(error) {
+      console.error("socket > " + error)
+    })
+  }
 
   // select current page in navbar
   if (window.location.pathname != config.paths.distribution) {