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bluebeetle
10-07-2005, 02:34 PM
Will this work with software version 7.2?
I didn't want to have to read through all 17 pages to see if someone already asked... sorry. :)
BTUx9
10-07-2005, 04:10 PM
Interesting point, though: Ive noticed my TiVo reboots into read/write mode each time. I have to manually set read-only upon each restart.
Hackman defaults to setting root r/w whenever TWP is run
salvatore
10-07-2005, 04:23 PM
Is this good/bad/worth any more attention?
goony
10-07-2005, 06:39 PM
I just hacked two V6.2 S2 DirecTivos and installed V2.3 of the rbautch tweak script - all went well.
I'm having trouble using the 'merge' TWP module: When I attempt to manipulate the order of the merge candidates (in the Merge Order window) by highlighting a show and then using one of the UP, DOWN, TOP, BOTTOM buttons it doesn't do anything to change the show position.
If I go ahead with the merge it still produces the 'multipart' item in the playlist and seems to work fine.
Any idea what is wrong? I tried from two different desktops at home and tried with both IE and FireFox browsers.
Thanks!
rbautch
10-07-2005, 09:17 PM
Will this work with software version 7.2?
I didn't want to have to read through all 17 pages to see if someone already asked... sorry. :)Yes, it will.
rbautch
10-08-2005, 09:54 PM
I'm testing some new features for the enhancement script. The attached script will install an application called "netperf" that tests the network performance between your tivos (i.e. MRV transfer speed). It creates an alias, so you only have to type the word "speed" as bash to run the test. The script also checks your network settings, checks if IP params are set in MFS, and prompts you to add them if they're not. If you'd like to help me test these scripts, unzip and FTP them to your /enhancements directory. Then run netperf.sh and reboot. Obviously, you need to run it on at least two tivos that are networked. I promise this is a non-destructive test. ;)
Dirac
10-08-2005, 10:58 PM
One is stuck at Welcome... Powering Up. The other seems to have installed without incident, but I cannot test the script without two working TiVos. I am not brave enough now to try this script on my "main" TiVo. Will take a while to get back up and running.
On both TiVos (one wired, one wireless with WEP, both static IP), your script correctly identified my network parameters.
EDIT: This isn't the first time I've had to rebuild after installing a script and rebooting... I'm going to try SpinRite on the drive to see if there is a more basic problem. I don't think this one's your fault. :D
mfrankl6
10-09-2005, 11:29 AM
After installing tweak script I was unable to access tivo web page. Tried to reinstall but it keeps telling me to uninstall first. Whenever I replace the file via ftp it continues to tell me to uninstall before running the script???
rbautch
10-09-2005, 12:05 PM
After installing tweak script I was unable to access tivo web page. You mean www.tivo.com or Tivowebplus? Have to reboot first to start TWP.
Tried to reinstall but it keeps telling me to uninstall first. Whenever I replace the file via ftp it continues to tell me to uninstall before running the script???You can't run the script multiple times without uninstalling first - which means running the uninstall script, not just replacing the files. If you run it multiple times, your backup files (like rc.sysinit.author) will get overidden, and you'll get multiple instances of startup commands in your author file. If tweak.sh dectects the presence of the /enhancements directory, it won't run.
If you really want to run the script multiple times, delete the enhancements directory first.
mfrankl6
10-09-2005, 12:46 PM
Thanks for the immediate response I mean tivowebplus. If I delete the enhancements directory will it not still look for it. This is where it is expecting the file to be right.
rbautch
10-09-2005, 01:48 PM
Your best bet is to run tweak-uninstall.sh from bash, which will erase everything that the script installed. Then reinstall the script.
mfrankl6
10-09-2005, 07:47 PM
rbautch I appreciate any advice you can give to me the last few hours have been every bit of frustrating I was hoping to improve my tivo experience with this tweak and now I can't connect to tivowebplus at all. Reading through a few forums I came up empty. What file could I have deleted with the tweak-uninstall.sh that directly effects my ability to connect? Also being able to connect callerid with a vonage router.
rbautch
10-09-2005, 10:15 PM
By "not able to connect", do you mean that you can't start Tivowebplus, or you can't connect via telnet? Running the uninstall script uninstalls Tivowebplus, but only if it was installed by the script. If you still have a telnet connection, run the main script again, and then reboot.
mfrankl6
10-10-2005, 01:25 AM
Telnet is working fine it is tivowebplus which is not working at all. Entered my ip address in the explorer window and page cannot be displayed. I will try to re-install the main script again.
MisterEd
10-10-2005, 07:51 PM
I have not installed this script yet. I already have the following installed and working fine on my HR10-250:
Telnet, FTP and the usual binaries
Joe Editor
Tivoweb Plus
Elseed
EndpadPlus
Do I need to remove all this before installing this script?
rbautch
10-10-2005, 09:16 PM
I have not installed this script yet. I already have the following installed and working fine on my HR10-250:
Telnet, FTP and the usual binaries
Joe Editor
Tivoweb Plus
Elseed
EndpadPlus
Do I need to remove all this before installing this script?No you don't have to remove any of those. If you would like to replace your TWP installation with mine (which has some extra modules and tweaks), just delete your TWP folder and any related startup commands in the author file before running the script. If you can hold out for a few days, I'll post an updated version that fixes the replacement splash screen for the HR10-250 (and all 3.x tivos). The current version won't hurt anything, it just won't replace the splash screen.
willardcpa
10-10-2005, 10:30 PM
rbautch, first of all thanks for the good work on the script. I have been reading along since you first put it up. I'm a cautious sort and always hold off and see what experiences others have before I jump in. Well I jumped in Saturday and installed your script on one of my three series 2s (remember I'm cautious, the other two will get hit later ;) ). Looks like the cron reboots my tivo at 3am monday morning.
Now my question, the last "successful call" was Sunday at 9:20pm, which according to your "read me" the reboot would have reset the last successful call indicator. But right now (before the monday evening fakecall) it says that the next scheduled call is Oct 16 Sunday at 8:37. So it looks like the next attempt is set for a little less than a week (I have noticed in the past that they were eight days). Now, I'm a little worried, will the box try to call home next sunday at 8:37? Since this is before the next schedule reboot at Monday at 3am? Or is this just an anomaly of my first period of time using the script and eventually it will fit (so I can plug in the phone and enjoy caller id).
Thanks in advance for your excellent work on the script and even more excellent support and updating of it.
edited to add: I may be misunderstanding your comment "fakecall doesn't update mfs entries without a reboot". I'm reading it to say that the reboot set it up in my case such that the tivo will try to call home on the "next scheduled" time that was scheduled when it rebooted - which in my case above will be next Sunday at 8:37.
rbautch
10-10-2005, 11:39 PM
Glad you finally took the plunge! I haven't messed with fakecall in awhile, but IIRC using fakecall/reboot used to set the next scheduled call about 10 days out. I notice now on all my tivos that it's only 7 days out just like you. If this behavior continues, I'll bump up the reboots to twice/week in the crontab of future script versions. Since cron runs fakecall every night, a quick fix is to just reboot sometime between now and Saturday. Or you can edit this line in your crontab:echo '25 9 * * 1 reboot; echo "`date` SCHEDULED REBOOT" to this: echo '25 9 * * 1,4 reboot; echo "`date` SCHEDULED REBOOT"edited to add: I may be misunderstanding your comment "fakecall doesn't update mfs entries without a reboot". I'm reading it to say that the reboot set it up in my case such that the tivo will try to call home on the "next scheduled" time that was scheduled when it rebooted - which in my case above will be next Sunday at 8:37.True. Fakecall alone won't reset the "next scheduled call", which is an MFS entry that only gets updated upon reboot.
willardcpa
10-11-2005, 12:33 AM
Or you can edit this line in your crontab:Well, now I've been "outed". :eek: The biggest reason that I just have to stand back and watch everybody else for two months plus is that I don't know how to do things like that. I looked around the tivo with FTP and couldn't even find the crontab, let alone know how to edit it if and when I did find it. :(
Guess I'll just stand back and watch, hoping that either somebody will offer to walk me through it. Or that you will offer a patch to solve the problem, as I would assume that the way it looks now maybe everybody that uses it (hoping to be able to leave their phone plugged in) is in for a very unpleasant surprise unless some changes are made to the rebooting frequency. ;)
rbautch
10-11-2005, 12:53 AM
The crontab is a file named root, located in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root. It's a file that signals cron when to do things. To make for easy editing, the script installs an alias for a command that opens the crontab for editing. So, just type "root" at bash, and it will open up the crontab in vi.
willardcpa
10-11-2005, 02:04 AM
Thanks, I got r done. Even had to figure out how to get the "edit" feature of vi figured out (insert key). And then had to figure out how to exit vi and save the changes. Got it done - took over an hour and about four different tries. I've probably hit thumbs down on my remote well over a dozen times today. Now to wait 3 more days to watch the results.
Again, thanks for the help.
And hopefully, this intercourse will assist others in making the change so they too can safely plug in their phone wire.
rbautch
10-11-2005, 02:10 AM
Gotta love vi. So intuitive.
Lopey
10-11-2005, 07:58 PM
I had some problems with the usb drivers on one of my tivo's. I've pulled the drive after having difficulties getting a bash prompt through a serial cable, but that's a different problem for a different day. I want to load the drivers manually. How do I load them, and how do I know which drivers to load?
After doing some research on the Tivo that isn't working.. I found that there is no files in the /lib/modules directory.. just another directory called 2.4.4 which has a number of files and 2 directories.. 1 called pcmcia and another called kernel. I don't see any of this on my other tivo, which is working properly. Anyone have ideas? if I copy all the files out of the modules folder in my good tivo and copy them to the tivo that doesn't work, will it work?
rbautch
10-11-2005, 08:52 PM
If I copy all the files out of the modules folder in my good tivo and copy them to the tivo that doesn't work, will it work?This will work. There should also be a /lib/modules/backups-orig directory that contains your original drivers. Also check to see if there is an archive called drivers2.4.4.tgz in your lib/modules directory. That archive contains the usb 2.0 drivers. Maybe it didn't get unpacked for some reason? Did you get any errors during the installation?
ThePhantom
10-12-2005, 07:07 AM
Gotta love vi. So intuitive.
Good observation :-) Perhaps you should consider putting a Nano installation in your script. I've thrown it on my 3 Tivos, as I got sick of struggling with vi (which stands for Virtually Impossible, BTW) to do basic edits...
mfrankl6
10-12-2005, 07:12 AM
rbautch I am still having some issues maybe the following error message can help you show me where I screwed up.
bash-2.02# cd /var
bash-2.02# tweak.sh
: command not found
: command not found
.//tweak.sh: line 27: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'
'//tweak.sh: line 27: ` elif [ "$tivoapp" = "e" ]; then
bash-2.02#
Lopey
10-12-2005, 09:06 AM
rbautch I am still having some issues maybe the following error message can help you show me where I screwed up.
bash-2.02# cd /var
bash-2.02# tweak.sh
: command not found
: command not found
.//tweak.sh: line 27: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'
'//tweak.sh: line 27: ` elif [ "$tivoapp" = "e" ]; then
bash-2.02#
The actual command is
sh tweak.sh
I don't know if there is something else wrong, but try that first.
Gunnyman
10-12-2005, 09:10 AM
Good observation :-) Perhaps you should consider putting a Nano installation in your script. I've thrown it on my 3 Tivos, as I got sick of struggling with vi (which stands for Virtually Impossible, BTW) to do basic edits...
I just edit scripts and stuff from my ftp client.
what is this "vi" you people speak of? :p
mfrankl6
10-12-2005, 01:10 PM
bash-2.02# cd /enhancements
bash: cd: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# cd /var
bash-2.02# cd /enhancements
bash: cd: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# dir
cache log rbautch-files.tgz tmp
dev lost+found run tweak-uninstall.sh
enhancements mtab spool tweak.sh
etc packages state utils
hack persist timestamp
bash-2.02# cd enhancements
bash-2.02# dir
rbautch-files.tgz readme.rtf tweak-uninstall.sh tweak.sh
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
: command not found
: command not found
tweak.sh: line 27: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'
'weak.sh: line 27: ` elif [ "$tivoapp" = "e" ]; then
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Even sh tweak .sh gave me the same error message can anyone else advise. Tivoweb plus no longer working after tweak adjustment.
tsunami
10-12-2005, 01:13 PM
bash-2.02# cd /enhancements
bash: cd: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# cd /var
bash-2.02# cd /enhancements
bash: cd: /enhancements: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# dir
cache log rbautch-files.tgz tmp
dev lost+found run tweak-uninstall.sh
enhancements mtab spool tweak.sh
etc packages state utils
hack persist timestamp
bash-2.02# cd enhancements
bash-2.02# dir
rbautch-files.tgz readme.rtf tweak-uninstall.sh tweak.sh
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
: command not found
: command not found
tweak.sh: line 27: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'
'weak.sh: line 27: ` elif [ "$tivoapp" = "e" ]; then
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Even sh tweak .sh gave me the same error message can anyone else advise. Tivoweb plus no longer working after tweak adjustment.
Did you run dos2unix on tweak.sh?
mfrankl6
10-12-2005, 01:19 PM
Yes I did and I will try again.
tsunami
10-12-2005, 01:25 PM
Yes I did and I will try again.
If you run the script it deletes rbautch-files.tgz, make sure it is in the directory with tweak.sh
mfrankl6
10-12-2005, 01:30 PM
tsunami,
Thanks for your help that worked well I need to run dos2unix.
mfrankl6
10-12-2005, 01:31 PM
Any one have suggestions on Tivo, Vonage router, and Yac for caller id?
tsunami
10-12-2005, 01:32 PM
tsunami,
Thanks for your help that worked well I need to run dos2unix.
You shouldn't but it won't hurt, should get no unique name error message.
rbautch
10-12-2005, 01:34 PM
Good observation :-) Perhaps you should consider putting a Nano installation in your script. I've thrown it on my 3 Tivos, as I got sick of struggling with vi (which stands for Virtually Impossible, BTW) to do basic edits...Good idea. I put this in the hopper.
jed5426
10-12-2005, 01:35 PM
Has anybody run this on 4.01b or is it specifially for 6.0?
tsunami
10-12-2005, 01:37 PM
Any one have suggestions on Tivo, Vonage router, and Yac for caller id?
Did you install the Caller ID with the new script from rbautch? It works great with Vonage for me.
mfrankl6
10-12-2005, 01:41 PM
Tsunami did you run your phone cord directly from the vonage router to phone jack on the back of your tivo?
rbautch
10-12-2005, 02:04 PM
6.2 and if you don't have that by now why not? It is great.The latest version will run on all 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x Tivos.
tsunami
10-12-2005, 03:16 PM
Tsunami did you run your phone cord directly from the vonage router to phone jack on the back of your tivo?
I ran the phone cord from my Vonage adapter to an empty phone jack in the basement, it then back feeds to every phone in the house. Therefore, each TiVO is basically connected directly to the Vonage adapter.
rbautch
10-17-2005, 03:01 PM
I added a few more goodies when preparing the script for The Zipper (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html) including:
- Setting network paramters in MFS.
- Installing netperf to measure MRV speeds between Tivos.
- Added splash screen replacement for HD-Dtivos (software 3.x).
- Changed reboots to twice/week since fakecall seems to be setting “next scheduled call” only 6 days out.
Notice: If you have version 2.3 of the script installed, and you installed USB 2.0 drivers, do not attempt to uninstall it using the uninstall script supplied with that download. Use the attached one instead. The issue is this. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3364027&&#post3364027)
Edit: Attached a driver just in case.
Are you saying there are more enhancements in the Zipper than you have in your Tweak 2.3 script?
rbautch
10-17-2005, 06:26 PM
Yes, the ones listed above. But I just released version 2.4, which makes them both equal. I edited the previous post to clarify.
JediKnight2
10-18-2005, 12:01 AM
Were any updates to the scripts made for PTVNet CD users?
rbautch
10-18-2005, 12:08 AM
Were any updates to the scripts made for PTVNet CD users?Not yet, but perhaps by next weekend. If you can't wait, search this thread for "PTVnet", to see how other foks have dealt with it.
MisterEd
10-18-2005, 11:58 AM
HR10-250
Well, I decided to take the plunge and run this script. My original setup included:
Joe Editor
Usual Binaries
Endpadplus
TivoWeb+ 1.0
Elseed
There were some paths setup in .profile
I removed Tivoweb Plus before running the script.
I basically selected to install Tivowebplus, update the .profile, instal cron. Skipped caller-id (I have elseed working) and a few other things.
Anyway, after installing I was no longer able to access any linux commands including LS which made me assume that this script overwrote rather then appended my .profile because ro and rw was still working and my paths were gone.
Anyway, I ran the UNinstall script and it said it was restoring .profile but evidently it did not because ro and rw still works.
If I type "root" it tries to run VI which I don't seem to have - I get "command not found" (I use JOE). I'm kind of at a loss here on how to get back to where I was before I installed this script.
As you can tell, I'm a newbie at this.
MisterEd
10-18-2005, 12:22 PM
OK, from bash via telnet I manually typed in the PATH= command so I am able to use all my existing binaries again that are in /var/hack/bin.
BTW, even after uninstalling this script (and rebooting) the aliases are still functioning so I assume .profile never got restored.
Edit:
Confirmed: .profile never got restored.
MisterEd
10-18-2005, 12:49 PM
Could this be part of the problem:
Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
Detected Tivo software version is: 3.1.5f-01-2-357
/enhancements/start.sh: /tvbin/HpkPlatform: No such file or directory
Your software version was compiled on Linux kernel: 2.4.20
Your Tivo model's code name is:
Your Tivo type could not be determined
(It's a HR10-250)
salvatore
10-18-2005, 03:09 PM
Looks like there's been quite a bit taking place in the last few weeks; the Zipper looks like a great tool. I noticed the tweak.zip enhancement archive was updated October 17th...I updated my installation after caller ID was added to the script; has anything materially changed since then to justify applying it again?
Thanks.
scruffy
10-18-2005, 09:43 PM
:confused: I had to run the tweak uninstall so I could instll the new tweak made 10-17-05. for some reason the enhancement dir would not get removed. so i ran the tweak uninstall one more time. i rebooted the tivo after that just to give me a clean start.
aftere the reboot i had no network. i looked at the network usb device and it had no lights on it. i rebooted one more time just to see if it would come back. it did not.
so just to confirm the problem i did the same thing on a 2nd tivo aran the tweak uninstall 2 times and bang No usb network. it looks like i have no usb at all.
what can i do to get my usb back. i can reimage the one but the 2nd tivo i need to get the network back up some how.
any idea
rbautch
10-18-2005, 10:12 PM
OK, from bash via telnet I manually typed in the PATH= command so I am able to use all my existing binaries again that are in /var/hack/bin.
BTW, even after uninstalling this script (and rebooting) the aliases are still functioning so I assume .profile never got restored.
Edit:
Confirmed: .profile never got restored.Sorry to hear these problems cropped up. I don't have an HR10-250 to test it on, so I'm glad you exposed these issues, and I hope you'll help me fix them. Regarding the profile, the script does indeed replace your existing profile completely after asking "Existing profile detected, do you want to replace it?" I set my PATH in the author file, so if you would like to use the aliases in the script profile, either copy them to your profile, or copy your PATH to your author file, or just don't use the new profile.
Before the script replaces your profile, it makes a backup with this command cp /.profile /.profile.bak When the uninstall script runs, it checks for the existance of the backup file, and restores it if it's there. The only reason it wouldn't restore the backup would be if you ran the script multiple times (without running the uninstall script) and it replaced your original backup file with new backup file.
I was not aware that HR10-250's did not have vi, or even a symlink from vi to some other editor. I could fix it, but I need to know what editor is stock on HR10-250's. Did you install joe yourself?
The fact that the script did not determine your Tivo type can be fixed if you'll find out something for me. Navigate to /tvbin and type HpkPlatform -type, and let me know what the code name is.
rbautch
10-18-2005, 10:18 PM
Looks like there's been quite a bit taking place in the last few weeks; the Zipper looks like a great tool. I noticed the tweak.zip enhancement archive was updated October 17th...I updated my installation after caller ID was added to the script; has anything materially changed since then to justify applying it again?
Thanks.Just what's in post 542 above. If you have a phone line connected, I'd install the new version to get the twice/week reboots. Or just manually edit your crontab. The netperf feature is pretty cool too if you want to measure MRV speed between your Tivos. The next release should have EndPad(Plus) and support for Tivos hacked with PTVnet. That should be ready in about a week.
bnm81002
10-18-2005, 10:30 PM
The next release should have EndPad(Plus) and support for Tivos hacked with PTVnet. That should be ready in about a week.
man o man, this **** just gets better and better, can wait to hack my unit next weekend with "The Zipper" and your "Scripts", keep up the good work you and Gunny :) :p :up: :up: :up:
rbautch
10-18-2005, 10:40 PM
:confused: I had to run the tweak uninstall so I could instll the new tweak made 10-17-05. for some reason the enhancement dir would not get removed. so i ran the tweak uninstall one more time. i rebooted the tivo after that just to give me a clean start.
aftere the reboot i had no network. i looked at the network usb device and it had no lights on it. i rebooted one more time just to see if it would come back. it did not.
so just to confirm the problem i did the same thing on a 2nd tivo aran the tweak uninstall 2 times and bang No usb network. it looks like i have no usb at all.
what can i do to get my usb back. i can reimage the one but the 2nd tivo i need to get the network back up some how.
any ideaWhen the uninstall script runs, it executes the following commands:cp /lib/modules/backups-orig/* /lib/modules &>/dev/null
rm -r /lib/modules/backups-origI've learned that the Linux copy command will not overwrite the ax8817x.o symlink with the original ax8817x.o driver without using the force option (-f). I was able to duplicate your problem exactly and I lost my connection. I was also able to fix it 5 minutes with a serial cable. If you don't have/buy a cable, your only other options are to re-image the drive, or pull the drive, mount the root file system, and copy the original ax8817x.o driver back to /lib/modules. PM me if you need help. I posted a new uninstall script that works. On the bright side, you saved several other users from a similar fate.
ashram
10-18-2005, 11:02 PM
just tried the new version of your script....it has made my life easy!!!
i was worried about adding usb to my dtivo, considering my linux experience is from gunny's un-guide. this made my transition painless and FAST!!!
thanks for all the hard work!
rbautch
10-19-2005, 12:35 AM
Notice: If you have version 2.3 of the script installed, and you installed USB 2.0 drivers, do not attempt to uninstall it using the uninstall script supplied with that download. Use the one attached to post 542 instead. The issue is this. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3364027&&#post3364027)
MisterEd
10-19-2005, 12:37 AM
Absolutely nothing to be sorry about!
I DEFINATELY 100% for sure only ran the script one time and the uninstall 1 time and there was no .profile.bak file restored (created?). Just curious, why not append the author file with just the aliases rather then replace it?
There were a bunch of other "file not founds" if I remember while the script was running. Maybe I will run it again and just record the script results. Maybe they were unimportant, or maybe not.
I installed JOE myself. There is no editor on the HR10 AFAIK. I just changed the .profile to load JOE instead of VI and it works fine.
Here is the HpkPlatform results:
bash-2.02# pwd
/tvbin
bash-2.02# HpkPlatform -type
bash: HpkPlatform: command not found
bash-2.02#
That file didn't exist in that directory. I also tried ./HpkPlatform -type with same results.
Anything else just ask, but I'm a rank newbie so you'll have to let me know exactly (step by step) what you need done.
Regards,
Ed
Edit: Oh yea, when it started it said "no network card found" and wouldn't install any drivers (although I do have the Netgear (I think, it's buried in my cabinet now)? USB dongle installed and working fine.
Sorry to hear these problems cropped up. I don't have an HR10-250 to test it on, so I'm glad you exposed these issues, and I hope you'll help me fix them. Regarding the profile, the script does indeed replace your existing profile completely after asking "Existing profile detected, do you want to replace it?" I set my PATH in the author file, so if you would like to use the aliases in the script profile, either copy them to your profile, or copy your PATH to your author file, or just don't use the new profile.
Before the script replaces your profile, it makes a backup with this command cp /.profile /.profile.bak When the uninstall script runs, it checks for the existance of the backup file, and restores it if it's there. The only reason it wouldn't restore the backup would be if you ran the script multiple times (without running the uninstall script) and it replaced your original backup file with new backup file.
I was not aware that HR10-250's did not have vi, or even a symlink from vi to some other editor. I could fix it, but I need to know what editor is stock on HR10-250's. Did you install joe yourself?
The fact that the script did not determine your Tivo type can be fixed if you'll find out something for me. Navigate to /tvbin and type HpkPlatform -type, and let me know what the code name is.
mgmrick
10-19-2005, 12:58 AM
Whew...glad you caught that before I got around to installing your newest script. Sounds simple enough. I can't complain with all the hard work you put into this at some point a problem would come up.
Thanks
Rick
rbautch
10-19-2005, 01:07 AM
Just curious, why not append the (profile) with just the aliases rather then replace it? Just in case the profile aint there. I may mod this based on your experience.
There were a bunch of other "file not founds" if I remember while the script was running. Maybe I will run it again and just record the script results. Maybe they were unimportant, or maybe not.I'd like to know what these are.
Here is the HpkPlatform results:
bash-2.02# pwd
/tvbin
bash-2.02# HpkPlatform -type
bash: HpkPlatform: command not found
bash-2.02#I'll figure out another way to get this info.
Edit: Oh yea, when it started it said "no network (adapter) found" and wouldn't install any drivers (although I do have the Netgear (I think, it's buried in my cabinet now)? USB dongle installed and working fine.This means that it could not detect the adapter connected to your Tivo. Please copy the attached file to the enhancements directory, and run it with: tivosh ipflags.tcl...then note the contents of the file named /enhancements/netstats_flag. PM me with the results.
scruffy
10-19-2005, 09:50 AM
Thanks for the fast responce on this. i did PM you for help in fixing it.
Lopey
10-19-2005, 11:03 PM
I would like to make a suggestion for future versions of this script if possible. I know that there is something that you can put into the rc.sysinit.author file to change the prompt from "bash" to something else. Is it possible to make a prompt to fill in the name that you want, or to grab the MRV name this is used and make it the bash name? I like many here, I'm sure have more than 1 tivo, and it would be nice to change the bash to something that identifies the tivo.
rbautch
10-19-2005, 11:16 PM
I would like to make a suggestion for future versions of this script if possible. I know that there is something that you can put into the rc.sysinit.author file to change the prompt from "bash" to something else. Is it possible to make a prompt to fill in the name that you want, or to grab the MRV name this is used and make it the bash name? I like many here, I'm sure have more than 1 tivo, and it would be nice to change the bash to something that identifies the tivo.Good idea. I'll put it in the hopper.
AbMagFab
10-20-2005, 09:16 AM
So... what parts of this (version 2.4) work on an HD Tivo? I searched the thread, but only found a bunch of open questions.
Things like the log cleaning, cron, TWP restart, etc., would be nice to have running.
rbautch
10-20-2005, 09:23 AM
I'm still working on it. Im not yet sure if MrEd's experience was an anomoly or indicative of all HD Dtivos. Cron and the network stuff didnt work for him. All other hacks should work. Please reprt what you find.
salvatore
10-20-2005, 09:38 AM
Just what's in post 542 above. If you have a phone line connected, I'd install the new version to get the twice/week reboots. Or just manually edit your crontab. The netperf feature is pretty cool too if you want to measure MRV speed between your Tivos. The next release should have EndPad(Plus) and support for Tivos hacked with PTVnet. That should be ready in about a week.Gotcha. Keep up the outstanding work, and I'll wait for the next iteration of the script. That will be 2.5?
pgorbas
10-20-2005, 12:28 PM
I see a Zippered 2series 2 DTiVo will enable networkings - is the the same as HME or TiVo To Go?
Do you think a zippered series 2 DTiVo will play nicely with a r15?
Gunnyman
10-20-2005, 12:29 PM
No HME is stanadalone only.
and
No
bengalfreak
10-22-2005, 06:51 AM
Three out of four of my DTivos (one twice) have frozen in the last week. Frozen meaning I turn on the television to find the picture frozen in place. No remote key presses are recognized. Nor do I have TWP access. The only solution is to pull the plug and reboot. Has anyone else had this problem? In three years, I've never had a single machine freeze like this before applying the rbautch script, now I've had four instances the last 12 days or so. Any ideas?
Edit: I almost forgot, the offending machine disappears from the Now Playing list of the other machines while its frozen.
mgmrick
10-22-2005, 10:05 AM
Not frozen. But I have 1 that reboots about once a day and I had another 1 reboot yesterday while watching it. What is the last line in your kernel before it froze up? My last line before reboot is.
TMK Fatal Error Thread My World <193>:assertion failure
Thanks
Rick
Phanatic
10-22-2005, 10:50 AM
OK, before I go any further...
I installed the script from v. 2.3 a few weeks back. I was going to go to 2.4, and saw the note about using the different uninstall script if I used the USB 2.0 drivers (which I did). So, I ran the new uninstall, and got the following:
bash-2.02# sh tweak-uninstall.sh
: command not found
in /etc/fstab or /var/mtab
: command not found
Removing directories and files...
: command not found
tweak-uninstall.sh: line 97: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
'weak-uninstall.sh: line 97: `fi
What am I missing? I don't want to go any further until I have an idea... thanks!
Phanatic
10-22-2005, 10:52 AM
Never mind. Forgot to run dos2unix...
rbautch
10-22-2005, 12:23 PM
Not frozen. But I have 1 that reboots about once a day and I had another 1 reboot yesterday while watching it. What is the last line in your kernel before it froze up? My last line before reboot is.
TMK Fatal Error Thread My World <193>:assertion failure
Thanks
RickI suggest killing various processes one by one, until you find the offender. Since it occurs once/day, I would start with crond. I never saw that error before. MyWorld is the Tivo's on-screen user interface. Where did you get your 6.2 image from...Tivo call-in, Instantcake, emule?
rbautch
10-22-2005, 12:29 PM
I would like to make a suggestion for future versions of this script if possible. I know that there is something that you can put into the rc.sysinit.author file to change the prompt from "bash" to something else. Is it possible to make a prompt to fill in the name that you want, or to grab the MRV name this is used and make it the bash name? I like many here, I'm sure have more than 1 tivo, and it would be nice to change the bash to something that identifies the tivo.I was playing around with this, and come up the new color bash that's descriptive. It will be in the next version. See attached...
salvatore
10-22-2005, 12:41 PM
Being a minimalist, my suggestion is to make this one of the yes/no prompts. Something like: "Add additional colors to the bash prompt, file, and directory listings?"
Gunnyman
10-22-2005, 12:51 PM
I Likey!
Nice addition Russ.
rbautch
10-22-2005, 01:35 PM
There will be two y/n options, one to add a description and the other to add color.
Gunnyman
10-22-2005, 01:36 PM
Ok in case anyone is wondering, Rbautch is the man.
salvatore
10-22-2005, 01:42 PM
Seconded, and so moved.
bengalfreak
10-22-2005, 02:01 PM
Not frozen. But I have 1 that reboots about once a day and I had another 1 reboot yesterday while watching it. What is the last line in your kernel before it froze up? My last line before reboot is.
TMK Fatal Error Thread My World <193>:assertion failure
Thanks
Rick
My kernel log shows as below. What's worse is that it is posting those exact same lines to the kernel log every ten minutes as we speak.
Oct 22 02:53:37 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x0834207a
Oct 22 02:53:37 (none) kernel: Before = 0x083420b1, After = 0x083420df
Oct 22 02:53:37 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 03:01:10 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x006efa1e
Oct 22 03:01:10 (none) kernel: Before = 0x00c14a65, After = 0x00c14a93
Oct 22 03:01:10 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 12:46:51 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x00fdb0f0
Oct 22 12:46:51 (none) kernel: Before = 0x00ea3ea4, After = 0x00ea3ed2
Oct 22 12:46:51 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 12:51:38 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x02440955
Oct 22 12:51:38 (none) kernel: Before = 0x022ee9b1, After = 0x022ee9df
Oct 22 12:51:38 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 13:06:46 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x0543bd8d
Oct 22 13:06:46 (none) kernel: Before = 0x0543bdde, After = 0x0543be0b
Oct 22 13:06:46 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 13:23:29 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x09119931
Oct 22 13:23:29 (none) kernel: Before = 0x0911996f, After = 0x0911999d
Oct 22 13:23:29 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 13:23:31 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x0949c0e2
Oct 22 13:23:31 (none) kernel: Before = 0x0949c11b, After = 0x0949c148
Oct 22 13:23:31 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 13:44:07 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x03a2b684
Oct 22 13:44:07 (none) kernel: Before = 0x03a29406, After = 0x03a29434
Oct 22 13:44:07 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 13:45:08 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x03ec596d
Oct 22 13:45:08 (none) kernel: Before = 0x03d8c409, After = 0x03d8c437
Oct 22 13:45:08 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 14:09:44 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x09991246
Oct 22 14:09:44 (none) kernel: Before = 0x0998eb25, After = 0x0998eb53
Oct 22 14:09:44 (none) kernel:
Oct 22 16:48:51 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x283468c2
Oct 22 16:48:51 (none) kernel: Before = 0x28346f18, After = 0x28346f46
Oct 22 16:48:51 (none) kernel:
Any ideas anyone?
mgmrick
10-22-2005, 02:32 PM
Rbautch,
6.2 came from D* upgrade
scruffy
10-23-2005, 08:38 AM
:up: :up: :up: :up: I just wanted everone to know that rbautch was very fast in responding to me PM with how to fix the problem i had with no USB. the guy is the man. Look out tivo world.... :)
ThePhantom
10-23-2005, 09:49 AM
Not frozen. But I have 1 that reboots about once a day and I had another 1 reboot yesterday while watching it. What is the last line in your kernel before it froze up? My last line before reboot is.
TMK Fatal Error Thread My World <193>:assertion failure
Thanks
Rick
In my experience:
Frozen Tivo == failing hard drive (check your logs for IDE errors regarding loss of IRQ, etc.)
Rebooting Tivo == bad guide data/conflicting season passes/TWP running out of memory. Clear your season passes, and check your poolsize in TWP.
bengalfreak
10-23-2005, 11:23 AM
In my experience:
Frozen Tivo == failing hard drive (check your logs for IDE errors regarding loss of IRQ, etc.)
Rebooting Tivo == bad guide data/conflicting season passes/TWP running out of memory. Clear your season passes, and check your poolsize in TWP.
Normally I would agree but three of the four Tivos all at once? And I can't find anything strange in the logs except for the above lines no loss of IRQ anywhere.
ssstivo
10-23-2005, 08:42 PM
5. Adds or removes Showcases and Yellow Stars.
What are "Yellow Stars"?
BTUx9
10-23-2005, 08:45 PM
On the main menu, near the bottom, there are advertising items that have a yellow star.
ssstivo
10-23-2005, 08:59 PM
On the main menu, near the bottom, there are advertising items that have a yellow star.
Thanks for the info. That's not something I'd want, so I made the right call when I said no to installing it.
ThePhantom
10-23-2005, 09:30 PM
Normally I would agree but three of the four Tivos all at once? And I can't find anything strange in the logs except for the above lines no loss of IRQ anywhere.
Again -- I'd guess that you're situation is bogus guide data, or something similar. Clear your season passes and guide data.
rbautch
10-23-2005, 10:04 PM
Use the season pass backup module of TWP to make that less painful.
MisterEd
10-24-2005, 12:28 AM
See your PM for the rest, but this is the prompt I get (which is not correct)
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/6346/tivo6pn.jpg
bengalfreak
10-24-2005, 05:58 AM
Again -- I'd guess that you're situation is bogus guide data, or something similar. Clear your season passes and guide data.
No, what you said was:
Frozen Tivo == failing hard drive (check your logs for IDE errors regarding loss of IRQ, etc.)
Rebooting Tivo == bad guide data/conflicting season passes/TWP running out of memory. Clear your season passes, and check your poolsize in TWP.
And my Tivo isn't rebooting, its freezing. Anyway, clearing season passes is easy enough, but how does one go about clearing the guide data? Is it just a matter of leaving it unplugged for a length of time.
BTUx9
10-24-2005, 06:10 AM
I disagree, on freezing tivos being most commonly bad disks... the logs will usually show if the disk is going bad, and 6.2 is known to cause freezes AND reboots on some hardware.
I'd agree that clearing data would be a good idea... you find that from the main menu->messages & setup->restart or reset->Clear prog. info and todo
as rbautch said, you can save your season passes thru twp, you may want to only restore the most important ones first, in case that's an issue (some have reported bad SPs causing reboots)
Good Luck
bengalfreak
10-24-2005, 06:18 AM
rbautch:
It looks as if I've had my first instance of having /var wiped and rebuilt. Since all four of my Tivos were hacked in exactly the same way, can I simply copy the /hack directory from one of the others to this unit, or should I rerun the enhancements script? I assume that I shouldn't run the uninstall script since there's nothing to uninstall.
Oh, I forgot, this Tivo is not hacked in EXACTLY the same way. I put tivotools in /tivo-bin on this unit while the others are in /busybox.
ThePhantom
10-24-2005, 12:34 PM
No, what you said was:
<snip>.
I'm sorry, I got confused with the replies between you and the other user that has random reboots.
In your case, I agree with BTUx9 (a fellow MassHöle, I must note :D ) -- your drive is most likely failing. My 2-year old Maxtor DiamondMax started doing the same thing after a few hours of use. Fortunately, it would operate long enough for me to 'dd' it to another drive...
rbautch
10-24-2005, 12:51 PM
rbautch:
It looks as if I've had my first instance of having /var wiped and rebuilt. Since all four of my Tivos were hacked in exactly the same way, can I simply copy the /hack directory from one of the others to this unit, or should I rerun the enhancements script? Copying /var/hack from another tivo should work fine. The only thing I have the script put there is TWP (because it's big, and it's easy to copy back), and CallerID stuff (because the NCID binaries are hard coded to look for stuff there). Co-incidentally, my next project is going to be making a Rescue Disk iso. This would be a single disk that would boot on a PC and automatically correct things on your Tivo drive, like /var getting wiped, author file deleted, or more importantly, things that might make you lose your connection, like bad/wrong drivers, etc. I haven't thought this through all that much yet, and any ideas are appreciated.
rbautch
10-24-2005, 12:53 PM
See your PM for the rest, but this is the prompt I get (which is not correct)
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/6346/tivo6pn.jpgWell, at least the colors are pretty. :p
tsunami
10-24-2005, 01:45 PM
Two TiVO's both running rbautch's latest and greatest. Both show fakecall ran at 12:20 AM this morning. Both tried to call out at 4:20 AM, luckily I have Vonage and they failed.
Anyone else see this show up? If so, wonder why.
Manually running fakecall with reboot shows no planned call for a week.
Mike
rbautch
10-24-2005, 01:58 PM
If the cronlogs are showing fakecall running every night, then the problem has to be reboots (or lack thereof). Are you running forced reboots, or using safereboot? The script appends fakecall.tcl to actually write the log entries in cronlog-main, so if you're getting entries in the log, you can be assured that fakecall did in fact run.
tsunami
10-24-2005, 02:31 PM
If the cronlogs are showing fakecall running every night, then the problem has to be reboots (or lack thereof). Are you running forced reboots, or using safereboot? The script appends fakecall.tcl to actually write the log entries in cronlog-main, so if you're getting entries in the log, you can be assured that fakecall did in fact run.
Oh it ran (fakecall), and it reboots weekly just as you wrote the script. I chose the script that forces the reboot even if a show is recording.
The system info on BOTH TiVOs show fakecall ran last night. They would both have to have not reboot for some reason.
I will keep an eye on it till next Monday and see what happens.
I just wanted to see if anybody else was showing the same thing, if so, then a forced call might have been sent down from the sat.
willardcpa
10-24-2005, 02:50 PM
Oh it ran (fakecall), and it reboots weekly just as you wrote the script. I chose the script that forces the reboot even if a show is recording.
The system info on BOTH TiVOs show fakecall ran last night. They would both have to have not reboot for some reason.
I will keep an eye on it till next Monday and see what happens.
I just wanted to see if anybody else was showing the same thing, if so, then a forced call might have been sent down from the sat.
"it reboots weekly just as you wrote the script." There is the rub, fakecall resets the next phone call for less than a week out, like six days and 20 hours or so (as I recall, I'm not close to my tivos right now). Russ rewrote the script so that now it reboots twice a week and covers this problem. You need to update to his version 2.4, or otherwise edit the cron yourself so that it reboots twice a week.
bnm81002
10-24-2005, 10:17 PM
hey Russ,
I see that there's a 2.5 beta version for your scripts, what is that for? which version should be used with "The Zipper" then? thanks
rbautch
10-24-2005, 10:58 PM
It's still being developed, and only a few brave souls are testing it with me. When it's ready to be officially released, I'll announce the new features. If you want to upgrade from the version that came with the Zipper, just run the uninstall script to remove the old one, and then install the new one.
Dirac
10-25-2005, 12:09 AM
I have been a lot more timid since "Office TiVo" took a nosedive. Sorry Russ! :D
scruffy
10-25-2005, 10:19 AM
OK well I have installed the bata 2.5 release on 5 systems and everything seems to be running fine. i can not see any problems yet. :)
fonzarelli
10-25-2005, 01:33 PM
is /var getting wiped a normal thing? I've been having great luck until my box crashed on Sunday night. Now, if it crashes or if I restart it, /var is wiped. It only takes a few minutes to fix, so it's not a big deal, but any suggestions would be appreciated.
Gunnyman
10-25-2005, 01:40 PM
basically just don't keep stuff in /var
:p
scruffy
10-28-2005, 09:24 PM
gunnyman I just have on question for you. were do you keep you stuff if not in the /var dir.. :confused:
Also installed 2.5ver2 on one system looks good :up: :up: :up:
Gunnyman
10-28-2005, 09:34 PM
in /hack
bnm81002
10-28-2005, 09:36 PM
in /hack
hey Gunny,
does the Zipper or the Enhancement Scripts do that for you or do you have to do that yourself? thanks
BTUx9
10-28-2005, 09:39 PM
gunnyman I just have on question for you. were do you keep you stuff if not in the /var dir.. :confused:
Also installed 2.5ver2 on one system looks good :up: :up: :up:
Here's a rundown of places hacks can be kept:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3210355&highlight=partition#post3210355
Gunnyman
10-28-2005, 09:46 PM
hey Gunny,
does the Zipper or the Enhancement Scripts do that for you or do you have to do that yourself? thanks
Only Tivowebplus is stored in /var/hack
the rest is all in /hacks
LlamaLarry
10-28-2005, 10:38 PM
This is something that I have always wondered and since you guys brought it up... ;)
Why do some folks keep things in /var at all since it is prone to getting wiped with the file system runs low on disk space? Is there any other reason that old *nix habits?
As long as you handle your PATH why not put your stuff where ever ya like?
Gunnyman
10-28-2005, 10:41 PM
probably because /var is not readonly by default.
and it sits on a separate partition in the tivo /dev/hda9
bnm81002
10-28-2005, 10:45 PM
Only Tivowebplus is stored in /var/hack
the rest is all in /hacks
so the Enhancement Scripts will do that for me automatically when I install the Scripts, correct? or do I have to do it myself? thanks
Gunnyman
10-28-2005, 10:53 PM
zipper makes sure it doens't overload your /var.
just make sure you allow cron to wipe/archive you logs so you can ftp them off tivo and delete them from time to time.
BIG log files is another way to make sure var gets wiped.
bnm81002
10-28-2005, 11:30 PM
zipper makes sure it doens't overload your /var.
just make sure you allow cron to wipe/archive you logs so you can ftp them off tivo and delete them from time to time.
BIG log files is another way to make sure var gets wiped.
what logs need to be ftp and deleted? when should they be deleted as well(time frame)? thanks
rbautch
10-29-2005, 01:59 AM
The Enhancements script sets up a cron task to wipe your logs regularly. As long as you said yes to the cron install, you're good to go.
rbautch
10-29-2005, 02:05 AM
New features/fixes: (see original post (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=250680) for details)
Added full support for the HR10-250. Thanks to MisterEd for testing this extensively!
Installs endpad or endpadplus.
Installs joe text editor.
Changes bash prompt to be more descriptive and colorful (see attached).
Adds “express” version of the script which deletes all sleep commands on the fly, making the script run faster. This is aimed at advanced users who don't care about the on-screen echo statements.
Adjusted uninstall script to move rbautch-files.tgz archive to the directory tweak-uninstall was run from. This allows you to uninstall/reinstall the script cleanly.
If existing profile is found, appends aliases to it instead of overwriting it.
Fixed Tivowebplus restarts so they don’t delete /dev/null (thanks to JamieP).
Fixed TWP aliases.
AbMagFab
10-29-2005, 09:01 AM
Thanks! Trying it out now on one of my HD Tivo's.
That "unset crlf" is nice. Is there any way to make that a default for the XP telnet? Or is there another freeware telnet program you can recommend? Or another termtype for the Tivo?
That extra crlf is annoying.
Gunnyman
10-29-2005, 09:10 AM
Russ,
I'm not sure why, but my author files on both tivos had alot of duplicate entries in them for netserver and crond after installing this latest script.
I ran the uninstall prior to the new install. I used advanced mode. Does a new author file get generated by the script, or does an existing one get appended?
It seems that multiple script installs (as items get upgraded) is going to cause this issue, or is it just my units?
rbautch
10-29-2005, 01:45 PM
Thanks! Trying it out now on one of my HD Tivo's.
That "unset crlf" is nice. Is there any way to make that a default for the XP telnet? Or is there another freeware telnet program you can recommend? Or another termtype for the Tivo?
That extra crlf is annoying.Annoying, yes! I use a program called Absolute Telent, with enter set to send CR instead of CR/LF (under VT options). You can also permanently set the IP address and other settings, so you are one click away from a telnet session on your Tivo. I have 4 shortcuts on my desktop, one that opens telnet on each Tivo. I'm sure there are other telnet clients that will do the same. Erics Telnet98 is one of them.
Gunnyman
10-29-2005, 01:48 PM
don't have this issue with cmdline telnet on my mac :p
BUT I did have echo until Fofer taught me telnet -K
no more echo :D
rbautch
10-29-2005, 01:49 PM
Russ,
I'm not sure why, but my author files on both tivos had alot of duplicate entries in them for netserver and crond after installing this latest script.
I ran the uninstall prior to the new install. I used advanced mode. Does a new author file get generated by the script, or does an existing one get appended?
It seems that multiple script installs (as items get upgraded) is going to cause this issue, or is it just my units?The only way this can happen is if the uninstall script did not restore your backup author file, or your virgin backup author file got overwritten with another backup. Since the main script appends startup commands to your author file, it's expecting a virgin author file. Try un-installing once more, then strip out your author file to virgin state, then run the script again.
Gunnyman
10-29-2005, 01:55 PM
gotcha
I bet my author file has been fubar for a while and I just noticed.
THUMBS WAY UP for joe too btw.
Human123
10-29-2005, 02:20 PM
I am interested in adding the endplus option with the script. I assume that 6.2 Dtivos should use the endpad plus option from my reading. I also read where endpadplus will cancel a suggestion to pad a program. There is a -seq that you could add to change this.
How does it install "out of the box"
Also I notice a few recent reports on the other forum about a few recordings not happening and their speculating on either endpad or guide data. Anyone having problems here with endpadplus installed
Thanks
rbautch
10-29-2005, 02:27 PM
The script will detect that your tivo has dual-tuners and will install EndPadPlus. It uses the -seq switch by default. You can add or change EPP options by editing the corresponding line in your author file.
Human123
10-29-2005, 02:51 PM
Thanks
And to verify, you run the uninstall script of the version you have installed, correct?
I have 3 Dtivos and they all have different versions of your script. I am going to bring them all up to the lataest.
Great work on this!!!
rbautch
10-29-2005, 02:54 PM
Since the uninstall script for ver 2.3 had a bug that could sever your network connection, it's safest to use the newest one that comes with ver 2.5. All uninstall scripts are backwards compatible.
Human123
10-29-2005, 03:32 PM
Beware...Possible dumb question ahead
Directions say to ftp 2 files to Tivo and store anywhere. (I put in /hacks) Then run dos2unix tweak*
I want to uninstall old scripts now and need to ftp over the sh tweak-uninstall.sh
I assume I can place it anywhere also and I will put it in /hacks which now only has tweak.sh in it.
I thought I remembered old instructions on running dos2unix on the uninstall script also before running it. Is this still so. I use Filezilla FTP and always transfer in binary.
After running uninstall script (which I have never done obviously) I am assuming that all traces of earlier versions are gone and when I ftp over the new 2 files, there won't be any overwritting of files.
Human123
10-29-2005, 03:54 PM
I Ftp'd the uninstall file over and ran it and here is a paste of the results
bash-2.02# cd hacks
bash-2.02# ls
tweak-uninstall.sh tweak.sh
bash-2.02# dos2unix tweak*
bash-2.02# sh tweak-uninstall.sh
Removing directories and files...
skipping TWP uninstall...
Skipping cron uninstall...
Skipping CallerID uninstall...
Skipping fakecall restore...
Skipping USB 2.0 driver restore...
No bakup profile found, skipping profile restore...
Restoring original rc.sysinit.author file
Restoring original splash screen...
Done!
It was so long ago that I don't remember whether I had TWP installed along with 2.0 drivers or if I had the script install them. I thought I remember reading something about unistalling TWP manually if it was not installed by the script if you wanted it replaced with the latest version.
Now that it skipped uninstalling some of these items I am wondering what I should do when installing an updated script and it asks about these items.
Can I just run the new script and install everything I want and it will update or install these intelligently?
Thanks
tbeckner
10-29-2005, 04:11 PM
Thanks! Trying it out now on one of my HD Tivo's.
That "unset crlf" is nice. Is there any way to make that a default for the XP telnet? Or is there another freeware telnet program you can recommend? Or another termtype for the Tivo?
That extra crlf is annoying.I use "Telnet -t vt100 {IP Address}" instead of the "unset crlf" and that eliminates the extra CRLF and I have never ran into a problem. Which allows me to make a shortcut that functions perfect.
rbautch
10-29-2005, 04:32 PM
Can I just run the new script and install everything I want and it will update or install these intelligently?
ThanksYes. The uninstall script recognizes everything that was installed by the previous script, and wipes them clean. Note that it also leaves a copy of the rbautch-files.tgz archive in whatever directory you ran uninstall from. Remember to replace this with the new version when you run the updated script.
Human123
10-29-2005, 04:38 PM
Yes. The uninstall script recognizes everything that was installed by the previous script, and wipes them clean. Note that it also leaves a copy of the rbautch-files.tgz archive in whatever directory you ran uninstall from. Remember to replace this with the new version when you run the updated script.
Russ,
In my case it did not leave a copy of that file from /hacks where I uninstalled from. Could that feature be from a later version of the script? There is a version of that file in enhancements from running your new script. Where I ran unistall (/hacks) only has the uninstall file and the tweak.sh file which I removed the old one and replaced it with the new one
Also, should I manually uninstall TWP or anything if I wanted the enhancement version? In my case I think I had it installed before I originally used your script the first time.
rbautch
10-29-2005, 04:41 PM
Russ,
In my case it did not leave a copy of that file from /hacks where I uninstalled from. Could that feature be from a later version of the script?
Also, should I manually uninstall TWP or anything if I wanted the enhancement version? In my case I think I had it installed before I originally used your script the first time.If it's an older script, then it may have moved it to root. Yes, manually delete TWP if it was not installed by the script.
Human123
10-29-2005, 04:47 PM
Thanks
When I ran the new script I did not get a choice on the fakecall and number of reboots per week. It says when installing crond that it was skipping setup.
I want two reboots per week. What do you think happened here?
Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
ideturb
Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: ncode
Detected Tivo software version is: 6.2-01-2-321
csplit less
Your software version was compiled on Linux kernel: 2.4.20
dirname
Your Tivo model's code name is: trinity readlink uudecode pegasu
Your Tivo is a RID DTivo...SD-DVR80 or DVR-40
Installing new profile with aliases...
dmesg
diff login
Checking for existing profile...uuencode ircatch-atmel.o
Existing profile detected, do you want to append new aliases it? [y/n]: y
dos2unix
Appending aliases to your profile...
dirname ls
Do you want to change your bash prompt to be more descriptive? [y/n]: y
bash-2.0
fold mfs
Enter a short name for this tivo here: KidzTivols setpri wipelogsee
Appending profile with new bash prompt settings...
Do you want to add color to your bash prompt? [y/n]: y
fdisk mfs_poke sha1s
aborting open transaction ... st
et tivo here: 192.168.123.124
Adding the alias "speed" to your profile to run netperf...rstream splitush]
Do you want to add additional target tivos? [y/n]: yrt-stop-daemonlogin
Enter the IP address of your second target tivo here: 192.168.123.153
71 and 192.168.123.124ted]
After rebooting, type "speed2" at bash to measure MRV speed between 192.168.123.ar/dev/log -m 10000
171 and 192.168.123.1530 S /tvbin/dssappAVus
Appending your author file to run netserver on reboot...root 452 S /sbin/klogdt 1240 S /tvbin/d
Make sure you run this script on all target tivos before use.
58 root 1132 S /tvbin/dssappAV root
Do you want to install channel logos? [y/n]: y
Loading channel logo slices. This will take a minute...dssappAV
83
Do you want to replace the "Almost There" splash screen [y/n]: yssappAVtform trinityp
Installing NCID CallerID...
Appending rc.sysinit.author file to run callerID on reboot...
85 root 1532 S /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foregro
Do you want to install EndPad(Plus) for soft padding all recorded shows? [y/n]:
93 root 2204 S
y
How much padding (in minutes) would you like to add BEFORE each program?: 3er -Foreground -platform trinity
How much padding (in minutes) would you like to add AFTER each program?: 3
121 r
88 root 1532 S /tvbin/TvLau
Installing EndPadPlus (by Falcontx and Sanderton) for dual tuner DirecTivo
124 root 1620 S mcp dbgc-mcp pwd
Do you have Tivowebplus already installed? [y/n]: y 4112 S dbgc-mcp
Tivowebplus detected in /var/hack directory...mcp35 root 1800 S huxley
creating TWPrun scripts on the fly (used later for cron, etc)1620 S mcp
136 root 18
Existing fakecall detected in /busybox, backing up and replacing...
137 root 180
Running updated fakecall now....mcp
Running fakecall v
Existing crond binary detected, replacing...
137 root 1800 S huxleyn tv
Existing cron installation detected in /var/spool/cron, skipping cron install...S huxleyces
139 root 1800 S huxle
Do you want to automatically make weekly backups of your season passes? [y/n]: y1800 S huxley SW [khubd] tmp
Existing backup.itcl module detected. Good...ystemServices3444 S tcphonehome
Appending crontab with weekly season pass backup task...ot 2508 S SystemServices tcphonehomemod
155 roo
]: y 3
This backup and future weekly backups will be written to /seasonpass_backups/bac
162 root 2508 S SystemServicest
kup68
Be sure to FTP your backups to your PC regularly for safe keeping.
163 root 496 S /sbin/dhclien
Patience please. Backup will take about 2 minutes, during which youll see no out
put...
Season passes and wishlists successfully backed up!po
164 root
Do you want to remove HMO/MRV expiration certificates? This cantgrep
172 root 2780 S Kn
hurt, and is necessary if you received 6.2 from a Tivo download. [y/n]: y
173 root
----- ---------- NetworkVideoS
1087735 TIVOVID_2-12000-32767-00000000
No expiration certificates found in /State/Keyring...tComponent183 root 2532 S NetworkVideoService
...so you're good to go. Nothing deleted.
Do you want Showcases and Yellow Stars? [y/n]: y4 root 2532 S NetworkVideoServic
starting sc62add.tcl...
Showcases and yellow stars successfully added! 2780 S KnownHostComponent
Showcases will start showing up tomorrow morning60 S ApgManager
Enhancement Installation Complete!! Please reboot now...ApgManagerrun
rbautch
10-29-2005, 04:54 PM
It skipped the whole cron installation because it detected an existing cron installation in /var/spool/cron, which you must have installed yourself. Delete that directory, uninstall, then reinstall.
Human123
10-29-2005, 05:01 PM
It skipped the whole cron installation because it detected an existing cron installation in /var/spool/cron, which you must have installed yourself. Delete that directory, uninstall, then reinstall.
Just to be clear...
I delete the entire directory of /var/spool/cron?
I am going to delete TWP also. So I would delete the whole directory of /var/hack/tivowebplus?
Thanks...Just wanting to be careful
Edit
For what it's worth
I think I may have manually installed TWP, but I did not install crond manually. I couldn't do it if I wanted to :)
Look at my earlier post showing the uninstall. It skipped alot of things which I am not sure if that is normal or not.
rbautch
10-29-2005, 05:20 PM
Yes, delete entire directory. It's possible the flag that signals the uninstaller got deleted, which would cause it to skip.
bnm81002
10-29-2005, 07:19 PM
The Enhancements script sets up a cron task to wipe your logs regularly. As long as you said yes to the cron install, you're good to go.
I figured that either your Scripts or the Zipper would put the hacks in a different directory(/hacks) then in the /var directory as Gunny has said and that the logs would be wiped by using cron, damn you and Gunny are too good :up: :up: :up:
JammasterC
10-29-2005, 07:52 PM
While running Enhancement Script ver.2.5beta, I was asked to set IP parameters :
I had set the Default gateway incorrect , I would like to change the IP parameters I uninstalled ver2.5beta , but when running Enhancement ver2.5, I recieve the following
The following IP parameters foung in MFS:
Ip is currently set to...
default gateway is currently set to...
etc.
I need to chage the IP address of the modem.
thank you
UPDATE
After "searching" and piecing together posts, Within /enhancements I found net-launch.sh
when typed at the bash prompt took me to the Ip parameter setup dialog !
rbautch
10-29-2005, 10:14 PM
Is there a question in there?
JammasterC
10-30-2005, 12:19 AM
Is there a question in there?
I needed to change the IP parameters, without running the entire Enhancement script again.
net-launch.sh did the trick !
Palmsup
10-30-2005, 09:05 AM
So this Zipper Hack should enable the USB ports so I can download DTV updates via my wireless network?
TX
Plamsup
Gunnyman
10-30-2005, 09:38 AM
dtv updates come down from the dish, but yeah the usb ports get turned on for "other things" :p
tbeckner
10-30-2005, 09:45 AM
Since I already have PTVnet installed, are these the steps that I need to complete to install the ZIPPER?
1. Telnet into the DTiVo.
2. Make sure that FLAG_SWAP PHONE is ON. *
3. Make sure that FLAG_SWAP TIVOWEB is OFF. *
4. Follow the steps to install the ZIPPER.
* Flags are in /init/ptv_flags
Is there any hints or tips that I need to sucessfully complete the process, like maybe removing the old TiVoWebPlus from the DTiVo?
UPDATE:
I found the directories for the two versions of TiVoWebPlus that are installed by PTVnet and they are in the /ptvupgrade directory as /tivowebplus and /tivowebplus-pre2, which I will remove.
In addition, I have found the code in the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author script that checks the /init/ptv_flags directory for the TIVOWEB and TIVOWEB-PRE2 flags and starts the selections, which I will remove.
Is there anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks.
Currently, /init/ptv_flags contains:
DHCP_ON
FTP_ON
PHONE_OFF
STATIC_OFF
TELNET_ON
TIVOWEB_ON
TIVOWEB-PRE2_ON
USB20_ON
rbautch
10-30-2005, 10:04 AM
Since you installed PTVnet, you don't need the main part of the Zipper that runs while the drive is in your PC. You may run the enhancement script with the settings you described above.
tbeckner
10-30-2005, 10:14 AM
Since you installed PTVnet, you don't need the main part of the Zipper that runs while the drive is in your PC. You may run the enhancement script with the settings you described above.I assume you mean when you say "run the enhancement script" that I should only complete the following steps:
1. Unzip the file tweak.zip
2. FTP rbautch-files.tgz and tweak.sh to your Tivo (anywhere).
3. Run the script using the following command: sh tweak.sh
4. Answer “y” or “n” when prompted.
Correct?
Thanks.
INTERESTING:
I have an /enhancements directory that was created by PTV, which contained two tcl scripts, sc62add.tcl and sc62remove.tcl and when I run the tweak.sh it displays the following message and exits.
Enhancements directory detected. Run the uninstall script first. Existing...
rbautch
10-30-2005, 10:50 AM
I assume you mean when you say "run the enhancement script" that I should only complete the following steps:
1. Unzip the file tweak.zip
2. FTP rbautch-files.tgz and tweak.sh to your Tivo (anywhere).
3. Run the script using the following command: sh tweak.sh
4. Answer “y” or “n” when prompted.Correct
INTERESTING:
I have an /enhancements directory that was created by PTV, which contained two tcl scripts, sc62add.tcl and sc62remove.tcl and when I run the tweak.sh it displays the following message and exits.
Enhancements dirstory detected. Run the ininstall script first. Existing...This is all part of my code, not PTVnet. Those tcl files are my creation. You must have run the enhancement script before, or perhaps you started an installation and then aborted it. Anyway, delete that entire directory before you begin.
tbeckner
10-30-2005, 11:03 AM
Correct
This is all part of my code, not PTVnet. Those tcl files are my creation. You must have run the enhancement script before, or perhaps you started an installation and then aborted it. Anyway, delete that entire directory before you begin.How do you take care of a "Read-only file system" error? I have tried to remove the directory.
Gunnyman
10-30-2005, 11:06 AM
mount -o remount,rw /
mikelyxx
10-30-2005, 11:10 AM
I have successfully hacked my dTivo with The Zipper (Thanks all). Everything is working great.
I have a Stand Alone Series 2 in the closet that I'd like to add to my upstairs bedroom. Would love to get all the hacks that I have up and running on my stand alone. It would be great to set up MRV.
Regards.
Michael
tbeckner
10-30-2005, 11:16 AM
Correct
This is all part of my code, not PTVnet. Those tcl files are my creation. You must have run the enhancement script before, or perhaps you started an installation and then aborted it. Anyway, delete that entire directory before you begin.Actually, this is where I put your Showcase scripts which I used about a month ago to turn on showcases again.
Thanks again for everything.
And thanks to: Gunnyman for the "mount -o remount,rw /"
neiko
10-30-2005, 02:22 PM
Hi there,
I'm pretty new to tivoweb, just installed card last week and finding my way around tivoweb.
I have a question for you if you could answer fro me please ;
I was wanting to replace th esplash screen with one of your, but I do not know how to Ftp.
I have saved one of your files in my c:\temp folder and renamed it "AlmostThere.png. Can you tell me wha tto do next ( bearing in mind I do not know a lot about ftp )
thanks
Barry
tbeckner
10-30-2005, 02:28 PM
My previous install was via PTVUPGRADE, and I ran flag_swap PHONE (to ON) and flag_swap TIVOWEB (to OFF) and after the script was installed I receive the following message when I enter HACKMAN the first time after reboot.
A path, pathname or startup conflict has been found...
(this message is informational, and does not indicate an error)
hackman found /ptvupgrade/bin/tivoftpd startup commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
but found /ptvupgrade/bin/tivoftpd in the file scan.
ftppathname has been set to /ptvupgrade/bin/tivoftpd
You may want to make adjustments if this conflict resolution was incorrect,
or perhaps resolve any multiple startup issues.What adjustment do I need to do to eliminate this message?
Gunnyman
10-30-2005, 02:30 PM
shouldn't have to do anything.
unless it pops up every time you start hackman
tbeckner
10-30-2005, 05:30 PM
shouldn't have to do anything.
unless it pops up every time you start hackmanIt happens 4 out 5 times that I enter HACKMAN from TiVoWebPlus.
Gunnyman
10-30-2005, 05:34 PM
teh message doesnt make sense if I read it correctly if says hey I found tivopftpd at such and such but your author file says it is at such and such. it looks like the file is where hackman expected to find it and I think it's just confused. At any rate, there's a hackman support thread here in the underground.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=169844&highlight=Hackman
ttodd1
10-30-2005, 07:36 PM
I had similar issue (different reason), all I did was rebuild the config file and message stopped.
MisterEd
10-30-2005, 10:11 PM
The "yellow-star" stuff is still there. Been about 3 or 4 days (I think). Still using the last beta release, I didn't think there was reason to update. (HR10-250)
Ed
rbautch
10-31-2005, 12:18 AM
I'm not exactly sure how long it takes for showcases to fade away after the MFS entries have been removed.
Human123
10-31-2005, 12:26 AM
Hey Russ,
I do not have netperf in my busybox folder on any of the 3 units I installed the latest script on. When I type speed at bash it says this
BedRoomTivo-bash# speed
bash: /busybox/netperf: No such file or directory
BedRoomTivo-bash#
I did choose for it to be installed on all three and entered the other twos IP addresses in during the installation.
EDIT
I pretty much looked through all the files on the units and cannot find netperf anywhere.
tbeckner
10-31-2005, 01:04 AM
teh message doesnt make sense if I read it correctly if says hey I found tivopftpd at such and such but your author file says it is at such and such. it looks like the file is where hackman expected to find it and I think it's just confused. At any rate, there's a hackman support thread here in the underground.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=169844&highlight=HackmanThanks.
Other than the Hackman situation, everything else appears to be functioning, although the SENDKEY loaded with the TiVoWebPlus appears not to work, and the Wishlist Search does not send the right info to the search panel. I will work with the TiVoWebPlus people on that. And the Merge panel does not allow shifting of selections at least in IE 6.0. All minor issues. I installed Zipper for other reasons.
BTW, I understand that HMO/MRV is now possible on the R10 with the latest SuperPatch! It that correct?
bengalfreak
10-31-2005, 04:49 AM
I also read where endpadplus will cancel a suggestion to pad a program. There is a -seq that you could add to change this.
How does it install "out of the box"
Thanks
Just so we don't confuse anyone. The -seq switch stands for suggestion equalization. Meaning a suggestion won't be padded if it would eliminate another suggestion. It has no effect on padding scheduled recordings.
Gunnyman
10-31-2005, 07:09 AM
Thanks.
Other than the Hackman situation, everything else appears to be functioning, although the SENDKEY loaded with the TiVoWebPlus appears not to work, and the Wishlist Search does not send the right info to the search panel. I will work with the TiVoWebPlus people on that. And the Merge panel does not allow shifting of selections at least in IE 6.0. All minor issues. I installed Zipper for other reasons.
BTW, I understand that HMO/MRV is now possible on the R10 with the latest SuperPatch! It that correct?
MRV has always ben possible with teh 67 superpatch it STILL requires a modded EEPROM though.
rbautch
10-31-2005, 09:45 AM
Hey Russ,
I do not have netperf in my busybox folder on any of the 3 units I installed the latest script on. When I type speed at bash it says this
BedRoomTivo-bash# speed
bash: /busybox/netperf: No such file or directory
BedRoomTivo-bash#
I did choose for it to be installed on all three and entered the other twos IP addresses in during the installation.
EDIT
I pretty much looked through all the files on the units and cannot find netperf anywhere.Netperf is part of alphawolf's all-in-one utility set called tivotools. First search for it by typing "ffind netperf". If you need tivotools, there's a link to it on the Zipper site.
Human123
10-31-2005, 10:54 AM
Netperf is part of alphawolf's all-in-one utility set called tivotools. First search for it by typing "ffind netperf". If you need tivotools, there's a link to it on the Zipper site.
The Tivotools I used is sized at 15,407,104 and dated 9/13/2004.
In unRaring this file I do not see a netperf file. I do see a netcat and a netstat file though. I have these two files on the Tivos but it comes up empty on the search for netperf.
I am wondering if that part of the script did not install right. I used the script on 3 Tivos in a row and they all came out the same. When it asked about installing netperf I said yes and proceeded to enter the IP's of the other 2 Tivos. I did this on all 3 Tivos and they appear to be the same.
BedRoomTivo-bash# ffind netcat
find: /proc/743/fd: No such file or directory
find: /proc/744/fd: No such file or directory
/busybox/netcat
BedRoomTivo-bash# ffind netstat
/proc/net/netstat
find: /proc/743/fd: No such file or directory
find: /proc/744/fd: No such file or directory
/busybox/netstat
BedRoomTivo-bash# ffind netperf
find: /proc/743/fd: No such file or directory
find: /proc/744/fd: No such file or directory
BedRoomTivo-bash#
ttodd1
10-31-2005, 12:33 PM
Thanks.
Other than the Hackman situation, everything else appears to be functioning, although the SENDKEY loaded with the TiVoWebPlus appears not to work, and the Wishlist Search does not send the right info to the search panel. I will work with the TiVoWebPlus people on that. And the Merge panel does not allow shifting of selections at least in IE 6.0. All minor issues. I installed Zipper for other reasons.
BTW, I understand that HMO/MRV is now possible on the R10 with the latest SuperPatch! It that correct?
Did you try to rebuild the hackman cfg file like I suggested? It is what fixed a sililar issue I was having.
Gunnyman
10-31-2005, 01:15 PM
oh and sendkey doesn't work with 6.2
kramerboy
10-31-2005, 01:50 PM
The Tivotools I used is sized at 15,407,104 and dated 9/13/2004.
That is an old version of tivotools. there is a much newer version available from AW over at the other forum.
willardcpa
10-31-2005, 02:12 PM
Had an interesting observation. It appears that the CRON did not switch to standard time the other night, both my fakecalls and reboot were an hour earlier than before on Sunday and reboot last night. Hmmmm. Or maybe they weren't on daylight time to begin with. ;)
rbautch
10-31-2005, 02:15 PM
Cron is always on GMT. Daylight savings time is a US invention.
Human123
10-31-2005, 04:29 PM
That is an old version of tivotools. there is a much newer version available from AW over at the other forum.
Thanks for the input. I searched and found the newer version of Tools and then I ftp'd netperf and netserver to all 3 Tivos and chmod 755 those files and ./netserver them to start server.
This has worked and I can now test speeds by typing the alias of speed from bash
But it brings up a dilemma to me. All 3 Tivos were hacked with the older tools files. I looked at the files with a newer date on them and there are a lot of them including crond. My question now is that my systems appear to work fine, but what, if any, problems or shortcomings could I expect to see in my scenario?
If there are shortcomings is there a way to update the tivotools files without starting over? I understand some of the files may be symlinked also.
Thanks for any and all input on this.
charlesml3
10-31-2005, 05:51 PM
I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong trying to install TWEAK 2.5. I've checked for the ^M characters in the scripts and they all seem fine.
I have all the files in /var/hacks/bin
When I run "sh install.sh" it comes back only with "No Installation directory, aborting."
I've tried everything I can think of. Anyone have a hint?
TIA...
-Charles
Human123
10-31-2005, 05:57 PM
I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong trying to install TWEAK 2.5. I've checked for the ^M characters in the scripts and they all seem fine.
I have all the files in /var/hacks/bin
When I run "sh install.sh" it comes back only with "No Installation directory, aborting."
I've tried everything I can think of. Anyone have a hint?
TIA...
-Charles
No expert here but...
You need the .tgz file and the tweak.sh file and the install command is
sh tweak.sh
charlesml3
10-31-2005, 06:26 PM
Yea, I have both the .tgz and the .tar file that I pulled out with WINZIP sitting there. It's looking for something that I just can't spot. Man, I'm such a Linux newb. I've been in I.T. for 17 years but Linux just stumps me...
Thanks man...
-Charles
charlesml3
10-31-2005, 06:30 PM
Nevermind! CHMOD 755 is my friend! I had to change that on tweak.sh
Man, I can't believe how much I've learned about LINUX since I started hacking this HR10-250
Thanks everyone...
-Charles
MisterEd
10-31-2005, 07:05 PM
cron stuff is happening wrong days, wrong times and wrong frequency:
IW /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CR Row 1 Col 1 0:02 Ctrl-K H for help
Mon Oct 31 09:22:04 UTC 2005 cron logs wiped (should be every 3 mos I believe)
Mon Oct 31 09:22:04 UTC 2005 cron.test.out deleted (wrong time)
Mon Oct 31 09:41:49 UTC 2005 season pass backup made (wrong day / time)
All this happens every day it seems.
Human123
10-31-2005, 07:07 PM
Glad it worked for you.
I notice that you were using winzip to open the files. I have read that unless you have a certain option checked in winzip, you might create some problems.
I have read that WinRar is probably the safest to use
rbautch
10-31-2005, 07:29 PM
cron stuff is happening wrong days, wrong times and wrong frequency:
IW /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CR Row 1 Col 1 0:02 Ctrl-K H for help
Mon Oct 31 09:22:04 UTC 2005 cron logs wiped (should be every 3 mos I believe)
Mon Oct 31 09:22:04 UTC 2005 cron.test.out deleted (wrong time)
Mon Oct 31 09:41:49 UTC 2005 season pass backup made (wrong day / time)
All this happens every day it seems.The times are in GMT, which is 6 hours ahead of central standard time. It wipes the cron logs every 3rd month, not every three months, so they get wiped in January, April, July, and October.
edit: I think I will change the next version to wipe every three months instead of every third month.
MisterEd
10-31-2005, 08:50 PM
Hmmm, but the Season pass backup is sheduled for Sundays @ 3:30AM CST which would be Sunday 9:30AM UCT but it happened Monday at that time.
Mon Oct 31 09:41:49 UTC 2005 season pass backup made
# Make a backup of season passes and wishlists every Sunday night at 3:30am CST
31 9 * * 1 cd /var/hack/tivowebplus; sh backup_run.sh; echo `date` season pass
Edit:
AHA, Sunday is ZERO, you have it set to "1" so it happened MONDAY. Minor typo but that explains it.
* * * * * command to be executed
- - - - -
| | | | |
| | | | +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
| | | +------- month (1 - 12)
| | +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
| +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)
http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm
The times are in GMT, which is 6 hours ahead of central standard time. It wipes the cron logs every 3rd month, not every three months, so they get wiped in January, April, July, and October.
edit: I think I will change the next version to wipe every three months instead of every third month.
rbautch
10-31-2005, 09:12 PM
Technically it's scheduled for Monday morning at 3:30am. For a party guy like myself, I consider that late Sunday night, and is why I labeled it as such. ;)
tbeckner
10-31-2005, 09:47 PM
I had similar issue (different reason), all I did was rebuild the config file and message stopped.So, how do you rebuild the HACKMAN.CFG file?
tbeckner
10-31-2005, 09:59 PM
oh and sendkey doesn't work with 6.2I knew that it did not work earlier this year, but I just thought that maybe somebody had fixed it.
I did setup NCIDD last night and noticed that you need to put the full path in the OUT2OSD.CONF file for the TrueType font, so the set fontname should look like the example below. The example did not have the full path in the set fontname line, so OUT2OSD [tivocid], displayed an error everytime it went to display the callerid.
set fontname = /var/hack/share/fonts/abbey_m1.ttf
As an additional note: Any TrueType font works.
Do you know what version of NCIDD is included in the latest ZIPPER? I understand that the earlier versions failed after a few hours on the DirecTiVo. The current version of NCIDD is .61, which appears to have been fixed for the TiVo.
tbeckner
10-31-2005, 10:03 PM
MRV has always ben possible with teh 67 superpatch it STILL requires a modded EEPROM though.I understood from the note in the new 1.1 version of the superpatch that the EPROM change was not required, and that the R10 was a new addition along with all of 6.X and 7.X versions on all machines.
ttodd1
10-31-2005, 10:43 PM
So, how do you rebuild the HACKMAN.CFG file?
"Recommended procedure:
1. Start hackman and allow hackman to find all of your hacks
2. Review the derived hackman.cfg and edit it to match your configuration
3. Save hackman.cfg and proceed to use hackman"
That is from the documentation, to get to step 2 you click on the date toward the bottom of the page, type in the password,click on view paths and pathnames, review your paths, then click on the create or rebuild configuration.
Click on the version number on the main screen to get to and read the documentation.
Gunnyman
10-31-2005, 10:52 PM
I understood from the note in the new 1.1 version of the superpatch that the EPROM change was not required, and that the R10 was a new addition along with all of 6.X and 7.X versions on all machines.
ANY modification to a series 2.5 Tivo (R10's and Nightlights) require a PROM mod.
Just because the script can modify version 6.1's tivoapp doesn NOT mean they got around the PROM check.
bnm81002
10-31-2005, 10:52 PM
The times are in GMT, which is 6 hours ahead of central standard time. It wipes the cron logs every 3rd month, not every three months, so they get wiped in January, April, July, and October.
edit: I think I will change the next version to wipe every three months instead of every third month.
so it would be how many hours ahead for Eastern Standard Time(NY)? thanks
tbeckner
10-31-2005, 11:11 PM
"Recommended procedure:
1. Start hackman and allow hackman to find all of your hacks
2. Review the derived hackman.cfg and edit it to match your configuration
3. Save hackman.cfg and proceed to use hackman"
That is from the documentation, to get to step 2 you click on the date toward the bottom of the page, type in the password,click on view paths and pathnames, review your paths, then click on the create or rebuild configuration.
Click on the version number on the main screen to get to and read the documentation.I tried the method listed above, but the problem is still there. I did notice that HACKMAN always puts a TAB character in front of the set 1 execute command as listed below.
I can remove the tab character manually, but the problem still shows up once in a while. I am going to live with it, because I really don't use hackman all that much and the reason I installed Zipper was to install NCIDD, a new FAKECALL (although CRON is running the new FAKECALL is not stopping the machine from attempting to call out), and a standard version of TiVoWebPlus.
# These are the start up commands and other miscellaneous variables --
#
# DO NOT EDIT UNLESS YOU HAVE GOOD REASON TO DO SO --: #
set 0 "exec /sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login > /dev/console &"
set 1 "exec{space}{tab}/ptvupgrade/bin/tivoftpd &"
set 2 "exec /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb &"
tbeckner
10-31-2005, 11:13 PM
so it would be how many hours ahead for Eastern Standard Time(NY)? thankswhich is 6 hours ahead of central standard time, so GMT is 5 hours ahead of EST, 7 hours ahead of MST, and 8 hours a head of PST. Adjust those time difference by one hour for EDT, CDT, MDT, and PDT, so during the summer, GMT is 7 hours ahead of PDT.
tbeckner
10-31-2005, 11:15 PM
ANY modification to a series 2.5 Tivo (R10's and Nightlights) require a PROM mod.
Just because the script can modify version 6.1's tivoapp doesn NOT mean they got around the PROM check.I will research the reason for the EPROM change.
Thanks for your reply.
Human123
10-31-2005, 11:29 PM
Thanks for the input. I searched and found the newer version of Tools and then I ftp'd netperf and netserver to all 3 Tivos and chmod 755 those files and ./netserver them to start server.
This has worked and I can now test speeds by typing the alias of speed from bash
But it brings up a dilemma to me. All 3 Tivos were hacked with the older tools files. I looked at the files with a newer date on them and there are a lot of them including crond. My question now is that my systems appear to work fine, but what, if any, problems or shortcomings could I expect to see in my scenario?
If there are shortcomings is there a way to update the tivotools files without starting over? I understand some of the files may be symlinked also.
Thanks for any and all input on this.
Anyone have any comments on the differences between the old version of Tivotools and the newer one?
There are many files in the package with newer dates, just wondering if they are updated from the older version or not
Since I have the older version installed on 3 Tivos already I plan to just upgrade rbautchs enhancements. I want to know if eventually it will catch up to me or if I can just modify with new files as I did with netperf and netserver.
Thanks
charlesml3
11-01-2005, 02:54 PM
Hi Gang,
I just finished getting a HR10-250 up to speed with version 2.5 of the script. Worked like a champ!
It did leave behind /var/hack and a few subfolders. I don't keep my hacks there so I was wondering if that folder needs to stay.
Every folder contains "out2osd" and that's all. Anyone know if this needs to be here?
Thanks again! Really good script...
-Charles
merlincc
11-01-2005, 03:56 PM
I know that NCID uses out2osd to display the caller id on the screen so I have question.
I had NCID up and running on both my boxes and in an attempt to get things out of /var I delete the /var/hack directory after I ran the tweak-uninstall.sh script. I then reran tweak.sh which put everything back in the /var/hack directory anyway so my little exercise turned out to be futile. After the install I noticed that out2osd was not installed in the /var/hack directory.
My question:
Is out2osd supposed to be part of the tweak.sh install process along with NCID?
I untarred it into the /var/hack directory but my caller id no longer seems to work.
Thanks.
rbautch
11-01-2005, 04:11 PM
Yes, out2osd is part of the NCID installation. It's the tool that actually displays messages on your screen. I also use it to display a "Welcome to rbautch Enhancements!!" message on your tv screen when you first start the script, and also to warn you of an impending reboot if you happen to be watching Magnum PI re-runs on Sunday at 3am. Out2osd and NCID both go in /var because they are hard-coded to do so. The next script version will have a neat little symlink trick that will allow you to get everything out of /var. Version .61 of NCID is included in both the Zipper and the Enhancement script. This is the most current version.
rbautch
11-01-2005, 04:44 PM
…although CRON is running the new FAKECALL is not stopping the machine from attempting to call out.. This could be because you selected to have cron do “soft reboots” that only reboot your tivo if nothing is recording. Regular reboots are necessary to continuously reset the “next scheduled call” in the system information screen of your Tivo menu. Also check the /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN file to see if cron is running fakecall and rebooting when it is supposed to.
Re your Hackman problem, try deleting hackman.ini and hackman.cfg entirely, so when you restart Hackman it will build those from scratch based on what it finds.
merlincc
11-01-2005, 04:47 PM
Yes, out2osd is part of the NCID installation. It's the tool that actually displays messages on your screen. I also use it to display a "Welcome to rbautch Enhancements!!" message on your tv screen when you first start the script, and also to warn you of an impending reboot if you happen to be watching Magnum PI re-runs on Sunday at 3am. Out2osd and NCID both go in /var because they are hard-coded to do so. The next script version will have a neat little symlink trick that will allow you to get everything out of /var. Version .61 of NCID is included in both the Zipper and the Enhancement script. This is the most current version.
So if I run tweak-unistall.sh and wipe out /var/hack and then run tweak.sh it should re-install everything in the /var/hack directory? When I did this it seemed to do everything but the out2osd. I will run this again and confirm.
Thanks once again for the quick responses.
rbautch
11-01-2005, 05:02 PM
I just finished getting a HR10-250 up to speed with version 2.5 of the script. Worked like a champ! It did leave behind /var/hack and a few subfolders. I don't keep my hacks there so I was wondering if that folder needs to stay. Every folder contains "out2osd" and that's all. Anyone know if this needs to be here?
Thanks again! Really good script... The script installs two things in /var/hack, NCID callerID and Tivowebplus. If you moved TWP someplace else, that’s fine, but you’ll have to adjust the author file if you want it to start automatically upon reboot, and you’ll have to adjust the TWPrun.sh file also. Out2osd is necessary if you are using callerID, or if you want to see on-screen warning messages before your Tivo is rebooted by cron. Otherwise, you can remove the /var/hack directory.
rbautch
11-01-2005, 05:10 PM
So if I run tweak-unistall.sh and wipe out /var/hack and then run tweak.sh it should re-install everything in the /var/hack directory? When I did this it seemed to do everything but the out2osd. I will run this again and confirm.
Yes, that’s what should happen.
willardcpa
11-01-2005, 07:01 PM
[QUOTE=rbautch]....Regular reboots are necessary to continuously reset the “next scheduled call” in the system information screen of your Tivo menu.../QUOTE]
rbautch is "the man" and he wrote the script, so I will not question what he says, .....but. ;) the "next scheduled call" in system the system information screen is reset by fakecall every day - so if you are relying on what it says to figure out when your tivo might try to call out again you may be in for an unpleasant surprise - it will always say that the next schedule call is six days 22 hours (approx) from the last time fake call did its thing. What you want to look at is phone settings - that the one that gets reset by the reboot, and my guess is the one that really counts.
Right now under "system information" mine says that the last service connection was Monday at 9:20pm and that the next scheduled one is 11/7 at 7:38. But under phone settings it says that the last successful call was Sunday at 8:20pm and that the next call is on Sunday at 7:37pm. This is the one that I pay attention to, it really looks like the system information is resetting everyday and the phone settings one is resetting when the box reboots. If I relied on the system information I would think I was safe until next Monday, but looking at phone settings I can see that the box will try to call in next Sunday - Before the sunday night reboot - so I better have the Wednesday night reboot. :)
rbautch
11-01-2005, 07:32 PM
... the "next scheduled call" in system the system information screen is reset by fakecall every day - so if you are relying on what it says to figure out when your tivo might try to call out again you may be in for an unpleasant surprise - it will always say that the next schedule call is six days 22 hours (approx) from the last time fake call did its thing. What you want to look at is phone settings - that the one that gets reset by the reboot, and my guess is the one that really counts. You are correct!
merlincc
11-01-2005, 08:17 PM
OK. I re-installed and verified that out2osd did indeed get installed. I must have mucked something up in my install/re-install process. Thumbs up on an awesome script. I appreciate the hard work.
One thing to note however:
After running tweak-uninstall.sh I verified that the /var/hack directory got wiped out and the rc.sysinit.author file was restored to the backup. Everything looked as I expected. I re-ran the tweak.sh script and after I ran it I noticed the
#############################################
# starting netserver to receive netperf requests
/busybox/netserver
was in the rc.sysinit.author.bak file. This explains why after several installs I saw multiple netserver lines in my author file. Anyone else see this? Sorry if this has been reported before.
Gunnyman
11-01-2005, 08:39 PM
yep I have seen it as well.
Dirac
11-01-2005, 09:04 PM
While dinking around with the new script I noticed the .bak file is pretty much (or is) identical to the real .author file. I went in there and manually cleaned up the .bak file, but I didn't connect the dots until just now. If you're uninstalling, the end result is that your author file is pretty much the same as it was before you installed, and the next install will just append the rbautch startup script commands, leaving you with two of everything.
Maybe it's copying over the .bak file too late, after the changes to the .author file are already made.
rbautch
11-01-2005, 09:20 PM
While dinking around with the new script I noticed the .bak file is pretty much (or is) identical to the real .author file. I went in there and manually cleaned up the .bak file, but I didn't connect the dots until just now. If you're uninstalling, the end result is that your author file is pretty much the same as it was before you installed, and the next install will just append the rbautch startup script commands, leaving you with two of everything.
Maybe it's copying over the .bak file too late, after the changes to the .author file are already made.The thing is, if you ALWAYS run the uninstall script before you run the script, you will never end up with duplicate entries in your author file. The .bak file should always be a virgin author file from before you ever heard of this script.
merlincc
11-01-2005, 10:04 PM
The thing is, if you ALWAYS run the uninstall script before you run the script, you will never end up with duplicate entries in your author file. The .bak file should always be a virgin author file from before you ever heard of this script.
This is exactly what happens but from my experiences it appends the netperf lines to the author file before it cp's it to the bak file. So after it is finished it has the expected author file and a .bak file that has the netperf lines.
The bottom line: The more I un-install and then re-install the more netperf lines I see in my author file.
Rbautch - maybe you are adding the netperf lines before you copy it to .bak. I will take a peek at your code when I get a minute.
merlincc
11-01-2005, 10:10 PM
Rbautch -
I just looked at the code and you do append the netperf lines just before you cp it to .bak. I would suggest maybe cp to .bak first and then do the netperf stuff.
Just an observation and only trying to help.
Thanks for the hard work.
rbautch
11-01-2005, 10:45 PM
You are correct. I'll fix.
Gunnyman
11-02-2005, 08:15 AM
so I wasn't going crazy with all the netperf and crond calls in my author file! Yay ME!
I thought Senility was making a very early appearance.
so I wasn't going crazy with all the netperf and crond calls in my author file! Yay ME!
I thought Senility was making a very early appearance.
It still may be regardless of this temporary reprieve.
willardcpa
11-02-2005, 12:44 PM
Gunny's enrolled in a weekly "Memory Enhancement" class, problem is he keeps forgetting to attend. ;)
Gunnyman
11-02-2005, 01:22 PM
There's this club for people like me but I can't remember what it's called or where the heck it is.
Andy in NYC
11-02-2005, 02:41 PM
Given that my HD Tivo is running just fine (tivoweb plus w/HD fixes, ftp telnet and that 'other thing'), I'm loathe to install this script if it might still break my build - I really don't want to pull the drive and restart the process.
Have all the known HD bugs been killed?
What might I need to change prior to the install given that I already have .profile, Paths and .author files (etc) which I understand get killed?
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
rbautch
11-02-2005, 02:53 PM
Nothing in the script will "break your build". The issue described above is a minor one that has no effect on your Tivo's operation. The script will back up your existing author file, and then will append some addtional startup commands to the original. Same for the .profile. The latest script runs fine on HR10-250's.
shepler76
11-02-2005, 03:20 PM
Given that my HD Tivo is running just fine (tivoweb plus w/HD fixes, ftp telnet and that 'other thing'), I'm loathe to install this script if it might still break my build - I really don't want to pull the drive and restart the process.
Have all the known HD bugs been killed?
What might I need to change prior to the install given that I already have .profile, Paths and .author files (etc) which I understand get killed?
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
Only thing that happened to my hr10-250 is that after running the script it did not change the .author file to executable, So I had to attahc it to a pc and get into it and make it 755. That was with the beta 2.5, when I used the release 2.5 it seemed to work OK. I would check the .author file before you do the reboot after the install.
merlincc
11-02-2005, 04:24 PM
Given that my HD Tivo is running just fine (tivoweb plus w/HD fixes, ftp telnet and that 'other thing'), I'm loathe to install this script if it might still break my build - I really don't want to pull the drive and restart the process.
Have all the known HD bugs been killed?
What might I need to change prior to the install given that I already have .profile, Paths and .author files (etc) which I understand get killed?
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
I have ran the install/un-install several times with the 2.5 release and it is rock solid other than the minor detail I described above. I believe it to be a real time saver and endorse it whole heartedly.
It will not break anything. In fact I believe it tidy's things up quite a bit and am very grateful to Rbautch, Gunny and all the testers for this script.
[jumps down from pedestal]
Rock on! :D
rbautch
11-02-2005, 04:34 PM
Thanks!!
rbautch
11-02-2005, 04:37 PM
Only thing that happened to my hr10-250 is that after running the script it did not change the .author file to executable, So I had to attahc it to a pc and get into it and make it 755. That was with the beta 2.5, when I used the release 2.5 it seemed to work OK. I would check the .author file before you do the reboot after the install. There shouldn’t be a need to change the permissions of your author file unless they were set incorrectly to begin with. The script does not replace the author file, it only appends a few lines to it, which does not change permissions.
Andy in NYC
11-02-2005, 05:57 PM
OK, bit the bullet and ran the script - everything worked but for the TivoWeb stuff.
My TivoWebPlus, which has the HD fixes, is installed in /var/local/tivoweb-tcl and various subdirectories.
Since I want backups of season passes, did all 'that stuff' get installed but the target directory is off? ie if I move my installation of TivoWeb will the 'stuff' get picked up?
What would the command be (if the Linux not-wannabe can ask) to move this to the correct location?
What file do I then need to edit (since I have long since forgotten) to start up TivoWeb at boot? is this is .profile or author.rc or what?
Cute replacement of Almost There!
USB still works, haven't tried caller id yet, but I'm very happy (if I can fix the TivoWeb <g>)!
Andrew
regicat
11-02-2005, 06:18 PM
OK folks, here a question: I tried to install the script by first uninstalling the old one. When I try "sh tweak.sh" I get:
Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tweak.sh: tar: command not found
Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: tweak.sh:
/enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
So what happened/where did my TAR go? I looked in various directories and could not find it anywhere. I don't know where it came from in the first place. BTW, this is of two HDVR2 Tivos now so both are missing TAR.
The unit was originally hacked with ptvnet to get USB, ftp, etc. and I also have MRV on them. I wonder if ptvnet added TAR?
rbautch
11-02-2005, 06:54 PM
OK folks, here a question: I tried to install the script by first uninstalling the old one. When I try "sh tweak.sh" I get:
Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tweak.sh: tar: command not found
Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: tweak.sh:
/enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
So what happened/where did my TAR go? I looked in various directories and could not find it anywhere. I don't know where it came from in the first place. BTW, this is of two HDVR2 Tivos now so both are missing TAR.
The unit was originally hacked with ptvnet to get USB, ftp, etc. and I also have MRV on them. I wonder if ptvnet added TAR?Download them from the bottom of this page (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak.html) and stick it in /busybox.
regicat
11-02-2005, 07:57 PM
Thanks a lot for the info. It turns out that I had cron problems and took ptvupgrade\busybox out of the path during the last update thinking that may have to do with it. Although everything in there are sym links they supplied the commands. Anyway, thanks again for all your great work!
rbautch
11-02-2005, 11:09 PM
OK, bit the bullet and ran the script - everything worked but for the TivoWeb stuff.
My TivoWebPlus, which has the HD fixes, is installed in /var/local/tivoweb-tcl and various subdirectories.
Since I want backups of season passes, did all 'that stuff' get installed but the target directory is off? ie if I move my installation of TivoWeb will the 'stuff' get picked up?
What would the command be (if the Linux not-wannabe can ask) to move this to the correct location?
What file do I then need to edit (since I have long since forgotten) to start up TivoWeb at boot? is this is .profile or author.rc or what?
Cute replacement of Almost There!
USB still works, haven't tried caller id yet, but I'm very happy (if I can fix the TivoWeb <g>)!
Andrew
Since PTVnet is already starting up TWP for you, I suggest leaving your TWP installation where it is. Edit the /enhancements/TWPrun.sh file to point to the correct location.
bengalfreak
11-03-2005, 06:14 AM
I think a really good idea is to FTP a virgin copy of your rc.sysinit.author file to your dektop prior to running the enhancements script. You'll always have it that way. I have about five incarnations of mine for backup purposes.
Andy in NYC
11-03-2005, 09:45 AM
Since PTVnet is already starting up TWP for you, I suggest leaving your TWP installation where it is. Edit the /enhancements/TWPrun.sh file to point to the correct location.
Not sure what PTVnet is (I didn't use the InstantCake stuff if that's what you're referring to), but let me be more clear in the question.
TWPrun.sh reads:
#!/bin/sh
/var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb
are you saying I need only adjust that line to
/var/local/tivoweb-tcl/tivoweb
and all the backup of season passes, etc. will "automatically" now work without an uninstall and reinstall of your script (I added the USB 2.0 drivers)?
BTW, joe seems to open the file read-only. is this because the /enhancements is mounted read-only or joe opens files as read-only by default?
Thanks
Andrew
rbautch
11-03-2005, 10:24 AM
My mistake on PTVnet. Yes, that's what you need to change it to. You don't need to uninstall/reinstall the script. For backups to work, you must install the TWP backup module. The script mounts the entire filesystem read-only. To edit a file, you mount read-write. The script sets up a shortcut for you to do that - just type rw at bash, and then ro when you're finished. To test if the automated backups work, run the /enhancements/backup_run.sh script from bash.
Andy in NYC
11-03-2005, 10:28 AM
My mistake on PTVnet. Yes, that's what you need to change it to. You don't need to uninstall/reinstall the script. For backups to work, you must install the TWP backup module. The script mounts the entire filesystem read-only. To edit a file, you mount read-write. The script sets up a shortcut for you to do that - just type rw at bash, and then ro when you're finished. To test if the automated backups work, run the /enhancements/backup_run.sh script from bash.
running backup_run.sh returns
mv: /seasonpass_backups/backup: No such file or directory
now what?
rbautch
11-03-2005, 11:26 AM
Try running backup_write_static.tcl with:
tivosh /enhancements/backup_write_static.tcl
Do you have the TWP backup module installed?
Andy in NYC
11-03-2005, 04:31 PM
Try running backup_write_static.tcl with:
Do you have the TWP backup module installed?
HDTivo-TiVo# tivosh /enhancements/backup_write_static.tcl
The backup will be written to /seasonpass_backups/backup
couldn't read file "util.itcl": no such file or directory
while executing
"source "util.itcl""
(file "/enhancements/backup_write_static.tcl" line 77)
HDTivo-TiVo#
I 'told' the script to install the backup module (but remember that I have tivoweb in a different directory.
rbautch
11-03-2005, 04:55 PM
Do you have a util.itcl file in your Tivowebplus directory? It's part of the startard TWP package. You'll have to manually copy the backup module to your directory.
MisterEd
11-04-2005, 12:45 AM
My "yellow stars" still won't go away. Been a week or more. (HR10-250). Other then that everything is good in HDef land.
NYHeel
11-04-2005, 10:22 AM
I'm running 4.01b on my 2 directivos. I never bothered and probably won't ever bother to move to 6.2. Can I still use this script? Also, on one of my tivos I have tivoweb on it but I never use it because I can't get it to work over the internet (I spent hours trying everything with my router but it still didn't work). Can I just use this script to overwrite and reinstall TWP as well as some of the other hacks (I have end pad plus working with 1 minute soft pads before and after). Will it mess up my tivo because I already have some of these hacks running?
Thanks, and sorry if this has been covered already. I've read part of this thread but it's just too long to read it all.
rbautch
11-04-2005, 10:35 AM
Yes, you can use the script with 3.1. I suggest removing as many of your old hacks as possible, and remove the startup commands from your author file so they don't conflict with the ones that the script appends.
rbautch
11-04-2005, 10:38 AM
My "yellow stars" still won't go away. Been a week or more. (HR10-250). Other then that everything is good in HDef land.Try running the attached script (with tivosh), which will check to see if you still have showcase tokens.
Fofer
11-04-2005, 10:39 AM
I'm running 4.01b on my 2 directivos. I never bothered and probably won't ever bother to move to 6.2.
Are you sure about that? 6.2 is way way way faster. Seems stabler, too.
ttodd1
11-04-2005, 11:33 AM
Yes, you can use the script with 3.1. I suggest removing as many of your old hacks as possible, and remove the startup commands from your author file so they don't conflict with the ones that the script appends.
but he says he has 4.0......
rbautch
11-04-2005, 11:56 AM
That too. It works on any Series 2 Tivo. Check out the 4.01b/6.2 speed tests in my signature.
MisterEd
11-04-2005, 12:35 PM
:confused:
(HDTivo)-TiVo# tivosh check-show.tcl
No existing showcase tokens found...
(HDTivo)-TiVo#
:confused:
"The Weatherman" with a big yeller star is still there.
Try running the attached script (with tivosh), which will check to see if you still have showcase tokens.
Dirac
11-04-2005, 08:57 PM
rbautch talked me into switching from 4.0.1b to 6.2 (actually talked me OUT of switching back to 4.0.1b). After Getting the HDTiVo up and running, it's a huge difference in speed. It reminded me of how slow v. 4 used to be... they were about the same speed until I went to 6.2.
slydog75
11-05-2005, 12:22 AM
I'm picky about having as few hacks running at one time as I can. Can I use cron to stop telnet and FTP, say 1 hour after a reboot? That will leave those means of entering open in case of trouble and if I need either of them later on, I can start them up with TWP/Hackman.
rbautch
11-05-2005, 12:43 AM
Sure. But it would be easier just to never start them at all by removing the startup commands from your author file.
tbeckner
11-05-2005, 04:51 AM
This could be because you selected to have cron do “soft reboots” that only reboot your tivo if nothing is recording. Regular reboots are necessary to continuously reset the “next scheduled call” in the system information screen of your Tivo menu. Also check the /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN file to see if cron is running fakecall and rebooting when it is supposed to.
Re your Hackman problem, try deleting hackman.ini and hackman.cfg entirely, so when you restart Hackman it will build those from scratch based on what it finds.Thanks, will do.
BTUx9
11-05-2005, 04:59 AM
I'm picky about having as few hacks running at one time as I can. Can I use cron to stop telnet and FTP, say 1 hour after a reboot? That will leave those means of entering open in case of trouble and if I need either of them later on, I can start them up with TWP/Hackman.
I can understand and agree with the desire to minimize running apps, but I don't think it's wise to stop telnet... it's got quite a small footprint and is quite robust, whereas there are MANY things that can go wrong with TWP.
Just my 2 cents.
slydog75
11-05-2005, 09:52 AM
Rbautch, I wouldn't want tohave them not start at all, as if something goes wrong with TWP I wouldn't be able to get in to fix it. If I have them shut down an hour after a reboot then if TWP crashes I can just reboot and be able to Telnet and FTP in to see what's going on. Also, could you give me the entires I need to make into crontab/root to do this? Thanks!
rbautch
11-05-2005, 11:44 AM
I don't know what the cron entires would be. It's easy to start things in cron, but not easy to stop them without knowing the pid. I suppose you could pipe the output of ps to grep and then sed/awk/cut your way into the appropriate command for the crontab, but I've never messed with that. There's probably an easier way.
I went through the "Tivo Zipper" script using a cake image.
I installed everything on a new seagate 200 GB. The system boots up correctly and I can record/watch tv again. The problem is that the dhcp isn't working. I used the recomended USB Netgear FA120 ethernet nic. Did I miss something.
Can somebody try and assist me with this problem. I'm tring to have my tivo update over the network since I have a VOIP phone system. This is the only way to get my tivo to update without dragging my tivo to a friends house.
NIC: Netgear FA120 Ethernet USB
Tivo: Direct TV RCA 40gb
HD: Seagate 200gb
system Info says:
Platform: Series2
Soft Version: 6.2-01-2-321 (cake build)
record capacity: up to 176 hours
rbautch
11-06-2005, 04:32 PM
Did you check your router to see what IP was assigned to your tivo? You shouldnt be updating over the network service or anywhere else now that your Tivo is hacked.
austin61
11-07-2005, 12:38 AM
II'm tring to have my tivo update over the network since I have a VOIP phone system. This is the only way to get my tivo to update without dragging my tivo to a friends house.
If you "Zippered" the unit you do not need, or probably, want the unit to connect to Tivo.
Andy in NYC
11-07-2005, 04:21 PM
After running the script, I have terrible USB throughput to my Linksys 200M. My rc.sysinit.author file reads (partially):
#!/bin/bash
#load usb and ethernet modules
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
sleep 15
#configure Linksys
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.75 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
sleep 60
From the "other" site, they show:
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817.o
insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/usb-ohci.o
insmod /lib/modules/usbnet.o
as being correct.
What changes should I make. A certain program is showing .3 meg/sec as throughput.
Andrew
BTUx9
11-07-2005, 04:35 PM
you may want to check with "top" to see if the tivo is busy doing something else (indexing, etc). The usbnet.o is superfluous in that ax8817.o is a link to it.
Andy in NYC
11-07-2005, 04:46 PM
you may want to check with "top" to see if the tivo is busy doing something else (indexing, etc). The usbnet.o is superfluous in that ax8817.o is a link to it.
Top reports back:
Mem: 88316K used, 2988K free, 0K shrd, 520K buff, 69588K cached
Load average: 0.27, 0.56, 0.69 (State: S=sleeping R=running, W=waiting)
PID USER STATUS RSS PPID %CPU %MEM COMMAND
610 root R 864 609 9.1 0.9 top
131 root S 5536 130 4.1 6.0 ApgManager
174 root S 2664 135 3.9 2.9 myworld
132 root S 4268 130 1.9 4.6 ApgManager
186 root S 4692 132 0.8 5.1 ApgManager
198 root S 3976 1 0.7 4.3 tivosh
171 root S 2188 135 0.7 2.3 myworld
188 root S 8200 135 0.3 8.9 myworld
180 root S 4608 135 0.3 5.0 myworld
137 root S 3596 135 0.1 3.9 myworld
58 root S 1744 52 0.1 1.9 dssappAV
191 root S 524 1 0.1 0.5 tnlited
81 root S 424 1 0.1 0.4 switcherstart
181 root S 5088 135 0.0 5.5 myworld
182 root S 4372 135 0.0 4.7 myworld
130 root S 3828 128 0.0 4.1 ApgManager
179 root S 3548 135 0.0 3.8 myworld
128 root S 3468 81 0.0 3.7 ApgManager
183 root S 3328 135 0.0 3.6 myworld
Any more thoughts?
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