Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script

[rbautch]

device ax8817x
product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200MV2
is this the same for a version1?

the original usb.map listed
device ax8817x
product 077b 2226 Linksys USB200M
The entires for version 1 and 2 are different. I modified the enhancement script to insert the lines for version 2 using sed. If you search the script for "sed", you can see what's going on.

[bigrig]

mmmkay, here's what my .profile has now:
export PATH=$PATH:/busybox########################################:/enhancements
TERM=xterm
alias rw='echo "mounting read write"; mount -o remount,rw /'
alias ro='echo "mounting read only"; mount -o remount,ro /'
alias twp='echo "starting Tivowebplus"; /enhancements/TWPrunc.sh'
alias ffind='find / -name'
alias author='joe /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author'
alias root='joe /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root'
alias twprs='echo "restarting Tivowebplus"; sh /enhancements/TWPrestart.sh'
#########################################
TERM=xterm

#########################################
export PS1="\[\e[33;1m\]HDTivo\[\e[36;1m\]-\[\e[31;1m\]T\[\e[32;1m\]i\[\e[33;1m\]V\[\e[34;1m\]o\[\e[0m\]# \[\e[0m\]"

What's all the stuff at the end? Should my .profile look more like this:
export PATH=$PATH:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/enhancements
########################################
TERM=xterm
alias rw='echo "mounting read write"; mount -o remount,rw /'
alias ro='echo "mounting read only"; mount -o remount,ro /'
alias twp='echo "starting Tivowebplus"; /enhancements/TWPrunc.sh'
alias ffind='find / -name'
alias author='joe /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author'
alias root='joe /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root'
alias twprs='echo "restarting Tivowebplus"; sh /enhancements/TWPrestart.sh'
#########################################
TERM=xterm

#########################################
export PS1="\[\e[33;1m\]HDTivo\[\e[36;1m\]-\[\e[31;1m\]T\[\e[32;1m\]i\[\e[33;1m\]V\[\e[34;1m\]o\[\e[0m\]# \[\e[0m\]"

Thanks!

[rbautch]

The stuff at the end is the color bash prompt. Your edit looks correct.

[BeanCounter1]

I have edited my .profile with joe to include the following

export PS1='[Tivo1-bash] \w # '

This is basically the original prompt plus the current path. I saved the edit and logged out, then telneted back in, only to find the original prompt from the enhancement script. I then checked my syntax by entering the command at the bash prompt, and my "custom" bash worked fine until I logged out. When I logged back in, it was back to the original.

It seems as if there is another file that is reseting this after the .profile is processed, but I've searched for "PS1" and the only other file mentioned was "/.profile" which I also edited.

Any ideas? There's got to be a way to do this without having to uninstall/reinstall.

[bigrig]

You're mounting the drive as read/write, correct?

I'm not real comfortable with joe/vi, so what I do is delete the .profile on the Tivo, edit the file on the PC, transfer over as profile and rename to .profile.

Matt

[Adam1115]

I've got to admit, this script is great. At some point I lost my hacks directory and never got around to redoing it.. I decided to do this instead and wow, 60 seconds and I'm done through telnet. Nice job...

I should add. I keep reading people struggleing with uploads and having to use dos2unix or whatever. I've NEVER had to do this. If you're using the dos FTP client (which you should be, don't use windows explorer), just type "type binary" before you upload the files and it will upload them correctly. No DOS2Unix or anything else. You should always use binary uploads when uploading to a Linux box.

[BeanCounter1]

You're mounting the drive as read/write, correct?

I'm not real comfortable with joe/vi, so what I do is delete the .profile on the Tivo, edit the file on the PC, transfer over as profile and rename to .profile.

Matt

I enabled read/write, edited with Joe, and resaved. I wouldn't think it would matter which method I use, especially after a reboot.

[rbautch]

I have edited my .profile with joe to include the following

export PS1='[Tivo1-bash] \w # '

This is basically the original prompt plus the current path. I saved the edit and logged out, then telneted back in, only to find the original prompt from the enhancement script. I then checked my syntax by entering the command at the bash prompt, and my "custom" bash worked fine until I logged out. When I logged back in, it was back to the original.

It seems as if there is another file that is reseting this after the .profile is processed, but I've searched for "PS1" and the only other file mentioned was "/.profile" which I also edited.

Any ideas? There's got to be a way to do this without having to uninstall/reinstall.Is it being set in another line in the same .profile? Are you sure you saved the file? Try to view it with vi after you change it.

[BeanCounter1]

Is it being set in another line in the same .profile? Are you sure you saved the file? Try to view it with vi after you change it.

I only found the PS1 setting in the file once, but there were a lot of other duplicate lines. I never really paid that much attention to them before as I was focused on PS1.

Below is the contents of ".profile". Can I just delete the duplicate lines. I would propose moving the lines starting with "export PS1" and "alias speed" (blue) immediately above the first "###" line, and deleting the lines after "###" (red). It looks like they were simply duplicated when I reran the Enhancement script. Other than this, I don't see any other duplicates that would cause my PS1 statement not to work.

Thoughts?

export TIVO_ROOT=
export TIVO_REMOTE=TIVO
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
TERM=xterm
alias rw='echo "mounting read write"; mount -o remount,rw /'
alias ro='echo "mounting read only"; mount -o remount,ro /'
alias twp='echo "starting Tivowebplus"; /enhancements/TWPrunc.sh'
alias ffind='find / -name'
alias author='joe /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author'
alias root='joe /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root'
alias twprs='echo "restarting Tivowebplus"; sh /enhancements/TWPrestart.sh'
#########################################
TERM=xterm

#########################################
export PS1='[Tivo1-bash] \w # '
alias speed="/busybox/netperf -H 10.1.204 -C -c -- -S 65536 -s 65536"
########################################
TERM=xterm
alias rw='echo "mounting read write"; mount -o remount,rw /'
alias ro='echo "mounting read only"; mount -o remount,ro /'
alias twp='echo "starting Tivowebplus"; /enhancements/TWPrunc.sh'
alias ffind='find / -name'
alias author='joe /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author'
alias root='joe /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root'
alias twprs='echo "restarting Tivowebplus"; sh /enhancements/TWPrestart.sh'
#########################################
TERM=xterm

#########################################

[rbautch]

You should delete all the duplicates.

[Adam1115]

Except... I lost MRV after 2 days. Says "DVR 600" instead of the old name. WTF? I guess I'll have to figure out what happened and reset up MRV manually.

[rbautch]

Try using the mrv_name module in Tivowebplus to reset the name.

[DapperDanPomade]

I am proof that yes it can be done on an R10, now of course I had to replace the PROMS.

Congrats! At last I've found someone who's actually done it! I've been scouring the forums looking for proof that it can be done and for some info about how to get a hacked prom. Does anyone have info on where I can get one?

[diamondsw]

My apologies for the stupid question (as I'm sure it is answered somewhere in the 50-odd pages of this thread), but is there any way to use the sc62 patches to kill the ads (yellow star), but keep the Tivolution? I actually find that interesting and useful - much more so than the lame "Tivo Suggestions".

[JWThiers]

My apologies for the stupid question (as I'm sure it is answered somewhere in the 50-odd pages of this thread), but is there any way to use the sc62 patches to kill the ads (yellow star), but keep the Tivolution? I actually find that interesting and useful - much more so than the lame "Tivo Suggestions".
I think that that is content that tivo pushed to you and if they ain't pushing you can't pull.

[tivo40gb]

I need to keep the recordrings on my 6.2 (some of the wife's stuff).

I bought the LBA48 and have created the tools disk. If I already have a 6.2 image on my drive (from directv) there is no need to buy the image disk right?

I am concerned that there is a difference between the PTVnet instantcake image and the already on my tivo.

[rbautch]

My apologies for the stupid question (as I'm sure it is answered somewhere in the 50-odd pages of this thread), but is there any way to use the sc62 patches to kill the ads (yellow star), but keep the Tivolution? I actually find that interesting and useful - much more so than the lame "Tivo Suggestions". Yes, run sc62remove.tcl.

[rbautch]

I need to keep the recordrings on my 6.2 (some of the wife's stuff).

I bought the LBA48 and have created the tools disk. If I already have a 6.2 image on my drive (from directv) there is no need to buy the image disk right?

I am concerned that there is a difference between the PTVnet instantcake image and the already on my tivo. Whatever differences there are won't matter, but it's always nice to have an extra working drive in case you screw things up. If you know what you're doing, you can create an image from your existing drive, rename it to 000001, and put in on the tools disk.

[Xtra7973]

Ok I have a question. I get up at 4:30 am EST for work and leave the house at 6:00 am. My problem is my cron reboots my tivo monday 5:25 am EST while im watching the news, very annoying. From my understanding cron goes by GMT and since im EST it should reboot with the original settings at 4:25 am EST but it does not.

So to fix this in crontabs all I should have to change is
25 9 * * 1,4 echo "`date` SCHEDULED REBOOT"; reboot >> /var/log/cronlog-main

To this
25 8 * * 1,4 echo "`date` SCHEDULED REBOOT"; reboot >> /var/log/cronlog-main

And also the reboot messages from this
5 9 * * 1,4 cd /var/hack/bin; echo 'SCHEDULED REBOOT IN 20 MINUTES...' | /var/hack/bin/out2osd -c1 -fblack1 -byellow -d3
15 9 * * 1,4 cd /var/hack/bin; echo 'SCHEDULED REBOOT IN 10 MINUTES...' | /var/hack/bin/out2osd -c1 -fblack1 -byellow -d3

To this
5 8 * * 1,4 cd /var/hack/bin; echo 'SCHEDULED REBOOT IN 20 MINUTES...' | /var/hack/bin/out2osd -c1 -fblack1 -byellow -d3
15 8 * * 1,4 cd /var/hack/bin; echo 'SCHEDULED REBOOT IN 10 MINUTES...' | /var/hack/bin/out2osd -c1 -fblack1 -byellow -d3

Is this all I need to do to change it so it does it at 4:25 am EST before I get up?

[rbautch]

That's it!

[trainman]

Ok I have a question. I get up at 4:30 am EST for work and leave the house at 6:00 am. My problem is my cron reboots my tivo monday 5:25 am EST while im watching the news, very annoying. From my understanding cron goes by GMT and since im EST it should reboot with the original settings at 4:25 am EST but it does not. I read somwhere EST is -5 hours from GMT.

Keep in mind that we're currently on daylight savings time, and EDT is GMT -4, which is why a setting of 9:25 GMT means your TiVo is rebooting at 5:25 A.M.

With your new settings, the reboot will happen at 3:25 A.M. once we're back on standard time for the winter months (but I'm assuming that's an okay time for you, too).

Here on the other side of the country, I had to move the reboot time forward so that the reboot wouldn't happen during "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in the winter months (at 1:25 A.M. PST).

[Xtra7973]

Thank you rbautch for confirming this for me. And for everything else you do too.
And thank you trainman for bringing DST to my attention. I for the life of me couldn't figure out why it was rebooting at 5:25 am when the settings in cron had it to reboot at 4:25. It all makes sense now and seems so obvious. Damn DST messes up my sleep, and now it crossed the line messing with the tivo :mad: Thank you guys.

[Ran94]

I am having an issue regarding installation of the tweak. This is what I get when I telnet:

bash-2.02# cd /var
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
tweak.sh: line 15: syntax error near unexpected token `elif'
'weak.sh: line 15: ` elif [ "$tivoapp" = "e" ]; then
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

Any ideas would be appreciated.

[bigrig]

Need to run dos2unix on the script.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3561356&&#post3561356

Matt

[bigrig]

TivoWebPlus question:

I used a TWP self-installer that installed it to /var/local/tivoweb-tcl

When running the script I said yes TWP is installed - it looked for it but didn't find it. Should I just delete that dir, run the script again saying no previous TWP? Can I just use the script for installing TWP, or should I use the uninstall script and do it all over?

Thanks,
Matt

[rbautch]

TivoWebPlus question:

I used a TWP self-installer that installed it to /var/local/tivoweb-tcl

When running the script I said yes TWP is installed - it looked for it but didn't find it. Should I just delete that dir, run the script again saying no previous TWP? Can I just use the script for installing TWP, or should I use the uninstall script and do it all over?

Thanks,
MattThe TWP installation is very portable. You can move the entire directory anywhere you want, and then add a line in your author file to launch it when your tivo boots. Or if you want my customized version of TWP, you can delete the entire directory, and run the script again, answering no to previous TWP.

[emartin358]

I have just installed the Enhancement script on 2 series 2 D*tivos. One is on a fresh install using instant cake and the other is on a unit that was hacked a year ago, both using 6.2. I had no problem setting the IP address on the first unit but can't change it on the second. The script shows what it is set at but won't allow any changes. How can I change the address on this unit?

[rbautch]

I have just installed the Enhancement script on 2 series 2 D*tivos. One is on a fresh install using instant cake and the other is on a unit that was hacked a year ago, both using 6.2. I had no problem setting the IP address on the first unit but can't change it on the second. The script shows what it is set at but won't allow any changes. How can I change the address on this unit? The unit that was hacked already is probably setting an IP address somewhere else, causing a confict. Check test.conf or rc.sysinit.author for ifconfig commands, and remove them. How was the tivo hacked previosly...Sleeper, killhdinitrd, other?

[emartin358]

The unit that was hacked already is probably setting an IP address somewhere else, causing a confict. Check test.conf or rc.sysinit.author for ifconfig commands, and remove them. How was the tivo hacked previosly...Sleeper, killhdinitrd, other?

I'm not sure but I think it was killhdinitrd. A friend did most of the work on the first unit. I looked in test.conf and rc.sysinit.author using joe and haven't seen any signs of ifconfig commands. Any other places I can look?

[rbautch]

I'm not sure but I think it was killhdinitrd. A friend did most of the work on the first unit. I looked in test.conf and rc.sysinit.author using joe and haven't seen any signs of ifconfig commands. Any other places I can look?You can use the grep command to search for a file that contains it. You can also check the IP paramters in tivowebplus.

[PeterGriffin]

I want to replace the splash screen with a vacation photo. What is the limit on size/dimension/pixel density for the png file? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

[bigrig]

Be careful if you edit your splash screen. Tivo is very particular about the format. The size has to be exactly 720x480 pixels, true color (24-bit), with a resolution of 73 pixels per inch. I had to pull my drive a few times when a non-conforming graphic threw my Tivo into a reboot loop. I used Visio to create the graphic, then saved as a .png, then resized in MS PhotoEditor. I'll post the source graphics on the website so you can play around with it. Be sure to post your new splash screen if you come up with something good! The other 2 splash screens are stored in MFS and need a tcl script to change.
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[emartin358]

Thanks for the help rbautch. I decided to pull the drive out and Zipper it. All went well with the exception of Hackman which didn't seem to load or install. I'll be checking that out next.
Thanks again. :)


Found my answer. All it takes is a little search.

[6stringbass]

Thanks for the help rbautch. I decided to pull the drive out and Zipper it. All went well with the exception of Hackman which didn't seem to load or install. I'll be checking that out next.
Thanks again. :)


Found my answer. All it takes is a little search.
Did you find the answer as to why it wasn't there or how to turn it back on?

[MEJHarrison]

Is there any good reason to keep the cron job that spits the date out to cron.test.out every five minutes? Since everything seems to be working fine, I'm not sure I see the point.

[emartin358]

See posts #1339 thru #1343.

[rbautch]

Is there any good reason to keep the cron job that spits the date out to cron.test.out every five minutes? Since everything seems to be working fine, I'm not sure I see the point.It cant hurt, but there's not a reason to keep it beyond troubleshooting cron. I suggest commenting it out rather than deleting it.

[MEJHarrison]

It cant hurt, but there's not a reason to keep it beyond troubleshooting cron. I suggest commenting it out rather than deleting it.

I was looking at one of my logs (don't recall which at the moment but it wasn't cron.test.out) and it was filled with entries for this job. I just thought that the log would be easier to read without all those entries.

Anyway, I commented it out already. So I can easily re-enable it if the need arises.

[bigrig]

The tweak.sh script downloads the tgz file. Didn't work for me for some reason, so I downloaded it and put it in the same dir with the script. No problemo.

Matt

[BrianEst]

Will the Zipper work on a Series 1 SAT-T60 machine? I lost my channel icons/logos with a hard drive update and I am looking for a way to get them back.

[JWThiers]

Will the Zipper work on a Series 1 SAT-T60 machine? I lost my channel icons/logos with a hard drive update and I am looking for a way to get them back.
According to the zipper instruction page:

WORKS ON THE FOLLOWING TIVOS
Hughes HDVR2, SD-DVR40/80/120
Phillips DSR7000, DSR704, DSR708
RCA DVR39, DVR40, DVR80, DVR120
Samsung SIR-S4040R, SIR-S4080R,
SIR-S4120R
Phillips HR10-250
Does not work on the R10

[BrianEst]

Does this enhancement work on Series 1 DirecTIVOs? I have software 3.5 running on a SAT-T60. If so, it is not clear to me how to do this. Any help would be great. I am really just looking to have the channel icons show up on a recently replaced hard drive A.

[The Bird]

I've zippered 2 dtivos last week so I should have the latest enhancement script. I selected not to install JOE or TWP which I now would like. So I tried to rerun tweak but it wants me to uninstall first.

Question: Is there a command that will add these two apps. or would I have to uninstall then re-run tweak, if this is the case, will I have to FTP the file back in after uninstalling it.

Thanks.

[rbautch]

Does this enhancement work on Series 1 DirecTIVOs? I have software 3.5 running on a SAT-T60. If so, it is not clear to me how to do this. Any help would be great. I am really just looking to have the channel icons show up on a recently replaced hard drive A.
No, does not work with S1 Tivos.

[rbautch]

I've zippered 2 dtivos last week so I should have the latest enhancement script. I selected not to install JOE or TWP which I now would like. So I tried to rerun tweak but it wants me to uninstall first.

Question: Is there a command that will add these two apps. or would I have to uninstall then re-run tweak, if this is the case, will I have to FTP the file back in after uninstalling it.

Thanks.
Have to uninstall/reinstall (which takes all of one minute), or else install those hacks manually. If your DNS settings work, then you won't have to FTP anything.

[pallen4215]

I don't have internet access on my tivo. Is this file the only one I need to download? Where do I put it, do I need to extract it, do I need to edit your script?

http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak/rbautch_files.tgz

Thanks for your help, great job.

[bigrig]

Put that file in the same location as tweak.sh. That's all you need to do.

Matt

[jasonv1]

Was I supposed to be prompted for DNS servers during the HD hacking process?

When I booted up and went to run the script it couldn't resolve. I put a hosts entry in (/etc/hosts) for the website and it ran fine.

I realize now that I can edit using TivoWeb I just wondered if the DNS thing was normal behavior.

[pendragn]

Was I supposed to be prompted for DNS servers during the HD hacking process?

When I booted up and went to run the script it couldn't resolve. I put a hosts entry in (/etc/hosts) for the website and it ran fine.

I realize now that I can edit using TivoWeb I just wondered if the DNS thing was normal behavior.
Nope, you weren't supposed to get prompted. Your gateway is set as your DNS server, with the assumption that most folks are running routers that will handle DNS queries. I had to go in and set my DNS server too.

tk

[charlestwaters]

Two quick questions...

1) I installed the CID feature with the script. However, my TiVo continues to pick up the phone and dial-out. A) Will / can this come back to haunt me!? B) How can I stop it from dialing out!?

2) I want to install some new logos for some new channels we have in my area. What folder can I find all the logos in!? I tried to use the "Import" under Logo Manager or whatever it is via TWP, and it gives me a 404 error.

3) Is there a way to delete some of the programs from the "Un-Delete" folder!? I have about 3 pages of programs in there, and my hdd is starting to get extremely full! :)

--- Goobz!

[Fofer]

3) Is there a way to delete some of the programs from the "Un-Delete" folder!? I have about 3 pages of programs in there, and my hdd is starting to get extremely full! :)

The space taken up by the files in the "Un-Delete folder" is fully available to new recordings. There is no reason to want to delete them. The fact that you have about 3 pages of programs in there means precisely that you have PLENTY of available room for new recordings and have nothing to worry about (in terms of your HD being "extremely full.")

[charlestwaters]

Kewl! Thanx for the response. I was thinking that it took up some of the HDD space as well. I take it the 10-250 erases them as space is needed as well!?

Now all I have to do is figure out answers to my other problems are that I listed...

[trainsho]

hi, multi questions not sure if they all belong here....... 1) should I have added larger drive before zipper?, if so will insta cake wipe zipper? 2) is there a list of commands specific for TWP as well as the other programs for tivo or are they just basic Linux 3) do I understand there is no way to make ttg work for D*tivos?

zipper works WOW wonderful (actually ran it three times, always getting the success wording an then the reboot on first boot, but NOTHING sure enough you all have it right FA120 works simply easy ) thanks everyone J

[pallen4215]

Any suggestions on a USB 2 wireless or wired nic? Right now I'm using a Linksys USB100. I'd like to upgrade it and hopefully see a big difference on transfering shows to my PC.

[JWThiers]

hi, multi questions not sure if they all belong here....... 1) should I have added larger drive before zipper?, if so will insta cake wipe zipper? 2) is there a list of commands specific for TWP as well as the other programs for tivo or are they just basic Linux 3) do I understand there is no way to make ttg work for D*tivos?

zipper works WOW wonderful (actually ran it three times, always getting the success wording an then the reboot on first boot, but NOTHING sure enough you all have it right FA120 works simply easy ) thanks everyone J
1) Since you are talking about using IC anyway, Just copy the image file to your zipper tools cd and answer y when it asks if you want to install a new image. Zipper will take care of the rest.
2) Not sure what you are talking about, TWP is a web interface to access your tivo once it is running you access it like a webpage , point and click.
3) TTG does not work with D*tivo, MRV does. You can get this functionality with other programs but we are not allowed to talk about them here because that is extraction.

[Gunnyman]

Any suggestions on a USB 2 wireless or wired nic? Right now I'm using a Linksys USB100. I'd like to upgrade it and hopefully see a big difference on transfering shows to my PC.
Netgear FA120 Wired
Best (IMHO) adapter available.

[bigrig]

Two quick questions...

1) I installed the CID feature with the script. However, my TiVo continues to pick up the phone and dial-out. A) Will / can this come back to haunt me!? B) How can I stop it from dialing out!?

2) I want to install some new logos for some new channels we have in my area. What folder can I find all the logos in!? I tried to use the "Import" under Logo Manager or whatever it is via TWP, and it gives me a 404 error.

1) I have fakecall and "upgradesoftware=false" for bootpage. I'm not sure if both of those are necessary, but my Tivo doesn't update the software. It does call out, though.

2) Use telnet to mount as "rw" before you upload. If that doesn't do the trick, create a "/tivowebplus/upload" dir

Matt

[pearkel]

Hey guys looking for a little guidance. I have lost my twp on one of my hacked tivos. I went to uninstall tweak and keep getting some syntax error line 79 and It won't uninstall nor will it let me reinstall tweak keeps saying please uninstall first. This is on a pre-zippered tivo. So what is the best path for me to take. I would like to get the script updated to the other 2 tivos that have been zippered.
Thanks

[6stringbass]

Any suggestions on a USB 2 wireless or wired nic? Right now I'm using a Linksys USB100. I'd like to upgrade it and hopefully see a big difference on transfering shows to my PC.
Since the 100 is a usb 1.1 device you should see a difference with any usb 2 adapter. You'll have your best speed with a wired adapter. If you've Zippered yourself then you can use a USB200M or get one of the Netgear adapters.

[Fofer]

I've had great success with the D-Link DUB-E100 USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter.

[rbautch]

Hey guys looking for a little guidance. I have lost my twp on one of my hacked tivos. I went to uninstall tweak and keep getting some syntax error line 79 and It won't uninstall nor will it let me reinstall tweak keeps saying please uninstall first. This is on a pre-zippered tivo. So what is the best path for me to take. I would like to get the script updated to the other 2 tivos that have been zippered.
ThanksRestore the backup author file and .profile, then delete the enhancements directory, then run tweak.sh. Alternatively, you can grab the tools disk download drom the Zipper website, extract the uninstall script from rbautch_files.tgz, FTP it to your tivo and then run it. You could also try to fix your existing uninstall script by running dos2unix on it (if dos line ending were the problem).

[llurkin]

While I have run the Zipper on about 4 drives in my two systems with no problems, I am now stumped.

I have experienced a problem with the Zipper and tweak.sh that is driving me to distraction. So much so, that I have printed out tweak.sh and am single stepping through the process. As a background, I've created the enhancements directory, then moved rbautch_files.tgz into the directory. I've also created /enhancements/varhacks..

Then the following tar command causes the same message as tweak.sh

bash-2.02# pwd
/enhancements
bash-2.02# dir
rbautch_files.tgz varhacks
bash-2.02# tar -zxvf /rbautch_files.tgz 1>/dev/null
unzip: cannot find /rbautch_files.tgz, /rbautch_files.tgz.zip or /rbautch_files.tgz.ZIP.
bash-2.02# tar -zxvf rbautch_files.tgz 1>/dev/null
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: rbautch_files.tgz may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of rbautch_files.tgz or
rbautch_files.tgz.zip, and cannot find rbautch_files.tgz.ZIP, period.
bash-2.02#

What is this message saying. It does not seem to matter if I type the exact commands that exist in tweak.sh, or the tar command when I am actually in the /enhancements directory.

The drive is a 80% full 200 gig that I don't wish to loose the recordings.

What should I do now?

[Luv2DrvFst]

While I have run the Zipper on about 4 drives in my two systems with no problems, I am now stumped.

I have experienced a problem with the Zipper and tweak.sh that is driving me to distraction. So much so, that I have printed out tweak.sh and am single stepping through the process. As a background, I've created the enhancements directory, then moved rbautch_files.tgz into the directory. I've also created /enhancements/varhacks..

Then the following tar command causes the same message as tweak.sh

bash-2.02# pwd
/enhancements
bash-2.02# dir
rbautch_files.tgz varhacks
bash-2.02# tar -zxvf /rbautch_files.tgz 1>/dev/null
unzip: cannot find /rbautch_files.tgz, /rbautch_files.tgz.zip or /rbautch_files.tgz.ZIP.
bash-2.02# tar -zxvf rbautch_files.tgz 1>/dev/null
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: rbautch_files.tgz may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of rbautch_files.tgz or
rbautch_files.tgz.zip, and cannot find rbautch_files.tgz.ZIP, period.
bash-2.02#

What is this message saying. It does not seem to matter if I type the exact commands that exist in tweak.sh, or the tar command when I am actually in the /enhancements directory.

The drive is a 80% full 200 gig that I don't wish to loose the recordings.

What should I do now?
You don't want rbautch-files.tgz in /enhancements. In fact you don't even want to create /enhancements -- that's what tweak.sh does. You put rbautch-files.tgz in /hacks -- the same directory that tweak.sh is in.

[rbautch]

While I have run the Zipper on about 4 drives in my two systems with no problems, I am now stumped.

I have experienced a problem with the Zipper and tweak.sh that is driving me to distraction. So much so, that I have printed out tweak.sh and am single stepping through the process. As a background, I've created the enhancements directory, then moved rbautch_files.tgz into the directory. I've also created /enhancements/varhacks..

Then the following tar command causes the same message as tweak.sh

bash-2.02# pwd
/enhancements
bash-2.02# dir
rbautch_files.tgz varhacks
bash-2.02# tar -zxvf /rbautch_files.tgz 1>/dev/null
unzip: cannot find /rbautch_files.tgz, /rbautch_files.tgz.zip or /rbautch_files.tgz.ZIP.
bash-2.02# tar -zxvf rbautch_files.tgz 1>/dev/null
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: rbautch_files.tgz may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of rbautch_files.tgz or
rbautch_files.tgz.zip, and cannot find rbautch_files.tgz.ZIP, period.
bash-2.02#

What is this message saying. It does not seem to matter if I type the exact commands that exist in tweak.sh, or the tar command when I am actually in the /enhancements directory.

The drive is a 80% full 200 gig that I don't wish to loose the recordings.

What should I do now? Sounds like the rbautch_files.tgz file is corrupt or didnt download correctly. If you delete that file and rerun tweak.sh it will automatically download a fresh one for you. If that doesnt work, extract a new .tgz file from the tools disk and FTP it to your Tivo.

[llurkin]

OK..
I went to www.mastersav and downloaded a fresh copy of rbautch_files.tgz

I started Tera Term and entered my tivo and got a bash prompt. typed "mount -o remount,rw / " in tera term, then, while I was in the directory where the new copy of the tgz was, I started ftp, and put the file into /hacks/

then..

bash-2.02# mount -o remount,rw /
bash-2.02# dir
mfs_network rbautch_files.tgz superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.tcl tweak.sh
network.tcl set_mrv_name_67.tcl superpatch-67all-NutKase-1.1.txt tweak_uninstall.sh
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Existing rbautch_files.tgz archive found in /hacks/
Skipping new script download...

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz or
/enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz.zip, and cannot find /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz.ZIP, period.
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: y
cat: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
unzip: cannot find /^sleep/d, /^sleep/d.zip or /^sleep/d.ZIP.
bash-2.02#


It almost seems that the tivo has a command that states, on error, tell him about the zip commands.

I have taken the drive out 4 times, and ran the zipper on the drive.

It is confounding what is going on..

[llurkin]

I wonder if it would be wise to erase the /hacks/ directory, and zipper the drive again?

Any thoughts..

[llurkin]

removed the /hacks directory, and the /enhancements directory, rezippered the drive in my PC.

Put it in the Tivo, used tera term, and timorously typed sh tweak.sh in the /hacks directory.

NOTHING CHANGED!.. SAME REPORT! Ie: here's how to use zip...

Well, like Edison, I know alot of ways not to get the result I want.

[JoelCFC25]

Looking at tweak.sh, it's clear to me that the script is finding the appropriately named file rbautch_files.tgz, creating /enhancements, and moving the .tgz file there. It's bombing upon attempting to unzip (before it even gets to untarring) the file.

Googling the phrase "End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive." is informative and points to what the author suggested, that your rbautch_files.tgz is corrupted somehow. That is occurring either upon original download of the file, or upon transfering it via FTP. Just to be clear--you aren't transfering it in ascii mode are you? I know that's a silly question but just to cover all the bases....

[rbautch]

Try the following commands to eliminate FTP as the problem:
wget -O /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak/rbautch_files.tgz
tar -zxvf /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz

[sonyuser]

I have been running this script for several months now without a hitch. Great work by Rbautch. Have had phone line plugged in because I like the caller ID. Fakecall had been working as stated all this time and confirmed as it always said the next call would either be the upcoming Sunday or Wednesday.

On my last phone bill, I saw numerous outgoing phone calls on my phone bill to DTV. I had never seen these before. I have my receiver set up to reboot periodically per the script. Not sure why these phone calls started happening. I do NOT purchase any PPV. When I look at call status now, it no longer is on Sun or Wed.

Is there anyway to manually run the FAKECALL script? I did a search (find) for Fakecall but could not find it. Trying to see what is going on.

[Luv2DrvFst]

I have been running this script for several months now without a hitch. Great work by Rbautch. Have had phone line plugged in because I like the caller ID. Fakecall had been working as stated all this time and confirmed as it always said the next call would either be the upcoming Sunday or Wednesday.

On my last phone bill, I saw numerous outgoing phone calls on my phone bill to DTV. I had never seen these before. I have my receiver set up to reboot periodically per the script. Not sure why these phone calls started happening. I do NOT purchase any PPV. When I look at call status now, it no longer is on Sun or Wed.

Is there anyway to manually run the FAKECALL script? I did a search (find) for Fakecall but could not find it. Trying to see what is going on.
There are two types of calls a DTiVo makes -- one for the TiVo stuff which the hacks and fakecall block, the other is to DTV. This is how software updates and PPV purchases get handled. My DTiVo seems to dial out to DTV about once every 60 days. I suspect that what your unit is doing is normal and not causing any problems.

Fakecall can be run by typing the following at a bash prompt:

/enhancements/fakecall.tcl

Linux is very particular about case, so a search for Fakecall is different than a search for fakecall. Also, the full name of the file is fakecall.tcl. A search hint is to use an * to more easily find files, for example:

ffind fakecall*

[llurkin]

Thanks for the suggestions, but before they were posted, I tried one other item that appears to have worked well.

Because the program crashed at the same place each time, everything pointed to a corrupt rbautch_files.tgz file. By removing the file with rm, my suspicion was that, like dos, removing a file in Linux just removed some letters from the filename. When the file was reloaded, it was being put in the same place, with the same corruption. So.. I did a tweak_uninstall, then I used mv to rename the corrupt file to rbautch_files.tgg, then ftp'd the rbautch_files.tgz from my PC file back to the Tivo.

In my mind, all the zipper files were where they were supposed to be, so I ran sh tweak.sh and.. SUCCESS!

Now I have some other things I wish to do, and if they work, and haven't been reported before, I'll post the results.

Thanks to Rbautch and Gunnyman for a GREAT PROGRAM!

[rbautch]

I have been running this script for several months now without a hitch. Great work by Rbautch. Have had phone line plugged in because I like the caller ID. Fakecall had been working as stated all this time and confirmed as it always said the next call would either be the upcoming Sunday or Wednesday.

On my last phone bill, I saw numerous outgoing phone calls on my phone bill to DTV. I had never seen these before. I have my receiver set up to reboot periodically per the script. Not sure why these phone calls started happening. I do NOT purchase any PPV. When I look at call status now, it no longer is on Sun or Wed.

Is there anyway to manually run the FAKECALL script? I did a search (find) for Fakecall but could not find it. Trying to see what is going on.Navigate to /busybox and run it with tivosh fakecall.tcl

[pallen4215]

If you've Zippered yourself then you can use a USB200M or get one of the Netgear adapters.

I didn't use zipper, but I did use rbautch's enhancement script. Will I need to do anything else?

[alert5]

Originally Posted by sonyuser
I have been running this script for several months now without a hitch. Great work by Rbautch. Have had phone line plugged in because I like the caller ID. Fakecall had been working as stated all this time and confirmed as it always said the next call would either be the upcoming Sunday or Wednesday.

On my last phone bill, I saw numerous outgoing phone calls on my phone bill to DTV. I had never seen these before. I have my receiver set up to reboot periodically per the script. Not sure why these phone calls started happening. I do NOT purchase any PPV. When I look at call status now, it no longer is on Sun or Wed.

Is there anyway to manually run the FAKECALL script? I did a search (find) for Fakecall but could not find it. Trying to see what is going on.

Actually I think crontabs with callerID enabled kicks off a forced reboot every Sunday and Wednesday. Fakecall in my crontabs root is set to execute once a day. The default for Fakecall was 10:20PM CST everyday with my version of the tweak. I changed this to reflect my time zone (EDT) when I modified my callerID box forced reboots to happen at 3:25AM EDT.

I would check your cron root to be sure Fakecall is happening daily, not just when a reboot occurs.

[alert5]

Wed May 17 02:20:05 UTC 2006 Fakecall was run successfully, run verified
Wed May 17 07:14:03 UTC 2006 TWP stopped
Wed May 17 07:15:04 UTC 2006 TWP started
Wed May 17 07:22:01 UTC 2006 cron.test.out deleted
Wed May 17 07:28:02 UTC 2006 Fakecall was run successfully, run verified

The above is from my cronlog-main. It will show you if Fakecall is the result of a reboot or a scheduled daily Fakecall.

[isdnmatt]

Is there something wrong with the archive that the script is downloading? I was able to use the script about 2 weeks ago, and now I get an error of tar:invalid tar magic.

[eclipsme]

My problems all started here - "tar: Invalid tar magic"

I downloaded tweak.zip, ftp to the tivo, unziped it there. then from a bash prompt typed sh tweak.sh. Here is what happened:

bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Original unpatched tivoapp found in /tvbin. This takes up lots of space and may
interfere with running this script. Enter r to remove it, k to keep it, or e to
exit this this script now so you can FTP it to your PC. Enter r k or e here: r
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
Connecting to {removed url per your restrictions}[69.90.236.30]:80
rbautch_files.tgz 100% |*****************************| 2032 KB 00:00 ETA
Downloaded main scripts successfully!


Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: Invalid tar magic
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# path
bash: path: command not found
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Enhancements directory detected. Run the uninstall script first. Exiting...
bash-2.02# sh tweak-uninstall.sh
tweak-uninstall.sh: tweak-uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#


I can't install, can't uninstall. Kind of stuck. The main thing I was wanting from the script was the usb2 drivers. What should I do now?

Thanks,
Harvey

[rbautch]

My problems all started here - "tar: Invalid tar magic"

I downloaded tweak.zip, ftp to the tivo, unziped it there. then from a bash prompt typed sh tweak.sh. Here is what happened:

bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Original unpatched tivoapp found in /tvbin. This takes up lots of space and may
interfere with running this script. Enter r to remove it, k to keep it, or e to
exit this this script now so you can FTP it to your PC. Enter r k or e here: r
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
Connecting to {removed url per your restrictions}[69.90.236.30]:80
rbautch_files.tgz 100% |*****************************| 2032 KB 00:00 ETA
Downloaded main scripts successfully!


Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: Invalid tar magic
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02# path
bash: path: command not found
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Enhancements directory detected. Run the uninstall script first. Exiting...
bash-2.02# sh tweak-uninstall.sh
tweak-uninstall.sh: tweak-uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#


I can't install, can't uninstall. Kind of stuck. The main thing I was wanting from the script was the usb2 drivers. What should I do now?

Thanks,
Harvey
Download Alphawolfs all in one utilities and install them on your tivo. Then either try to run the script again, or try out the tar command on the /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz archive first. I'll check the archive to make sure nothing is wrong with it.

[rbautch]

I think it's the archive itself. I'll uploaded it again to see if it fixes it.

[rbautch]

Fixed it. tar magic is good again. Try it now.

[eclipsme]

Hmm. You may have fixed the original problem - don't know - haven't been able to get that far yet. I still can't install or uninstall. Here is a dump:

bash-2.02# unzip tweak.zip
Archive: tweak.zip
replace tweak.sh? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: y
inflating: tweak.sh
bash-2.02# ls
tweak.sh tweak.zip
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Enhancements directory detected. Run the uninstall script first. Exiting...
bash-2.02# sh tweak-uninstall.sh
tweak-uninstall.sh: tweak-uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#

Harvey

[eclipsme]

Download Alphawolfs all in one utilities and install them on your tivo. Then either try to run the script again, or try out the tar command on the /enhancements/rbautch_files.tgz archive first. I'll check the archive to make sure nothing is wrong with it.


BTW - I have the busybox utilities on my tivo - is that what you mean here? I tried to tar the rbautch_files.tgz archive, but with the same error, of course. Without being able to run the original script, this archive still has the problem that you seem to have solved. I am thinking of deleting the enhancments folder, and then starting over, but am leary without hearing from you first. I will hang tight.

Thanks for the help,

Harvey

[SteelersFan]

Hmm. You may have fixed the original problem - don't know - haven't been able to get that far yet. I still can't install or uninstall. Here is a dump:

bash-2.02# unzip tweak.zip
Archive: tweak.zip
replace tweak.sh? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: y
inflating: tweak.sh
bash-2.02# ls
tweak.sh tweak.zip
bash-2.02# sh tweak.sh
Enhancements directory detected. Run the uninstall script first. Exiting...
bash-2.02# sh tweak-uninstall.sh
tweak-uninstall.sh: tweak-uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
bash-2.02#

Harvey
Two possibilities:
1. Try: sh tweak_uninstall.sh (Notice the underscore instead of the dash)
2. Try ftp'ing a fresh copy of tweak_uninstall.sh (or tweak-uninstall.sh) and try again.

[slydog75]

Two possibilities:
1. Try: sh tweak_uninstall.sh (Notice the underscore instead of the dash)
2. Try ftp'ing a fresh copy of tweak_uninstall.sh (or tweak-uninstall.sh) and try again.

Problem is he doesn't have a tweak_uninstall.sh (at least not in that directory). When he did a list there was only tweak.sh and tweak.zip. tweak_uninstall.sh is created when you run tweak.sh so he's kinda in a catch 22.

I think deleting your enhancements directory may do the trick. Actually don't delete it just rename it so the script doesn't see it. Then if this messes something else up you can just rename it back.

[eclipsme]

Two possibilities:
1. Try: sh tweak_uninstall.sh (Notice the underscore instead of the dash)
2. Try ftp'ing a fresh copy of tweak_uninstall.sh (or tweak-uninstall.sh) and try again.

I tried it from both the tweak and the enhancements directory. The problem here, I think, is that the uninstall script never got installed.

Where would I ftp it from? The only file on my computer is the new tweak.zip (as of this morning).

Can I do a manual uninstall?

Can I manually run the script that installs the usb drivers?

Here is listing of the enhancments directory, if it helps:

bash-2.02# ls
LG-standard-v193.slice fakecall.osd
License.txt fakecall.tcl
TWP_archive.tgz ipflags.tcl
TWPrestart.sh joe.tgz
backup.itcl ncid-0.61.series2-tivo.tgz
backup_run.sh net-launch.sh
backup_write_static.tcl net-status.tcl
cert-remover.tcl netperf
ckwireless.tcl netserver
crond.bin network-delete.tcl
dbload30.tcl network-en.tcl
delete.tcl new_splash_rcb.png
drivers rbautch_files.tgz
endpad.tcl varhacks
endpadplus.tcl
bash-2.02#

Thanks again,
Harvey

[SteelersFan]

Where would I ftp it from? The only file on my computer is the new tweak.zip (as of this morning).

Harvey
Here (http://www.mastersav.com/Tivo_Zipper/tools_disk.zip) is where the file is. Copy it to your PC then FTP from PC to Tivo. During he last Zipper install I did it put that file into the /hacks folder.

[eclipsme]

Problem is he doesn't have a tweak_uninstall.sh (at least not in that directory). When he did a list there was only tweak.sh and tweak.zip. tweak_uninstall.sh is created when you run tweak.sh so he's kinda in a catch 22.

I think deleting your enhancements directory may do the trick. Actually don't delete it just rename it so the script doesn't see it. Then if this messes something else up you can just rename it back.

Yes, exactly.

I renamed enhancements and re-ran the tweak script. It just finished and I am rebooting. "Almost there...." I didn't replace the splash screen, but did most everything else.

I am always most concerned at this point. Will it actually boot? Will running the uninstall script remove all changes? I do I do that with a Tivo that won't boot? Pull the drive, I guess, and do it from a PC.

Now I have 'acquiring information from satellite..." Looking good so far.

Now a blank screan and... HOORAY! I have TV again. Thanks for all the help, everyone. I am off to explore what I have done.

Harvey

[slydog75]

Gratz and enjoy!

[eclipsme]

One note... well, maybe 2 or 3...

If you let the script change the bash prompt, tytools will also need to be told what the new prompt is or tserver will not work. Actually, it is tserver where the problem is, but you change the the expected prompt in tytools.

Also, I had a minor problem with the caller id. My tv overscans a bit too much for my taste, but there seems to be no permanant way to change that, even through service codes. Caller id by default comes up at the very top of the screen, which was mostly cut off on my set. This behavior is changable in the out2osd.conf file found in /enhancements/varhacks/hack/etc. This does not seem to be the default location for this file, but is where I found it after using this script.

All in all, very happy and very greatful to rbautch for the script and to those who helped me out.

BTW - my network speed has increased 4 fold thanks to the usb2 driver! Yay!

Harvey

[jmasterman]

I am new to this but have been reading for a while. I have not found a match to this question so I hope it OK to ask.
I just put a 6.2 instant cake image with ptvnet in my Dtivo.
I have TWP and tserver working. Can I use the enhancement script on this unit? Do I need to remove anything first?

[rbautch]

Yes you can. After the enhancement script runs, delete the /ptvugrade/tivowebplus directory, and replace it with the /tivowebplus directory that the script installs.

[oiler_head]

So I thought I'd try to zipper a DTV on a lark. I got the imaged laid and the files copied and the drive back in the DTV. It rebooted without issue. But now I am stuck here:

bash-2.02# tweak.sh
Existing rbautch_files.tgz archive found in /hacks/
Skipping new script download...

Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: inflate error 2
tar: Unable to read all data
tar: Unable to read all data
mv: /enhancements/tweak_uninstall.sh: No such file or directory
Checking your telnet settings. Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Do you want to run the "express" version (for advanced users)? [y/n]: n
./ /tweak.sh: /enhancements/start.sh: No such file or directory

I can run the uninstall but it only gets rid of files in the /enhancements dir but not the dir.

When I try to re-run tweak.sh I end up in the same place.

Please help....

Thanks

[rbautch]

Delete the rbautch_files.tgz file, then run tweak.sh again. It will then download a fresh copy of rbautch_files.tgz.

[oiler_head]

Thanks rbautch for the repsonse...

I don't have the DTV connected to the internet so I DL'd the latest .tgz from mastersav.com and I'll FTP it over.

Do I need to concern myself with the /enhancements dir that won't delete?

[rbautch]

Thanks rbautch for the repsonse...

I don't have the DTV connected to the internet so I DL'd the latest .tgz from mastersav.com and I'll FTP it over.

Do I need to concern myself with the /enhancements dir that won't delete?Try deleting it with rm -rf /enhancements.

[oiler_head]

Rbauth thanks for the help but I'm still stuck.

I've removed the /enhancements directory. I DL'd the latest rbautch_files.tgz and FTP'd it to the /hacks directory using ASCII mode. Still no luck...

The problem appears to be around the tar command. I cannot run tar -zxvf let alone tar -t. I re-read the exchanges you had with "eclipsme" but I haven't had the same success as him although I do have the tweak_uninstall.sh script.

When I researched the error I discovered that there was a bug with busybox and tar (http://bugs.uclibc.org/view.php?id=231) but its since been fixed. I have BusyBox 1.00 installed (presumably from the tivotools.tar). Do I need to rezipper this drive with a newer version of the tivotools.tar?

[SteelersFan]

Rbauth thanks for the help but I'm still stuck.

I've removed the /enhancements directory. I DL'd the latest rbautch_files.tgz and FTP'd it to the /hacks directory using ASCII mode. Still no luck...
I believe you should be transferring in binary mode. Search this thread and the Zipper thread for a quick confirmation.

[oiler_head]

Thanks SteelersFan

That was it! Ran the script without problems. Now I got to see what the heck I just did!

Thanks rbautch for creating and supporting a sound script...

[jmasterman]

FWIW
I tried the script and had some trouble with TWP. I answered that it WAS installed and I guess the script didn't install the new version.

Any way, I went in and removed all of the TWP files and directory under ptvnet, ran the tweak uninstall, and started over.

I answered NO to the Do you have TWP? prompt and all is well. I need to dig in to all of the new features now.

Thanks!

[rbautch]

FWIW
I tried the script and had some trouble with TWP. I answered that it WAS installed and I guess the script didn't install the new version.

Any way, I went in and removed all of the TWP files and directory under ptvnet, ran the tweak uninstall, and started over.

I answered NO to the Do you have TWP? prompt and all is well. I need to dig in to all of the new features now.

Thanks!This is expected behavior. Glad you got it working.

[coachO]

I installed the zipper with tivowebplus. Then I had to reinstall windows xp. Now I can not access my Hr10-250 using tivowebplus. The zipper was so easy that I really didnt even read all the details - now I need help. I remember setting my IP at 192.168.1.7. Sorry for what I hope is silly question and thanks in advance for the help.

[rbautch]

I installed the zipper with tivowebplus. Then I had to reinstall windows xp. Now I can not access my Hr10-250 using tivowebplus. The zipper was so easy that I really didnt even read all the details - now I need help. I remember setting my IP at 192.168.1.7. Sorry for what I hope is silly question and thanks in advance for the help.Turn of the Windows firewall. If no luck, see if you can ping your tivo.

[coachO]

Thanks, rbautch. After I tried to ping it I figured out what I was doing wrong. All is well.

[stivovance]

Why is there the Search By Title (demo) on the pick programs to record screen or rather, what does/should it do? and can it be removed or atleast moved in the listing of that menu?

[niggszo]

hi guys,
I have a TIVO series 1 unit Phillips HDR 112 with the Tivo OS 3.0. I live in canada and dont have a subscription, i have used up the 6 grace days ,I just need to use this as a PVR and manually record, any hacks etc for this dont need any bells and whitles just a normal PVR.
please help !!!

thansk

[Carlton Bale]

hi guys,
I have a TIVO series 1 unit Phillips HDR 112 with the Tivo OS 3.0. I live in canada and dont have a subscription, i have used up the 6 grace days ,I just need to use this as a PVR and manually record, any hacks etc for this dont need any bells and whitles just a normal PVR.
please help !!!

thansk

Here are some suggestions:
1) buy a TiVo subscription.
2) read the forum guidelines.
3) use the forum search.
4) use spell check.

Sorry to be blunt, but I don't think you're going to find what you're looking for here.

[Nandy]

I must b very naive but I am missing something here. Guy had Tivo, looks like want to use the unit as stand alone and want to hack it? Where did he turn wrong?

[stivovance]

Well, for starters, he's in the wrong thread for his unit. 2nd, he wants to use it without a subscription or paying for anything. Now, granted, he would have been able to do this several years ago with the older software, but no longer.

[PortlandPaw]

There is help for Canadians. You can't tell the poor guy to buy what doesn't exist. Look for the threads or I think there's a specific website. What they have to do to get what Americans have readily available would be considered verboten here, but you gotta do what you gotta do when it comes to getting a TiVo running in Canada. Good luck!

[Nandy]

You have to have a subscription? :eek: Never mind, I dont want to cluter this post. :rolleyes:

[pdawg17]

If I want to add one thing (like Caller ID) but I've already installed the script, how can i do that? When I try to start the script, it tells me I have to uninstall first...

[bigrig]

You gotta uninstall, and then re-install everything.

I wish there was an option for just running parts of the script...because when you uninstall, it reverts to the backup files, right? If I've made any changes to the rc.sysinit.author manually after the initial installation, they will be lost in the uninstall.

Matt

[rbautch]

You gotta uninstall, and then re-install everything.

I wish there was an option for just running parts of the script...because when you uninstall, it reverts to the backup files, right? If I've made any changes to the rc.sysinit.author manually after the initial installation, they will be lost in the uninstall.

MattThat's correct.

[dw17]

I have not found my issue here...

I have:
Hughes DVR2
new 160GB Maxtor drive
Instant Cake Image
$5 Boot CD for the Kernal
Zippered the image.

All seems well, except CRON

The Fakecall is not running...or at least it is not now.

I have run "PS" to see if cron is running...don't see it in the list.

I have tried to run CROND, but get error not finding "crontabs"

I can run fake call manually, and have. I would like to get Caller ID working, so automating Fake call is something I would like to fix.

It also seems that Hackman's "start cron" button does not do anything for me...

The log shows nothing since June 11

I looked thru the troubleshooting, and did not find anything helpful yet....

Thanks! The process using the Zipper and RBautch's script were great.

dw17

[rbautch]

I have not found my issue here...

I have:
Hughes DVR2
new 160GB Maxtor drive
Instant Cake Image
$5 Boot CD for the Kernal
Zippered the image.

All seems well, except CRON

The Fakecall is not running...or at least it is not now.

I have run "PS" to see if cron is running...don't see it in the list.

I have tried to run CROND, but get error not finding "crontabs"

I can run fake call manually, and have. I would like to get Caller ID working, so automating Fake call is something I would like to fix.

It also seems that Hackman's "start cron" button does not do anything for me...

The log shows nothing since June 11

I looked thru the troubleshooting, and did not find anything helpful yet....

Thanks! The process using the Zipper and RBautch's script were great.

dw17
Sounds like your crontab is missing or damaged. Type "root" at bash to see if it comes up in the vi editor. Or else look for it with "ffind root". I think it's in /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron/crontabs or something like that. You could also try re-running the symlink script in /enhancements, which makes sure there is a symlink in /var to the actual crontab that's stored in /enhancements/varhacks. There's also a series a cron troubleshooting posts near the beginning of this thread.

[dw17]

Sounds like your crontab is missing or damaged. Type "root" at bash to see if it comes up in the vi editor. Or else look for it with "ffind root". I think it's in /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron/crontabs or something like that. You could also try re-running the symlink script in /enhancements, which makes sure there is a symlink in /var to the actual crontab that's stored in /enhancements/varhacks. There's also a series a cron troubleshooting posts near the beginning of this thread.


I ran the symlink script and then crond, no error message.

And then the "test" at the beginning of the cron commands was working...I will see if the fakecall works later in the week.

Thanks for your help.

[eclipsme]

One note... well, maybe 2 or 3...

If you let the script change the bash prompt, tytools will also need to be told what the new prompt is or tserver will not work. Actually, it is tserver where the problem is, but you change the the expected prompt in tytools.

Also, I had a minor problem with the caller id. My tv overscans a bit too much for my taste, but there seems to be no permanant way to change that, even through service codes. Caller id by default comes up at the very top of the screen, which was mostly cut off on my set. This behavior is changable in the out2osd.conf file found in /enhancements/varhacks/hack/etc. This does not seem to be the default location for this file, but is where I found it after using this script.

All in all, very happy and very greatful to rbautch for the script and to those who helped me out.

BTW - my network speed has increased 4 fold thanks to the usb2 driver! Yay!

Harvey

So all has been well since this post in May. Then my var directory got wiped and nothing was working anymore - no ftp, no telnet. Thankfully, tivoweb plus was up and running (not sure why) and I was able to use hackman to startup the rest. Also, after reading this thread, I had actually backed up the var directory just prior to all this happening, so proceeded to copying it back. Hooray for backups!

My understanding was that the enhancement script copies these files to enhancements/varhack (?) and recreates the symlinks if the var folder gets erased. This does not seem to have happened for me, and I don't know why. Any ideas?

I am still missing a couple of odd things. First, the caller id isn't working. Actually, this is how I first noticed something was wrong. In fact, from a hurried reading of logs, I think the Tivo tried to call home, but` had an initialization error, or is this a normal side effect of fakecall?

Back to caller id. Do I need to uninstall the script and reinstall? I was hoping to find the files that start cid and manually add them to the starup script, but I cannot seem to find them. Is this possible? If so, where should they be?

Which brings me to my final problem... Since all this happened, I have lost the ls command on the Tivo! This makes it very inconvenient to troubleshoot. I kind of go back and forth between telnet and ftp. What's up with that?

Any and all sugestions appreciated. I sure had it good for a while there! Oh, BTW - my network speed increased 3x, not 4. Sorry for the typo.

Harvey

[rbautch]

Normally, all the hacks that expect to be installed in /var, are instead installed in /enhancements/varhacks, where they will be safe from random var wipes. I put symlinks (like shortcuts) in /var that point to /enhancements/varhacks so that those hacks function normally. Tivowebplus of course is not affected, because the script installs it in root, not var. When /var gets wiped, the only reason things don't work is because the symlinks are gone. Restoring them is as easy as running the script that created them in the first place, called var-symlinks.sh. This script should run automatically after a var wipe and a reboot, using the following lines that should be in your author file:#############################################"
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /enhancements/varhacks
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh
fi. If these lines aren't there, then you need to rerun the enhancement script. These lines check for a flag in /var called vardelete_flag, and if it's not there (like when var gets wiped), it runs /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh. There is absolutely no need to back up var as long as you have this script handy.

If ls is not working, check your PATH.

[eclipsme]

Normally, all the hacks that expect to be installed in /var, are instead installed in /enhancements/varhacks, where they will be safe from random var wipes. I put symlinks (like shortcuts) in /var that point to /enhancements/varhacks so that those hacks function normally. Tivowebplus of course is not affected, because the script installs it in root, not var. When /var gets wiped, the only reason things don't work is because the symlinks are gone. Restoring them is as easy as running the script that created them in the first place, called var-symlinks.sh. This script should run automatically after a var wipe and a reboot, using the following lines that should be in your author file:#############################################"
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /enhancements/varhacks
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh
fi. If these lines aren't there, then you need to rerun the enhancement script. These lines check for a flag in /var called vardelete_flag, and if it's not there (like when var gets wiped), it runs /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh. There is absolutely no need to back up var as long as you have this script handy.

If ls is not working, check your PATH.

Does this also apply with hacks that were installed before your script? I have a hunch not, and that the hacks I lost were installed previously, such as ftp and telnet.

Then again, certainly the CID app wasn installed by your script, and it isn't working.

Is it possible (likely?) that hackman reconfigured the startup file and overwrote the above? Which startup file do you work with, or is there only the one?

do I need to uninstall first?

any idea what happened to the ls command?

Thanks,
Harvey

[rbautch]

Does this also apply with hacks that were installed before your script? I have a hunch not, and that the hacks I lost were installed previously, such as ftp and telnet.

Then again, certainly the CID app wasn installed by your script, and it isn't working.

Is it possible (likely?) that hackman reconfigured the startup file and overwrote the above? Which startup file do you work with, or is there only the one?

do I need to uninstall first?

any idea what happened to the ls command?

Thanks,
Harvey
You shouldnt be putting any hacks in var, especially telnet and ftp. My script does indeed install callerID. It's possible hackman altered your author file, but there's only one way to find out. If you put your tivo utilities in /var, that could explain why ls isnt working. I suggest first FTP Alphawolfs all in one utilities to /busybox, or someplace else that's in root. Then make sure that directory is in your PATH. Then uninstall/reinstall the enhancement script. If you add hacks that do not need to be in /var, don't put them there. If you add hacks that DO need to be in var (like joe, NCID, etc), then add them to /enhancements/varhacks and run the symlink script.

[tall1]

I am experiencing a peculiar issue. I have a tweaked HD-Tivo and a tweaked HDVR2 in the familyroom . My wife likes the S-P-S-9-S timer/clock in the lower righthand corner so for several weeks, everytime the tivos reboot I have to enter the SPS9S code again to display the timer/clock.

Well I noticed over the past few weeks after the scheduled reboot, the timer/clock continued to display on the HD-Tivo and the HDVR2 clock/timer was not displaying, as expected.

I began to suspect the HD-Tivo was not rebooting so I just happen to be up early this morning and the HD-Tivo message displayed that the scheduled reboot will occur in 10 minutes. Ten minutes later the HD-Tivo rebooted and to my surprise the timer/clock was displaying in the lower righthand corner. I have another tweaked HD-Tivo upstairs and it requires the same treatment as the HDVR2 after reboot to get the timer/clock to display.

Why is the SPS9S code sticking after reboot but not on the other 2 tweaked tivos? Not that I am complaining, it is less hassle but I wonder if something else is screwed?

[eclipsme]

You shouldnt be putting any hacks in var, especially telnet and ftp. My script does indeed install callerID. It's possible hackman altered your author file, but there's only one way to find out. If you put your tivo utilities in /var, that could explain why ls isnt working. I suggest first FTP Alphawolfs all in one utilities to /busybox, or someplace else that's in root. Then make sure that directory is in your PATH. Then uninstall/reinstall the enhancement script. If you add hacks that do not need to be in /var, don't put them there. If you add hacks that DO need to be in var (like joe, NCID, etc), then add them to /enhancements/varhacks and run the symlink script.

Yes, I understand about var now, but had no idea of the issue when I was trying to follow instructions early on (when I was trying to figure out how to hack the drive). Telnet and ftp were in busybox, but the script to start them wasn't working. I see that my wasn't clear about cid. Yes, this was installed from your script, thank you very much!

It turns out that that is exactly what happened - Hackman overwrote my author file, stopping yours from regenerating what was needed. In addition, because of the hacks I had in var, these of course stopped working, as well when the tio deleted the var folder.

I followed Alphaworks' insrtructions and put the busybox utilities into tivo- bin, though it used to be in busybox. I removed the busybox directory. This restored my commands like ls, etc - a big sigh of relief!

I finally found your uninstall script - on my local hard disk in the var backup I had made just prior to this ordeal. Copied it back to the tivo and ran it.

Just to make sure, I downloaded the enhancement scrip anew, ran it with no errors. Everything was working except for cid! hmm... Checked the logs, double checked the startup. It all looked good. Just couldn't figure it out, thought about writing you but decided to called it a night instead.

Woke up with one of those 'aha' experiences - I had left the phone line unpluggeed so the tivo wouldn't call home while I was figuring this all out. Plugged it in and voila!

The only thing missing now is to move the cid info lower on the screen, as my tv overscans a bit. I think I posted how to do that early in this series. Now I have to search my own postings. What's it all comming to?

Thanks so much for the script, and for your kind support.

Harvey

[PortlandPaw]

Why is the SPS9S code sticking after reboot but not on the other 2 tweaked tivos? Not that I am complaining, it is less hassle but I wonder if something else is screwed?Is it possible you have hackman running and it's resetting the clock display for you?

[tall1]

Is it possible you have hackman running and it's resetting the clock display for you?It is quite possible and most likely what has happened. I checked preferences on both Tivos and I have the "set clock on boot" option checked. I apparently set this awhile ago and forgot about it. Thanks for the reply.

So now the problem is it works on the HD-Tivo and not the HDVR2. I also am having a heck of a time getting hackman to start on my other HD-Tivo. I uninstalled, reinstalled tweak, set the compliance to 1 and still nothing. I guess I need to read more carefully or start from scratch and install hackman again. I think I read hackman was removed from the enhancement script but I still have hackman.itcl so kinda confused.

Thanks again.

[rbautch]

It is quite possible and most likely what has happened. I checked preferences on both Tivos and I have the "set clock on boot" option checked. I apparently set this awhile ago and forgot about it. Thanks for the reply.

So now the problem is it works on the HD-Tivo and not the HDVR2. I also am having a heck of a time getting hackman to start on my other HD-Tivo. I uninstalled, reinstalled tweak, set the compliance to 1 and still nothing. I guess I need to read more carefully or start from scratch and install hackman again. I think I read hackman was removed from the enhancement script but I still have hackman.itcl so kinda confused.

Thanks again.Hackman was removed from the Zipper (not the enhancement script), but only when it is run for the first time. An uninstall/reinstall of the enhancement script brings it back. The thought was to have it take a little more effort to install Hackman to prevent clueless newbies from messing with their author file without understanding how Hackman works.

[rbautch]

Beta version of the enhancement script that installs NCID version 0.65 is available. This is for testing only (since I don't have a phone line). To keep your existing configuration and aliases, use the attached uninstall script. Then run tweak.sh, which should already be on your Tivo. DO NOT post results here, please PM me instead.

[BlackFlux]

Will this script work on a S1?

[rbautch]

No it wont.

[BlackFlux]

rats...

[rbautch]

If it's a DirecTivo, there are some automated tools are there to hack it.

[BlackFlux]

It's a Phillips S1

[Skippy]

First and foremost, I'd like to thank Gunny and Rbautch for putting together the Zipper and the Enhancement Script. After suffering a drive crash in my previously hacked system, these saved me many hours (if not days) of frustration. Thanks also for all the support you guys provide. I've been lurking/reading on-and-off for years and have seen you guys help so many people. I learned the basics by reading your posts as well as "the other place". I must say, you guys make this a much better place for the non-l337.

Finally, just curious if you plan to incorporate the 60-minute bufferhack into the enhancement script. After running Zipper and the script, all I have to do to get back to where I was is:
- Get mfs_ftp working (done)
- Use bufferhack to get from 30-minute buffer to 60-minute
- Re-enable hackman (done)

I understand that mfs_ftp is verboten here and hackman hosed up some people. Is there a reason for not including the BufferHack in the script? It'd be great to query the user "Leave standard 30-minute LiveTV buffer or increase to 45 or 60 (30, 45, 60)?" and then make it so.

Thanks again. You guys rock!

-- Skip

[rbautch]

Thanks for the complement. Any hack that I include in the enhancement script requires the permision of the author/creator of the hack. The author of Bufferhack is one of the more prolific hackers, and his views against automated scripts are pretty well known. I respect those views, and will not include Bufferhack without his permission.

[PowerfulOne]

I installed this on a zippered SD-DVR40 (w/300GB). It makes the tarball of the log files every week, making a file called, for example, LOG_ARCHIVE.0814_09_16.tgz. I FTPed this (in binary) to my PC (running WinXP Pro) and tried to open it with WINRAR (my PCs default application for tgz files - ver 3.40). It complained about the archive being corrupted, and opened only the first file in the archive.

I tried it (still on the PC) with the GNU 'gunzip' and 'tar' programs, and it extracted fine.

WINRAR is a much more automated program, and has worked fine on all the other tgz files I've tried it on.

Any ideas why WINRAR doesn't like this file? Any suggestions on which other program I can use instead to easily extract the files from this archive?

[cheer]

Try WinACE instead -- I like it better than WinRAR.

[PowerfulOne]

I tried WinACE. It didn't complain about a corrupt file, but it still only found the first file in the archive, not the dozens it actually contains.

[PowerfulOne]

I did more investigation of the problem of not being able to read the LOG_ARCHIVE.0814-09-16.tgv file on my PC. It turns out that the file ***IS***corrupt!

I tried to unzip and untar it on the Tivo. I got the same response (an error message and only the first file is extracted).

I then noticed that the first file (tvlog) was the wrong size; it was a bit smaller than it should have been. I tool a detailed look at the tar file (that resulted when the tgz file was unzipped. Now, a tar file consists on several files pasted together. There is a file header, then the first file, then another file header, then the second file, and so on. One of the fields in the header is the file size. For the first file in this archive, the size field did not match the size of the file. This caused the un-tar process to get confused, looking for the next file header when in fact it was reading the end of the first file.

Anyone have any idea why the script section that created this archive file in the Tivo created a corrupt file? The only thing I noticed is that the tvlog file was quite large (1576 kB) because it hadn’t been archived and cleared before.

I guess I’ll wait for the next archive to be created next week and see if it’s corrupt also.

[rbautch]

Here are the changes:

Installs Jamie’s latest backported drivers, which include support for the following adapters: Linksys USB200M v.2, Airlink ASOHOUSB, Airlink AGIGAUSB, Linksys USB1000 gigE, and the D-Link DUB-E100 revision B adapter. Thanks Jamie!

Installs version 1.3.0 of Tivowebplus with lgkhan’s user interface module. This module allows you to group shows together into folders, create folders, and rename folders in the NPL on your tivo.

Tivowebplus main menu is modified to show the name of your Tivo at the top of each menu – helpful if you have multiple Tivos. Here’s what it looks like:

http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak/twpmenu.jpg

Existing users don't have to FTP anything to your tivo. Just uninstall/reinstall tweak.sh and the latest version will be downloaded to your tivo.

[SteelersFan]

Once again - you the man! Thanks for all of your hard work. You've made hacking easy and helped me (and probably countless others) learn a lot about "manual" hacking when I probably would not have if it weren't for the Enhancement Script/Zipper. I now have JavaHMO, tivoserver, and other things working from reading and trying things on my own.

[SteelersFan]

Here are the changes:

Installs Jamie’s latest backported drivers, which include support for the following adapters: Linksys USB200M v.2, Airlink ASOHOUSB, Airlink AGIGAUSB, Linksys USB1000 gigE, and the D-Link DUB-E100 revision B adapter. Thanks Jamie!

Installs version 1.3.0 of Tivowebplus with lgkhan’s user interface module. This module allows you to group shows together into folders, create folders, and rename folders in the NPL on your tivo.

Tivowebplus main menu is modified to show the name of your Tivo at the top of each menu – helpful if you have multiple Tivos. Here’s what it looks like:

Existing users don't have to FTP anything to your tivo. Just uninstall/reinstall tweak.sh and the latest version will be downloaded to your tivo.
What should we answer during tweak when asked if we have TWP installed? I'm thinking "No".
What will happen to the old version of TWP? Will it get deleted or moved?

[bman12]

Here are the changes:

Installs Jamie’s latest backported drivers, which include support for the following adapters: Linksys USB200M v.2, Airlink ASOHOUSB, Airlink AGIGAUSB, Linksys USB1000 gigE, and the D-Link DUB-E100 revision B adapter. Thanks Jamie!

Installs version 1.3.0 of Tivowebplus with lgkhan’s user interface module. This module allows you to group shows together into folders, create folders, and rename folders in the NPL on your tivo.

Tivowebplus main menu is modified to show the name of your Tivo at the top of each menu – helpful if you have multiple Tivos. Here’s what it looks like:

http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak/twpmenu.jpg

Existing users don't have to FTP anything to your tivo. Just uninstall/reinstall tweak.sh and the latest version will be downloaded to your tivo.

So...if I have a zippered DTIVO with TWP 1.2.1 and I uninstall /reinstall tweak.sh I will then have the new enhancements? How did they get updated on the TIVO and how exactly do I do the uninstall/reinstall? Looking forward to the improvements and thanks for your hard work.

[SteelersFan]

So...if I have a zippered DTIVO with TWP 1.2.1 and I uninstall /reinstall tweak.sh I will then have the new enhancements? How did they get updated on the TIVO and how exactly do I do the uninstall/reinstall? Looking forward to the improvements and thanks for your hard work.
If your Tivo can get out to the internet, tweak will download it. To uninstall you type "sh tweak_uninstall.sh" then to reinstall type "sh tweak.sh" (without the quotes of coarse).
Edit: Forgot to mention that you need to navigate to the hacks dir with: cd /hacks

[rbautch]

What should we answer during tweak when asked if we have TWP installed? I'm thinking "No".
What will happen to the old version of TWP? Will it get deleted or moved?Normally the uninstall script will remove the old copy of Tivowebplus, but only if it was originally installed by the enhancement script. There was a problem with one the previous versions of the uninstall script where it did not remove TWP, but it shouldn't matter since the new script will overwrite it with the new version of TWP.

[bnm81002]

Russ,
Version 4.0 will be part of the 2.0 Zipper, correct? :p

[rbautch]

Russ,
Version 4.0 will be part of the 2.0 Zipper, correct? :p
Yes!

[Lord Vader]

All these versions, Russ! I'm SO confused now. :p

BTW, did you ever get my humble suggestion about that clock and recording timer in the lower right corner?

[rbautch]

All these versions, Russ! I'm SO confused now. :p

BTW, did you ever get my humble suggestion about that clock and recording timer in the lower right corner?I did, and have no idea how to do it. I was going to investigate, but got sidetracked.

[Fofer]

Installs version 1.3.0 of Tivowebplus with lgkhan’s user interface module. This module allows you to group shows together into folders, create folders, and rename folders in the NPL on your tivo.

Where might one find this TWP version and lgkhan’s user interface module for "normal" download? I'd like to check it out manually and read more about it before running this script. Thanks, rbautch, for keeping up the great work!

[starbiker99]

I just installed the new version of the enhanced script and all seems work well in it. I just can't find the grouping features that were spoke abot in the above post. Maybe it's just too late to be fiddeling with it.

[willardcpa]

I did, and have no idea how to do it. I was going to investigate, but got sidetracked. :eek: HFC, the dude that I am trusting the software of five DTivos with suffers from ADD. :( :D

[SteelersFan]

I just installed the new version of the enhanced script and all seems work well in it. I just can't find the grouping features that were spoke abot in the above post. Maybe it's just too late to be fiddeling with it.
I haven't quite figured it out yet but if you go into the Now Showing List and pick a program then click Edit, there are a couple of fields at the bottom that look like the grouping function.

[willardcpa]

Where might one find this TWP version and lgkhan’s user interface module for "normal" download? I'd like to check it out manually and read more about it before running this script. Thanks, rbautch, for keeping up the great work!
I'd be interested in this information too. I think that I'd just like to FTP it over and put some of the modifications that I have made to TWP on this version before I rebooted the box. Like tivoweb.cfg for port forwarding, and httpd-tt.itcl for naming the boxes (or does this version of TWP do that somehow), and enter my static IPs in Net Config before my router has a chance to give it a dynamic IP.
Or maybe I just like doing things the hard way. :D

[starbiker99]

I haven't quite figured it out yet but if you go into the Now Showing List and pick a program then click Edit, there are a couple of fields at the bottom that look like the grouping function.

Yep your right I got 3 of my various shows grouped in a folder now. It took a couple times but it seems to work.

[willardcpa]

Yep your right I got 3 of my various shows grouped in a folder now. It took a couple times but it seems to work.GREAT! Now all you gotta do is figure out what to call a folder that contains "Hunting with Hank", "Callgirl Housewives", and "Teletubbies". :eek:

[msommer]

I just completed updating my zippered DTIVO's with the new script. Everything works great, but after checking the logs it doesn't seem like the USB 2.0 drivers are loading. During the install, the script responded that wireless parameters were found so it skipped the backport driver install. Has anyone else seen this?

[Idearat]

I should have left well enough alone.

Zippered over the weekend, had it all running. Tonight I foolishly thought I'd do the uninstall / re-install to get the updated script and features

First time it downloaded the new script fine & ran fine, but on reboot my DTivo stuck at 8% sat download. An hour and two reboots later it came back up. But no access via the network. I could get a bash via serial port ok. Silly me, I ran the uninstall/re-install again. You don't ever want to do that if you have connection issues. The original script that got you connected is gone, but now it will only procede if it can connect.

I rezippered to restore the original script, re-installed and ran it, worked fine again.

Thinking the stuck downloading and extra reboots were my problem, after it was all working fine I thought I'd try for the new script again. Same thing. It seems to hose either my USB or network settings so I can't reconnect after the reboot. No stuck startup this time, but can't telnet, ping or http into it.

I'm using the AirLink ASOHOUSB adapter.

I need to learn why connectivity gets hosed when I run the downloaded script and how to fix it without breaking open the box yet again to zipper.

[rbautch]

Where might one find this TWP version and lgkhan’s user interface module for "normal" download? I'd like to check it out manually and read more about it before running this script. Thanks, rbautch, for keeping up the great work!TCF and DDB user John1980 has picked up the TWP torch, and is currently hosting the lastest version on his website here (http://thomson.tivo.googlepages.com/tivowebplus) until he can get access to the official Sourceforge site. It is discussed in the TWP development thread on DDB starting at post 113. The linked website above also has a link to lgkahn's ui.itcl module.

[rbautch]

I just completed updating my zippered DTIVO's with the new script. Everything works great, but after checking the logs it doesn't seem like the USB 2.0 drivers are loading. During the install, the script responded that wireless parameters were found so it skipped the backport driver install. Has anyone else seen this?After some wireless users reported problems connecting after installing the backport drivers, I decided to skip the driver install for wireless users. Most tivo-compatible wireless adapters are only USB 1.0 capable anyway. What adapter do you have, and did it work previously with the backported drivers?

[rbautch]

I should have left well enough alone.

Zippered over the weekend, had it all running. Tonight I foolishly thought I'd do the uninstall / re-install to get the updated script and features

First time it downloaded the new script fine & ran fine, but on reboot my DTivo stuck at 8% sat download. An hour and two reboots later it came back up. But no access via the network. I could get a bash via serial port ok. Silly me, I ran the uninstall/re-install again. You don't ever want to do that if you have connection issues. The original script that got you connected is gone, but now it will only procede if it can connect.

I rezippered to restore the original script, re-installed and ran it, worked fine again.

Thinking the stuck downloading and extra reboots were my problem, after it was all working fine I thought I'd try for the new script again. Same thing. It seems to hose either my USB or network settings so I can't reconnect after the reboot. No stuck startup this time, but can't telnet, ping or http into it.

I'm using the AirLink ASOHOUSB adapter.

I need to learn why connectivity gets hosed when I run the downloaded script and how to fix it without breaking open the box yet again to zipper.Connect with your serial cable and check the /etc/hotplug/usb.map file to make sure it got appended with the entry for your adapter. I also have some ASOHOUSB adapters and I'll do some more testing.

[msommer]

I actually am using the FA120 with a wireless bridge. I left the wireless settings configured just in case I ever needed them.

It worked great until the latest upgrade. My throughput values ranged from 9-14. Now they are 4-6.

EDIT:

Everything is great again!! I removed the wireless settings and then re ran the script.

Now if I can just figure out the new folder creation module.... a bit confusing. Episode names keep changing to the group name I create.

[rbautch]

Now if I can just figure out the new folder creation module.... a bit confusing. Episode names keep changing to the group name I create.Start reading here on DDB: /forum/showthread.php?p=252507#post252507

[bman12]

I did the uninstall/reinstall on two DTIVOs without a hitch.....I thought. I just noticed that when I click on either todo or suggestions in the tivowebplus user interface I get an internal error message on both TIVOs.
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
invalid command name "desc_show"
while executing
"desc_show $hovertext"
("uplevel" body line 139)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFileTrans fsid name type $path $prefix 15 {
set rec [db $db openid $fsid]
set manual 0
set suggestion 0
if {$::version >= 3}..."
(procedure "action_todo" line 121)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 7 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 28)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--

The only thing I didn't do is shut all tivowebplus running items down before uninstall reinstall. Could that be it? Anyone else have this problem?

[eagreer]

I get the same internal error for the TODO request.
I've run Zipper on three different DTivos and really like the results. Great tool...

[msommer]

I am getting the same errors in the three I upgraded as well.

--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
invalid command name "desc_show"
while executing
"desc_show $hovertext"
("uplevel" body line 139)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFileTrans fsid name type $path $prefix 15 {
set rec [db $db openid $fsid]
set manual 0
set suggestion 0
if {$::version >= 3}..."
(procedure "action_todo" line 121)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 7 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 28)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--

[rbautch]

Me too. I'll have lgkahn take a look. If you don't care about manipulating folders in the NPL, you can use the original ui.itcl in the stock 1.3.0 distribution of TWP.

[SteelersFan]

I am getting the same errors in the three I upgraded as well.

--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
invalid command name "desc_show"
while executing
"desc_show $hovertext"
("uplevel" body line 139)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFileTrans fsid name type $path $prefix 15 {
set rec [db $db openid $fsid]
set manual 0
set suggestion 0
if {$::version >= 3}..."
(procedure "action_todo" line 121)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 7 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 28)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--
+1
I have tried rebooting the box, no go. I have tried a Restart->Quit (from TWP), then the twp command from bash, no go there either.
Here are some telnet session captures:
Fam Rm-TiVo# Warning: An http server is already running
/tivowebplus/tivoweb: /tivowebplus/.dist/BlockFailure: Read-only file system
TivoWebPlus - vFam Rm (1.3.0 (oztivo-060821))
The program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This program is licensed under the GPL.
See the 'docs/copyright' and 'docs/index.html' files
for copyright and credit information.
PoolSize=3244032
couldn't open socket: address already in use
while executing
"socket -server ::session $http_port"
(file "/tivowebplus/httpd-tt.tcl" line 919)
Fam Rm-TiVo# cd /tivowebplus/modules
Fam Rm-TiVo# rw
mounting read write
Fam Rm-TiVo# twp
starting Tivowebplus
Fam Rm-TiVo# TivoWebPlus - vFam Rm (1.3.0 (oztivo-060821))
The program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This program is licensed under the GPL.
See the 'docs/copyright' and 'docs/index.html' files
for copyright and credit information.
PoolSize=3244032
Loading modules...
ChannelMap
backup
channelgrid
channelprefs
confresManual
debug
extract
favicon
gallery
gdchecker
hackman
--hackman Version 4.2.1--
-No problem running mips find -- mips version of find selected.
-No problem running mips sendkey -- mips sendkey selected.
-Root directory mounted read-write
-Friday, September 08, 2006, 08:35 AM, local time
higuide
index
-initializing logo index
-initializing channel table
--caching 816 channels for source of type=6 (DirecTV)
-initializing genre table
-initializing now showing cache
-initializing season pass cache
info
lj_utils
logos
logs
mail
manrec
merge
mfsbrowser
mrv
netconfig
phone
resources
Loaded 0 resource definitions
rss
sched
screen
search
sysadmin
theme
ui
update
webremote
whatson
wishlists
xlist
xplusz
{more}
Accepting Connections

EDIT: Russ answered while I was typing this.

[Fofer]

How exactly do you go about manipulating folders in the NPL with the new ui.itcl module, anyway? By Editing a show and using that new "Grouping" field? (That's the only thing that seemed to make sense.) I ask because I tried, and it looked like it renamed the recording, too.

[SteelersFan]

How exactly do you go about manipulating folders in the NPL with the new ui.itcl module, anyway? By Editing a show and using that new "Grouping" field? (That's the only thing that seemed to make sense.) I ask because I tried, and it looked like it renamed the recording, too.
Look up^. :D See posts 1652 and 1658. I haven't had any luck with this function. I now have 2 shows in a different folder and can't get them out or into their own folder.

[msommer]

Had the same problem with the groups. I finally got it to work by doing the following:

Pick a show and create a folder name, then you select that same show from the drop down list. When you are done you will have a show in the NPL that displays the name of the newly created group. Next, select another show you want to put in your newly created group, and in the drop down box, select the first show that was previously renamed to your group. After this you should have two shows in the new folder. NOW you have to select each show in the new group and rename the title.

There are instructions that say to pick a show that already resides in a group, and add your show to it. When you do this, the title changes in the NPL and in the now showing list in TWP. Then just rename the shows.

Sound confusing???? It is, but after about an hour I got the hang of it. You just have to accept the fact that you will be going in and renaming shows in the now showing list in TWP.

[chris22]

What does Tweak do for TivoServer? (not desktop).

I cant seem to make it transfer anything but .ty from this tivo on1y.
-Chris

[SteelersFan]

I did the uninstall/reinstall on two DTIVOs without a hitch.....I thought. I just noticed that when I click on either todo or suggestions in the tivowebplus user interface I get an internal error message on both TIVOs.
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
invalid command name "desc_show"
while executing
"desc_show $hovertext"
("uplevel" body line 139)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFileTrans fsid name type $path $prefix 15 {
set rec [db $db openid $fsid]
set manual 0
set suggestion 0
if {$::version >= 3}..."
(procedure "action_todo" line 121)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 7 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 28)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--

The only thing I didn't do is shut all tivowebplus running items down before uninstall reinstall. Could that be it? Anyone else have this problem?
Hey Russ,
I'm getting almost the same issue with UserInterface->Scheduled Suggestions:
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_ui '/pending' ''
invalid command name "desc_show"
while executing
"desc_show $hovertext"
("uplevel" body line 139)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFileTrans fsid name type $path $prefix 15 {
set rec [db $db openid $fsid]
set manual 0
set suggestion 0
if {$::version >= 3}..."
(procedure "action_todo" line 121)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 2 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 39)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--
It's probably obvious that these issues would be related to the gurus but I thought I would pass the info along anyway.

[SteelersFan]

What does Tweak do for TivoServer? (not desktop).

I cant seem to make it transfer anything but .ty from this tivo on1y.
-Chris
Answered here. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4352083&&#post4352083) (Double post.)

[chris22]

Answered here. (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4352083&&#post4352083) (Double post.)
I was wondering where I posted :-P, I 1ost my o1d post.

[Skippy]

Several weeks back, I had to restore a disk image and do the Zipper/Script process due to a failed harddrive. After that, I installed BufferHack 4.1, mfs_ftp and hackman. Things were great for several weeks and then I lost telnet and ftp access. I'm not sure why.

I recovered by removing the drive and rezippering/rescripting. This time, I've disabled hackman. Was hackman the culprit?

I'd really like to get hackman configured "correctly" if this was the cause of my problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

-- Skip

[PortlandPaw]

hackman was the culprit only if you ignored all the warnings and used it to set up your rc.sysinit.author file without preserving your original settings. hackman completely re-writes this file from scratch, and if you aren't careful, it will wipe out critical startup commands. The readme includes details on how to avoid this as well as how to set up your TiVo to minimize chances of blowouts due to TiVo clearing the /var directory, updates, etc.

[Skippy]

So now on to my 2nd DTivo...

Again, this unit was zippered/tweaked and all was well. Then I lost telnet and ftp (probably due to a hackman config error). This AM, I pulled the drive, rezippered it and replaced it. Upon first boot, I uninstalled the tweaks so I could reinstall the latest tweaks. When I tried to get a directory listing (ls), it gave me the help screen for something called UnZip 5.50 by Info-ZIP. Not sure what happened here. How do I recover ls?

My current path is: ./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox

If I try to run the tweaks, it fails with:
LR-TiVo# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
UnZip 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Spieler. Send
bug reports to the authors at Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu; see README for details.

Usage: unzip [-Z] [-opts[modifiers]] file[.zip] [list]
[-x xlist] [-d exdir]
Default action is to extract files in list, except those in xlist, to exdir;
file[.zip] may be a wildcard. -Z => ZipInfo mode ("unzip -Z" for usage).

-p extract files to pipe, no messages -l list files (short format)
-f freshen existing files, create none -t test compressed archive data
-u update files, create if necessary -z display archive comment
-x exclude files that follow (in xlist) -d extract files into exdir

modifiers: -q quiet mode (-qq => quieter)
-n never overwrite existing files -a auto-convert any text files
-o overwrite files WITHOUT prompting -aa treat ALL files as text
-j junk paths (do not make directories) -v be verbose/print version info
-C match filenames case-insensitively -L make (some) names lowercase
-X restore UID/GID info -V retain VMS version numbers
-M pipe through "more" pager
Examples (see unzip.txt for more info):
unzip data1 -x joe => extract all files except joe from zipfile data1.zip
unzip -p foo | more => send contents of foo.zip via pipe into program more
unzip -fo foo ReadMe => quietly replace existing ReadMe if archive file newer
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: n
Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
LR-TiVo#

Ugh! Any assistance here is greatly appreciated!

-- Skip

[rbautch]

So now on to my 2nd DTivo...

Again, this unit was zippered/tweaked and all was well. Then I lost telnet and ftp (probably due to a hackman config error). This AM, I pulled the drive, rezippered it and replaced it. Upon first boot, I uninstalled the tweaks so I could reinstall the latest tweaks. When I tried to get a directory listing (ls), it gave me the help screen for something called UnZip 5.50 by Info-ZIP. Not sure what happened here. How do I recover ls?

My current path is: ./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox

If I try to run the tweaks, it fails with:
LR-TiVo# sh tweak.sh
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
UnZip 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Spieler. Send
bug reports to the authors at Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu; see README for details.

Usage: unzip [-Z] [-opts[modifiers]] file[.zip] [list]
[-x xlist] [-d exdir]
Default action is to extract files in list, except those in xlist, to exdir;
file[.zip] may be a wildcard. -Z => ZipInfo mode ("unzip -Z" for usage).

-p extract files to pipe, no messages -l list files (short format)
-f freshen existing files, create none -t test compressed archive data
-u update files, create if necessary -z display archive comment
-x exclude files that follow (in xlist) -d extract files into exdir

modifiers: -q quiet mode (-qq => quieter)
-n never overwrite existing files -a auto-convert any text files
-o overwrite files WITHOUT prompting -aa treat ALL files as text
-j junk paths (do not make directories) -v be verbose/print version info
-C match filenames case-insensitively -L make (some) names lowercase
-X restore UID/GID info -V retain VMS version numbers
-M pipe through "more" pager
Examples (see unzip.txt for more info):
unzip data1 -x joe => extract all files except joe from zipfile data1.zip
unzip -p foo | more => send contents of foo.zip via pipe into program more
unzip -fo foo ReadMe => quietly replace existing ReadMe if archive file newer
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: n
Make sure your Tivo is connected to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory
LR-TiVo#

Ugh! Any assistance here is greatly appreciated!

-- SkipYou might want to just start over at this point. I'd hold off on using Hackman until you research it a little more.

[Skippy]

"start over"...I hope that means simply rezippering. I'd hate to have to wipe all my recordings...

[Skippy]

...btw I did disable hackman at this point...

[rbautch]

"start over"...I hope that means simply rezippering. I'd hate to have to wipe all my recordings...Yes.

[Skippy]

OK...Thanks. I'm almost good now. I wiped the busybox directory, rezippered, retweaked and have access to my box again with the appropriate tools.


I'm still trying to figure out why my /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp directory keeps getting deleted. It was my understanding that this is the correct place to put /var/hacks, then run the sym-linker then start it fro /var/hacks as one would expect.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated, otherwise, I'll keep searching in the other place...

-- Skip

[rbautch]

When you run the uninstall script, it completely wipes away /enhancements, and then running tweak.sh builds it again. Since mfs_ftp is not part of the enhancements archive, you'd need to reinstall it.

[Aaron451]

I have a series 2 RCA DVR40 with 250 gig drive that has been cakewalked. Will these patches work?

[Draven X. Byrne]

And when you do the tweak_uninstall what's considered "best practice"? Remove the "unpatched tivoapp" or leave it alone?

[Draven X. Byrne]

Last night I told it to keep it. It seemed to work okay - any reason to not keep "keeping" the tivo app as I upgrade my otyher zippered units?

[rbautch]

It's nice to have a backup tivoapp, just in case something goes wrong someday. Unless you're running out of room in your root filesystem, just keep it. Type "df" at bash to see how much room you have.

[Draven X. Byrne]

aah -

okay.

Thanks much RBautch! . . . . .

DXB

[ers26]

I am getting the same errors in the three I upgraded as well.

--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
invalid command name "desc_show"
while executing
"desc_show $hovertext"
("uplevel" body line 139)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"ForeachMfsFileTrans fsid name type $path $prefix 15 {
set rec [db $db openid $fsid]
set manual 0
set suggestion 0
if {$::version >= 3}..."
(procedure "action_todo" line 121)
invoked from within
"action_todo $chan 7 $env"
(procedure "::action_ui" line 28)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--

Anyone know if there is a fix for this ToDo list problem? I've been watching the messages and I haven't seen anything new come through regarding this.

Also, Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to use the new "Group Title" & "Group With" fields? I've been trying to group movies into different folders like "Kids Movies" & "Movies" but haven't had much success.

Thanks,

Ed

[Fofer]

Anyone know if there is a fix for this ToDo list problem? I've been watching the messages and I haven't seen anything new come through regarding this.

Also, Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to use the new "Group Title" & "Group With" fields? I've been trying to group movies into different folders like "Kids Movies" & "Movies" but haven't had much success.


From your second question, it looks like you're using lgkahn's modified ui.itcl module. And I think that might be what's causing the issue with your ToDo list (referenced in your first question.) Try reverting back to the original ui.itcl that comes with TWP 1.3.0 and see if the issue goes away.

[rbautch]

Fyi, the original ui.itcl is still in the modules directory.

[robrtb]

Hello,
I put a new image (IC - dsr704) on a 250GB yesterday, zippered, DL'd the latest files (via tivo) and completed.
Now when I try to setup a new season pass via TWP I get this:

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_saveseasonpass '' 'set "quality" "100";set "kam" "0";set "showtype" "0";set "keepuntil" "1";set "startearly" "0";set "endlate" "0";set "objectid" "103934/11";set "type" "1";set "seriesfsid" "88715";set "stationfsid" "4925";set "action" "Create";'
can't read "TmkEvent::EVT_DATA_CHANGED": no such variable
while executing
"event send $TmkEvent::EVT_DATA_CHANGED $TmkDataChanged::SEASON_PASS $spfsid"
(procedure "::action_saveseasonpass" line 23)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--

However, via TWP it looks to have saved the SP and I can edit it but I get another similar error.

BTW - This new TWP is frickin FAST! Thanks rbautch

--BB

[Lord Vader]

Russ,

When I Zippered and ran tweak on an HR10-250, I made sure I turned ON the Showcases feature; however, whenever I press "showcases" from the menu, I get the message "Showcases are not available at this time. Please try again later."

Is there a way I can check in my TIVO's brain to see if Showcases actually ARE "on" in my TIVO?

[rbautch]

Russ,

When I Zippered and ran tweak on an HR10-250, I made sure I turned ON the Showcases feature; however, whenever I press "showcases" from the menu, I get the message "Showcases are not available at this time. Please try again later."

Is there a way I can check in my TIVO's brain to see if Showcases actually ARE "on" in my TIVO?In mfs, look at the /State/ServiceConfig/DataGroupIntList object. The tokens in there should be roughly equal to those that are listed in the sc62add.tcl script. The tokens in the script probably have to be updated periodically for it to work properly, and I havent done that. To find out what the current tokens should be, let an unhacked tivo call in, then hack it, then find out what the new tokens are in /State/ServiceConfig/DataGroupIntList.

[asatyss]

I just ran the uninstall/reinstall routine on my Hughes HDVR2 DirecTivo and have lost connectivity through telnet, etc. From what I have read through searches here it appears that my next best option is to Re-Zipper the drive and try again.

Is this correct?

[rbautch]

I just ran the uninstall/reinstall routine on my Hughes HDVR2 DirecTivo and have lost connectivity through telnet, etc. From what I have read through searches here it appears that my next best option is to Re-Zipper the drive and try again.

Is this correct?Not sure why you would lose connectivity, unless you were using a wireless adapter. Unless you have a serial cable to troubleshoot it, yes, your only option is to re-zipper it.

[rbautch]

can't read "TmkEvent::EVT_DATA_CHANGED": no such variable
This makes me think that you are running an old version of Tivowebplus. The event system was removed from 6.2, and Tivowebplus was updated to catch these errors if your software is 6.2.

edit: I take it back. I get the same error. There apprears to be some undesired interactions between Lgkhan's ui.itcl module and the rest of TWP.

[Throg]

I just recently found this script and it sounded interesting enough to check it out. All went well, it's pretty cool how the script works. But overnight my USB port seemed to die. It's as if the usb drivers aren't being started. I confirmed this by trying two different USB NICs, one wired one wireless. I have a serial cable but I don't know what to look for. Plus the only editor I have access to is vi and I never really learned it. i'm familiar :q. That's about it. Can anyone help me determine the cause of the loss of USB? Or if that's not it, what happened?

TCD24004A, 370GB, killhdinitrd 3.1.5 kernel

[rbautch]

I just recently found this script and it sounded interesting enough to check it out. All went well, it's pretty cool how the script works. But overnight my USB port seemed to die. It's as if the usb drivers aren't being started. I confirmed this by trying two different USB NICs, one wired one wireless. I have a serial cable but I don't know what to look for. Plus the only editor I have access to is vi and I never really learned it. i'm familiar :q. That's about it. Can anyone help me determine the cause of the loss of USB? Or if that's not it, what happened?

TCD24004A, 370GB, killhdinitrd 3.1.5 kernelWhat kind of adapter to you have? Are you running DHCP? Did you answer yes to install Jamie's backported USB 2.0 drivers? Over your serial connection, run the script called /enhancements/net-status.tcl, and see if it matches up with what you expect.

[Throg]

What kind of adapter to you have?Netgear FA120 Are you running DHCP?No. Did you answer yes to install Jamie's backported USB 2.0 drivers?Yes. Over your serial connection, run the script called /enhancements/net-status.tcl, and see if it matches up with what you expect.Yes, it does.
One last thing: I ran the tweak_uninstall.sh to see if restoring the original drivers would make any difference. However, before I did that I copied the contents of the enhancements directory so I'd have those tools available.

[rbautch]

Check to see if /sbin/dhclient is disabled. Are you loading drivers manually with insmod anywhere?

If it's not any of those things, the most probable cause is that I screwed up the modifications to the /etc/hotplug/usb.map file for standalones. Take a look at the file in vi or joe. The script should have inserted some new entries under the "usbnet" heading to support the latest adapters in Jamie's backport. These include the USB200M, D-link dub-e, etc.. Check to see if the FA120 entry is still there under the proper heading.

[Throg]

Check to see if /sbin/dhclient is disabled. Are you loading drivers manually with insmod anywhere?

If it's not any of those things, the most probable cause is that I screwed up the modifications to the /etc/hotplug/usb.map file for standalones. Take a look at the file in vi or joe. The script should have inserted some new entries under the "usbnet" heading to support the latest adapters in Jamie's backport. These include the USB200M, D-link dub-e, etc.. Check to see if the FA120 entry is still there under the proper heading.No, I'm not insmod-ing and the FA120 is under wired/device usbnet/AX88172.

[rbautch]

No, I'm not insmod-ing and the FA120 is under wired/device usbnet/AX88172.Did the uninstall script restore your original usb.map? If there is a usb.map.orig file in the hotplug directory, go ahead and restore it. I assume you are back to stock 6.2 drivers, right? No lights on the adapter, right? Next step, post your serial console output during a boot.

[Throg]

Did the uninstall script restore your original usb.map? If there is a usb.map.orig file in the hotplug directory, go ahead and restore it. I assume you are back to stock 6.2 drivers, right? No lights on the adapter, right? Next step, post your serial console output during a boot.It would appear that the tweak.sh script didn't backup usb.map. There is no usb.map.orig file and the usb.map that is there is more than 16 hours old. That's about when I first ran the script. The uninstall script didn't restore my 'almost there' screen either, FYI.
No lights on the adapter, right, Back to stock drivers? Doubtful.
One good thing here is that I have 2 tivos same model (TCD24004A) same software version.
I've attached my serial output but it wasn't formatted correctly for notepad. You'll need to use an ascii editor.

[rbautch]

The uninstall script didn't restore my 'almost there' screen either, FYI.
No lights on the adapter, right, Back to stock drivers? Doubtful.
One good thing here is that I have 2 tivos same model (TCD24004A) same software version.
I've attached my serial output but it wasn't formatted correctly for notepad. You'll need to use an ascii editor. The uninstall script looks for the backups and restores them. Sounds like some of the backups were not made during the initial script run, perhaps because of a ro filesystem issue. Did you get any errors when you ran the script initially? The original drivers are backed up in a directory called /lib/modules/backups-orig. If the directory is not there, it means that the uninstall script restored the drivers and then deleted the directory. If it is there, copy the files in there back to /lib/modules with cp -f. One way to quickly tell if the drivers were restored is if the ax8817x.o driver is still a symlink or not. One last thing to check is the size of your ehci-hcd.o driver. If the original drivers have NOT been restored, it should be only 2k in size. If they have been restored, it should be bigger.

If all else fails, obviously you'll have to pull the drive. If you're willing to help me troubleshoot a bit, try first copying a virgin usb.map file to /etc/hotplug to see if that fixes it. If you know how to use zmodem over the serial connection, you won't have to pull the drive to do this. If that doesn't fix the issue, manually replace the drivers with ones you FTP off your other tivo. Sorry for the trouble...I do most of my testing on my DTivos since I have remote access to them.

[rbautch]

I noticed an error in the way usb.map was edited that is fixable without pulling the drive. The script would have tried to insert the new driver mappings right after the "usbnet" heading, but they should have gone in the "ax88772" and "ax88178" subheadings. These misplaced entries could possibly be interfering with the FA120 entry. To fix it, delete the entries that are directly under the usbnet header in usb.map. These include:
Airlink ASOHOUSB
Linksys USB200MV2
DUB-E100, revision B1
DUB-E100, revision B1 alternate vendor code
Airlink AGIGAUSB
Linksys usb1000

Fixed this in the current version.

[Throg]

I don't mind helping you troubleshoot at all. I already have the box open. Had to take the drive out just to get bash back. I don't quite understand that, but there ya go. I already tried copying the usb.map from the other tivo and it didn't help. I'm going to try the other things now and I'll let you know.

[Throg]

I didn't *notice* any errors when the install script ran. And I typically do watch things as they happen. /lib/modules/backups-orig doesn't exist. ax8817x.o is a symlink to /lib/modules/usbnet.o. ehci-hcd.o shows up as 1500 bytes.
The entries under usbnet didn't match what you said so I'm attaching my usb.map for your perusal.

[rbautch]

I didn't *notice* any errors when the install script ran. And I typically do watch things as they happen. /lib/modules/backups-orig doesn't exist. ax8817x.o is a symlink to /lib/modules/usbnet.o. ehci-hcd.o shows up as 1500 bytes.
The entries under usbnet didn't match what you said so I'm attaching my usb.map for your perusal.Thanks for the usb.map file. I just uploaded a new version that should modify it properly. Something's not right with the drivers. Let's take this to PM to avoid dilution of the thread.

[Brillian1080p]

Rbautch, I'm interested in the updated TWP. Ran your previous version of enhancement script a few weeks ago.

Thanks by the way.

Is it easiest to use Filezilla or similar to overwrite the existing script and then just run it?

[rbautch]

Rbautch, I'm interested in the updated TWP. Ran your previous version of enhancement script a few weeks ago.

Thanks by the way.

Is it easiest to use Filezilla or similar to overwrite the existing script and then just run it?You dont have to FTP anything. Just run tweak.sh again, and it will go out and get the most current version.

[Brillian1080p]

And because I have networking that's just handy dandy!

Thanks.

Me

[Brillian1080p]

Almost forgot,

1. I should run uninstall first, right?

2. Does uninstalling remove the usb drivers so that you have to use the serial cable to reinstall?

Man I'm a doublechecker and probably a pain too!

Thanks

[SteelersFan]

1. Yes, otherwise it will error telling you it's already installed (or something along those lines).
2. I believe it uninstalls USB 2.0 but you don't need serial. Telnet works fine after uninstall.

[Brillian1080p]

I'm in the process of reinstalling now. I wanted the updated TWP, but I wonder when the script asks if TWP is already installed, if you say yes does it skip the update. If you say no will it update it.

Obviously, I'll check to see if it's updated, but I'd like to know.

[Brillian1080p]

Now I'm curious about something else. I only have one cat5e cable run to the equipment rack and was connected to my HR10-250. By serial cable connection I watched the script remove usb drivers. Then it downloaded Rbautche's new script successfuly.

How did it do this? The computer was not connected to the internet, but the HR10-250 was by way of USB/ethernet adapter.

[SteelersFan]

Now I'm curious about something else. I only have one cat5e cable run to the equipment rack and was connected to my HR10-250. By serial cable connection I watched the script remove usb drivers. Then it downloaded Rbautche's new script successfuly.

How did it do this? The computer was not connected to the internet, but the HR10-250 was by way of USB/ethernet adapter.
Let's call it "rbautch Magic". :D

[Brillian1080p]

Magic indeed!

Actually I watched the link usb activity light blinking, and the script reverts to old drivers, so...

By answering yes TWP was already installed it did not update it to 1.3.

I'll run it again and say no.

[Brillian1080p]

Applause!

Rbautch, It's a testament to your skill. The script is well put together and so easy to run, it's never faultered once.

I now have TWP 1.3 running.

Thank you!

[Brillian1080p]

Rbautch, the latest script doesn't change read/write permissions does it?

This person had the same problem I'm having after running the latest script and I don't want to change the read/write permissions without learning a little more.

Problem:
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_ui '/todo' ''
couldn't open "/var/hack/etc/blocklist.txt": read-only file system

Answer: This is because the filesystem is read-only so it cannot create the required blocklist file. I am guessing you have /var/hack symbolically linked to the root filesystem which boots into read-only mode. If TWP and /var/hack/etc do not reside on a writable filesystem then they will not be able to update their configurations file - meaning you will also get errors when setting filters, themes, higuide options, etc...

Answer: Telnet in. Then to make read /write:

mount -o remount,rw /

To make read only:

mount -o, remount,ro

This sounds drastic. Is this dangerous?

[Brillian1080p]

I've been reading the last two hours and it seems there are quite a few problems with this latest 1.3 version of TWP. I've read how to fix them and tried a couple with no success.

I'd like to reinstall the previous version of TWP. It was working fine.

I know the forum is busy right now with 6.3 rollout, but when someone gets the chance (Rbautch?) I still have copies of the the original and 1.7 zipper. I know where the TWP files are but not being familar with writing scripts I don't know all of the files that I need to replace.

I'm trying to avoid rezippering just to reinstall TWP. I have read some about how to install it, but must admit I don't grasp it fully.

This drives me crazy because I've been using it to check the MFS files for the 6.3 update and can't even start it now.

[rbautch]

I've been reading the last two hours and it seems there are quite a few problems with this latest 1.3 version of TWP. I've read how to fix them and tried a couple with no success.

I'd like to reinstall the previous version of TWP. It was working fine.

I know the forum is busy right now with 6.3 rollout, but when someone gets the chance (Rbautch?) I still have copies of the the original and 1.7 zipper. I know where the TWP files are but not being familar with writing scripts I don't know all of the files that I need to replace.

I'm trying to avoid rezippering just to reinstall TWP. I have read some about how to install it, but must admit I don't grasp it fully.

This drives me crazy because I've been using it to check the MFS files for the 6.3 update and can't even start it now.
Most of the problems are related to the new ui.itcl module that I included in the archive. The old one is still in /tivowebplus/modules with a .bak extension. Just restore it and things should work fine. You can fix you ro problems by moving the entire tivowebplus directory to /var.

[Brillian1080p]

Thanks for answering. I replaced the newer ui.itcl version with the older one, but still had problems.

Couldn't even connect. I started to use Filezilla to move the whole Tivowebplus folder. It wouldn't just move by clicking and dragging, so I was trying to remove it and replace it into/var. Well Filezilla would move one or two files and then puke, failing and reconnecting.

I'm re-running the script now and we'll see how to properly move a file from one directory into another without taking to the pc.

Never did see the .bak file but there is a ui.itcl.orig file which has a date newer than the ui.itcl file.


One of those days, I do appreciate the help.

[Lord Vader]

Russ, if I run your tweak script on a hacked (pre-Zipper) HDVR2, is Alphawolf's all-in-one utility a requirement, or can I skip that particular program?

[rbautch]

You do need some tools to make the script run, such as wget and find, which are not included with stock tivo software. If you didnt already install tools from somwhere else, use the AIO tool set.

[Lord Vader]

OK, thanks. I did notice that export PATH=$PATH:/tivo-bin wasn't present in my rc.sysinit.author, which Alpha says is needed. There WAS something close to that, but not exact. I'll have to add that line in there before installing his AIO.

[Lord Vader]

This is weird. I had to do something so stupid and basic to cause this, but I'm wondering what. I'm recreating every step I took to see who can tell me what dumbass thing I did wrong.

I've been attempting to ftp Alpha's All-in-One (AIO) utilities to my newly created /tivo-bin directory.

Because the HDVR2 was read-only, following someone's instructions, I had to do this via TeraTermPro to make it writable:

cd /tivo-bin
mount -o remount,rw /

That seemed to go fine. Then I opened FileZilla and attempted to xfer the AIO file (in binary mode). The progress bar on the bottom showed the progress did complete. I closed down FZ then did an ls in /tivo-bin using TeraTerm. Nothing showed, so the file wasn't there for some reason. It didn't appear to xfer at all.

So, I close down TT and reopen FileZilla to try again, but this time FZ couldn't connect. Every time I try, I get:

Timeout detected!
Unable to connect!

I can use TT to get a bash prompt and all, but I can't connect via FZ to xfer files. Obviously something's wrong. Can someone tell me where I messed up? Maybe it's this nasty head cold and all that's got me spacey.

[Lord Vader]

Obviously this problem isn't directly attributed to FileZilla, because when I attempt to enter my TIVO's IP # in my browser's URL window by typing ftp://XXX.XXX.X.XXX, I can't get in that way either just to look at things.

[DArman]

The FTP daemon may not be running. Do a "ps ax" command at bash and see if tivoftpd is running. If not you will have to start it. Mine is in my /tivo-bin directory (don't know if this is standard). Locate it using "find / -name tivoftpd" at the bash prompt.

[muzzymate]

You dont have to FTP anything. Just run tweak.sh again, and it will go out and get the most current version.

I had accidentally discovered this when I went to rerun the script to disable EndPadPlus (yeah I probably could have just edited the author file but I hadn't learned that yet). Last night, I upgraded my TWP to 1.3 on my two SD DTivos in about 10 minutes. Rbauth, thank you for all your work on this!!! It is quite amazing!

[Lord Vader]

The FTP daemon may not be running. Do a "ps ax" command at bash and see if tivoftpd is running. If not you will have to start it. Mine is in my /tivo-bin directory (don't know if this is standard). Locate it using "find / -name tivoftpd" at the bash prompt.

Well, I think this is what I'm looking for, correct? It's located in /bin


76 ? S 0:00 klogd
83 ? S 1:34 /tvbin/switcherstart -m -F
84 ? S 3:02 /tvbin/mfsd
86 ? S 0:00 /tvbin/switcherstart -m -F
87 ? S 0:00 /tvbin/switcherstart -m -F
89 ? S 0:00 /tvbin/TvLauncher -Foreground
90 ? S 0:01 fancontrol
116 ? S 0:00 mcp
117 ? S 0:00 mcp
118 ? S 0:25 mcp
119 ? S 1:59 mcp
120 ? S 63:45 dbgc-mcp
121 ? S 0:00 dbgc-mcp
122 ? S 0:41 dbgc-mcp
123 ? S 0:00 dbgc-mcp
124 ? S 0:04 tcphonehome
125 ? S 0:00 tcphonehome
126 ? S 0:00 tcphonehome
127 ? S 0:41 tcphonehome
128 ? S 1:15 tcphonehome
129 ? S 0:00 mp3control
130 ? S 0:00 /sbin/mpg321 -i -R -a /dev/brcmpcm1 -g 75 -T xxx
131 ? S 0:01 NetworkComponent
132 ? S 0:47 PassKeyComponent
134 ? SW 0:00 (khubd)
136 ? S 0:38 KnownHostComponent
141 ? S 0:00 NetworkVideoService
147 ? S 0:00 NetworkVideoService
148 ? S 0:00 NetworkVideoService
149 ? S 0:00 NetworkVideoService
150 ? S 0:00 shmemd
151 ? S 0:00 shmemd
152 ? S 0:00 shmemd
153 ? S 0:04 huxley
154 ? S 0:00 huxley
155 ? S 0:03 huxley
156 ? S 11:18 ApgManager
157 ? S 0:00 ApgManager
158 ? S 1:29 ApgManager
159 ? S 0:00 ApgManager
160 ? S 1:14 ApgManager
161 ? S 97:37 ApgManager
162 ? S 36:42 ApgManager
163 ? S 227:03 myworld
164 ? S 0:00 myworld
165 ? S 0:00 myworld
166 ? S 1:04 myworld
167 ? S 0:43 /tvbin/dssapp
168 ? S 0:03 /tvbin/dssapp
169 ? S 0:14 /tvbin/dssapp
170 ? S 0:02 /tvbin/dssapp
171 ? S 0:00 /tvbin/dssapp
172 ? S 0:00 /tvbin/dssapp
173 ? S 0:01 /tvbin/dssapp
174 ? S 0:25 /tvbin/dssapp
175 ? S 37:49 /tvbin/dssapp
176 ? S 4:21 /tvbin/dssapp
177 ? S 0:57 /tvbin/dssapp
178 ? S 0:00 /tvbin/dssapp
179 ? S 0:10 /tvbin/dssapp
180 ? S 1:52 /tvbin/dssapp
181 ? S 0:39 myworld
182 ? S 0:58 myworld
183 ? S 18:01 myworld
184 ? S 0:02 myworld
185 ? S 0:00 myworld
186 ? S 0:00 myworld
187 ? S 3:09 myworld
188 ? D 3:23 myworld
189 ? S 1:46 myworld
190 ? S 0:37 myworld
191 ? S 0:00 myworld
192 ? S 0:18 myworld
193 ? S 0:18 myworld
194 ? S 5:57 myworld
195 ? S 0:00 myworld
196 ? S 0:00 myworld
197 ? S 0:00 myworld
198 ? S 48:26 myworld
199 ? S 0:00 myworld
200 ? S 0:00 myworld
201 ? S 2:55 myworld
202 ? S 13:58 myworld
203 ? S 19:41 myworld
204 ? S 1:21 myworld
205 ? S 9:01 ApgManager
206 ? S 0:00 SiHost -name SiHost_Soma -provide soma_musicphoto -provide s
207 ? S 0:17 RendezvousClient
212 ? S 0:00 /bin/bash
216 ? S 0:01 tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login
220 ? T 0:05 tivoftpd
221 ? R 1352:34 tivosh /usr/tivoweb-tcl/httpd-tt.tcl
222 ? SW 0:00 /usr/vserver
229 ? S 0:00 /bin/bash /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
233 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/scripts/callfixsub.sh /usr/scripts
361 ? S 0:00 sleep 82800
394 ? S 0:00 sleep 3420
396 ? S 0:00 /bin/bash -login
397 ? R 0:00 ps ax
tivo:/var/tmp$

[Brillian1080p]

Lordvader, my problem is similar. Typing the DVR ip address in the browser address bar pulls up TWP. Then an hour later it won't. Telnet and Filezilla can connect, but not TWP. Rebooting it will bring it back. I don't know what the problem is.

[willardcpa]

Lordvader, my problem is similar. Typing the DVR ip address in the browser address bar pulls up TWP. Then an hour later it won't. Telnet and Filezilla can connect, but not TWP. Rebooting it will bring it back. I don't know what the problem is.
I had a problem similar to this several weeks ago. You should be able to go in via telnet and restart TWP and get it going again, I know I did. But this got me to thinking (which is sometimes a very dangerous thing) ;). I have not resolved my problem to its ultimate resolution, but I did find an "interim solution". I need to warn you that I have "tweaked" my tivos to the extent that I freguently have problems caused by my "tweaking". What I tentatively decided on mine was that a reboot started TWP, but something later on was "turning it off". I tentatively concluded that in my case it may have been the cron setting in the zipper that was restarting it every night.
I have five Dtivos hacked and they have been hacked via various methods, a couple or three were "zippered" and the balance were done previously with Gunny's method. On the ones that were done with Gunny's method I later installed TWP on them, but apparently put it into two different places. What I found by digging around in them was that I had TWP in (as I recall) three different places on the different boxes.
What I ended up doing was putting TWP in the two places that it was not on on the offending machine ( can't recall if the offending machine was zippered or otherwise hacked), so that it ended up being in three places on it also. I then went in and used the method to display in the TWP heading the "name of the tivo" and used different methods to identify each copy of TWP.
What I found out was that the copy of TWP that kept running was in /var/hack. I am not at home now, but as I recall the copy that was called up in the "author" file was somewhere else.
I then modified the author file so that it was calling up the same version of TWP (from /var/hack). And now everything seems to be running fine.

Please note that I am not offering this method up as a fix for the problem, but for me it ended up identifying the problem, apparently cron was trying to start a copy of TWP that should have been in /var/hack, and there wasn't one there. So I put one there and it worked. Kind of a cobbled up method of doing things, but I am no linux wiz, and it helped me identify the problem. On second thought what I probably did was not identify the cause of the problem, just its outcome, and applied a "patch" to the outcome. I never did dig into cron enough to figure out what it was doing, but by "bypassing it" I found out that apparently it was trying to start a copy of TWP in /var/hack (that is the copy that would continue to run). So since I didn't feel comfortable tring to fix cron, I just went ahead and left a copy in /var/hack. Now I just cross my fingers and hope that /var doesn't get wiped any time soon. ;)

Come to think of it the offending machine was probably done "pre-zipper", I think that I originally had three done this way. IIRC, I tried to zipper one of the boxes that was originally "Gunny'd", but it got so messed up I just went ahead and started from scratch on it - which meant losing my recordings. I didn't want to lose the recordings on the other two boxes so I have not zippered them, but attempted to modify them to mirror the zippered units as much as possible. But by looking at the above you can see I wasn't as successful as one would want to be. ;)

[DArman]

You can try to kill it and restart it.

"kill 220"

then

"/bin/tivoftpd"

then try to connect again

Also, you may want to check things you normally don't. i.e. make sure you are trying to connect to the correct port.

[Lord Vader]

DA, et. al.: it finally works. I had to reboot it--TWICE, for some reason--to get it to work. Weird.

[Lord Vader]

You do need some tools to make the script run, such as wget and find, which are not included with stock tivo software. If you didnt already install tools from somwhere else, use the AIO tool set.

I got FileZilla to work, but every damn time I attempt to ftp the AIO .tar file to /tivo-bin, it errors out, with a message in the top window telling me I'm out of space. Then, FileZilla disconnects and it goes dead, forcing me to reboot the tivo to be able to use FZ again.

I think I'm forced to skip the AIO and just install tweak.sh without it. I can't figure out how to successfully ftp the .tar file without getting these damn errors.

[None2one]

From a previous post the script does not install the backport drivers if there is a wireless connection present. Is there a way to either a) have the script to install the drivers anyway or b) is there another script that can be used to install the backport drivers.

I am currently using a wireless connection but I will like to use the wired bridged method to hopeful increase my transfer rates.

[rbautch]

From a previous post the script does not install the backport drivers if there is a wireless connection present. Is there a way to either a) have the script to install the drivers anyway or b) is there another script that can be used to install the backport drivers.

I am currently using a wireless connection but I will like to use the wired bridged method to hopeful increase my transfer rates.
If you want a wired/bridged connection, then you will not use wireless settings inside the tivo. The tivo and the script will think you have a wired connection and install the drivers.

[Fofer]

When I launch TivoWebPlus manually via terminal, I get this error:

.//tivoweb: .//.dist/BlockFailure: No such file or directory

It still launches, but I'm curious to know what this error means.

[rbautch]

Not sure, but it could be that your system is mounted ro and was not able to write that file. Mount rw and try again.

[Skippy]

Using the latest set of scripts, I've been unable to get the merge module for TWP working. If I try to use the Up/Down buttons to rearrange the episodes, I get an "Error on Page" in the Explorer Status Bar.

Has anyone gotten this working?

-- Skip

[None2one]

If you want a wired/bridged connection, then you will not use wireless settings inside the tivo. The tivo and the script will think you have a wired connection and install the drivers.


I know. The problem was that i already installed the script with the wireless settings. And I could not get the script to installed the drivers. I was not sure how to remove the wireless setting so the script will intstall the drivers. But this is a moot point now, because I thought I figured it out but instead I lost all my IP settings. I have to the serial bash into the box, but just realized my laptop does not have a serial port :(

Do you think for future editions of the script you can ask if the USB drivers want to be installed. I think it did in previous versions.

[rbautch]

Using the latest set of scripts, I've been unable to get the merge module for TWP working. If I try to use the Up/Down buttons to rearrange the episodes, I get an "Error on Page" in the Explorer Status Bar.

Has anyone gotten this working?

-- SkipNope. Merge doesn't work with the latest version of TWP. You might post this comment in the merge thread.

[willardcpa]

Now you see why I just sit back and read and wait to do anything new. ;)
To me that is one of the primary reasons to have TWP. Some of the new enhancements with the new version don't have any appeal for me.

Not that there is anything wrong with it, just trying to justify my lurking and reticence about being an early adopter, and tester of new features.

[rbautch]

Made a few minor mods:
1. Modified tweak.sh to run uninstall script automatically if existing installation is found. New file attached to the original post of this thread.
2. Include delmanual in /enhancements directory. Deletes the “manual tag” from manual recordings.
3. Apply new version of lgkahn's ui.itcl module fixed to work with TWP 1.3.0.

[rbautch]

Now you see why I just sit back and read and wait to do anything new. ;) Yep, keep hanging on to your 286...PC prices just keep falling! :)

[Brillian1080p]

Rbautch, did you mean 1.4 instead of 4.1?

[willardcpa]

Yep, keep hanging on to your 286...PC prices just keep falling! :)Damn, found me out. But I am banging away on a 550mhz six-seven year old compaq right now. I've got three other machines that are less than two years old, but prefer to use this one. Got a 3.0 ghz machine that I have had for about a 6-7 months in another room, but prefer to use this one. The wife keeps hounding me to set it up where it is more accessible. Had the DTivo 10-250 for about six months before I got it set up (didn't have an HD TV for that long).
But I keep reading and tweaking, just tonight went into out2osd.conf and tweaked the line settings on two of my boxes to get the caller ID to not cut off on the top.
I read everything on Lou's remote access setup. Then researched back about using dyndns to accomplish essentially the same thing, I had followed it a year plus ago when it first hit, but "held off". Ended up going with the dyndns route. But not before having to replace my qwest DSL modem.

But I am indebted to you and Gunny for all of the help you provide us here. Thanks.

[SteelersFan]

Rbautch, did you mean 1.4 instead of 4.1?
No. The Enhancement script version is up to 4.1 now. The Zipper version is at 1.7 (2.0 is at beta).

[LuckyGreen]

I just upgraded my HR10-250 to 6.3 using The Slicer 1.3. Worked great. I then upgraded my InstaCake + PTVnet installation using The Enhancement Script to get a newer version of TivoWebPlus. This too worked. I have the new version. However, I am unable to find the Web Remote anywhere in the TWP UI. If I manually visit the old Web Remote URL ending in /sendkey and my browser still shows me the image of a Tivo remote, but clicking on the buttons in the image will trigger the error below. Any idea how to get the web remote back?

Thanks in advance,
--Lucky
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INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
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action_sendkey '/guide' ''
couldn't execute "/devbin/sendkey": no such file or directory
while executing
"exec $env(TIVO_ROOT)/devbin/sendkey -wait -waitTimeOut 2500 $evrc($key)"
(procedure "SendKey" line 8)
invoked from within
"SendKey $key"
(procedure "::action_sendkey" line 17)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
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