Enhance Your Hacked Tivo With This Script

[rbautch]

Sorry if this has been addressed previously but I can not find in my searches.

I seem to have slow transfer speeds between my tivos (.5-.75 Mb/sec). When I initially ran the zipper about 1 year ago I set it up to use wireless, however I currently have 3 of my tivos hardwired and 1 on wireless. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the enhancement script. I notice that it seem to skip installing backported usb 2.0 drivers. I have several questions in this regard.

1. Is there any easy way to see if the usb 2.0 drivers are installed and working? I have netgear FA 120 connector.

2 If they are not installed, is there an easy way for me to install them. I have read a lot on the other deal forum but can't seem to figure it out. I have been hesitant to post there because I zippered.

3. Does the installation of wireless for mrv with the zipper slow transfer speeds? Do I need to pull the drives and re zipper?

I appreciate any input and or direction. I'm happy to read more, but I could use a little direction.

Thanks
The USB 2.0 driver installation gets skipped if you're using a wireless adapter since the drivers are not compatible with all wireless adapters, and you'd be limited by your 802.11b speeds anyway. The easiest way to install Jamies backported usb drivers is to remove your wireless settings from MFS, and then run tweak.sh. No need to pull drives. Transfer speeds are definitely slower for wireless adapters, but I was always able to get shows to transfer in real time. Since ZyXel routers are so cheap ($9 AR), I switched to using them as a wireless bridge.

[titleistmd]

The USB 2.0 driver installation gets skipped if you're using a wireless adapter since the drivers are not compatible with all wireless adapters, and you'd be limited by your 802.11b speeds anyway. The easiest way to install Jamies backported usb drivers is to remove your wireless settings from MFS, and then run tweak.sh. No need to pull drives. Transfer speeds are definitely slower for wireless adapters, but I was always able to get shows to transfer in real time. Since ZyXel routers are so cheap ($9 AR), I switched to using them as a wireless bridge.
Russ, thanks for the reply. How do I remove my wireless setting from MFS. I suspect it is a file that needs to be edited on the tivo. I'll search around the forums and look through the files on my tivo, but if you have a simple answer it would be appreciated as always.

Richard

[rbautch]

Russ, thanks for the reply. How do I remove my wireless setting from MFS. I suspect it is a file that needs to be edited on the tivo. I'll search around the forums and look through the files on my tivo, but if you have a simple answer it would be appreciated as always.

RichardLook in your /enhancements directory for two scripts to run. The first is network-delete.tcl which will delete all your network params. Then run net-launch.sh to establish wired settings only.

[titleistmd]

Look in your /enhancements directory for two scripts to run. The first is network-delete.tcl which will delete all your network params. Then run net-launch.sh to establish wired settings only.
worked like a charm

thanks

[Da Goon]

I've rebooted multiple times. TWP continues to work but no access through telnet or FTP

If you ran this script on a PTVnet'd drive, your author file probably got replaced which can screw up ftp/telnet access. PTVnet installs telnet and ftp in similar directories such as the zipper,etc, like /busybox and /bin, but these directories are actually /ptvupgrade/bin and ptvupgrade/busybox with the ptv install, so your current author file probably isn't looking in the right place. Your best bet is to pull up hackman, and edit your author file to point in the correct direction, then reboot. Your current path statement is probably looking in /bin and /busybox when they should be changed to /ptvupgrade/bin and /ptvupgrade/busybox. The enhancements script would have detected you had TWP installed already, so it wouldn't have messed with it. Hope this helps. I made the same mistake myself recently.

[troggladite]

I'm new, trying to get my instantcaked 6.2 hdvr2 dtivo to load the zipper. I get as far as loading the 'hacked kernal' and it dumps out on me everytime. I looked at the scrip with winvi and noticed that it dumps at line 282:

where it looks for the vmlinux.px.gz file that isn't on the disk, but the vmlinux.px file is.

shouldn't it skip that line if it installed the un .gz file? Please help!

################## COPY KERNEL ##############################
echo
if [ "$prommod" = "y" ]; then
echo "Copying custom kernel to tivo drive..."
cp /cdrom/vmlinux.px /tivo/var
else
echo "Copying hacked kernel to tivo drive..."
sleep 2
if cp /cdrom/s2_kernels/3.1.5/vmlinux.px.gz /tivo/var/vmlinux.px.gz; then
cd /tivo/var
gunzip -d -v vmlinux.px.gz 1>/dev/null
mv V* vmlinux.px &>/dev/null
mv v* vmlinux.px &>/dev/null
else
echo "Hacked kernel not found on $title CD. Aborting..."
rm -r /tivo/busybox
rm -r /tivo/hacks
exit 1
fi
fi

[rbautch]

I'm new, trying to get my instantcaked 6.2 hdvr2 dtivo to load the zipper. I get as far as loading the 'hacked kernal' and it dumps out on me everytime. I looked at the scrip with winvi and noticed that it dumps at line 282:

where it looks for the vmlinux.px.gz file that isn't on the disk, but the vmlinux.px file is.

shouldn't it skip that line if it installed the un .gz file? Please help!

################## COPY KERNEL ##############################
echo
if [ "$prommod" = "y" ]; then
echo "Copying custom kernel to tivo drive..."
cp /cdrom/vmlinux.px /tivo/var
else
echo "Copying hacked kernel to tivo drive..."
sleep 2
if cp /cdrom/s2_kernels/3.1.5/vmlinux.px.gz /tivo/var/vmlinux.px.gz; then
cd /tivo/var
gunzip -d -v vmlinux.px.gz 1>/dev/null
mv V* vmlinux.px &>/dev/null
mv v* vmlinux.px &>/dev/null
else
echo "Hacked kernel not found on $title CD. Aborting..."
rm -r /tivo/busybox
rm -r /tivo/hacks
exit 1
fi
fiThe zipper is expecting you to be using the PTVupgrade lba48 boot CD, which has the kernels gzipped in the above directory. The first part of the if statement is pertaining to prom modded tivo, which you don't have.

[Park_Ridge_Dave]

Hi:

I have an HR10-250 upgraded to 1000gig using Instantcake, PTVnet, and slicer.

I executed the enhanced script and it worked great! Unfortunately, I decided to uninstall and change a couple of things. Everything looked good, but when I rebooted I have no Telnet or FTP. When I went to go on the serial bash terminal I get nothing???? It appears dead. Did I brick it? No! The Tivo web plus works fine. I have a fixed IP address. and TWP reports everything correctly.

What the hey?

Next I set up hyperterm Plus PE for the usual serial set-up 9600,N,1, and re-booted the box.

I got several pages of bootlog output from the serial port, but when the boot was finished still no FTP, TELNET, or serial output Tivowebplus 1.3.0 working great (so my USB is working). the strangest thing is that the Serial Terminal is "dead" after the boot output stops.

The Tivo is still working so I am not in a hurry to re-install. I just want to figure out what I could have done wrong. Any ideas on how I can get the serial bash back (I can't pull the drive right now as I am recovering from foot surgery)?

Could I interrupt the boot process at a strategic point using the serial terminal, and edit a file (I'm guessing the sysinit?)?

I have a file capture of the boot up output that I could send anyone who might be able to help review it. I don't know enough yet about linux on the box to know exactly what to look for.

I also have a back-up "virgin" HR10-250 so I'm not worried about having to put the drives back in the PC to start over. I just can't figure what could have been clobbered in the serial basH. Thanks in advance for your assistance

Cheers,

Dave

[rbautch]

Hi:

I have an HR10-250 upgraded to 1000gig using Instantcake, PTVnet, and slicer.

I executed the enhanced script and it worked great! Unfortunately, I decided to uninstall and change a couple of things. Everything looked good, but when I rebooted I have no Telnet or FTP. When I went to go on the serial bash terminal I get nothing???? It appears dead. Did I brick it? No! The Tivo web plus works fine. I have a fixed IP address. and TWP reports everything correctly.

What the hey?

Next I set up hyperterm Plus PE for the usual serial set-up 9600,N,1, and re-booted the box.

I got several pages of bootlog output from the serial port, but when the boot was finished still no FTP, TELNET, or serial output Tivowebplus 1.3.0 working great (so my USB is working). the strangest thing is that the Serial Terminal is "dead" after the boot output stops.

The Tivo is still working so I am not in a hurry to re-install. I just want to figure out what I could have done wrong. Any ideas on how I can get the serial bash back (I can't pull the drive right now as I am recovering from foot surgery)?

Could I interrupt the boot process at a strategic point using the serial terminal, and edit a file (I'm guessing the sysinit?)?

I have a file capture of the boot up output that I could send anyone who might be able to help review it. I don't know enough yet about linux on the box to know exactly what to look for.

I also have a back-up "virgin" HR10-250 so I'm not worried about having to put the drives back in the PC to start over. I just can't figure what could have been clobbered in the serial basH. Thanks in advance for your assistance

Cheers,

Dave
Try using 116,000 on your terminal setting. Can't interrupt boot process. Hit enter a few times to get serial bash, then check your rc.sysinit.author file. Also confirm that you dont have a firewall preventing the connection.

[Lord Vader]

There always seems to be SOMEthing that doesn't work quite right...

I just Zippered another HR10-250, then ran tweak. Everything I did was the same as all the other HR10-250s, but this time after rebooting, my FA120 doesn't light up. It DID the first time to let me run tweak, but now I have no connectivity. I've got a serial cable to allow me to do something correctly, but I don't even know where to begin to fix this. Any ideas?

[JWThiers]

any lights at all?

[Lord Vader]

No, that's the weird thing.

Here's the sequence of events that led up to this:

1. Installed Instantcake 3.1.5f
2. Installed Zipper
3. Ran tweak via telnet; FA120 was OK
4. Rebooted, FA120 was still OK.
5. Noticed that dummy me did NOT install Instantcake 3.1.5f w/ 6.3a slices, so I redid everything...

1. Installed Instantcake 3.1.5f w/ 6.3a slices
2. Installed Zipper (Note: this time I got a message telling me PTV upgrade was detected, do I wish to override PTV upgrade settings? I chose "yes" and continued.)
3. Ran tweak via telnet; FA120 was OK
4. Rebooted
5. FA120 stops working--lost connectivity.

I even rebooted once or twice more to make sure. Still no connectivity. :confused:

Any ideas?

[Lord Vader]

I'm rerunning tweak right now and noticed this:

The IP address of this tivo is 127.0.0.1 ...

Now I KNOW this isn't what I chose when I ran Zipper. I chose 192.168.1.101 and somehow this got changed. Does this info help, JW?

[Lord Vader]

Hmmm...it seems to be working now. This is weird. OK, now I'm going to Slicer it, then rework the hacks and all. Back later...

Edited to add: So far, so good. All appears to be going well. :up:

[Park_Ridge_Dave]

Try using 116,000 on your terminal setting. Can't interrupt boot process. Hit enter a few times to get serial bash, then check your rc.sysinit.author file. Also confirm that you dont have a firewall preventing the connection.

Thanks rbautch:

No firewall on and all virus protection off. Tried every baud rate but no luck. I am using Hyperterm Terminal PE (and have been using it for several weeks now for serial bash access).

Curious that the terminal is initialized as 9600,N,1 to start (it prints out the boot log on the serial term). Must be something clobbered in sysinit. But I will have to re-install from scratch I guess, as I can't get in on the serial bash to edit the files
:(

Thanks for the help, but like I said," the box is still working OK, so I'll re-image it when I get to it".

I'll "dump" the files when I get it into the linux box before I re-image the drives. This is a good learning experience. Everytime I try something I learn a little more :)

[hakamarob]

One thing I notice, is that on my HR10 in the crond file it looks for fakecall in /busybox, and you don't want to force a call. You can run fakecall manually from bash with:
tivosh /busybox/fakecall.tcl

I would look at your cron file since that is what will keep it running over time. If it is using /busybox/fakecall.tcl, you should put it in there. You can look at your cron file by typing root at the bash prompt.

Finnstang,

just a note to say thanks, that one was a big help for me

[sk33t3r]

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=329780

[troggladite]

The zipper is expecting you to be using the PTVupgrade lba48 boot CD, which has the kernels gzipped in the above directory. The first part of the if statement is pertaining to prom modded tivo, which you don't have.

So what is the solution? I've purchased the utilities disk, the PTVnet upgrade disk, and the Instantcake disk. What else do I need to make it work?

One more thing: Where are people finding the FA120s? every place I go to including DVRupgrade is out of stock.?

[Lord Vader]

A seller on ebay from whom I have purchased several currently has many NEW FA120s for sale. Do a search and you'll find them. IIRC, his user name is "tekwave" or something very similar to that.

[tinman44]

I have a problem similar to Lord Vader's. I followed all the instructions and zippered my HR10-250. Worked fine (except I don't know how to run slicer or even if I put the correct file in the tools directory) and I was able to telnet in an run the scripts. But when it rebooted, I lost my connectivity and the lights on my FA120 no longer worked. I did this twice and both times same problem. If Lord Vader figures this out, I hope he lets us know. Also, what is the correct way to put slicer in tools? Do you put the zipped file (slicer.bz2) in the directory or do you unzip it first in your PC and put that file (slicer). Does is run under the tweak.sh or do you have to manually force it to run? At what point in the process do you run it? Before or after you run tweak.sh?

[JWThiers]

So what is the solution? I've purchased the utilities disk, the PTVnet upgrade disk, and the Instantcake disk. What else do I need to make it work?
When you you made your zipper disk did you put the ISO files in the zipper_tools directory? because it almost sounds like tweak is looking for the compressed (gzipped) version of a file that you have aready uncompressed.


One more thing: Where are people finding the FA120s? every place I go to including DVRupgrade is out of stock.?
Try ebay or another model. The fa120's are an old model and I think have been discontinued. Unfortunately they are probably the most popular for tivo hacking.

[JWThiers]

I have a problem similar to Lord Vader's. I followed all the instructions and zippered my HR10-250. Worked fine (except I don't know how to run slicer or even if I put the correct file in the tools directory) and I was able to telnet in an run the scripts. But when it rebooted, I lost my connectivity and the lights on my FA120 no longer worked. I did this twice and both times same problem. If Lord Vader figures this out, I hope he lets us know. Also, what is the correct way to put slicer in tools?
I'm assuming you have a serial cable and can connect that way.

I can't telnet in to double check the file names so this is a rough idea. Find the directory that has network.tcl in it (I think it is /hacks), there is another script called either uninstall-network.tcl or network-uninstall.tcl (something to that effect). run the uninstall script then the install script again like this.

tivosh uninstall-network.tcl
tivosh network.tcl
Of course use the correct name for the uninstall script.

Do you put the zipped file (slicer.bz2) in the directory or do you unzip it first in your PC and put that file (slicer). Does is run under the tweak.sh or do you have to manually force it to run? At what point in the process do you run it? Before or after you run tweak.sh?
It doesn't matter how the uncompressed file gets on the tivo as long as it is in the right place. if you do it on your pc make sure you transfer over in binary mode, if you uncompress the file in place use the command

tar -xj -f filename.bz2

[rm226]

somewhat of a Noob but have been running zipper and hacks on 3 HDVR2 boxes since Aug and all is well. Attempted to update 1 box with rbautch 11/10/06 script by downloading and ftp new tweak file to one boxes.

run tweak.sh and ask to unstall and say yes then...

Uninstall successful. Proceeding with main script...

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
Connecting to rbautch_files.tgz 100% |*****************************| 2029 00:00 ETA
Downloaded main scripts successfully!


Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: Invalid gzip magic
Unable to untar files archive. Could be a failed download.
Adjusting your DNS settings. Please run tweak.sh again. Exiting...
bash-2.02#

I had run the latest tweak from the root dir.

[JWThiers]

somewhat of a Noob but have been running zipper and hacks on 3 HDVR2 boxes since Aug and all is well. Attempted to update 1 box with rbautch 11/10/06 script by downloading and ftp new tweak file to one boxes.

run tweak.sh and ask to unstall and say yes then...

Uninstall successful. Proceeding with main script...

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
Connecting to rbautch_files.tgz 100% |*****************************| 2029 00:00 ETA
Downloaded main scripts successfully!


Running rbautch Hacked Tivo Enhancements...
tar: Invalid gzip magic
Unable to untar files archive. Could be a failed download.
Adjusting your DNS settings. Please run tweak.sh again. Exiting...
bash-2.02#

I had run the latest tweak from the root dir.

Download the latest zipper file from the zipper site
Unzip the file on your pc
FTP the rbautch_files.tgz to the /hacks directory on your tivo
from the /hacks directory, rerun tweak

[rm226]

Download the latest zipper file from the zipper site
Unzip the file on your pc
FTP the rbautch_files.tgz to the /hacks directory on your tivo
from the /hacks directory, rerun tweak


Thanks for the help. Looks like that worked for me.

[tivoupgrade]

So what is the solution? I've purchased the utilities disk, the PTVnet upgrade disk, and the Instantcake disk. What else do I need to make it work?

One more thing: Where are people finding the FA120s? every place I go to including DVRupgrade is out of stock.?

We are not out of stock on those - we still have quite a few left...

[Jeff_in_Bklyn]

Hi,

I have a old script running, do I just run the new one for a upgrade? Or do I have to remove the old one? How do I upgrade?

Thanks

[JWThiers]

It depends on how old it is. The newer versions of tweak will automatically uninstall the old version and then go out onto the internet download and install the new version. So just telnet in and run the tweak.sh script if it is an older version you will get a message that says it failed and it will tell you to run tweak_uninstall first. If you get this run the tweak_uninstall.sh script then the tweak.sh script.

[Phillies44]

3. Installs a profile with “aliases” that provide shortcuts to commonly used commands. For example, to mount your root drive as read-write, instead of typing out the full “mount –o remount,rw /”, you simply type “rw”. See the readme for the full list of aliases installed.[/list]

Original post states "see the readme for the full list of aliases" but there is not one included in the tweak.zip file attachment? Where can I find it or can someone just post the aliases that are created.

Thanks.

[SteelersFan]

Original post states "see the readme for the full list of aliases" but there is not one included in the tweak.zip file attachment? Where can I find it or can someone just post the aliases that are created.

Thanks.
Its in the Zipper tools download in the rbautch_files.tgz file.

[Phillies44]

Its in the Zipper tools download in the rbautch_files.tgz file.

Thanks!!

[RPLougee]

1 month ago I had 3 unhacked Tivos and a great desire move shows between them along with using the other hacks. Today I now have 2 DOSR 704's and an HR10-250 that are all zippered and enhanced! The DSR 704's went without incident, but I had quite a bit of trouble with the HR10-250, but after reading and reading and reading this thread I was able to get the enhancement script to install correctly. Originally when I first ran the enhancement script I lost all USB support and of course my network connection. After an addition of several lines to the rc.sysinit.author file, I have connectivity!
RBautch and Gunnyman, I am impressed with the level of patience and the passion that both of you exhibit. Thank you for all of your help. Next step: 3.51 to 6.3a! On to the "Upgrading Your Hacked HR10-250 to 6.3 thread"!

Thanks again!

[sk33t3r]

I created a zipperusb_flag file in / and this kept the backported drivers from installing and fubaring my ethernet up, WOOOHOO finally after 6 or 7 reinstalls and zippers. TWP is up, telnet is up, ftp is up.

[rbautch]

Do you know why that flag didn't get created when you ran the Zipper? The only time it should get skipped is if you answer "yes" to the wireless question.

[racabbo]

I seem to be having the same issue as Vadar and a couple of others. I ran tweak.sh and now I have lost network connectivity/twb/ftp/telnet access. My Netgear adapter is showing no power and no link light. I rebooted my HR10-250 three times and still nothing. I had a static IP on the Tivo and it looks to be off-line. Tried Angry IP just to verify that it hadn't switched IP's on me. I don't have my Serial cables handy (friend borrowed them) so I am out of ideas. Any thoughts as to what could of happened or what I should try once I have my cables? Thanks for all the great information on this site.

[sk33t3r]

All I did was make a file called zipperusb_flag in "/". I typed in joe zipperusb_flag, and this opened up the joe editor I typed in "1" no quotes and saved the file. then when I rebooted after running tweak, my network kept working, this was my problem on my hr10-250 with 3.1.5f from ptvupgrade.

[Lord Vader]

I seem to be having the same issue as Vadar and a couple of others. I ran tweak.sh and now I have lost network connectivity/twb/ftp/telnet access. My Netgear adapter is showing no power and no link light. I rebooted my HR10-250 three times and still nothing. I had a static IP on the Tivo and it looks to be off-line. Tried Angry IP just to verify that it hadn't switched IP's on me. I don't have my Serial cables handy (friend borrowed them) so I am out of ideas. Any thoughts as to what could of happened or what I should try once I have my cables? Thanks for all the great information on this site.


Try running tweak.sh again and see what you get.

[Park_Ridge_Dave]

Hi:

I have an HR10-250 upgraded to 1000gig using Instantcake, PTVnet, and slicer.

I executed the enhanced script and it worked great! Unfortunately, I decided to uninstall and change a couple of things. Everything looked good, but when I rebooted I have no Telnet or FTP. When I went to go on the serial bash terminal I get nothing???? It appears dead. Did I brick it? No! The Tivo web plus works fine. I have a fixed IP address. and TWP reports everything correctly.


Next I set up hyperterm Plus PE for the usual serial set-up 9600,N,1, and re-booted the box.

I got several pages of bootlog output from the serial port, but when the boot was finished still no FTP, TELNET, or serial output Tivowebplus 1.3.0 working great (so my USB is working). the strangest thing is that the Serial Terminal is "dead" after the boot output stops.


Dave


Russ answered and suggested that I try a different baud rate. I did that with no luck. Also, I don't have hackman so I can't get in that way either. I was wondering if it would be possible to put the Tivo drive in a linux system and execute the script uninstall to get the serial bash working again then edit the enhanced script to get it working back in the Tivo. I wanted to see if I could save the movies that I have recorded. I realize that I have to learn a lot more about Linux before I try this, but, that's one of the main reasons that I am doing these hacks.

I ran across a post that I think stated what was responsible for my problem. It had to do with the fact that an earlier version of the Enhanced script had a "problem" with drives that used PTVnet and Instancake for upgrades. I will keep reading.

So my questions:

1.) Can I set the Tivo drive up as a slave on my Linux system and execute the script uninstall? (I seem to sense at my "Noob" level of understanding that this may not work as the file structures MFS(?) and PATH may not be accessible under a "standard" Linux system) I am running Suse Linux 10.1 on a Desktop system that I used to Instantcake the drive originally.

2.) Should I be able to at least look at the sysinit.rc file to see what happened?

3.) If method #1 won't work, could I create an MFS tools boot CD to boot from and execute the Uninstall script from it in the Linux system? Then I could put the HD back in the Tivo and go from there.

Obviously, if all else fails, I can re-image and start over. :eek:

Thanks in advance,

Dave

[Jeff_in_Bklyn]

Hi,

I just installed the new script, the only problem I am having is that when I try and access TWP (v 1.3.0) from the wan side I get the user name and pswd prompt but when I enter the info that I entered in the tivoweb.cfg file I can not get in.

Is there something I am missing? I was able to get in before and I am getting the prompt, it is just not accepting my name and pswd.

Thanks

[pezlion]

executed the enhanced script and it worked great! Unfortunately, I decided to uninstall and change a couple of things. Everything looked good, but when I rebooted I have no Telnet or FTP. When I went to go on the serial bash terminal I get nothing???? It appears dead. Did I brick it? No! The Tivo web plus works fine.

I'm having this same problem, and I have no idea what to do. Am I going to have to take the drive out and start from scratch? I'm new to this and have no serial cable or anything like that.

[Da Goon]

Hi,

I just installed the new script, the only problem I am having is that when I try and access TWP (v 1.3.0) from the wan side I get the user name and pswd prompt but when I enter the info that I entered in the tivoweb.cfg file I can not get in.

Is there something I am missing? I was able to get in before and I am getting the prompt, it is just not accepting my name and pswd.

Thanks

If you have telnet, bash access, then go in and check to see if you need to edit your tivoweb.cfg file.

[Jeff_in_Bklyn]

If you have telnet, bash access, then go in and check to see if you need to edit your tivoweb.cfg file.

The cfg file is correct, but I just can not log in :(

[rbautch]

Russ answered and suggested that I try a different baud rate. I did that with no luck. Also, I don't have hackman so I can't get in that way either. I was wondering if it would be possible to put the Tivo drive in a linux system and execute the script uninstall to get the serial bash working again then edit the enhanced script to get it working back in the Tivo. I wanted to see if I could save the movies that I have recorded. I realize that I have to learn a lot more about Linux before I try this, but, that's one of the main reasons that I am doing these hacks.

I ran across a post that I think stated what was responsible for my problem. It had to do with the fact that an earlier version of the Enhanced script had a "problem" with drives that used PTVnet and Instancake for upgrades. I will keep reading.

So my questions:

1.) Can I set the Tivo drive up as a slave on my Linux system and execute the script uninstall? (I seem to sense at my "Noob" level of understanding that this may not work as the file structures MFS(?) and PATH may not be accessible under a "standard" Linux system) I am running Suse Linux 10.1 on a Desktop system that I used to Instantcake the drive originally.

2.) Should I be able to at least look at the sysinit.rc file to see what happened?

3.) If method #1 won't work, could I create an MFS tools boot CD to boot from and execute the Uninstall script from it in the Linux system? Then I could put the HD back in the Tivo and go from there.

Obviously, if all else fails, I can re-image and start over. :eek:

Thanks in advance,

Dave
The only problem you'll have running the scripts from a Linux system is the the tivo drive will not be mounted as root. If you take a look at the uninstall script, all it does is delete things and restore backups. You can do that manually if you're able to mount the drive in your Linux box.

[rbautch]

So what is the solution? I've purchased the utilities disk, the PTVnet upgrade disk, and the Instantcake disk. What else do I need to make it work?

One more thing: Where are people finding the FA120s? every place I go to including DVRupgrade is out of stock.?Use the lba48 boot disk from PTVupgrade (DVRupgrade).

[Human123]

The cfg file is correct, but I just can not log in :(

Take a very close look at the cfg file. I didn't realize I had an extra space at the end of my password and this caused similar problems for me until I saw it. I backspaced the extra space, saved it and it works perfectly.

[pezlion]

If I can't telnet or ftp, but have TivoWebPlus access, is my only solution to pull the drive and start all over?

[Park_Ridge_Dave]

The only problem you'll have running the scripts from a Linux system is the the tivo drive will not be mounted as root. If you take a look at the uninstall script, all it does is delete things and restore backups. You can do that manually if you're able to mount the drive in your Linux box.

Thanks Russ! I am reviewing the script even as I "speak" :) .
Also, I am reviewing the log files on the Tivo to see what I did to myself.
I sure am learning a lot (the object of the exercise right? :rolleyes: ).
Again, if I really "pooch it" I can always wipe the box and start over.

Dave

Crying???!!! There's no CRYING in Tivo-Hacking! (apologies to T. Hanks et al) :D

[Park_Ridge_Dave]

I'm having this same problem, and I have no idea what to do. Am I going to have to take the drive out and start from scratch? I'm new to this and have no serial cable or anything like that.
Pezlion:

I am the guy that has this problem (you quoted parts of my post).
I have a serial cable and I can't fix it that way ( I managed to clobber the serial bash :( ).
it looks like I am going to have to mount the drive back in my Linux box and execute some "uninstall" magic. If I don't "pooch" it, a relatively simple :rolleyes: editing job.

That having been said, you do need a serial cable! One of the experienced posters on this forum says it best, "If you are a "noob" get a serial cable and don't use DHCP". Also, "don't clobber your serial bash terminal initialization "(Park_Ridge_Dave :o )

Anyway, it may take me a week to get to it (I am recovering from foot surgery) but if I come up with a fix I'll Post it or I could PM you.

Dave

[rbautch]

Thanks Russ! I am reviewing the script even as I "speak" :) .
Also, I am reviewing the log files on the Tivo to see what I did to myself.
I sure am learning a lot (the object of the exercise right? :rolleyes: ).
Again, if I really "pooch it" I can always wipe the box and start over.

Dave

Crying???!!! There's no CRYING in Tivo-Hacking! (apologies to T. Hanks et al) :DThis is the right attitude. You'll get much more help (from me, at least) than the "my wife is going to kill me" crowd. :)

[Park_Ridge_Dave]

This is the right attitude. You'll get much more help (from me, at least) than the "my wife is going to kill me" crowd. :)
Showed my wife ur reply........my wife is lol right now! :)

[tivoupgrade]

This is the right attitude. You'll get much more help (from me, at least) than the "my wife is going to kill me" crowd. :)

Then there's the "my wife is going to kill YOU" crowd; that is an even tougher one! :-)

[addicted4life]

Just a heads-up

I am having problems with the latest enhancement script. The script I downloaded via the tweak.sh install, causes my hr10-250 to lose network connection. I have reinstalled zipper twice so far tonight. Both times I had network, then lost it with tweak.sh
This is my 3rd hr10-250 I've zippered in the last month, both others are on the network and enhanced. I believe I will ftp over an older rbautch_files.tgz the reason I am not using the file that is on my zipper cd, is that when I made the cd, it had the version that had a bad fakecall on it. I'd like to make a new zipper cd, but I cannot get my ptvupgrade files tonight, I get a bad link. Striking out all over .. better head to bed

[Markman07]

After reading the changes made to the latest script (mostly dealing with TivoWebPlus), I decided to run tweak_uninstall and then tweak.sh to get the updates. I have done this many times in the past on multiple machines. ON my series 2 Directivo today it keeps coming back saying Unknown Host. (www.mastersav.com).

All other networking works (TWP, Telnet, FTP, etc). I haven't changed anything on my network or the workstation I am accessing the Tivo from. Before I go any further with digging my setup apart to see if it is on my end I thought I would post here first.

Things I have tried -

Verified the Network Settings on Dtivo.
Rebooted Dtivo

[Lord Vader]

Just a heads-up

I am having problems with the latest enhancement script. The script I downloaded via the tweak.sh install, causes my hr10-250 to lose network connection. I have reinstalled zipper twice so far tonight. Both times I had network, then lost it with tweak.sh
This is my 3rd hr10-250 I've zippered in the last month, both others are on the network and enhanced. I believe I will ftp over an older rbautch_files.tgz the reason I am not using the file that is on my zipper cd, is that when I made the cd, it had the version that had a bad fakecall on it. I'd like to make a new zipper cd, but I cannot get my ptvupgrade files tonight, I get a bad link. Striking out all over .. better head to bed

Don't rerun Zipper. Instead, rerun tweak.sh. After I did that, my networking came back. Don't ask me why, but it did.

[sk33t3r]

Running tweak didnt help me out, I had to creat a file in "/" called zipperusb_flag. Run tweak and before rebooting, fire up vi.

Do this, get bash some how serial or ethernet, if you remove the drives and re install zipper then you have ethernet. After running tweak DO NOT reboot until you make this file. I took me 6 or 7 reinstalls before I figures this out

at bash type in

vi zipperusb_flaq, hit enter
your in vi now hit i for insert and then 1, dont type in anything else, hit the ESC key once then push and hold shift while typing in ZZ, you should now have a zipperusb_flag file in /

OR

after you telnet in but before you run tweak cp zipperusb_flag to /hacks then after you run tweak/sh cp zipperusb_flag back to /

[Lord Vader]

Running tweak the FIRST time killed my connectivity--on two HR10-250s. In both cases I uninstalled then RERAN tweak. Everything was fine after that. I never had to deal w/ the zipperusb_flag thing.

[sk33t3r]

Im just stating what I had to do. Take it as you want. It might help you out it might not.

[rbautch]

Im just stating what I had to do. Take it as you want. It might help you out it might not.I just ran the Zipper and tweak.sh on a blank drive and could not duplicate your issue. The zipperusb_flag gets created every time by the zipper, and only gets deleted when you run tweak.sh. The zippersub_flag only signals the script that the zipper has installed the drivers already, so it doesn't need to ask you to install them again. When the uninstall script is run, it restores the original drivers, so if your adapter is dependent on backported drivers, you'll need to run tweak.sh again before you reboot.

[addicted4life]

I stayed up late and got it working. What I had to do was ftp an older rbautch_files.tgz (9-29-2006) . the one on my zipper cd is dated 11-13-2006, and it has the bad fakecall. that is why I was forcing it to download the latest version of rbautch_files.tgz It just doesn't work "outta the box" with my hr10-250. I did notice jamie's backport drivers were mentioned during the usb setup during an install last night with the latest file. That may be killing my network connection. Network always worked when I used either of the stored files I have, dated 9-29-06 and 11-13-06.

I couldn't run tweak.sh over, because I lost all network connectivity.

I never screw the drive in, or lid on untill everything is up and running, so pulling the drive to run zipper again was easier than making a serial cable.

I'm just glad I didn't rerun tweak.sh on the other 2 hr10-250s as I was planning.

What did I do wrong, if anything ? It must be something that was changed in the usb setup, as I had no lights on my airlink.

[rbautch]

Just a heads-up

I am having problems with the latest enhancement script. The script I downloaded via the tweak.sh install, causes my hr10-250 to lose network connection. I have reinstalled zipper twice so far tonight. Both times I had network, then lost it with tweak.sh
This is my 3rd hr10-250 I've zippered in the last month, both others are on the network and enhanced. I believe I will ftp over an older rbautch_files.tgz the reason I am not using the file that is on my zipper cd, is that when I made the cd, it had the version that had a bad fakecall on it. I'd like to make a new zipper cd, but I cannot get my ptvupgrade files tonight, I get a bad link. Striking out all over .. better head to bedThe uninstall script uninstalls Jamies backported usb 2.0 drivers, so if your adapter depends on backported drivers, you would have to answer "yes" when tweak.sh asked you if you wanted to install backported drivers. Is that the case?

[rbautch]

After reading the changes made to the latest script (mostly dealing with TivoWebPlus), I decided to run tweak_uninstall and then tweak.sh to get the updates. I have done this many times in the past on multiple machines. ON my series 2 Directivo today it keeps coming back saying Unknown Host. (www.mastersav.com).

All other networking works (TWP, Telnet, FTP, etc). I haven't changed anything on my network or the workstation I am accessing the Tivo from. Before I go any further with digging my setup apart to see if it is on my end I thought I would post here first.

Things I have tried -

Verified the Network Settings on Dtivo.
Rebooted DtivoThe unknown host could be a DNS issue. What is your DNS set to? Is your tivo connected to the internet? Can you ping an outside IP address, like 4.2.2.2 from your Tivo? What do you get when you enter this command: nslookup www.mastersav.comIf worst comes to worst, you could skip the download for now, and just copy the rbautch_files.tgz archive to the same directory as tweak.sh.

[rpdre1]

Hey russ, could you go on yahoo or msn (your PM inbox is full)?

[goony]

The unknown host could be a DNS issue. What is your DNS set to? Is your tivo connected to the internet?If you don't have a DNS defined on your Tivo/DTivo you can cheat and add this line to your /etc/hosts file as a local definition:69.90.236.30 www.mastersav.comOf course, if that address were to change it would quit working, but you can always look up the address using a Windoze PC from the cmd> prompt: C:\ nslookup www.mastersav.com

[sk33t3r]

or just add a dns server, like your isp's to the /etc/hosts, everything above is good suggestions

[addicted4life]

The uninstall script uninstalls Jamies backported usb 2.0 drivers, so if your adapter depends on backported drivers, you would have to answer "yes" when tweak.sh asked you if you wanted to install backported drivers. Is that the case?


The latest script has the backport drivers with it ?
I have just started to read about the performance gains, but have only used what the zipper provided me. I have 3 hr10-250's all hardwire networked. One has a fa-120, another has an airlink, and the 3rd has a usb200m. If your script does have the backported drives, and they would give me a performance gain, what do I need to change to get these backport drives working after running tweak.sh ? Maybe I misread the promt that talked about jamie's drivers. I did answer yes at that prompt, and possibly that is what caused me to lose connection.

[rbautch]

The latest script has the backport drivers with it ?
I have just started to read about the performance gains, but have only used what the zipper provided me. I have 3 hr10-250's all hardwire networked. One has a fa-120, another has an airlink, and the 3rd has a usb200m. If your script does have the backported drives, and they would give me a performance gain, what do I need to change to get these backport drives working after running tweak.sh ? Maybe I misread the promt that talked about jamie's drivers. I did answer yes at that prompt, and possibly that is what caused me to lose connection.Jamie's backported drivers are included with both the Zipper and the Enhancement Script. The Zipper installs them by default, and the Enhancement Script gives you the option to install or not. They are usb 2.0 drivers that will give you a performance boost over the stock usb drivers. My experience is that transfers and extra***ions are roughly 3 times as fast. I just tried a test last night on my HR10-250 using an Airlink 101 adapter and the backported drivers. Seems to work for me, but I'd be happy to help you troubleshoot.

[addicted4life]

How long have the backported drivers been included in the zipper and enhanc. script ?
All my units are zippered hr10-250's , I've got em all passing stuff around.

Avg speeds of 1500 KB/s top speeds of 2200 KB/s ....these #'s are from smartftp

I know I am using usb 2.0 drivers, but not sure if they are Jamies backports.

What concerns me is why was I losing my network connection after using your latest script ? The unit was working fine until I did, except for the fakecall. All I was trying to do was rerun tweak.sh and fix fakecall and get any other updates. I am using an Airlink and I know it was supported in your script from a few weeks ago, but seems to fail now.

[rbautch]

How long have the backported drivers been included in the zipper and enhanc. script ?
All my units are zippered hr10-250's , I've got em all passing stuff around.

Avg speeds of 1500 KB/s top speeds of 2200 KB/s ....these #'s are from smartftp

I know I am using usb 2.0 drivers, but not sure if they are Jamies backports.

What concerns me is why was I losing my network connection after using your latest script ? The unit was working fine until I did, except for the fakecall. All I was trying to do was rerun tweak.sh and fix fakecall and get any other updates. I am using an Airlink and I know it was supported in your script from a few weeks ago, but seems to fail now.If you are using usb 2.0 drivers, they are Jamie's backported drivers. They've been in the Enhancement Script for a year, and in the Zipper for 3 months or so. If you have a serial cable, find out what drivers are in place before/after you run the script - also check the author file for correct IP params. I tried to duplicated the connection loss, but couldn't.

[racabbo]

I seem to be having the same issue as Vadar and a couple of others. I ran tweak.sh and now I have lost network connectivity/twb/ftp/telnet access. My Netgear adapter is showing no power and no link light. I rebooted my HR10-250 three times and still nothing. I had a static IP on the Tivo and it looks to be off-line. Tried Angry IP just to verify that it hadn't switched IP's on me.
When I try to use the serial cable to get a bash prompt here is what I get.

Adding networks of interest...ApgBootState:::DoBackgroundWork
ApgBootState:::DoBackgroundWork
ApgManager Transition from state BOOT to SECONDARY_BOOT
ApgBootState:::DoBackgroundWork
ApgManager Transition from state SECONDARY_BOOT to FAST_LOAD
In ClearChannels
Out ClearChannels
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to PREP_SETUP
ApgManager Transition from state PREP_SETUP to EXPRESSION_EVALUATION
ApgManager Transition from state EXPRESSION_EVALUATION to STEADY_STATE

As you can see it boots up, but I never get a bash prompt. DirecTV is working fine, just have lost all connectivity to the box via TWB, SSH, FTP..........

This is a hacked HR10-250 with Instant Cake and PVTNET. All problems started after running tweak.sh. Any ideas? Am I screwed?

[Lord Vader]

Uninstall tweak, then rerun it and try again. That's what eventually worked for me.

[racabbo]

But I have no access to the box. No serial, no telnet, no ftp, no twb? I can't rerun or uninstall the tweak.sh? I am not sure why the serial access i snot working, I never get a bash prompt. When should I be hitting enter when trying to get serial access to the box via TerraTerm? I have been rebooting the Tivo and then hitting enter after the Powering up screen goes away.

[Lord Vader]

Change your serial's baud rate. Try the fastest one, then hit enter to get the bash. If that rate doesn't work, try the next fastest, etc. I had to use the fastest speed to connect using Tera Term Pro.

[rbautch]

I seem to be having the same issue as Vadar and a couple of others. I ran tweak.sh and now I have lost network connectivity/twb/ftp/telnet access. My Netgear adapter is showing no power and no link light. I rebooted my HR10-250 three times and still nothing. I had a static IP on the Tivo and it looks to be off-line. Tried Angry IP just to verify that it hadn't switched IP's on me.
When I try to use the serial cable to get a bash prompt here is what I get.

Adding networks of interest...ApgBootState:::DoBackgroundWork
ApgBootState:::DoBackgroundWork
ApgManager Transition from state BOOT to SECONDARY_BOOT
ApgBootState:::DoBackgroundWork
ApgManager Transition from state SECONDARY_BOOT to FAST_LOAD
In ClearChannels
Out ClearChannels
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to PREP_SETUP
ApgManager Transition from state PREP_SETUP to EXPRESSION_EVALUATION
ApgManager Transition from state EXPRESSION_EVALUATION to STEADY_STATE

As you can see it boots up, but I never get a bash prompt. DirecTV is working fine, just have lost all connectivity to the box via TWB, SSH, FTP..........

This is a hacked HR10-250 with Instant Cake and PVTNET. All problems started after running tweak.sh. Any ideas? Am I screwed?
Remove the drive and mount it in your PC. Post the contents of your author file and a listing of /lib/modules. If you have a serial cable, you can do that without pulling the drive. I have a feeling there is some not yet identified interaction between the script and PTVnet.

[kakoehler]

Ran the Tweak and my .profile is not running, even if I run it from the bash prompt
I get no errors when I execute it. I can enter the commands that are in the .profile at the bash prompt and they take. What's wrong?
I'm running 4.0.1B-02 -2-240 with a 4.01a kernel that has been killhd'ed and the Linux version shows as 2.4.28. My unit is a SA tivo TCD240140 which is picked up by the Tweak Start.sh as a gryphon.

[kakoehler]

Ran the Tweak and my .profile is not running, even if I run it from the bash prompt
I get no errors when I execute it. I can enter the commands that are in the .profile at the bash prompt and they take. What's wrong?
I'm running 4.0.1B-02 -2-240 with a 4.01a kernel that has been killhd'ed and the Linux version shows as 2.4.28. My unit is a SA tivo TCD240140 which is picked up by the Tweak Start.sh as a gryphon.

Pardon the error. My Linux version is 2.4.18 not 2.4.28

[rbautch]

Ran the Tweak and my .profile is not running, even if I run it from the bash prompt
I get no errors when I execute it. I can enter the commands that are in the .profile at the bash prompt and they take. What's wrong?
I'm running 4.0.1B-02 -2-240 with a 4.01a kernel that has been killhd'ed and the Linux version shows as 2.4.28. My unit is a SA tivo TCD240140 which is picked up by the Tweak Start.sh as a gryphon.Try rebooting.

[kakoehler]

Try rebooting.

I have rebooted, multiple times. .profile doesn't seem to do anything. I find no reference to it in rc.sysinit or rc.sysinit.author anywhere, therefore I intered
.profile from the bash prompt, received no messages and nothing changes. The
rw and ro and all the rest of the aliases have no effect They just come back as "command not found"
If I type the alias commands at the bash prompt and then use them, they work.

Is something interfering with the .profile? I've chmod 755 to the .profile and that doesn't help either.

[kakoehler]

I have rebooted, multiple times. .profile doesn't seem to do anything. I find no reference to it in rc.sysinit or rc.sysinit.author anywhere, therefore I intered
.profile from the bash prompt, received no messages and nothing changes. The
rw and ro and all the rest of the aliases have no effect They just come back as "command not found"
If I type the alias commands at the bash prompt and then use them, they work.

Is something interfering with the .profile? I've chmod 755 to the .profile and that doesn't help either.

Never mind. It finally works. I was originally on a serial connection and apparently profile doesn't work on a serial connection.
I finally got the right drivers for my ASHOUSB ethernet connection fixed for 2.4.18 and now my telnet connections works and so does the .profile

I didn't know it only works on Telnet

[addicted4life]

I just updated one of my three hr10-250's to 6.3b

tweak works on 6.3b using a fa120 adapter.

Thanks again rbautch :up:

Update: ciphercheck shows encryption still being on. Recorded small show, it shows as a YES as being encrypted.

maybe I fudged sumthing, but the network is definitely up !

Thanks rbautch :up:

[Brillian1080p]

You didn't fudge anything, not all hacks are retained. You have manually install some of them. Info is found on the other site.

[Lord Vader]

Russ, can I run tweak.sh directly on my unit's hard drive? As you know, I lost all connectivity to it, via both the FA120 and serial. So, if I remove the drive to fix things, can I run tweak.sh directly on it while the drive's connected to a PC?

[JWThiers]

Russ, can I run tweak.sh directly on my unit's hard drive? As you know, I lost all connectivity to it, via both the FA120 and serial. So, if I remove the drive to fix things, can I run tweak.sh directly on it while the drive's connected to a PC?
While I haven't done this personally, I think that the tivo OS is on a standard linux partition. All you should have to do is boot from the mfs tools cd and mount the tivo drive change to the hacks directory and run tweak. I would imagine that you could boot from any linux box.

[Lord Vader]

I'm going to see if that works. At least I won't wipe out my recordings and season passes if it doesn't work. Fortunately, there are only a half-dozen recordings on it anyway, and nothing I couldn't live without. Now I have to just hunt down the mfs tools CD, because I don't think I have one of those lying around. BTW, wouldn't a TIVO image disk work? I've got a few CDs, each with a complete TIVO image, lying around.

[rbautch]

I'm going to see if that works. At least I won't wipe out my recordings and season passes if it doesn't work. Fortunately, there are only a half-dozen recordings on it anyway, and nothing I couldn't live without. Now I have to just hunt down the mfs tools CD, because I don't think I have one of those lying around. BTW, wouldn't a TIVO image disk work? I've got a few CDs, each with a complete TIVO image, lying around.It won't work. The script requires tivosh, which is only present on a running Tivo. If you have an FA120, you could try to re-zipper it while you have the drive out of the tivo. Be sure to read the caveats and implications that I've posted on doing this.

[xtian]

I started off with a PTVUpgraded HD to get my HR10-250 hacked and online. Have since been installing the enhancement script with great success (thank you!!) with the exception of two pieces.

1. If I chose to install the cron setup, the script completes just fine, but then when I reboot the tivo i get through the welcome screen then it crashes midway (53%)through the aquiring satellites boot step. If I do an install without the CRON option I have no problems.

2. NCID installs fine and initially works. But after some period of time, an hour or so, it stops working.

Not sure how to diagnose either of these issues so would very much appreciate some help. I think there might be issues with my rc.sysinit.author file, so I have attached with the hope that someone can take a look and help clean it up.

Cheers!

[Pete77]

2. Replaces the “Almost There” splash screen with this (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_splash.html) more interesting one. If you don’t like it, you can download any one of these (http://www.mastersav.com/Tivo_Splash2.html) splash screens, and FTP it to replace the one stored in /tvbin/AlmostThere.png. Be sure to change the name of the replacement screen to “AlmostThere.png” to match the existing one before you FTP it to your Tivo.

Is there any way at all to replace the "Almost There" screen with one of these nicer splash screens on a UK Series 1 Thomson Tivo PVR10UK running version 2.5.5 software?

I have checked in the /tvbin directory on my Tivo via FTP and there is no "AlmostThere.png" file in it or any other png files in it or in any other relevant Tivo system file areas.

Can someone please explain to me how the "Almost There" screen is generated by the Series 1 software and if that makes it possible to replace the boring "Almost There" screen with one of these nicer images?

As you guys in the USA are probably aware Tivo pulled out of the UK for sale of new Tivos in late 2002 and the only Tivos we can run in the UK are our older but heavily hacked and upgraded Thomson Tivo Series 1s. In my own case I now have 2 x 250Gb Samsung HA250JC drives, a Cachecard with 512MB of RAM and both TivoWeb 1.9.4 and TivoWebPlus 1.3.1 and all relevant TivoWeb hacks available and Autospace, Bufferpack and Endpad etc.

Any explanation that can be provided as to how our "Almost There" screen on the Thomson Tivo S1 is generated and whether it could in theory be replaced would be very much appreciated.

[Lord Vader]

If you have an FA120, you could try to re-zipper it while you have the drive out of the tivo. Be sure to read the caveats and implications that I've posted on doing this.

Did anyone tell you that you have a ton of posts here? :p

I've been searching for some time for your caveats and implications. Can you give me a nudge in the right direction so I can find that a bit more quickly? ;)

[Lord Vader]

Russ, doing a Clear & Delete everything wouldn't help at all, would it? Someone PM'd me with that suggestion, but I thought that would wipe out everything anyway.

[sk33t3r]

Lord Vader that would clear alal your recorded shows and settings. NOT GOOD

[Lord Vader]

Yeah, I figured as much. At this point, I've only got 4 recordings, none that critical, so it's not a problem losing those. I was just curious if any of the reset settings would be beneficial.

[kakoehler]

TIVO TCD240080 S2 SA
Installed Instantcake 4.0.1b installed kernel for 4.01a Ran killhdinitrd
Applied Superpatch4all Ran Tweak

Throughout all of this, when I viewed the TIVO System Information, I had a TIVO Account Status of 5: Lifetime service and I could record most of the channels.
I then loaded the correct USB drivers for my USB ethernet adapter and was able to
connect to the TIVO with Teraterm Pro as opposed to using the serial connection that I was using previously. My Account status was still at 5.
I then went into TIVO and did a setup of my USB ethernet adapter giving it an address on my network and then doing a Test Connection, which worked.

After the Test Connection, my Account Status changed to 8: Closed, call xxxxxx

Is there any way to get back what I lost and why did it happen?

[Dmtalon]

Performing the Zipper / tweak.sh all was going well until when I was at step E of the zipper how-to.

I typed in reboot instead of sync; reboot

Related or not, I don't know, but I now do not have network access. No lights on my USB200M. Before this reboot I was telneted into the box.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the tweak but now when I run tweak it trys to connect to the internet to get the 'latest' and fails. Any way around this so I can run the tweak I have now?

TIA

Update: Ahh... Since the process is *short enough* I just went ahead and re-zippered the new HDD. Running tweak.sh again right now... fingers crossed

[rbautch]

TIVO TCD240080 S2 SA
Installed Instantcake 4.0.1b installed kernel for 4.01a Ran killhdinitrd
Applied Superpatch4all Ran Tweak

Throughout all of this, when I viewed the TIVO System Information, I had a TIVO Account Status of 5: Lifetime service and I could record most of the channels.
I then loaded the correct USB drivers for my USB ethernet adapter and was able to
connect to the TIVO with Teraterm Pro as opposed to using the serial connection that I was using previously. My Account status was still at 5.
I then went into TIVO and did a setup of my USB ethernet adapter giving it an address on my network and then doing a Test Connection, which worked.

After the Test Connection, my Account Status changed to 8: Closed, call xxxxxx

Is there any way to get back what I lost and why did it happen?
Replacing usb drivers shouldn't affect your account status, but if you messed with other stuff in /lib/modules, it might. If you run tweak_uninstall.sh, it will restore the original drivers. Did you have your tivo connected to your network before running the script?

[rbautch]

Performing the Zipper / tweak.sh all was going well until when I was at step E of the zipper how-to.

I typed in reboot instead of sync; reboot

Related or not, I don't know, but I now do not have network access. No lights on my USB200M. Before this reboot I was telneted into the box.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the tweak but now when I run tweak it trys to connect to the internet to get the 'latest' and fails. Any way around this so I can run the tweak I have now?

TIA

Update: Ahh... Since the process is *short enough* I just went ahead and re-zippered the new HDD. Running tweak.sh again right now... fingers crossedtweak.sh is not actually the hack script, it's just a wrapper script that downloads the "main script" and runs it. If you want to skip the download, you can copy the rbautch_files.tgz archive from the Zipper CD to the same directory as tweak.sh. tweak.sh will recognize the archive and will skip the download.

[Dmtalon]

Ok, I redid everything however I'm still having problems. during the install of the gotomydvr there's a stray ^M in the start-e.sh script that's causing it to crap out. I ran the gotomydvr stuff manually (just as the script called it)

Rebooted, and no network again. Attached is my boot log.

[rbautch]

Ok, I redid everything however I'm still having problems. during the install of the gotomydvr there's a stray ^M in the start-e.sh script that's causing it to crap out. I ran the gotomydvr stuff manually (just as the script called it)

Rebooted, and no network again. Attached is my boot log.Looks like this could be the problem: **Transition from unpaired to paired card.**
rc.sysinit is complete
connect failed, reason = Network is unreachable
Internal error #R
/gotomydvr/etc/rc.gotomydvr: .: filename argument required
.: usage: . filename
*** Empty KNOWN_HOST configuration ***
Initialize with 2 live caches
ApgManager Transition from state INIT to ACQUIRE_MARKER
No response when asking version info, tried 10 times.
I suggest skipping the gotgomydvr installation for now.

[Dmtalon]

Are you saying go through the zipper again or just the tweaks? I made a copy of the tgz this time so I still have it on the box (or it should still be there)

[rbautch]

Are you saying go through the zipper again or just the tweaks? I made a copy of the tgz this time so I still have it on the box (or it should still be there)Try it with just tweak.sh. If it still doesnt work, rerun the zipper.

[Dmtalon]

Ok thanks... Rebooting the box right now. For whatever reason the longer I'm connected via serial the slower / more goofed up the connection gets until it just stops working. Not sure wth is going on there. Using windowsxp hyperterminal 9600/8/n/1/n anything faster doesn't work.


Uninstalling tweaks... this looks interesting. Is there supposed to be an /etc/hotplug directory?

Restoring original usb drivers...
mv: /etc/hotplug/usb.map.orig: No such file or directory


> cp safe.tgz rbautch_files.tgz
^ w00t that saved some time :) tweak is running again.


This is now the third time I've run tweak.sh and the first time I've seen the question asking if I want the usb2.0 drivers. I answered no for now as I've seen this can cause issues. I'm assuming I can install them later

[Dmtalon]

No joy... still no networking. The new HDD's back in the PC getting zippered *again* :)

[kakoehler]

Replacing usb drivers shouldn't affect your account status, but if you messed with other stuff in /lib/modules, it might. If you run tweak_uninstall.sh, it will restore the original drivers. Did you have your tivo connected to your network before running the script?


If you mean before I ran TWEAK, the answer is no.

[Dmtalon]

Ok, I'm 'tweaked' and connected to the network HOWEVER I had to manually run the two insmod's and the ifconfig for eth0 that currently resides in the rc.sysinit.author.bak file. Here's an sdiff of the two files. Do I need to move the insmod/ifconfig stuff over to the author file?


HDTivo-TiVo# sdiff -s rc.sysinit.author rc.sysinit.author.bak
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/ | export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/ptvupgrade/lib:/enha <
tivoftpd || tivosh /ptvupgrade/bin/tivoftpd | tivoftpd
> fakecall.tcl
> route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
> route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.
fakecall.tcl || tivosh /ptvupgrade/busybox/fakecall.tcl <
############################################# <
# starting netserver to receive netperf requests <
/enhancements/netserver <
############################################# | insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
# starting EndPadPlus | insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 2 5 -seq -auto >> /dev/nu | sleep 60
| ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.15 netmask 255.255.255.0
############################################# | route add default gw 192.168.0.1
# starting Tivowebplus | echo
/TivoWebPlus/tivoweb | if [ -e /firstboot_flag ]; then
| mount -o remount,rw /
############################################# | if rm -rf /firstboot_flag; then
# start crond after waiting 30 seconds | mount -o remount,ro /
sleep 30 | reboot
/busybox/crond | fi
<
############################################# <
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /e <
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then <
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh <

[rbautch]

Ok, I'm 'tweaked' and connected to the network HOWEVER I had to manually run the two insmod's and the ifconfig for eth0 that currently resides in the rc.sysinit.author.bak file. Here's an sdiff of the two files. Do I need to move the insmod/ifconfig stuff over to the author file?


HDTivo-TiVo# sdiff -s rc.sysinit.author rc.sysinit.author.bak
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/ | export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/ptvupgrade/lib:/enha <
tivoftpd || tivosh /ptvupgrade/bin/tivoftpd | tivoftpd
> fakecall.tcl
> route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
> route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.
fakecall.tcl || tivosh /ptvupgrade/busybox/fakecall.tcl <
############################################# <
# starting netserver to receive netperf requests <
/enhancements/netserver <
############################################# | insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
# starting EndPadPlus | insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 2 5 -seq -auto >> /dev/nu | sleep 60
| ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.15 netmask 255.255.255.0
############################################# | route add default gw 192.168.0.1
# starting Tivowebplus | echo
/TivoWebPlus/tivoweb | if [ -e /firstboot_flag ]; then
| mount -o remount,rw /
############################################# | if rm -rf /firstboot_flag; then
# start crond after waiting 30 seconds | mount -o remount,ro /
sleep 30 | reboot
/busybox/crond | fi
<
############################################# <
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /e <
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then <
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh <

Depends. What kind of tivo/software do you have?

[Dmtalon]

HR10-250 with 3.15f right now tivoweb
Linksys USB200M

Plan to move onto 6.3a and then 6.3b asap. I have the latest instantCake ISO with I believe 6.3a onboard. Just need to 'slice' it

[Dmtalon]

Just rebooted after adding the network stuff into the author file. I'm assuming the FileSystem has to be RW right? Because TivoWeb keeps apparently failing because of lack of rw FS

/TivoWebPlus/tivoweb: /TivoWebPlus/.dist/BlockFailure: Read-only file system

[rbautch]

HR10-250 with 3.15f right now tivoweb
Linksys USB200M

Plan to move onto 6.3a and then 6.3b asap. I have the latest instantCake ISO with I believe 6.3a onboard. Just need to 'slice' itIf you ran the Zipper and properly entered your service number as "357", it would have created the appropriate author file with network startup commands that include the insmod and ifconfig statements. Do you have those commands in your author file? Note that those commands will later be removed by the slicer, because 6.3 does not use them.

[Dmtalon]

they were there and working AFTER the zipper (used 357). However once I did:

cd /hacks
sh tweak.sh

and rebooted after going through that, there now exists:

rc.sysinit.author
rc.sysinit.author.bak

the .bak was the one present AFTER the zipper, but BEFORE the tweak.sh Not sure what process actually backed that up and made a new one but as far as the tweaks go I did:

new splash screen
logos
tivoweb
no gotomydvr (as you suggested)

can't think of the other questions off the top of my head.

I have since integrated the old (.bak) network settings back into the .author file and my network is at least working now. Tivoweb IS running but I get that above error during boot.

[touvlo]

I used the the tweak script and ran into the following problems:

1) The Hackman module for TivoWebPlus was no longer available in this new version.
2) My Telnet & FTP daemons were disabled. Only web was active.

I was able to re-enable the Telnet daemon by upgrading to the lastest TivoWebPlus.
Once I did that I also saw these problems:

3) I tried uninstalling tweak, and now I can't Telent, FTP or web.

I setup a serial cable. The only problem now is that I can't get the bash prompt. As the system boots, I do see messages across the screen but then no bash. Any idea how I can get bash functioning thru the serial interface. Do I need to redo my drive, or can I get the serial interface working?

I had installed the DVRupgrade InstantCake 6.2 for Series2 Directv and the PTVnet and everything worked great until I installed tweak. I have the Samsung Directv Tivo box. Any help would be appreciated. If I can get my serial running I'll do what I can to debug the problems I saw and report back.

Thanks.

[carlswee]

I am a newbie but have successfully hacked at 320 Gb drive and have it working. I am ready to run the enhancement script provided in the Zipper but when I came to this thread I saw that if a full zipper install was made it wasn't necessary to run this script. However, when I check my phone settings, etc. the screen says a call hasn't been made since December 31st at 6:00 pm which was successful but next entry said attempt on December 31st at 6:00 pm was unsuccessful and the next one is scheduled for 8:03 pm on December 16th (today). With that in mind, I do not think I have the phone hack in place yet? Thanks in advance for your help

[Dmtalon]

Well, after an entire day (felt like 20 hours) I imaged my recently updated 6.3a (on a new 320gb HDD) HR10-250 back to 3.1.5f with the 'Zipper', InstantCake™ SSE, Slicer, and Superpatch. After a few mistakes on my part, and a few unforseen issues (Dogs pulled out the network cable from the 200M bending a pin which I thought was a software problem for 2 hours). I've Zippered, and Sliced my way back to a 'Hacked' 6.3a. Guided setup completed, some season passes readded. Tivoweb 1.3 working etc...

When I ran the tweak.sh I saw it doing the 'manual' patch for tivoapp which I believe was for "backdoors, 30-sec, and encryption-off" however when I type:

HDTivo-TiVo# ciphercheck
CipherCheck - based on CipherCheck.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK

TyStream encryption is currently enabled.

Here is the status of your current recordings:

Encrypted CSO Set Stream Name
--------- ------- -----------


The perm-30-sec skip doesn't seem to be on either.

What, if anything did I do wrong? I'm having trouble finding the right 'hex' codes to manually patch the current tivoapp to enable these things. Is there a way to verify the patches are *not* applied, other than them not apparently working?

rbautch,

A special thanks to you for putting up with my 20 questions yesterday! The whole network thing was driving me CRAZY and then to find a bent pin on the *brand new* USB200M <sigh>

[Dmtalon]

I am a newbie but have successfully hacked at 320 Gb drive and have it working. I am ready to run the enhancement script provided in the Zipper but when I came to this thread I saw that if a full zipper install was made it wasn't necessary to run this script. However, when I check my phone settings, etc. the screen says a call hasn't been made since December 31st at 6:00 pm which was successful but next entry said attempt on December 31st at 6:00 pm was unsuccessful and the next one is scheduled for 8:03 pm on December 16th (today). With that in mind, I do not think I have the phone hack in place yet? Thanks in advance for your help

If your following the Zipper How-to > HERE < (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html) Then At Step 4 bullet point D. says to run the tweak.sh script which does quite a few things. There's another link off that page that points to another thread here showing what all the script does.

[carlswee]

Thanks Dallace, Guess I got in too big of a hurry. Regards, Carl S.

[rbautch]

Well, after an entire day (felt like 20 hours) I imaged my recently updated 6.3a (on a new 320gb HDD) HR10-250 back to 3.1.5f with the 'Zipper', InstantCake™ SSE, Slicer, and Superpatch. After a few mistakes on my part, and a few unforseen issues (Dogs pulled out the network cable from the 200M bending a pin which I thought was a software problem for 2 hours). I've Zippered, and Sliced my way back to a 'Hacked' 6.3a. Guided setup completed, some season passes readded. Tivoweb 1.3 working etc...

When I ran the tweak.sh I saw it doing the 'manual' patch for tivoapp which I believe was for "backdoors, 30-sec, and encryption-off" however when I type:

HDTivo-TiVo# ciphercheck
CipherCheck - based on CipherCheck.tcl by AlphaWolf_HK

TyStream encryption is currently enabled.

Here is the status of your current recordings:

Encrypted CSO Set Stream Name
--------- ------- -----------


The perm-30-sec skip doesn't seem to be on either.

What, if anything did I do wrong? I'm having trouble finding the right 'hex' codes to manually patch the current tivoapp to enable these things. Is there a way to verify the patches are *not* applied, other than them not apparently working?

rbautch,

A special thanks to you for putting up with my 20 questions yesterday! The whole network thing was driving me CRAZY and then to find a bent pin on the *brand new* USB200M <sigh>tweak.sh does manual tivoapp patches on 3.1.5f software. After you upgraded to 6.3, your tivoapp was replaced entirely, so you'll have to patch them again. See the "upgrading to 6.3" thread for the new patch locations. Superpatch doesn't work on the HR10-250.

[rbautch]

I was able to re-enable the Telnet daemon by upgrading to the lastest TivoWebPlus.No sure what TWP has to do with telnet, but it's possible there's some unidentified interactions between PTVnet and the script. I suggest pulling your drive and running the Zipper on it, then re-run tweak.sh.

[rbautch]

they were there and working AFTER the zipper (used 357). However once I did:

cd /hacks
sh tweak.sh

and rebooted after going through that, there now exists:

rc.sysinit.author
rc.sysinit.author.bak

the .bak was the one present AFTER the zipper, but BEFORE the tweak.sh Not sure what process actually backed that up and made a new one but as far as the tweaks go I did:

new splash screen
logos
tivoweb
no gotomydvr (as you suggested)

can't think of the other questions off the top of my head.

I have since integrated the old (.bak) network settings back into the .author file and my network is at least working now. Tivoweb IS running but I get that above error during boot.I believe the enhancement script replaced your author file with one that is only appropriate for 6.2, which is why your network stopped working. I'll fix this in the next revision of the software.

[touvlo]

No sure what TWP has to do with telnet, but it's possible there's some unidentified interactions between PTVnet and the script. I suggest pulling your drive and running the Zipper on it, then re-run tweak.sh.


The latest TWP, had menus options (scripts) that allowed you to enable/disable Telnet and FTP. The version of TWP that was with tweak, I didn't have that capability.

[bigrig]

So I used the slicer to upgrade to 6.3b. Everything went pretty smooth, but I'm not getting anything in the cron.test.out log, or cronlog-main.

ps shows /busybox/crond running, and "root" still gets me to the crondtab.

I'm not sure if the cron commands are not running, or if they're just not getting logged... What can I do to get this straightened out?

Thanks,
Matt

[dbolck]

Is there a FTPclient included in this package?

[rbautch]

Is there a FTPclient included in this package?No, but there is in the Tivo Utilities package linked in my signature below.

[rbautch]

So I used the slicer to upgrade to 6.3b. Everything went pretty smooth, but I'm not getting anything in the cron.test.out log, or cronlog-main.

ps shows /busybox/crond running, and "root" still gets me to the crondtab.

I'm not sure if the cron commands are not running, or if they're just not getting logged... What can I do to get this straightened out?

Thanks,
MattThere are several cron troubleshooting posts very early in this thread. Post again if you don't find anything that helps.

[rbautch]

There are several cron troubleshooting posts very early in this thread. Post again if you don't find anything that helps.Actually, I don't think the slicer recreates user definitions, so enter these commands and try again: echo 'root:x:0:0:root:/:/bin/sh' > /etc/passwd
echo 'root:x:0: ' > /etc/group

[JWThiers]

The latest TWP, had menus options (scripts) that allowed you to enable/disable Telnet and FTP. The version of TWP that was with tweak, I didn't have that capability.
Which version, II don't see that in 1.3.1. Unless you are talking about hackman?

[bigrig]

Actually, I don't think the slicer recreates user definitions, so enter these commands and try again: echo 'root:x:0:0:root:/:/bin/sh' > /etc/passwd
echo 'root:x:0: ' > /etc/group
I have no idea what those commands do, but they seem to have done the trick! :)

Thanks rbautch.

Matt

[cheer]

The latest TWP, had menus options (scripts) that allowed you to enable/disable Telnet and FTP. The version of TWP that was with tweak, I didn't have that capability.
That's Hackman, which is an add-on and not part of the TWP package.

[cheer]

I have no idea what those commands do, but they seem to have done the trick! :)

Thanks rbautch.

Matt
In case anyone is curious...

Normally a *nix-type system is multiuser. User information and group information is maintained (to an extent) in files called /etc/passwd and /etc/group. Like many utils, crond is user-specific. Crond expects to be able to handle cron jobs for everyone, so it uses /etc/passwd and /etc/group to look up this info so it can keep everything separate. (I'm oversimplifying but you get the idea.)

Of course, Tivos don't have multiple users and whatnot. By default when you log in you are root. However, the busybox crond doesn't know that, so it still expects to find /etc/passwd and /etc/group.

The echo commands that Russ gave you create a single-line passwd file and a single-line group file with the bare-bones information needed to make crond happy.

[JWThiers]

I used the the tweak script and ran into the following problems:

1) The Hackman module for TivoWebPlus was no longer available in this new version.
I don't think that is a problem it is by design. At least in the zipper program the Hackman module is not installed because it created more problems than it was worth. Don't get me wrong its a great module and I use it myself, but too many inexperienced people would bork their system and come begging for support. It can be difficult to troubleshoot a problem even when you know exactly what you did. Now lets do it blindfolded.

Imagine the exchange.
I changed something in hackman now I can't Access tivo with TWP.
What did you change?
The thing in the file.
Which file?
I don't know.
Can you access it with serial?
Whats Serial?...

[Fofer]

I don't think that is a problem it is by design. At least in the zipper program the Hackman module is not installed because it created more problems than it was worth. Don't get me wrong its a great module and I use it myself, but too many inexperienced people would bork their system and come begging for support. It can be difficult to troubleshoot a problem even when you know exactly what you did. Now lets do it blindfolded.

Indeed. I think it was Spiderman's uncle who said,"With great power comes great responsibility." :D

[bigrig]

Thanks for the explanation cheer! I was curious.

Matt

[chengka]

Has anyone seen this before? I have 3 copies of quite a few enhancement processes. I checked /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author and I only see one entry, but here is what I am seeing from a ps -ef | grep tivo

272 root 372 S tivoftpd
289 root 5004 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --tivo --call-prog --program /var/hack/bin/out2osd
295 root 5004 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --tivo --call-prog --program /var/hack/bin/out2osd
296 root 5004 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --tivo --call-prog --program /var/hack/bin/out2osd
302 root 7680 S tivosh /TivoWebPlus/httpd-tt.tcl
303 root 7680 S tivosh /TivoWebPlus/httpd-tt.tcl
304 root 7680 S tivosh /TivoWebPlus/httpd-tt.tcl
313 root 5728 S /tvbin/tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl -run 1 1 -seq -auto
314 root 5728 S /tvbin/tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl -run 1 1 -seq -auto
315 root 5728 S /tvbin/tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl -run 1 1 -seq -auto
333 root 632 S tivoftpd
341 root 536 S grep tivo


I just reran tweak to get some of the recent upgrades. I don't know what it looked like before I reran tweak.sh.

[Dmtalon]

Got the same thing here...

[rbautch]

Has anyone seen this before? I have 3 copies of quite a few enhancement processes. I checked /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author and I only see one entry, but here is what I am seeing from a ps -ef | grep tivo

272 root 372 S tivoftpd
289 root 5004 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --tivo --call-prog --program /var/hack/bin/out2osd
295 root 5004 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --tivo --call-prog --program /var/hack/bin/out2osd
296 root 5004 S tivosh ./tivocid --no-gui --tivo --call-prog --program /var/hack/bin/out2osd
302 root 7680 S tivosh /TivoWebPlus/httpd-tt.tcl
303 root 7680 S tivosh /TivoWebPlus/httpd-tt.tcl
304 root 7680 S tivosh /TivoWebPlus/httpd-tt.tcl
313 root 5728 S /tvbin/tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl -run 1 1 -seq -auto
314 root 5728 S /tvbin/tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl -run 1 1 -seq -auto
315 root 5728 S /tvbin/tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl -run 1 1 -seq -auto
333 root 632 S tivoftpd
341 root 536 S grep tivo


I just reran tweak to get some of the recent upgrades. I don't know what it looked like before I reran tweak.sh.This is normal. I think BTUx9 posted an explanation recently.

[fredfillis]

18. Keeps Your Hacks Out of /var. The /var partition is the equivalent of a Windows recycle bin, and occasionally your Tivo will decide to wipe everything in there. The problem is that many hacks are hardcoded to use /var, and will not work if stored anywhere else. All such hacks installed by the enhancements script are stored in /enhancements/varhacks. The script creates symlinks in /var that point to the corresponding hacks in /enhancments/varhacks. It also appends the author file with commands to recreate the symlinks if /var ever gets wiped. If you want to move other hacks out of var, copy them to /enhancements/varhacks, and then run the script called var-symlinks.sh.

Having a brain fart today, can someone remind me how to do this with mfs_ftp, I'm sick of losing it and having to restore from backup?

mfs_ftp wants to be in /var/mfs_ftp

[rbautch]

Having a brain fart today, can someone remind me how to do this with mfs_ftp, I'm sick of losing it and having to restore from backup?

mfs_ftp wants to be in /var/mfs_ftpInstall it in /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp, then run the /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh script.

[aprest]

I think the easiest thing right now for him to do would be to redo tweak.sh, choose yes to the USB2.0 drivers installation, and see if that works. It did for me.

I am curious what answering yes to the USB2.0 drivers installation does. If you are using a Netgear FA120 adapter do you need them or do you only need them if you are using a USB wireless device like Liknsys WUSB11 USB Network Adapter?

[aprest]

The uninstall script uninstalls Jamies backported usb 2.0 drivers, so if your adapter depends on backported drivers, you would have to answer "yes" when tweak.sh asked you if you wanted to install backported drivers. Is that the case?

Where does tweak.sh ask if you want to install backported drivers? I see a question about USB2.0 drivers but not backported drivers.

[aprest]

No, that's the weird thing.

Here's the sequence of events that led up to this:

1. Installed Instantcake 3.1.5f
2. Installed Zipper
3. Ran tweak via telnet; FA120 was OK
4. Rebooted, FA120 was still OK.
5. Noticed that dummy me did NOT install Instantcake 3.1.5f w/ 6.3a slices, so I redid everything...

1. Installed Instantcake 3.1.5f w/ 6.3a slices
2. Installed Zipper (Note: this time I got a message telling me PTV upgrade was detected, do I wish to override PTV upgrade settings? I chose "yes" and continued.)
3. Ran tweak via telnet; FA120 was OK
4. Rebooted
5. FA120 stops working--lost connectivity.

I even rebooted once or twice more to make sure. Still no connectivity. :confused:

Any ideas?

I just spent several hours reading many of the posts over the past month on this forum.

I am having the same problem as Lord Vader and several other posters with my HR10-250. I succeeded in using the tweak.sh enhancement scripts on three of my HR10-250 STBs and then Slicing two of them to 6.3b (I will do the third one next week). I tried exactly the same approach on my forth HR10-250 and lose network connectivity through my FA120 after using tweak.sh. I tried from scratch (using the same CD as before) three times on a pair of drives (dual drives one being from Weaknees) that were unhacked containing 6.3a. Not matter what I did I lost connectivity after tweak. I then tried on a single drive that had already been hacked with Instant cake and PTVnet and the same thing happened.

It seems odd that so many of us with HR10-250s are having this problem.

Lord Vader I believe recommends running tweak.sh two times in succession which I think means not rebooting after completing running tweak.sh but instead typing in /hacks/tweak.sh - is this correct and does it work?

Also is there anyway that I can format these drives so that they contain no files? The reason that I ask is that two of the three successful installations that I had were on brand new Seagate drives.

[rbautch]

I just spent several hours reading many of the posts over the past month on this forum.

I am having the same problem as Lord Vader and several other posters with my HR10-250. I succeeded in using the tweak.sh enhancement scripts on three of my HR10-250 STBs and then Slicing two of them to 6.3b (I will do the third one next week). I tried exactly the same approach on my forth HR10-250 and lose network connectivity through my FA120 after using tweak.sh. I tried from scratch (using the same CD as before) three times on a pair of drives (dual drives one being from Weaknees) that were unhacked containing 6.3a. Not matter what I did I lost connectivity after tweak. I then tried on a single drive that had already been hacked with Instant cake and PTVnet and the same thing happened.

It seems odd that so many of us with HR10-250s are having this problem.

Lord Vader I believe recommends running tweak.sh two times in succession which I think means not rebooting after completing running tweak.sh but instead typing in /hacks/tweak.sh - is this correct and does it work?

Also is there anyway that I can format these drives so that they contain no files? The reason that I ask is that two of the three successful installations that I had were on brand new Seagate drives.This was an issue with PTVnet that has since been fixed. Make sure you have the latest version of tweak.sh before trying again.

[rbautch]

Where does tweak.sh ask if you want to install backported drivers? I see a question about USB2.0 drivers but not backported drivers.Same thing.

[fredfillis]

Install it in /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp, then run the /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh script.

Doh! It's that easy? I thought mfs_ftp was more complicated. :o

Thanks mate!

[ForrestB]

Is vserver still installed by the Enhancement script/Zipper?

[kimsan]

Is vserver still installed by the Enhancement script/Zipper?

Yup! It's in /busybox.

[ForrestB]

Thanks

[aprest]

This was an issue with PTVnet that has since been fixed. Make sure you have the latest version of tweak.sh before trying again.

Is the latest version the one dated 9/20/2006? That's the one I have been using.

[rbautch]

Is the latest version the one dated 9/20/2006? That's the one I have been using.No. Latest version is yesterday.

[bnm81002]

No. Latest version is yesterday.



did you update the enhancement scripts? according to the 1st post, it still shows 11-10-06 and not 12-23-06? thanks

[aprest]

No. Latest version is yesterday.

Maybe I am stupid but are we talking about a tweak.sh file dated 12/23/2006 or a rbautch_files.tgz file dated 12/23/2006 that is included in the latest version or zipper.zip that I can find? The tweak.sh file in that zipper.zip is dated 9/20/2006. If I don't have the latest version of zipper.zip where can I get it?

Thanks, Art

[addicted4life]

Maybe I am stupid but are we talking about a tweak.sh file dated 12/23/2006 or a rbautch_files.tgz file dated 12/23/2006 that is included in the latest version or zipper.zip that I can find? The tweak.sh file in that zipper.zip is dated 9/20/2006. If I don't have the latest version of zipper.zip where can I get it?

Thanks, Art

rbautch.files.tgz is what is dated 12/23/2006, it is updated often.

it's for the enhancement script that has all the goodies in it

when you run tweah.sh , it will download the rbautch.files.tgz for you.

[luder]

Hello every I just want to thank rbautch with this amazing script It's simply amazing

Thank you Have a KAsSHD

[steve90071]

I have a hr10-250 running 6.3b, wireless network, and the usual hacks and no calls home either by network or phone.

I have attempted to remove showcases and yellow star using the sc62remove.tcl script in the "enhancements" but with no success. Any suggestions or advice?

[rbautch]

I have a hr10-250 running 6.3b, wireless network, and the usual hacks and no calls home either by network or phone.

I have attempted to remove showcases and yellow star using the sc62remove.tcl script in the "enhancements" but with no success. Any suggestions or advice?If it works at all, it will take a few days. The script merely signals tivo not to send you anymore showcases. It doesnt actually remove them.

[luder]

Whoh. this thread is bottomless.. as i was reading back there i notice there was a update so i updated 1.3.1 and this thing is nice i check all the modules and it seems flawless I then was curious about 1.4.0 so i did the easy way with the update and it loaded the update.. I also noticed some new splash screens .. I went to restart full on tivoweb and it didnt reset the dvr.. I had to reset the DVR in central-->settings Do i have to change .png splash or should i change both png.bak ?

I also have couple things going with 1.4.0 i'm not sure what it is but, i still see the star in central. Anyway to remove this?, I'm currently locked out of tivoweb I'm going to try to restart luckily i copied the server error before i got locked out...

Here is what i experience

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_hackman '' ''
can't read "showconflicttext": no such variable
while executing
"if {!$showconflicttext || $NoNotification} {

readwrite "on"
if {[file exists $inifile\.old]} {
file delete $inifile
file rename "$inifile\.old" $inif..."
(procedure "MOD::action_hackman" line 15)
invoked from within
"$cmd $p1 $p2 $p3"
--cut here--


I also have a suggestion..

Is there a way to add a option in central to revert updated for tivoweb perhaps have parental password for access?

[JWThiers]

Whoh. this thread is bottomless.. as i was reading back there i notice there was a update so i updated 1.3.1 and this thing is nice i check all the modules and it seems flawless I then was curious about 1.4.0 so i did the easy way with the update and it loaded the update.. I also noticed some new splash screens .. I went to restart full on tivoweb and it didnt reset the dvr.. I had to reset the DVR in central-->settings Do i have to change .png splash or should i change both png.bak ?

I also have couple things going with 1.4.0 i'm not sure what it is but, i still see the star in central. Anyway to remove this?, I'm currently locked out of tivoweb I'm going to try to restart luckily i copied the server error before i got locked out...

Here is what i experience

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_hackman '' ''
can't read "showconflicttext": no such variable
while executing
"if {!$showconflicttext || $NoNotification} {

readwrite "on"
if {[file exists $inifile\.old]} {
file delete $inifile
file rename "$inifile\.old" $inif..."
(procedure "MOD::action_hackman" line 15)
invoked from within
"$cmd $p1 $p2 $p3"
--cut here--


I also have a suggestion..

Is there a way to add a option in central to revert updated for tivoweb perhaps have parental password for access?
Did you notice the part about 1.4 being a beta and that not all modules will work with it? Hackman is one of the modules that don't work. It is being worked on.

[luder]

Did you notice the part about 1.4 being a beta and that not all modules will work with it? Hackman is one of the modules that don't work. It is being worked on.

Yeah, I was excited about upgrading .. I guess i sky dived with no shoot this time. But, thank god i landed in a pile of nails.. I just wanted to try it out and see how it ran.. like taking a peak look of Aismo before he came out.. I rebooted and notice that Silly putty is a okay to play with, but, at this point i can't crack the egg I'm getting hungry help a brother out..

[sk33t3r]

I love to watch people jump without shoots. I dont know why everyone is so quick to upgade.

[luder]

Check this video out http://youtube.com/watch?v=PmZyB_ghpa0

Update:

1.3.1 rocks thank God i made a tivoweb recovery folder Yeah!

but, just in case i still suggest some sort of revert all in central just in case off lock out :up: .

[sjmaye]

I lost caller ID and saw fakecall was not running successfully. I could not find out how to fix it, but thought I would re-run sh tweak.sh.

I updated it manually with the latest version. It ran successfully. Caller ID is back and I think fakecall is running OK.

Is there a way to confirm the USB 2.0 drivers are working OK?

I noticed my transfer rate dropped form ~ 2.2mbps to about 1.5mbps. Maybe just this moment in time, but it seemed odd. I never saw it that low before.

[luder]

I lost caller ID and saw fakecall was not running successfully. I could not find out how to fix it, but thought I would re-run sh tweak.sh.

I updated it manually with the latest version. It ran successfully. Caller ID is back and I think fakecall is running OK.

Is there a way to confirm the USB 2.0 drivers are working OK?

I noticed my transfer rate dropped form ~ 2.2mbps to about 1.5mbps. Maybe just this moment in time, but it seemed odd. I never saw it that low before.


Good to hear that you have everything running.. USB 2.0 drivers should be running fine if your able to connect to the dvr.. are you using tivoweb or tivowebplus?

What kind of connection are you using from your pc to dvr?

[luder]

Rbach i know your busy but, i have another sugestion:

I'm using Tivo web plus 1.3.1 and i checked out the RSS feed and to tell you the truth I love it.. I able to subscribe it using Firefox and it gives me a up to date list and this is absolutely brilliant.. I was wondering if you could add Watch Now in the action box.. I think this option could be useful for easy access to watch shows on pc..

And I can't thank you enough .. you have made tivo more enjoyable and made a night and day difference to our family thank you

[sjmaye]

Good to hear that you have everything running.. USB 2.0 drivers should be running fine if your able to connect to the dvr.. are you using tivoweb or tivowebplus?

What kind of connection are you using from your pc to dvr?

Hi luder,

Thanks for such a speedy reply! Yes, connection from PC to DVR still works fine, just not sure that the speed is correct. I am running TioWebPlus, but the transfer rates I am posting are actually from Tytool.

I am running a wired connection between the PC to a Netgear FA120 on the HD D*Tivo.

Is there something that could confirm transfer speeds or that the USB 2.0 drivers are working OK?

[luder]

I'm pretty fresh to Tivoweb

but, i can tell you that you got the best connection on your dvr..

However you can check your transfer speeds by using tytools by doing a test run on a show..

but, it sounds like you have already done this mine averages around 2 mb/s with the same cable setup so your now on smooth water..

As for tivowebplus lots of things have evolved so make sure your up to date make sure you back up your tivoweb folder on your desktop before you do any kind of experiments

p.m me if you have any more questions

[ruexp67]

The Zipper includes a transfer rate test, but I believe it only works from Tivo to Tivo, not PC to Tivo.

I see 1.5MB/min from one of my Tivos, and I believe that it is actually an extra switch I have the Tivo Plugged into. If your PC and Tivo are on the same segment, you should see about 2.5MB/Min of transfer with TyTools. It's possible you had some extra traffic on the line durring your last transfer though, try again and see.

[ruexp67]

I was wondering if you could add Watch Now in the action box.. I think this option could be useful for easy access to watch shows on pc..


I don't believe Rbauch does any development on TWP, just the easy way to install it. ;)

[Carlton Bale]

Install it in /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp, then run the /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh script.

I tested this out and had problems. The cache directory was not created in /var/mfs_ftp so it would not run.

Also, if someone reinstalls the enhancement script, will mfs_ftp be deleted from /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp ?

[rbautch]

Also, if someone reinstalls the enhancement script, will mfs_ftp be deleted from /enhancements/varhacks/mfs_ftp ?Yes.

[pdawg17]

Is the script still supposed to ask about the showcases/yellow stars like it used to (says it is supposed to at the start of the thread)...it doesn't ask me the last couple of times I have had to run it and after 2 weeks the starts/showcases are still there...

[Brillian1080p]

I had 6.3a running great for a few days. Woke up yesterday to find all 5 million channels marked as received and no logos.

It was running so well I was getting ready to make a backup, but my DB35 500gb drive hasn't arrived yet.

I have the normal patches running. I would love to learn why this happened. I haven't been able to make much sense of the logs yet.

1. If I run tweak.sh again will it erase the patches?

2. Is it possible to run just the logo part of the script?

[Brillian1080p]

This morning while running tweak.sh it locks up at this point,

"Appending usb.map for backported drivers...
Do you want to install USB 2.0 drivers..

Backing up old drivers to lib/modules/backups-orig, installing new drivers...
mv: replace "/lib/modules/backups-orig/usbcore.o", overriding mode 0777?"

It sticks there and won't move. Never had this before, any suggestions?

Thanks

[rbautch]

This morning while running tweak.sh it locks up at this point,

"Appending usb.map for backported drivers...
Do you want to install USB 2.0 drivers..

Backing up old drivers to lib/modules/backups-orig, installing new drivers...
mv: replace "/lib/modules/backups-orig/usbcore.o", overriding mode 0777?"

It sticks there and won't move. Never had this before, any suggestions?

ThanksMount your drive rw.

[Brillian1080p]

I mounted it rw the second try. It still locked up. I'll try it again.

Appreciate your time though.

While your here, if the logos get wiped out again can I run just the logo part of the script?

Thanks

[Brillian1080p]

4th time, still a no go.

I'm thinking a reboot is one option but I don't want to lose usb access. Any other suggestions?

[CocktailsFirst]

Upgraded SD-DVR40 DTiVo on instantcake-hdvr2-6.2-01-2-151.iso using Zipper 2.4 and it works great and was very easy! However, I'm trying to get multiple local channel feeds. Sub includes locals and older threads talk about running midupdate and mvchannels which does update the guide and I see the new locals info but once selected, all report either "not available in your area" or " call for ordering information". This includes trying LA which I thought was a national feed. 15-30 minutes later, the box reboots and I have my old locals again. Read multiple threads on Jumper's script but never actually found the script so I've not tested that possible solution.

Can I change my local feed in 6.2? I can't find anything on this subject after around 2002 and I've researched a great deal on the subject. Thank you for your assistance!

[Lord Vader]

The national feeds in the 380's are now available only via a waiver if you do not qualify for them automatically. Getting a waiver is virtually impossible, so forget about that route.

The only other locals you'll be able to get are your own, in the 2-69 range on your receiver. If you can get those, then you cannot get the 380's. People are not allowed to receive multiple locals. Furthermore, even if you were allowed to, spot beaming of locals precludes the reception of multiple locals almost completely anyway.

[CocktailsFirst]

I was not looking for a legit way with a waiver. But thank you. The reason I'm looking to change the local feed received is that I have a cabin I go to from time to time and want to have locals there but it's outside of my HOME spot beaming. I want to be able to take my receiver from home and use it when on vacation all while receiving the new local feed. Thanks for your continued assistance.

[Lord Vader]

If you wish to do that, you can call DirecTV and let them know you're travelling. They will deactivate your home locals and turn on the ones in your cabin area, then they can turn those off and your home ones on when you return home; however, you cannot have both areas legally on at the same time.

[CocktailsFirst]

I did not know I could to that. I'll keep that in mind, thanks.
I was just trying to find updated or replacements for midupdate, mvchannels or Jumper's scripts that would allow me to change my local reception. The old versions of midupdate did allow me to change my home area and running mvchannels did pull up the new listing in the guide for that area. However, I was unable to pick up the broadcasts. I would imagine there is a hack for this since there were many for previous TiVo software versions. Anything?

[rbautch]

Is the script still supposed to ask about the showcases/yellow stars like it used to (says it is supposed to at the start of the thread)...it doesn't ask me the last couple of times I have had to run it and after 2 weeks the starts/showcases are still there...Yes, it's still supposed to ask. You can also run the showcase script manually - it's called /enhancements/sc62remove.tcl.

[docderwood]

Can I run tweak.sh on my ptvupgraded unit? Do I need to transfer all the zipper tool files to the unit first?

thx
dj

[Lord Vader]

Just the rbautch tar file, if you don't want to worry whether tweak.sh will fail trying to download that.

[pdawg17]

Yes, it's still supposed to ask. You can also run the showcase script manually - it's called /enhancements/sc62remove.tcl.

I ran this 3 days ago and I still have full showcases and yellow stars...why would this be happening? I set it to read/write of course first...how are the showcases and yellow stars updated? By phone line? I have it plugged in for caller id so is it possible it is still calling in? How do I check for this or "turn the call-ins off"?

[rbautch]

I ran this 3 days ago and I still have full showcases and yellow stars...why would this be happening? I set it to read/write of course first...how are the showcases and yellow stars updated? By phone line? I have it plugged in for caller id so is it possible it is still calling in? How do I check for this or "turn the call-ins off"?The showcase tokens change from time to time. It's possible it will take a few more days, and also possible it wont work at all. A better way to do it is to remove showcases from the main menu using Tuikhelper.

[bnm81002]

The showcase tokens change from time to time. It's possible it will take a few more days, and also possible it wont work at all. A better way to do it is to remove showcases from the main menu using Tuikhelper.



this is true, I still have the Showcases on mine for awhile now, hey Russ, can you explain how to remove them from the Main Menu using Tuikhelper, please? thanks

[pdawg17]

The showcase tokens change from time to time. It's possible it will take a few more days, and also possible it wont work at all. A better way to do it is to remove showcases from the main menu using Tuikhelper.

But how about the yellow stars? Shouldn't that be gone by now?

[rbautch]

this is true, I still have the Showcases on mine for awhile now, hey Russ, can you explain how to remove them from the Main Menu using Tuikhelper, please? thanksI would if I knew how. It's not a trivial process. I made a request of the author of TuikHelper to develop this feature.

[JohnCarver]

I had had two Seagate 300 Gig Hard Drives in my HR10-250, in a Weaknees bracket. Just before the new year, both drives apparently failed near simultaneously. I had been running unit with cover off, and a 3 1/2" fan blowing on unit, centered on MPEG decoder chips. Temperature ranged from 31 to 34 degrees C. Luckily, the failed drives are only 18 months into their 5 year warranty. Not wanting to wait ~2 weeks for Seagate to send replacement refurbs, I bought a new 400 Gig Seagate, on sale at Frys for $119.99, and decided to go with only 1 Drive. I bought the new PTVUpgrade image with the 6.3 slices preloaded.

First attempt, the warning on the TV screen prompted me to run "Clear and Delete Everything", which apparently also deleted the 6.3a and 6.3b files, so I started over again. Here are my steps to get most everything going in about an hour:

1. Switch IDE cables on a PC so CDs are on Primary. Boot the new Instantcake CD and install onto new Hard Drive (Having removed Windows HDs). Instantcake CD wouldn't boot from Drive B, so I booted from "Drive A", and moved the CD to Drive B before starting the "baking". I Could have just burned 2 CDs.
2. reBooted with a 12/16/2006 Zipper CD, and zippered the HD.
mount /dev/hda cdrom
/cdrom/zipper
( HR10-250 is a 357 model.)
3. Installed new Drive in HR10-250.
4. Telnet into Tivo to run tweak, but had to add a ibdl.so.2 file to the lib directory.
5. Run tweak. Carefully select options.
6. Buy slicer from PTVUpgrade, ftp slicer file to Tivo drive, and execute:
./slicer 6.3b-01-2-357. Took less than hour after reboot to get to working 6.3b
7. Everything worked but TivoWebPlus was not copied over, but I had backed it up to my PC, so I ftped everything for TivoWebPlus 3.0 over to root Directory in a TivoWebPlus Folder. I had to revert to an original ui.tpl to get logos again.
8. Had to run Guided setup to get my zip code so local channels would be correct.
9. Took 7 hours for local channels to re-appear, less than that for Program Guide to fill up.
10. New USB Drivers work great, extraction speeds of up to 2.2 Megs/Sec with Tserver to TyTool 10r4. On HR10-250, I have Linksys USB200m, and a Linksys Bridge WET54G, ver. 2, connecting to a Dlink wireless router DI-524. Maximum speed is when Tuners are set to Channels 0 and 1, unit in standby. Wierd things can happen trying to extract a file while both tuners are on HD stations, likely it's too taxing for DirecTv system.

Seems like OTA reception is better now. Could "Noise" from 2nd Hard Drive affect the RF input from OTA Antenna, as Drive was placed in such close proximity to that cable ??? With cover back on unit, temperature is a reasonable 44 degrees.

I am one happy camper. :)

[gregoryb]

Does the enhancement script work with a hacked hr10-250 running 6.3b? Will it break networking? Any gotcha's? Thanks.

[CrimsnTide]

I zippered a friend's Hughes SD-DVR 40 a while back. He never hooked it up to his network at home - NEVER! He has since changed his router's IP address and other items within his home network.

Can I "re-zipper" (Step 3) to get assign new address of Tivo, Router and possibly wireless info? Can this be done WITHOUT screwing up his wifes shows already recorded?

If re-zipper is not possible, can I do it by re-assigning addresses if it is hooked to a network (changing router to old configuration, than changing it back)

His wife is ADAMANT about not losing recorded shows...

Thanks :D

[Adam1115]

I zippered a friend's Hughes SD-DVR 40 a while back. He never hooked it up to his network at home - NEVER! He has since changed his router's IP address and other items within his home network.

Can I "re-zipper" (Step 3) to get assign new address of Tivo, Router and possibly wireless info? Can this be done WITHOUT screwing up his wifes shows already recorded?

If re-zipper is not possible, can I do it by re-assigning addresses if it is hooked to a network (changing router to old configuration, than changing it back)

His wife is ADAMANT about not losing recorded shows...

Thanks :D

Why would you re do the whole thing just to change an IP address?

Just either:

A) Change the IP of your computer to be on the same network, telnet in and change it.

or B) Use a serial cable and change it.

[rbautch]

Does the enhancement script work with a hacked hr10-250 running 6.3b? Will it break networking? Any gotcha's? Thanks. Works fine.

[gregoryb]

Upgraded my HR10-250 to 6.3b using Slicer. All working well after running tweak. Problem is with MRV. My other Tivo and Tivoserver shows up but when I select them it shows a copy of my Now Showing list. I have rechecked all network settings and MRV Name in TWP and all looks good. Any suggestions?

[bigrig]

From what I've heard MRV doesn't work. Yet.

Edit to add link - http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=331138

Matt

[gregoryb]

Are you sure? Anyone got this working? HMO is working. Thanks for the quick reply.

[gregoryb]

I had changed tivoapp but I may have made a typo. I tried to copy the original tivoapp.tmp to tivoapp but bet this error. Will I have to serial connect or is there an easier fix?

TiVo_Den-TiVo# cp tivoapp.tmp tivoapp
cp: cannot create regular file `tivoapp': Text file busy

[CrimsnTide]

Why would you re do the whole thing just to change an IP address?

Just either:

A) Change the IP of your computer to be on the same network, telnet in and change it.

or B) Use a serial cable and change it.

Adam, (or anyone else) - where would I change the the address at? I'm not really sure where I would go and change it when I telenet back into it. Where is this information located?

Also, am I going to be able to change IP of the router to be used? In addition can I insert my SSID here also if I plan on using a wireless USB adapter?

I will assume that after re-booting, the Tivo willuse the NEW addresses.

Thanks for the information...

[Adam1115]

Adam, (or anyone else) - where would I change the the address at? I'm not really sure where I would go and change it when I telenet back into it. Where is this information located?

Also, am I going to be able to change IP of the router to be used? In addition can I insert my SSID here also if I plan on using a wireless USB adapter?

I will assume that after re-booting, the Tivo willuse the NEW addresses.

Thanks for the information...

Geez, off the top of my head?? I'll try...

mount -o remount,rw
cd /etc/rc.d
vi rc.sysinit.author

Scroll down and look for the "ifconfig" line that will have the old address. Hit "I", change it to the new address, hit "Esc". Then find the "Route Add" command and do the same to set your default gateway. Hit ":wq" to save and exit. Reboot the tivo.

If that doesn't work, do some searching hear, DDB, google, etc.

[CrimsnTide]

Geez, off the top of my head?? I'll try...

mount -o remount,rw
cd /etc/rc.d
vi rc.sysinit.author

Scroll down and look for the "ifconfig" line that will have the old address. Hit "I", change it to the new address, hit "Esc". Then find the "Route Add" command and do the same to set your default gateway. Hit ":wq" to save and exit. Reboot the tivo.

If that doesn't work, do some searching hear, DDB, google, etc.


Adam,

Thanks for taking the time and effort to help guide me through this. I actually tried looking for the "ifconfig" line in my rc.sysinit.author (using FileZilla and Crimson editor), but didn't see anything there regarding my IP addresses. Saw other things like:
"starting telnet and ftp",
"starting serial bash" ,
"running fakecall"... , but nothing on IP addresses. I will do as suggested and look around here some more and check out DDB. Again, I appreciate your time and effort in trying to help. It's much appreciated.

Thanks again...

[sk33t3r]

go into the /enhancements directory and run net-launch.sh to setup the network ip

[slydog75]

Anyone else having trouble with Hackman after upgrading to the latest enhancmenets script? It installed TWP 1.3.0 which seems to be working fine, but I cannot get Hackman to show up.

[bigrig]

Adam,

Thanks for taking the time and effort to help guide me through this. I actually tried looking for the "ifconfig" line in my rc.sysinit.author (using FileZilla and Crimson editor), but didn't see anything there regarding my IP addresses. Saw other things like:
"starting telnet and ftp",
"starting serial bash" ,
"running fakecall"... , but nothing on IP addresses. I will do as suggested and look around here some more and check out DDB. Again, I appreciate your time and effort in trying to help. It's much appreciated.

Thanks again...
This was for your "friend's Hughes SD-DVR 40", correct? Do you have the same box?

I'm not familiar with the software on that machine, or how it assigns the IP address. If it's not in rc.sysinit.author I think it's in netconfig.tcl.

Matt

[aprest]

I used the Zipper Enhancement script to get rid of 6.3a on my HR10-250. I then used Slicer to get from 3.1.5f to 6.3b once I discovered on December 13th that the 6.3b slice had been downloaded by DirecTV. Slicer apparently eliminated some of the upgrades provided by the Zipper including backdoors, the additional USB adapter drivers and the launch screen. In addition safecall call works if I reboot but does not make a fakecall every night.

If I do a Clear & Delete am I going to lose any of the upgrades including networking and TivoWebPlus?

The reason that I ask is I have not been able to get the 6.3b slice downloaded to an unhacked HR10-250 and I am thinking of making a copy of the drive in the hacked HR10-250 that has 6.3b working fine and installing the drive with the copy in the the unhacked HR10-250 and then doing a Clear & Delete so that the drive will register with the "unhacked" HR10-250.

[bnm81002]

I had to install the enhancement scripts through a serial cable but now my DTivo unit is in a rebooting cycle, the script installed fine and I went through all the hacks that I wanted installed w/o any problems, what can I do to stop this reboot cycle loop? I am connected with a serial cable as of now, help please



now it stays at the welcome powering up screen, according to the screen connected with my serial cable, I have the following,

service number is 3010000....
what is password?
boot failed reason=53
ram size=64

can someone tell me what password I have to enter? thanks

[rbautch]

I had to install the enhancement scripts through a serial cable but now my DTivo unit is in a rebooting cycle, the script installed fine and I went through all the hacks that I wanted installed w/o any problems, what can I do to stop this reboot cycle loop? I am connected with a serial cable as of now, help please



now it stays at the welcome powering up screen, according to the screen connected with my serial cable, I have the following,

service number is 3010000....
what is password?
boot failed reason=53
ram size=64

can someone tell me what password I have to enter? thanksThis error code means that your kernel is not a valid tivo kernel. The enhancement script doesn't touch your kernel, so whatever happened did so outside of the script. To fix it, pull the drive and dd a hacked kernel to your kernel partition - either hda3 or hda6. You can also dd it to both partitions if you choose. Re-running the zipper will also fix this.

[bnm81002]

This error code means that your kernel is not a valid tivo kernel. The enhancement script doesn't touch your kernel, so whatever happened did so outside of the script. To fix it, pull the drive and dd a hacked kernel to your kernel partition - either hda3 or hda6. You can also dd it to both partitions if you choose. Re-running the zipper will also fix this.



well I did rezippered but still got the reboot welcome powering screen, after it listed the service number, it asked "what is the password?" I do have another model of the same receiver, can I dd the bad drive to the new drive while saving the recordings? they are both 400GB drives, thanks

[aprest]

The Slicer didn't eliminate anything, the upgrade did. All the hacks that could possibly be copied over were copied. A C&D won't help. Just re-run the enhancement script, and patch your tivoapp for backdoors and 30-sec skip. See the 6.3 upgrade thread for more info.

Thanks rbautch. I mispoke - I realize that the upgrade was the reason that some of the enhancements aren't working.

The reason that I asked about C&D is that I have not been able to get the 6.3b slice downloaded (or activated??) on an unhacked HR10-250 (and I am hearing that 6.3b is no longer being downloaded by DirecTV) so I am thinking of making a copy (clone) of a drive in a hacked HR10-250 that has 6.3b working fine and installing the cloned drive into the the unhacked HR10-250 and then doing a Clear & Delete so that the drive will register with that HR10-250. Will that work?

[CrimsnTide]

This was for your "friend's Hughes SD-DVR 40", correct? Do you have the same box?

I'm not familiar with the software on that machine, or how it assigns the IP address. If it's not in rc.sysinit.author I think it's in netconfig.tcl.

Matt

Matt, yes I have two of the very same boxes, all "zippered" and set up the same. I will check there to just to find out. I also read that uit can be changed in TWP, but I haven't confirmed this just yet... Thanks for the input. I will check it out.

[rbautch]

Thanks rbautch. I mispoke - I realize that the upgrade was the reason that some of the enhancements aren't working.

The reason that I asked about C&D is that I have not been able to get the 6.3b slice downloaded (or activated??) on an unhacked HR10-250 (and I am hearing that 6.3b is no longer being downloaded by DirecTV) so I am thinking of making a copy (clone) of a drive in a hacked HR10-250 that has 6.3b working fine and installing the cloned drive into the the unhacked HR10-250 and then doing a Clear & Delete so that the drive will register with that HR10-250. Will that work?Cloning the drive will work, but don't do a C&D or you'll lose networking. Instead, run 51killer.tcl. Another option is to download the slices yourself - they have been posted on DDB.

[rbautch]

well I did rezippered but still got the reboot welcome powering screen, after it listed the service number, it asked "what is the password?" I do have another model of the same receiver, can I dd the bad drive to the new drive while saving the recordings? they are both 400GB drives, thanksYes, that will work. I suggest dd'ing each kernel/filesystem partition separately in order to keep your recordings... hda3 hda4 hda6 hda7.

[Fofer]

My hacked HDVR2's are on 6.2 and for the most part are working fine. What, if anything, do I have to gain by slicing to 6.3b? Any downfalls (ie: new bugs in the new version) to worry about?

[Luv2DrvFst]

My hacked HDVR2's are on 6.2 and for the most part are working fine. What, if anything, do I have to gain by slicing to 6.3b? Any downfalls (ie: new bugs in the new version) to worry about?
6.3b is for HR10-250's only.

[Fofer]

6.3b is for HR10-250's only.
Got it, thanks.

[bnm81002]

Yes, that will work. I suggest dd'ing each kernel/filesystem partition separately in order to keep your recordings... hda3 hda4 hda6 hda7.



can you please explain how to do that? you can send me a PM explaining what I need to do, I have no idea what to do or what I need in order to accomplish that, thanks Russ ;)

[aprest]

So I used the slicer to upgrade to 6.3b. Everything went pretty smooth, but I'm not getting anything in the cron.test.out log, or cronlog-main.

ps shows /busybox/crond running, and "root" still gets me to the crondtab.

I'm not sure if the cron commands are not running, or if they're just not getting logged... What can I do to get this straightened out?

Thanks,
Matt

bigrig, did you ever get this fixed? I did the same thing and cron doesn't seem to be working - no automatic fakecall, Sunday reboots etc.

[bigrig]

bigrig, did you ever get this fixed? I did the same thing and cron doesn't seem to be working - no automatic fakecall, Sunday reboots etc.
Yeah! rbautch posted the commands to fix it a couple of posts after mine, and cheer explained what they do.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4685040&&#post4685040

Matt

[Carlton Bale]

Cloning the drive will work, but don't do a C&D or you'll lose networking. Instead, run 51killer.tcl. Another option is to download the slices yourself - they have been posted on DDB.

Woops, looks like I read this post too late. I performed at C&D and now have no networking. What did the C&D delete? I'm not quite sure what I need to re-install / reactive on my HR10-250 to get networking back. Thanks. . .

[Lord Vader]

C&D, IIRC, completely rebuilds one's MFS; hence your networking going kaput.

[bnm81002]

Yes, that will work. I suggest dd'ing each kernel/filesystem partition separately in order to keep your recordings... hda3 hda4 hda6 hda7.



can someone help me in how to do this correctly please? what do I need and what do I do exactly? thanks

[Da Goon]

can someone help me in how to do this correctly please? what do I need and what do I do exactly? thanks

I seriously doubt that anyone reading this is going to lay this process out for you step by step. Reading and searching will give you the answer, but if you don't completely understand rbautch's response,then it may not be worth your time and effort to try it. Besides, this issue has nothing at all to do with the enhancement script, so your best bet would be to start a new thread anyways.

[Carlton Bale]

C&D, IIRC, completely rebuilds one's MFS; hence your networking going kaput.
I guess I don't understand how that would kill networking, because all of the programs and start-up scripts are still there. I thought the stock TiVo network drivers were being used. So what was deleted to kill networking? More specifically, what do I need to restore? I have v6,3 software, so I don't think I can run the zipper script. I went through the original steps I used to activate networking in 3.1.5, but those didn't seem to work in 6.3. Any ideas?

[JWThiers]

I guess I don't understand how that would kill networking, because all of the programs and start-up scripts are still there. I thought the stock TiVo network drivers were being used. So what was deleted to kill networking? More specifically, what do I need to restore? I have v6,3 software, so I don't think I can run the zipper script. I went through the original steps I used to activate networking in 3.1.5, but those didn't seem to work in 6.3. Any ideas?
it reset the network settings. I haven't done it but I imagine if you ram the net-launxh.sh script in the /hacks you get them back.

[avpman]

Cloning the drive will work, but don't do a C&D or you'll lose networking. Instead, run 51killer.tcl. Another option is to download the slices yourself - they have been posted on DDB.

I spoke to a Level II tech at DirecTv a few days ago. Apparently a new update is about to be pushed down this month. He said they planned to start rolling it out around the 13th. Perhaps they pulled 6.3b in the mean time.

[speed_phreak]

Hello all,

First time poster. I have done a lot of research on this matter and after killing an R10 with a bad solder job, I bought a SIR-S4080. I also am using a fresh download of instantcake 6.2 for the s4080-381 (downloaded 11/8/07).

I first tried the zipper. Which seemed to go very well, until it rebooted and was not accessable on the network. I have a netgear fa120 just to play it safe. The zipper appeared to initialize the interface and the activity light was seeing network traffic, it just wouldn't talk.

So I then tried a fresh download of ptvnet ( downloaded 11/14/07). This made my tivo accessable on the network, however, tivowebplus didn't appear to start.... strange...

But I really want all of the features of the enhancement script! So i ran that on top of PTVnet, rebooted, no network access :( Not even a link light, but it did turn on the fa120 power light.... kinda strange... I did not have the tivo connected to sat or a tv, but i don't think that should have mattered....

any ideas?

I don't have a console cable yet, but is that my only hope?

Edit: I am going to make a console cable and poke around tonight...

I am also going to:

1.) reimage and ptvnet the drive
2.) run tweak.sh
3.) run /enhancements/net-launch.sh again prior to sync;reboot

[JWThiers]

Hello all,

First time poster. I have done a lot of research on this matter and after killing an R10 with a bad solder job, I bought a SIR-S4080. I also am using a fresh download of instantcake 6.2 for the s4080-381 (downloaded 11/8/07).

I first tried the zipper. Which seemed to go very well, until it rebooted and was not accessable on the network. I have a netgear fa120 just to play it safe. The zipper appeared to initialize the interface and the activity light was seeing network traffic, it just wouldn't talk.

So I then tried a fresh download of ptvnet ( downloaded 11/14/07). This made my tivo accessable on the network, however, tivowebplus didn't appear to start.... strange...

But I really want all of the features of the enhancement script! So i ran that on top of PTVnet, rebooted, no network access :( Not even a link light, but it did turn on the fa120 power light.... kinda strange... I did not have the tivo connected to sat or a tv, but i don't think that should have mattered....

any ideas?

I don't have a console cable yet, but is that my only hope?
Can I have access to the Time travel machine, I need to know what the winning lottery numbers are.

Seriously, Did you assign an IP that is in the same subnet as your tivo and is it outside the range of IP's that your router uses for DHCP? See the wiki here. (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting&wallenwiki_wiki__session=5ecaa0fa8d72f87e3dfba29d170e498c#Se tting_up_your_network_-_use_the_same_subnet) Having a serial cable makes it easier epecially if you have a laptop computer, but you could always rezipper the unit.

[eclipsme]

The script only runs the patches if you are running for the first time after a Zipper install. You can also get it to run by creating a dummy file in root called zipper_flag.
I too am having encryption problems. I zippered a new drive, installed it in my hr10-250 and ran the enhancement script. Ciphercheck reports all recordingas as encrypted. I also did not immediately have 30 second skip, but somehow that showed up a day or 2 later(!).

The script at first would not run - first because I had an incorrect lba48 and then because, well I don't rteally remember exactly what the problem was, but again a file was incorrect.

3rd time was the charm, though. I wonder if this is why the enhancement script apparently didn't run the patches? Did it not realize that this was newly zippered?

So what is my best course of action now? Should I create the dummy file as mentioned - zipper_flag - then uninstall and reinstall? Or should I run a different script? Is it nutcase that should be run?

... I decided to go ahead and run the uninstall then rerun tweak. I got a message that said "3.1.5 is an old software version. Skipping tivoapp patches."

This is the problem, right? What do I need to do about this?

Thanks for the help. This sure was easier than my fist hack on a DTivo!

Harvey

So, as expected, recordings are still encrypted. All my existing shows are listed under now showing, but when I select one to play, the screan goes to the delete page. Selecting don't delete comes to the page saying this could not be recorded because no video signal was found. EeeK

New items are being recorded, though, but encrypted.

What do I do now? Any suggestions?

Harvey

[rbautch]

I too am having encryption problems. I zippered a new drive, installed it in my hr10-250 and ran the enhancement script. Ciphercheck reports all recordingas as encrypted. I also did not immediately have 30 second skip, but somehow that showed up a day or 2 later(!).

The script at first would not run - first because I had an incorrect lba48 and then because, well I don't rteally remember exactly what the problem was, but again a file was incorrect.

3rd time was the charm, though. I wonder if this is why the enhancement script apparently didn't run the patches? Did it not realize that this was newly zippered?

So what is my best course of action now? Should I create the dummy file as mentioned - zipper_flag - then uninstall and reinstall? Or should I run a different script? Is it nutcase that should be run?

... I decided to go ahead and run the uninstall then rerun tweak. I got a message that said "3.1.5 is an old software version. Skipping tivoapp patches."

This is the problem, right? What do I need to do about this?

Thanks for the help. This sure was easier than my fist hack on a DTivo!

Harvey

So, as expected, recordings are still encrypted. All my existing shows are listed under now showing, but when I select one to play, the screan goes to the delete page. Selecting don't delete comes to the page saying this could not be recorded because no video signal was found. EeeK

New items are being recorded, though, but encrypted.

What do I do now? Any suggestions?

Harvey
To disable encryption, you have two options. The first is to update your software to 3.1.5f or 6.3b, and then apply the appropriate tivoapp patch. If you don't mind losing recordings, you can reimage with 3.1.5f, or if you do mind losing them, you can let your tivo dial in and get the latest 6.3b software. Option 2: If you want to stick with your current software version, you can download the appropriate tivoapp patch from DDB and apply it.

[rbautch]

Hello all,

First time poster. I have done a lot of research on this matter and after killing an R10 with a bad solder job, I bought a SIR-S4080. I also am using a fresh download of instantcake 6.2 for the s4080-381 (downloaded 11/8/07).

I first tried the zipper. Which seemed to go very well, until it rebooted and was not accessable on the network. I have a netgear fa120 just to play it safe. The zipper appeared to initialize the interface and the activity light was seeing network traffic, it just wouldn't talk.

So I then tried a fresh download of ptvnet ( downloaded 11/14/07). This made my tivo accessable on the network, however, tivowebplus didn't appear to start.... strange...

But I really want all of the features of the enhancement script! So i ran that on top of PTVnet, rebooted, no network access :( Not even a link light, but it did turn on the fa120 power light.... kinda strange... I did not have the tivo connected to sat or a tv, but i don't think that should have mattered....

any ideas?

I don't have a console cable yet, but is that my only hope?

Edit: I am going to make a console cable and poke around tonight...

I am also going to:

1.) reimage and ptvnet the drive
2.) run tweak.sh
3.) run /enhancements/net-launch.sh again prior to sync;rebootYou might as well run Zipper instead of PTVnet, then you'll know it will work for sure.

If you stick with PTVnet, check for the following things when running tweak.sh:
1. It should recognize that you have installed PTVnet, and will prompt you to "overwrite" the PTVnet installation. You must answer yes.
2. Since PTVnet does not set up network params in MFS, you should get a message that reads "No network parameters found in MFS. Do you want to enter them now?"

[eclipsme]

To disable encryption, you have two options. The first is to update your software to 3.1.5f or 6.3b, and then apply the appropriate tivoapp patch. If you don't mind losing recordings, you can reimage with 3.1.5f, or if you do mind losing them, you can let your tivo dial in and get the latest 6.3b software. Option 2: If you want to stick with your current software version, you can download the appropriate tivoapp patch from DDB and apply it.
The original drive has 6.3b. Could I copy that to my new drive and hack that? From what I am reading, it seems that there are problems zipping 6.3b. Is that true?

BTW - Thanks for the script and the help!

Harvey

[rbautch]

The Zipper does not yet support 6.3b, but you can do a slice upgrade from 3.1.5 to 6.3b and keep your tivo hacked. The enhancement script works fine with 6.3b.

[eclipsme]

The Zipper does not yet support 6.3b, but you can do a slice upgrade from 3.1.5 to 6.3b and keep your tivo hacked. The enhancement script works fine with 6.3b.
and the million dollar question is... when do you think you will have support for 6.3b? :)
Harvey

[speed_phreak]

Can I have access to the Time travel machine, I need to know what the winning lottery numbers are.

Seriously, Did you assign an IP that is in the same subnet as your tivo and is it outside the range of IP's that your router uses for DHCP? See the wiki you could always rezipper the unit.

OK OK made a serial cable and fixed it...

<<<
bash-2.02# couldn't open "/enhancements/mfs_network": no such file or directory
while executing
"open /enhancements/mfs_network w"
("uplevel" body line 53)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
set nconfig [db $db openidconstruction $goodfsid]
# Delete existing network settings, for testing...
dbobj $nconfig remove IpPa..."
(file "/hacks/network.tcl" line 28)
flushing ide devices: hda
Restarting system.
>>>

The zipper or enhancement script failed to properly we ip address parameters and thus failed to properly initialize the network....

Question: How come the filesystem is mounted readonly? I keep getting e2fsck tell ing me to run it. The volume with /hacks is readonly. How should I fix this?

Thanks,

Trevor

[JWThiers]

OK OK made a serial cable and fixed it...

<<<
bash-2.02# couldn't open "/enhancements/mfs_network": no such file or directory
while executing
"open /enhancements/mfs_network w"
("uplevel" body line 53)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
set nconfig [db $db openidconstruction $goodfsid]
# Delete existing network settings, for testing...
dbobj $nconfig remove IpPa..."
(file "/hacks/network.tcl" line 28)
flushing ide devices: hda
Restarting system.
>>>

The zipper or enhancement script failed to properly we ip address parameters and thus failed to properly initialize the network....

Question: How come the filesystem is mounted readonly? I keep getting e2fsck tell ing me to run it. The volume with /hacks is readonly. How should I fix this?

Thanks,

Trevor
The mounting as read only is a TIVO thing I think, it helps prevent unauthorized changes. The other getting the e2fsck message, Are you refering to the warning message you get when you change to write mode (mount -o remount,rw /)? If so that is a normal warning message that you are in write mode, you can ignore it. As to "FIXING" /hacks being on a read only partition, since you used the enhancement script you can type rw at the bash prompt and be in write mode, ro changes it back to read only. you should be in read only unless you are making changes to the system.

you might want to try running dos2unix on /enhancements/mfs_network.
cd /enhancements
dos2unix mfs_network

[speed_phreak]

The mounting as read only is a TIVO thing I think, it helps prevent unauthorized changes. The other getting the e2fsck message, Are you refering to the warning message you get when you change to write mode (mount -o remount,rw /)? If so that is a normal warning message that you are in write mode, you can ignore it. As to "FIXING" /hacks being on a read only partition, since you used the enhancement script you can type rw at the bash prompt and be in write mode, ro changes it back to read only. you should be in read only unless you are making changes to the system.

you might want to try running dos2unix on /enhancements/mfs_network.
cd /enhancements
dos2unix mfs_network

JDub,

Thanks for all your help. You certainly provide a lot of support in this forum and I appreciate the information you have given me. You have explained my questions with how the partition with /hacks on it is mounted read-only by default. What is that read-only partition called anyway?

Second and more importantly! The failure in the script that I posted was from a fresh zipper install with a re-image of 6.2. How would I have run dos2unix? or how would I have known I needed to? Since the zipper seems to have failed to actually write the network settings while booted from the zipper cd, it would appear my only option is/was to have a serial cable to run tweak.sh.

I'm up and going now, but I was hoping for a seemless and serialess installation. But I thank everyone who had a hand in the creation of the Zipper and Enhancement Script, because although I wasted a lot of hours to get it to work, I would have wasted many more piecing together all of the hacks!!!

Thanks Again!

[JWThiers]

JDub,

Thanks for all your help. You certainly provide a lot of support in this forum and I appreciate the information you have given me. You have explained my questions with how the partition with /hacks on it is mounted read-only by default. What is that read-only partition called anyway?

Second and more importantly! The failure in the script that I posted was from a fresh zipper install with a re-image of 6.2. How would I have run dos2unix? or how would I have known I needed to? Since the zipper seems to have failed to actually write the network settings while booted from the zipper cd, it would appear my only option is/was to have a serial cable to run tweak.sh.

I'm up and going now, but I was hoping for a seemless and serialess installation. But I thank everyone who had a hand in the creation of the Zipper and Enhancement Script, because although I wasted a lot of hours to get it to work, I would have wasted many more piecing together all of the hacks!!!

Thanks Again!
Thanks for the praise. I am still not all that familiar with all the linux stuff going on on a tivo, I'm just good with basic networking and troubleshooting simple problems. When you keep in mind that 90% + of the problems in here are network related it isn't as bad as it sounds. The problems are usually either hardware compatibility (which the fix is buy a supported device), or network setup. the solutions for that are really easy, If you don't have a serial cable you either have to pull the drive and either mount on a linux box and do the stuff that you would do with serial or rezipper. I usually recommend the later unless you have a real reason not to. If you have serial, find out how the tivo is configured vs how it should be configured (net-status.tcl). then set the network how it should be (net-launch.tcl). Just have to remember that you have to be on the same subnet as the router, and not to assign a static IP in the range used by the router for DHCP. This alone solves better than 85% (67.3% of stats are made up like this one for example) of the networking problems. the rest of it is logic and experience. Seeing a warning or error message gives lots of info. The file not found message ypu got for example meant either that file was not there (not likely) or it somehow got changed to a format linux didn't like for example dos format (a common problem when files are moved back and forth between dos and linux machines). Just reading this thread I'll bet that most of the solutions have been recommended and used and were successful. That is what I use to fall back on if I am not sure of a problem. If it worked for someone else with a similar issue odds are it will work again.

[tjpotter]

While I'm a Tivo hacking newbie, I've been lurking in various forums for several months and have learned a lot from all of you. Sorry for the long winded post, but figured it was better to error on the side of too much info versus not enough. And if I've posted to the wrong place, please let me know where I should move my questions.

I made the jump and purchased a DVRupgrade drive unit for my DirecTivo Hughes HDVR2 about 2 weeks ago. Installation and networking weren't trouble free, but I was able to solve all the problems through spending many hours searching the forums.

Then, I moved to the next level by downloading and installing Superpatch, Tytools, Tyshow, etc. to enable moving and viewing recorded shows on the computers on my home network. Again, there were hiccups, but was able to solve them all through searching TFFs.

Now I'm getting cocky and see all the cool things I can do to make my DirecTivo even better ! :D

I downloaded and installed the Enhancement Script from rbautch without overlaying the PTVnet installation. Some of it worked and some didn't. Figured that was due to not letting the script remove PTVnet. I also discovered that my peanut remote had stopped working the next time the TV was turned on (loud, angry demands for my presence coming from the familyroom). All the AV and TV functions worked, just not the ones controlling the Tivo. I figured that this problem was due to the Enhancement script, so ran tweak-uninstall.sh and rebooted.

Immediately went to test the remote (picture irate wife standing next to me tapping her foot). TV and AV came on, but Tivo was still only responding to buttons on front panel. Then it dawned on me that I wasn't seeing the red light on the remote when I pressed buttons that should be controlling the Tivo. My wife had somehow moved the Sat/TV switch to TV. Put the switch back where it belonged, problem solved. Went to my computer, opened a browser and tested TWPlus and Tyshow. Everything seemed to be back working.

With everything that I'd done so far working again, I decided to rerun tweak.sh. This time, after backing PTVnet up, I answered 'y' to remove it. Went through the full script without any errors or unusual messages. After the reboot, I was shocked to find that I'd lost all network access to the Tivo unit. Tried rebooting again, then pinging various possible addresses. Still dead. Went to the Tivo and discovered that the Airlink ASOHOUSB wasn't powered or seeing the router. This would seem to imply that the USB drivers on the Tivo unit didn't get installed correctly. I had answered 'y' to the question on installing them.

I'm finally getting to the point of my post. I've been searching the forums and have found bits and pieces of what I think I need to do. I either need to take the drive out and use Zipper or use a serial console cable and telnet. What I'm not clear on is what do I need to do once I can access the Tivo hard disc ? I would be very appreciative if anyone could point me in the right direction.

[Jimbob_wat]

After trying the Zipper, using a recently purchased ISO from InstantCake as explained by Zipper instructions, everything went smoothly up to the point of trying to telnet. The new drive booted properly in the TIVO, light came on USB adapter, but alas not network visibility.

[JWThiers]

After trying the Zipper, using a recently purchased ISO from InstantCake as explained by Zipper instructions, everything went smoothly up to the point of trying to telnet. The new drive booted properly in the TIVO, light came on USB adapter, but alas not network visibility.
Need some additional info. What model tivo? What USB network adapter (including version numbers)?What are the IP addresses of the tivo and router? If you are using wireless you also need to make sure that you assigned the correct SSID for your wireless and that you have WEP turned off. Also do you have a serial cable?

[Jimbob_wat]

Siemens USB adapter working on several other units that I have networked using a script and CD from digitalrecorder. RCA dvr40 with a new 320GB drive. Tivo IP 192.168.1.143 router 192.168.1.1. In fact this unit worked before. The problem is the script from digital is not working any longer so I am forced to try other means.
I just tried purchasing the PTVnet. Did everything it asked and worked while connected to PC just fine. Booted in TIVO and was not able to see it using Angry IPscanner.
There seems to be a series of posts prior to this saying they had to resort to serial in order to turn on networking. Has something changed that i should know about?

[Jimbob_wat]

I meant speedstream not siemens as my adapter.

[SKDude]

OK OK made a serial cable and fixed it...

<<<
bash-2.02# couldn't open "/enhancements/mfs_network": no such file or directory
while executing
"open /enhancements/mfs_network w"
("uplevel" body line 53)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
set nconfig [db $db openidconstruction $goodfsid]
# Delete existing network settings, for testing...
dbobj $nconfig remove IpPa..."
(file "/hacks/network.tcl" line 28)
flushing ide devices: hda
Restarting system.
>>>

The zipper or enhancement script failed to properly we ip address parameters and thus failed to properly initialize the network....

Question: How come the filesystem is mounted readonly? I keep getting e2fsck tell ing me to run it. The volume with /hacks is readonly. How should I fix this?

Thanks,

Trevor

speed_phreak,

I believe I have the same problem, but I do not have a serial cable. Can you tell me exactly what you did to fix the problem? Did you fix the mfs_network file or something else?
Thanks in advance.

[rbautch]

mfs_network is not where the network settings are stored, it's just a text file that gets written to allow you to confirm that network settings were set in MFS. If it's blank or missing, then the network.tcl script did not run.

[SKDude]

mfs_network is not where the network settings are stored, it's just a text file that gets written to allow you to confirm that network settings were set in MFS. If it's blank or missing, then the network.tcl script did not run.So, before I read this I pulled the drive again and created the enhancements directory and touch-ed an mfs_network file (and touch-ed a firstboot_flag file) stuck it back into the Tivo. Well, now it is networking. I can ping/telnet/ftp. I don't fully understand why. I think the network.tcl is happier, but the mfs_network file is still empty (as are the log files where I tried to capture the output).

I think it also removed the rc.sysinit.author file, is that OK? I expected it to remain. The tweak.sh complained about finding an enhancements directory, since it is basically empty, I will remove it and re-run tweak.sh.

Thanks for the help.

[JWThiers]

So, before I read this I pulled the drive again and created the enhancements directory and touch-ed an mfs_network file (and touch-ed a firstboot_flag file) stuck it back into the Tivo. Well, now it is networking. I can ping/telnet/ftp. I don't fully understand why. I think the network.tcl is happier, but the mfs_network file is still empty (as are the log files where I tried to capture the output).

I think it also removed the rc.sysinit.author file, is that OK? I expected it to remain. The tweak.sh complained about finding an enhancements directory, since it is basically empty, I will remove it and re-run tweak.sh.

Thanks for the help.
If you don't have (or didn't have) an /enhancements directory that would indicate you either never ran the enhancement script in the first place or somehow ran the uninstall script. If you ran the uninstall it uninstalls the enhancements, but not the network configuration, which Russ pointed out is actually done some other place. Part of the uninstall also deletes the /enhancements directory and also I believe the author file. Since you manually created the /enhancements directory and some stuff in it I would delete everything in /enhancements directory and the /enhancements directory itself. Then copy the rbautch_files.tgz file (the compressed files that make up the enhancements) to the /hacks directory and then run tweak.sh. This will bypass the download of the latest enhancements (just in case networking is still out) and then install the enhancements including an author file. also seriously consider getting a serial cable, it will save you a lot of problems if you lose networking again.

[turkey]

when running Zipper on a Samsung SIR-S4040R, which I should add is new to me. A friend gave it to me and I've not added it to Tivo service. Anyway, I have a Stand-Alone TIVO and my Service number starts with 140, which Zipper says is not supported at this time. Is there a random Service Number I can enter? Or what info is the Zipper looking for? I know the answer is probably obvious, but I'm stumped.

[JWThiers]

Its on the back of the DTivo.

[JWThiers]

when running Zipper on a Samsung SIR-S4040R, which I should add is new to me. A friend gave it to me and I've not added it to Tivo service. Anyway, I have a Stand-Alone TIVO and my Service number starts with 140, which Zipper says is not supported at this time. Is there a random Service Number I can enter? Or what info is the Zipper looking for? I know the answer is probably obvious, but I'm stumped.
Also if you are planning to do MRV between the Dtivo and SA the SA also needs to have the Superpatch applied in order to see the Dtivo.

[Jimbob_wat]

I am trying to find the network-delete.tcl and net-launch.sh on a newly zippered drive that is still attache to host PC so i can start networking properly. I am doing this while it is still attached to PC. I do not possess a serial cable at this time and am unable to see drive once installed in TIVO.
Note there is no enhancement directory either.
Where do i find above files?

[rbautch]

I am trying to find the network-delete.tcl and net-launch.sh on a newly zippered drive that is still attache to host PC so i can start networking properly. I am doing this while it is still attached to PC. I do not possess a serial cable at this time and am unable to see drive once installed in TIVO.
Note there is no enhancement directory either.
Where do i find above files?
They are in the /hacks directory contained in an archive called rbautch_files.tgz. They won't run unless your drive is in the tivo.

[Jimbob_wat]

Thank you, I see several people having the same problems. I have been at office re-downloading all files and scripts. Have burned a new Zipper disk using imgburn and magiciso after verifying all zips are in order. Viewed ISO before burn and all extensions look good.
Will go home now and try.

[Jimbob_wat]

I have tried both new Zipper CD's. Verified before disconnecting from PC that IP settings were in the sysinit file. line read
tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.1.151 192.168.1.1

What do I do now? I don't understand why all of a sudden the problem is solved only by using a serial cable.

thanks for all your help

[rbautch]

There might be some interactions going on with PTVnet. Did you remove the PTVnet installation when the script asked you? Also post the contents of your rc.sysinit.author file.

[JWThiers]

I don't understand why all of a sudden the problem is solved only by using a serial cable.

thanks for all your help
I'm not sure what caused your other problems but russ seems to be helping, But if you don't have network access to your tivo, you have 2 choices for making changes to fix the problem.

One is to use a serial cable to access the tivo to troubleshoot (with actual data from a running unit) and make corrections that will fix the unit. This can be done with any computer that (mac, pc linux, bsd, sun, etc) also has a serial port and telnet software. The fixes can be verified simply by rebooting and seeing if the problem went away. if it doesn't simple plug in and serial again. and you can also see live the actual boot log data being generated to look for obvious errros and changes as they happen. You can also the access the log.

The other is to remove the drive from you tivo and put it in a machine that uses linux to make the look at log files to get troubleshooting information, make changes to correct the problem. Then shut down the linux box to remove the drive from it reinstall it in the tivo, restart to verify the fix. If it doesn't work do the process all over again.

I don't know about you, but the $10 you pay to buy (and you can also build one yourself and save a few $) is well worth it when you consider the hassle and time you have to go thru if you don't have a serial cable. Every post I give the same advice in my sig, get a serial cable it will pay for itself the first time you lose network access. And everyone will lose it at some time. Maybe not yet, maybe not tomorrow or next week or next month, but sometime.

[Jimbob_wat]

JW I will definitely order a cable. I get that you should have one for future, just curious as to why for a fresh install you would need one.

Rbauch i don't recall the script asking for me to remove the PTVnet. It goes through installing the image, then installs new kernel, then asks for IP.

I will put the drive back in and post the sysint file. I will have to transpose as their is no printer attached to PC that i am using.