Upgrading Your Hacked HR10-250 to 6.3

[kemac]

yeah i'll try that out, hopefully it works...I can still watch any of my subbed channels live at least....

i really don't want to start from scratch with a fresh image, but if i do am i better off going to stock 3.1.5 image, letting it update, then apply the hacks? i just don't want to hit the same problem again if i go the slicer route.


I hear ya! The issue doesn't seem to be specific to using slicer. I tried a manual upgrade as well and had the same results. Between my two units I tried several different permutations over the weekend... when I sliced my main unit and left it alone after running the guided setup, fakecall and resending the authorization (May not be the exact order of events I followed) I had a nice surprise in the morning. I hope you have similar success as starting from scratch isn't going to necessarily provide different results from what I have seen. (I tried reimaging and starting from scratch as well)

[bxs122]

Anyone know where a good place is to post this question...

I've been playing with vserver & Tyshow

On one of my HTPCs I can log in under one account and WMP has no issues playing the asx stream -- however when logged in under another account WMP says it cannot play the stream.

Both accounts are in the Admnistrator group.

Any ideas or a reference to better post locaiton?

[Finnstang]

I would guess that codecs were installed using the working account so the nonworking account's WMP doesn't know they are there, but since this deals with a board no-no, then the best place to post it would be over "there".

[bxs122]

I would guess that codecs were installed using the working account so the nonworking account's WMP doesn't know they are there, but since this deals with a board no-no, then the best place to post it would be over "there".

did not know it was a no-no ... sorry

[Snoopy4]

If you look at the /platform/etc/hotplug/usb.map file, you can see the adapters that are supported in 6.3. I posted my usb.map a few pages back (but I added a few entries for my Airlink adapters).

yeah my belkin is in the usb.map under pegasus heading, but it still didn't work...that's fine though i got it working with the Linksys anyway (I just like the Belkin better because the cable doesn't snap out so easily...plus i remember some posts about the backport drivers being slower...I get about 1.1MB/sec, so if the belkin worked with stock drivers I would prefer it).

but the real issue now is getting the dvr service activated again, so hopefully ringing up DTV does the trick..

[rbautch]

yeah my belkin is in the usb.map under pegasus heading, but it still didn't work...that's fine though i got it working with the Linksys anyway (I just like the Belkin better because the cable doesn't snap out so easily...plus i remember some posts about the backport drivers being slower...I get about 1.1MB/sec, so if the belkin worked with stock drivers I would prefer it).

but the real issue now is getting the dvr service activated again, so hopefully ringing up DTV does the trick..I saw someone on DDB had a probelem with their account being "inactive" (not closed), and fixed it with a new smart card.

[mskreis]

I just upgraded to 6.3a successfully with the slicer. Everything appears to be working but joe didn't make it. I get the following error:

HD-TiVo# joe
Couldn't open '/tivo-bin/etc/joerc'


How can I get joe back?

Thanks

[Lord Vader]

Give him a call and ask. :D

Sorry, I just couldn't resist. :o

[rbautch]

I just upgraded to 6.3a successfully with the slicer. Everything appears to be working but joe didn't make it. I get the following error:

HD-TiVo# joe
Couldn't open '/tivo-bin/etc/joerc'


How can I get joe back?

Thanks
Mount your old root filesystem and copy it over. Search this thead for how to do that.

[BlvJohn]

This morning when I checked my HD Tivo I found that it tried to make a daily call at 7:55am which caused a reboot. I lost 5 minutes of the show it was recording. I can't remove the ,#401 because when I try to test the change, which it requires, the system reboots so the change is not kept. Is there a file to edit to remove this item so I can test this? Does any one else have any ideas and is anyone else having this happen?

I didn't do the mod for encryption because I am not transferring the shows to another computer. Is there another reason to turn off encryption?

By the way, both Tivos were hacked using Rbauch's scripts. The first Tivo was done when he first came out with the script that worked on 3.5 and the second Tivo was hacked with the latest version yesterday.

I had problems where every time the phone tried to test the connection, the system would reboot. After some research, it seems to me that the power up sequence for 6.3a runs the rc.sysinit.author file later in the process than for 3.1.5. If you start up some of the hacks like mfs_ftp (and possibly others like elseed) without starting them as background processes I think they are no longer finishing up in time to avoid tripping up the system.

I took everything out of the rc.sysinit.author file, walked through "Guided Setup" (just in case) and my phone connection now works fine. I am now adding the various hacks back in the rc.sysinit.author file one by one and testing to see if they work OK in the background.

Hope this helps ...

[Runch Machine]

Please see below. When I run Fake call while in the enhancements directory it runs fine. However, when I ran the author file I get the errors shown below. Any suggestions for how to fix it?


HD-Tivo2-bash# fakecall.tcl
Running fakecall version 6
Fakecall ran successfully!



HD-Tivo2-bash# rc.sysinit.author
starting rc.sysinit.author
set environmental variables
starting telnet and ftp
starting serial bash
running fakecall
Couldn't bind to socket.
Running fakecall version 6
Failed to FakeCall, code=(invalid attribute: Complete)
couldn't open "/var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN": read-only file system
while executing
"open /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN a"
invoked from within
"set fakelog [open /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN a]"
(file "/busybox/fakecall.tcl" line 87)

Unable to set modem CallerID: /dev/ttyS1
/enhancements/TWPrun.sh: /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb: No such file or director
y

[madgrizzle]

I'm fairly new to this and I think this might be the place to post this message. Let me know if not. A month ago I zippered my Tivo using the instructions at http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html. It worked fine with my USB 200M v2 adapter (I had to use a serial cable to get into the box to run the tweaks.sh, but everything went fine).

So, now I upgraded my box to 6.3 using the slicer. Unfortunately, I could not find (and don't think they exist) instructions that tell me exactly what I need to do to get the USB 200M v2 adapter to work. So, this is what I did:

After the box rebooted from the slicer script:

1) used VI to add the following entry to usb.map located in the /etc/hotplug directory under the "device usbnet" heading after all the other entries: product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200M v2

2) in the lib/modules directory, I moved usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and usbnet.o to a backup directory. I then mounted my old partition and copied those files from that partition into the lib/modules directory.

I have lights on the usb adapter, but when I do ifconfig -a, I just get the local interface. When zipper ran, I entered 192.168.10.50/192.168.10.1 as the ip address and router address.

3) when that didn't work, I found something that said to delete the usbcore.o and usb-ohci.o files from the /platform/lib/modules directory (I moved them into a backup directory).

Anything I'm missing or done wrong?

Thanks

I saw talk about blitzing simlinks, but I have no idea what that means.

[Finnstang]

Please see below. When I run Fake call while in the enhancements directory it runs fine. However, when I ran the author file I get the errors shown below. Any suggestions for how to fix it?


HD-Tivo2-bash# fakecall.tcl
Running fakecall version 6
Fakecall ran successfully!



HD-Tivo2-bash# rc.sysinit.author
starting rc.sysinit.author
set environmental variables
starting telnet and ftp
starting serial bash
running fakecall
Couldn't bind to socket.
Running fakecall version 6
Failed to FakeCall, code=(invalid attribute: Complete)
couldn't open "/var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN": read-only file system
while executing
"open /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN a"
invoked from within
"set fakelog [open /var/spool/cron/cronlogs/CRONLOG-MAIN a]"
(file "/busybox/fakecall.tcl" line 87)

Unable to set modem CallerID: /dev/ttyS1
/enhancements/TWPrun.sh: /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb: No such file or director
y
What happens when you type root at the bash prompt? If it gives an error, try running this:sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh and see if that helps the errors you are getting. Also, it looks like the fakecall that the author file is running hasn't been patched. There is a copy of fakecall.tcl in /busybox as well as the one in /enhancements. It looks like when you ran fakecall from the bash prompt it used one version, but running it through the author file it is calling the other one that hasn't been patched.

[Finnstang]

I'm fairly new to this and I think this might be the place to post this message. Let me know if not. A month ago I zippered my Tivo using the instructions at http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_zipper.html. It worked fine with my USB 200M v2 adapter (I had to use a serial cable to get into the box to run the tweaks.sh, but everything went fine).

So, now I upgraded my box to 6.3 using the slicer. Unfortunately, I could not find (and don't think they exist) instructions that tell me exactly what I need to do to get the USB 200M v2 adapter to work. So, this is what I did:

After the box rebooted from the slicer script:

1) used VI to add the following entry to usb.map located in the /etc/hotplug directory under the "device usbnet" heading after all the other entries: product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200M v2

2) in the lib/modules directory, I moved usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and usbnet.o to a backup directory. I then mounted my old partition and copied those files from that partition into the lib/modules directory.

I have lights on the usb adapter, but when I do ifconfig -a, I just get the local interface. When zipper ran, I entered 192.168.10.50/192.168.10.1 as the ip address and router address.

3) when that didn't work, I found something that said to delete the usbcore.o and usb-ohci.o files from the /platform/lib/modules directory (I moved them into a backup directory).

Anything I'm missing or done wrong?

Thanks

I saw talk about blitzing simlinks, but I have no idea what that means.


Have you tried manually running the netconfig.tcl script? I had light on my adapter but it wasn't connecting for me, so I used serial bash and ran the netconfig script just as it was written at the bottom of the author file. Rebooted and then I was good to go.

[Marc]

I just ran Slicer 1.3a more or less successfully on my HDTiVo.

The only downside is that I no longer have network access to the box. I thought that since I used a USB200M v1 that it would continue to work after the reboot, but perhaps I missed something in this thread.

I've got the serial control cable that has a male DB-9, so if I can find myself a nice gender changer/null-modem cable, I should be able to hook it up to my PC and see what's going on. Gee, does Radio Shack still sell stuff like that anymore? :)

[Runch Machine]

What happens when you type root at the bash prompt? If it gives an error, try running this:sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh and see if that helps the errors you are getting. Also, it looks like the fakecall that the author file is running hasn't been patched. There is a copy of fakecall.tcl in /busybox as well as the one in /enhancements. It looks like when you ran fakecall from the bash prompt it used one version, but running it through the author file it is calling the other one that hasn't been patched.

Thank you very much. I didn't know about the Fakecall.tcl in busy box. I did not edit that one, only the one in enhancements. After I fixed the one in busybox it solved the problem of fake call AND the modem reboot problem as well. Thanks again.

[Snoopy4]

I saw someone on DDB had a probelem with their account being "inactive" (not closed), and fixed it with a new smart card.

hopefully i don't need a new smartcard....i still have my original tivo hard drive from way before i originally hacked 3.1.5, i guess i could try that and see if it works, or is that a bad idea?

i tried calling directv too, they tried sending my acct info to my receiver, nothing worked...they were at it for like a half hour, they said they don't know what's wrong and transferred me to someone else then i got hung up on...great.

is it possible something in /lib/modules is causing this? i copied all my old /lib/modules to the new location.

for the heck of it, i tried fakecall.tcl too but it doesn't run for me...i get:
Running fakecall version 6
Failed to FakeCall, code=(invalid attribute: Complete)

[sjmaye]

I originally posted this in the Zipper thread. Zero responses. Sort of figureed it was in the wrong location, so I moved it here. Apologies for the repost.

I just (finally) got my dual drive HD D*Tivo Zippered and running well, then I read about the release of 6.3.

From what I read all you get is:

Folders in Now Playing List
Faster Guide and quicker searches

I am afraid of screwing up a good thing for just these 2 improvements.

Am I missing something?

[kemac]

is it possible something in /lib/modules is causing this? i copied all my old /lib/modules to the new location./
I was wondering the same thing as I didnt see my account change to inacctive till after I rebooted with the backport drivers in place.

for the heck of it, i tried fakecall.tcl too but it doesn't run for me...i get:
Running fakecall version 6
Failed to FakeCall, code=(invalid attribute: Complete)
To get fakecall working again, edit fakecall.itcl:

Change (line #36) dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7

to

try { dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 } catch junk { }

I had fakecall in two different locations so you have to make sure you edit the once called by your author script.

[madgrizzle]

Have you tried manually running the netconfig.tcl script? I had light on my adapter but it wasn't connecting for me, so I used serial bash and ran the netconfig script just as it was written at the bottom of the author file. Rebooted and then I was good to go.

Wow! that actually worked. I can now ping over the ethernet adapter and access TivoWeb. Thanks for the assistance!

[rrr22777]

I have a PTVNet and slicer upgraded machine. Serial access is not working. I am using a new cable from weakness. Should be using COM1? I tried setting different speeds but that did not help. Seems like some of the hacks are still working because when I went into the phone menu it says last successfull call was yesterday and I dont have a phone line.

Could fakecall.itcl be working without modifcations? Why would the serial access not work if the hacks are still there?

The cable i bought was TiVo Stereo to Serial Cable.

http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-cables.php

[sjwinick]

hi everyone. did a successful upgrade from 3.1 to 6.3 using slicer 1.3. i have received the 6.3a slices and am trying to complete the upgrade using slicer 1.3a. i think i'm doing all the same things i did before, but i am getting a long script error when the process starts the upgrade. here is the full output. i get the same error if i manually run installSw.itcl. anyone have any ideas what is triggering this?

thanks

sjw


bash-2.02# ./slicer 6.3a-01-2-357

The Slicer - Version 1.3a

WARNING!! We are about to install 6.3a-01-2-357 software on your TiVo
Once you start this process, there is no way to restore your
previous software version without re-imaging. Before you begin,
we suggest you make a backup image of your hard drive, and read
the forums at .... that
pertain to The Slicer.

Hit <enter> to continue, or <cntrl-c> to exit:

Great! Here we go...

Your root filesystem partition is hda4
Your kernel partition is hda3
Your alternate root filesystem partition is hda7
Your alternate kernel partition is hda6

6.3a-01-2-357 software slices are correctly loaded and ready to install.
Hit <enter> to continue, or <cntrl-c> to exit:
Checking your system for required utilities...
find is present
wget is present
tar is present
sed is present
cut is present
All required binaries are present. Proceeding...

Editing installSw.itcl

Installing new software. This will take several minutes...
only read 0 bytes of 4096
while executing
"mfs getpart $fsid $i $s"
(procedure "FromMfs" line 9)
invoked from within
"FromMfs $root $fileID"
(object "::SwSystem::swswModule1mod" method "::SwModule::getFromMFS" body li
ne 2)
invoked from within
"getFromMFS"
(object "::SwSystem::swswModule1mod" method "::SwModule::install" body line
5)
invoked from within
"$swmod install $targdir"
("foreach" body line 4)
invoked from within
"foreach module [dbobj $sysHandle get Module] {
set swmod [SwModule sw#automod]
$swmod loadFromHandle $module
$swmo..."
("uplevel" body line 3)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
set sysHandle [db $dbHandle open "/SwSystem/$sysname"]
foreach module [dbobj $sysHandle get Module] {
s..."
(object "::Installer::sysswSystem0sw" method "::SwSystem::installFromDB" bod
y line 6)
invoked from within
"$swsys installFromDB $dbHandle $name $targdir"
invoked from within
"if [catch {$swsys loadFromDB $dbHandle $name} res] {
putlog "No software found in db for \"$name\", $res"
} else {
if {$emergency ..."
(object "::inst" method "::Installer::installSoftware" body line 23)
invoked from within
"inst installSoftware $name $Inc::TC_INSTALL_DIR "
(file "./installSw.itcl" line 182)

installSw.itcl failed to set up your new partitions. Please
run /tvbin/installSw.itcl manually to pinpoint the error.
Also check to see if installSw.itcl was edited properly.
Since your bootpage was not flipped, you will not lose your
existing hacks if you reboot, and The Slicer may safely be
run again. Exiting now...
bash-2.02#

[bripeace]

I was wondering the same thing as I dont see my account change to inacctive to after I reboot with the backport drivers in place.


I too didn't have the problem till i copied over the lib modules. My first try i had forgot to do that and had to pull the drive after upgrade.. prior to that I had service.. after none.

The second time I tried the upgrade I copied the driver over after running slicer and never had dvr service.

I'm going to try it now with only copying the drivers needed and not all of them.

[kemac]

I too didn't have the problem till i copied over the lib modules. My first try i had forgot to do that and had to pull the drive after upgrade.. prior to that I had service.. after none.

The second time I tried the upgrade I copied the driver over after running slicer and never had dvr service.

I'm going to try it now with only copying the drivers needed and not all of them.

Hopefully you will have better luck than I did, I ended up in a reboot loop when I tried just copying the files I "thought" I needed. I am pretty sure I missed something.... I just reimaged and started over and left it for the time being. Let me know if you are successful as I would like to try again this weekend.
Kelly

[Snoopy4]

ok so after calling DTV last night and just leaving my receiver the way it was all night, this morning I've lost all channels (x721 message), and my network no longer works for some reason and I lost my serial bash. I didn't change anything, sure my DVR service wasn't working but at least everything else was, wtf??? I put the drive in my PC and all my hacks and changes are still there so I don't know what's going on at this point. When rc.sysinit.author gets executed I can see in the log it says "Cannot bind to socket"..probably because the network isn't working. Not sure what to do now...maybe i go back to my original 3.5.1 image, get my service working again, then start over...

[B Smooth]

I went through a painless upgrade yesterday. I made the updates to force the call. It took two days but 6.3a was on my machine. Ran the slicer. Reboot. Service Upgrade. Bada Bing.

Network is still in place, I still have an issue with joe, but I see how I can rectify that issue as well. Thanks everyone for helping in this and other threads.

[bripeace]

Hopefully you will have better luck than I did, I ended up in a reboot loop when I tried just copying the files I "thought" I needed. I am pretty sure I missed something.... I just reimaged and started over and left it for the time being. Let me know if you are successful as I would like to try again this weekend.
Kelly


Okay. I'm done and for now it's working. I have 6.3 and networking all working.

Heres the steps.

Pull the drive.
Zipper with a restore from the instake 3.5 image.
Put the drive in.. run the tweaks.sh
reboot.
Slicer 6.3-etc

When that was finished I control-c'd out
cd /ptvupgrade/modules/usb20/2.4.20/current-091605
cp * /install/lib/modules
cd /install/lib/modules
ln -s ax8817.o usbnet.o
cd /etc/hotplug/

I then edited usb.map added the USBM200M ver.2 line under the usbnet heading

reboot

It installs and when it comes up I have active dvr service with account in good standing as well as working network.

The question is will it stay this way?

It definately seems theres some module from 3.5 that doesn't work with 6.3

[moparhemi]

I did the zipper on a 6.3a hr10 and it worked. Have bash and ftp. Just put in 101 as the model and edited the author file to take out fakecall. Haven't tried the Enhancements script yet may wait til it gets all worked out first. I would like to install the backport drivers though, I have the FA120. Can someone give me some guidance on how to install the correct drivers please and what to delete and not.

MH

[Blurayfan]

The fakecall.tcl included in rbautch_files.tgz needs to be repatched. The Patch seems to have been entered incorrectly just adding the patch behind the line that causes the failure.
dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7
try { dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 } catch errCode { }


To make fakecall work.

Replace dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 with try { dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 } catch errCode { }

[Krokus]

I too didn't have the problem till i copied over the lib modules. My first try i had forgot to do that and had to pull the drive after upgrade.. prior to that I had service.. after none.

The second time I tried the upgrade I copied the driver over after running slicer and never had dvr service.

I'm going to try it now with only copying the drivers needed and not all of them.

Can anybody tar up their lib modules folder that is not borked and pm them to me? I haven't been able to record anything since saturday. I'd like to test this theory. Unfortunately I didn't backup the folder before I copied my old drivers over to my new drivers.

Forever grateful

Krokus

[rbautch]

hi everyone. did a successful upgrade from 3.1 to 6.3 using slicer 1.3. i have received the 6.3a slices and am trying to complete the upgrade using slicer 1.3a. i think i'm doing all the same things i did before, but i am getting a long script error when the process starts the upgrade. here is the full output. i get the same error if i manually run installSw.itcl. anyone have any ideas what is triggering this?

thanks

sjw
This looks like something is wrong with your installSw.itcl file. The Slicer should have made a backup of in the same directory. Restore the backup, and run the slicer again. If it still fails, use the installSw.itcl that I posted in the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread.

[Snoopy4]

cd /ptvupgrade/modules/usb20/2.4.20/current-091605

It installs and when it comes up I have active dvr service with account in good standing as well as working network.
It definately seems theres some module from 3.5 that doesn't work with 6.3

hi bripeace,
this is interesting...i backed up all my 6.3 lib/modules into a folder before replacing them...the question is what's different with my 3.1.5 lib/modules folder from the ones you just copied over in your step above? i guess i can try putting the 6.3 drivers back and see if it fixes anything.

[Runch Machine]

The fakecall.tcl included in rbautch_files.tgz needs to be repatched. The Patch seems to have been entered incorrectly just adding the patch behind the line that causes the failure.
dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7
try { dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 } catch errCode { }


To make fakecall work.

Replace dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 with try { dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 } catch errCode { }

What's the difference between having catch junk and catch errCode?

Catch junk is what was posted else where as a fix for fake call.

[Blurayfan]

What's the difference between having catch junk and catch errCode?

Catch junk is what was posted else where as a fix for fake call.
I also saw the earlier fix, I have tried both with success.

[Snoopy4]

hi bripeace,
this is interesting...i backed up all my 6.3 lib/modules into a folder before replacing them...the question is what's different with my 3.1.5 lib/modules folder from the ones you just copied over in your step above? i guess i can try putting the 6.3 drivers back and see if it fixes anything.

ok i got my 6.3a box working now with no problems! The DVR service not active and account closed problem is caused by bad drivers in lib/modules. I restored mine to the 6.3 default ones before I replaced them and everything started working again. I then downloaded the latest backport drivers and copied those and now I have my network back with a working DVR service and hacks. Thanks to all who helped out here, you guys are awesome! I hope this helps some of the others who got locked out of their DVR service.

[Runch Machine]

Thank you very much. I didn't know about the Fakecall.tcl in busy box. I did not edit that one, only the one in enhancements. After I fixed the one in busybox it solved the problem of fake call AND the modem reboot problem as well. Thanks again.


Well, the modem reboot problem is back. I have one HD Tivo set to use the network to connect. When it goes to connect, it sits on preparing to connect for a short while, then reboots. The other Tivo is set to dial out using the phone line but has a problem with the modem so it fails. It says its not responding. At least it doesn't reboot, but after that Caller ID Doesn't work until I reboot the HD Tivo.


On the Tivo that is set to connect to the service via the network connection, I connected a serial cable to my computer. Just before it reboots it says:
tmk Fatal Error Activity Dial request (469) unexpected signal 10 flushing ide devices hda hab restarting system.
Any more suggestions?

PS Fake call seems to be working fine.

[sjwinick]

This looks like something is wrong with your installSw.itcl file. The Slicer should have made a backup of in the same directory. Restore the backup, and run the slicer again. If it still fails, use the installSw.itcl that I posted in the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread.

tried the backup and the clean one from this thread. same result. could there be something wrong with the way the slices were received? is there a way to delete them and let them be downloaded again?

thanks

sjw

[mrbubbles]

Well, the modem reboot problem is back. I have one HD Tivo set to use the network to connect. When it goes to connect, it sits on preparing to connect for a short while, then reboots. The other Tivo is set to dial out using the phone line but has a problem with the modem so it fails. It says its not responding. At least it doesn't reboot, but after that Caller ID Doesn't work until I reboot the HD Tivo.


On the Tivo that is set to connect to the service via the network connection, I connected a serial cable to my computer. Just before it reboots it says:
tmk Fatal Error Activity Dial request (469) unexpected signal 10 flushing ide devices hda hab restarting system.
Any more suggestions?

PS Fake call seems to be working fine.

I get the same problem as Runch Machine. My box reboots when dialing out. Error is "Tmk Fatal Error: Activity Phone <5980>: unexpected signal 10 ". I already modded fakecall as stated above and I can run it without error. Any ideas?

[kemac]

I get the same problem as Runch Machine. My box reboots when dialing out. Error is "Tmk Fatal Error: Activity Phone <5980>: unexpected signal 10 ". I already modded fakecall as stated above and I can run it without error. Any ideas?

Try commenting out your hacks in rc.sysinit.author and see if that helps. I saw someone mention that helped eliminate the reboot. I have not had a chance to try it myself as I aslo have the same problem.

[hpfanatic]

I had my main Zippered HR10-250 running the 6.3 fine, (updated with Slicer 1.3) but of course had to go for the 6.3a upgrade. In the middle of running the Slicer, right after it finished upgrading the software, but before it did anything else, someone tripped on the network cable and I lost the connection with Putty. Now I can't even get a Bash Prompt on it using a serial cable, and it keeps rebooting. When I try to get a Prompt, I get the Diagnostic Mode which asks for the password.

Is there a way I can fix it by pulling the drives and putting them in my PC, without losing all my recorded programs? Or am I going to have to reimage it?

[Runch Machine]

Try commenting out your hacks in rc.sysinit.author and see if that helps. I saw someone mention that helped eliminate the reboot. I have not had a chance to try it myself as I aslo have the same problem.

I commented out the various hacks. When I left out the caller ID program, the problem went away. I have HD Tivo set to use the phone line to dial out. It gives the message that the modem is not responding if you select the option to test the phone connection. If you tell it to connect to the service it reboots while sitting on prepairing to connect. When I take the caller ID out, then it calls out fine.

Alternately if I have it set to use the computer network to connect, it reboots. The caller ID program is set up as follows in the author file:

touch /var/log/cidcall.log &
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

Can anyone suggest a fix for this problem. I really like the caller ID function.

[bigray327]

I hope you guys can help with this. Thanks in advance for the great work you do here.

I ran Slicer 1.2 last week and my machine is stuck in a reboot loop. PTVupgrade hasn't responded to my request for an InstantCake CD like he offered, and the serial logs aren't giving me anything I can work with, so I'd like to try reinstalling the slices manually. That should remake a new partition and at least get the machine bootable again.

I put the drive in my PC, went into /tvbin and put the old installSw.itcl back, and when I did a ./installSw.itcl 6.3a-1-02-357 command, it keeps giving me an "installSw.itcl not found" error, even though it's right there. This probably has to do with the PC being booted to the linux disk and not the TiVo drive.

Any suggestions? Can I throw Slicer on a boot disk and run it from there?

Thanks,

- Ray

[mrbubbles]

I commented out the various hacks. When I left out the caller ID program, the problem went away. I have HD Tivo set to use the phone line to dial out. It gives the message that the modem is not responding if you select the option to test the phone connection. If you tell it to connect to the service it reboots while sitting on prepairing to connect. When I take the caller ID out, then it calls out fine.

Alternately if I have it set to use the computer network to connect, it reboots. The caller ID program is set up as follows in the author file:

touch /var/log/cidcall.log &
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

Can anyone suggest a fix for this problem. I really like the caller ID function.

I can't offer a solution but I can confirm the same thing you saw. When I take the callerid lines out, the problem disappears. So, it is definitely causing the problem. Hopefully some one else can offer a solution.

[alwayscool]

I hope you guys can help with this. Thanks in advance for the great work you do here.

I ran Slicer 1.2 last week and my machine is stuck in a reboot loop. PTVupgrade hasn't responded to my request for an InstantCake CD like he offered, and the serial logs aren't giving me anything I can work with, so I'd like to try reinstalling the slices manually. That should remake a new partition and at least get the machine bootable again.

I put the drive in my PC, went into /tvbin and put the old installSw.itcl back, and when I did a ./installSw.itcl 6.3a-1-02-357 command, it keeps giving me an "installSw.itcl not found" error, even though it's right there. This probably has to do with the PC being booted to the linux disk and not the TiVo drive.

Any suggestions? Can I throw Slicer on a boot disk and run it from there?

Thanks,

- Ray

try typing in the correct filename 6.3a-01-2-357 NOT 6.3a-1-02-357

[rbautch]

I had my main Zippered HR10-250 running the 6.3 fine, (updated with Slicer 1.3) but of course had to go for the 6.3a upgrade. In the middle of running the Slicer, right after it finished upgrading the software, but before it did anything else, someone tripped on the network cable and I lost the connection with Putty. Now I can't even get a Bash Prompt on it using a serial cable, and it keeps rebooting. When I try to get a Prompt, I get the Diagnostic Mode which asks for the password.

Is there a way I can fix it by pulling the drives and putting them in my PC, without losing all my recorded programs? Or am I going to have to reimage it?You can't connect because it never got a chance to copy over your author file from the old root partition to the new root partition. You can do this by pulling the drives, mounting both partitions (4 and 7), and copying your hacks from the old to the new. If you dont remember which is which, use bootpage -p /dev/hdX where X is the location of your drive.

[rbautch]

I commented out the various hacks. When I left out the caller ID program, the problem went away. I have HD Tivo set to use the phone line to dial out. It gives the message that the modem is not responding if you select the option to test the phone connection. If you tell it to connect to the service it reboots while sitting on prepairing to connect. When I take the caller ID out, then it calls out fine.

Alternately if I have it set to use the computer network to connect, it reboots. The caller ID program is set up as follows in the author file:

touch /var/log/cidcall.log &
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

Can anyone suggest a fix for this problem. I really like the caller ID function.
Post your findings in the NCID thread. Do you really have a need to dial out?

[rbautch]

Any suggestions? Can I throw Slicer on a boot disk and run it from there?

Thanks,

- Ray
Can't run it from a boot disk. You might try copying a new killhdinitrd'd kernel to your drive while it's in the pc.

[Runch Machine]

Post your findings in the NCID thread. Do you really have a need to dial out?

No, I don't have to have it dial out but I would like that to be able to function in case I need to. Also, I am not sure that Fakecall is working on one of my HD Tivos. On one it shows up on the screen when it boots up while it is getting data from the satellite. On the other it does not show up during boot up. How can you tell if it is working?
I connected the one that doesn't show up during booting up to my computer via the serial port and did see the message fakecall successful on the computer screen when it booted up. I am wondering why it doesn't show up on the TV screen though.

I posted the problem in the NCID thread. Thanks for the suggestion.

[dbl]

Anybody know where I can find the original 6.3a modules (from /lib/modules)? I used slicer1.3 earlier today, and copied the old modules from 3.1.5 like described elsewhere, and now I'm having the problem with inactive service, no dvr service, and the 'service message #81' when I try to record.

[Finnstang]

No, I don't have to have it dial out but I would like that to be able to function in case I need to. Also, I am not sure that Fakecall is working on one of my HD Tivos. On one it shows up on the screen when it boots up while it is getting data from the satellite. On the other it does not show up during boot up. How can you tell if it is working?
I connected the one that doesn't show up during booting up to my computer via the serial port and did see the message fakecall successful on the computer screen when it booted up. I am wondering why it doesn't show up on the TV screen though.

I posted the problem in the NCID thread. Thanks for the suggestion.
Maybe out2osd isn't working.

[brannicj]

used ptvs slicer 1.3a on my ptvnet Hr10-250, everything seemed to be copying but then it suddenly rebooted while copying file, now it is stuck on "powering up" "recovering from serious error" screens, they just keep alternating.

Here was what telnet gave me:

installing new software
installsw.itcl ran successfully and setup new partitions
new root filesystem partition is 4
new kernel partition is 3

mounting your new root filesystem /dev/hda4
copying author file
copying tivowebplus
copying /var/hack
copying init directory
copying /var/spool
copung /test.conf
copying all files in root non-recursively (and when this showed on the screen, it rebooted)

If I pulled the drives, can I just copy the files into the proper directories? If so, what do I have to do?

[dbl]

Exactly which driver file is required in order to use the linksys usb200m v.2? And exactly what are the changes requjired in the usb.map file? Has anybody posted a copy of usb.map with the correct changes? Thanks!

[mrbubbles]

Post your findings in the NCID thread. Do you really have a need to dial out?

I don't care about dialing out but I just don't want my HDTiVo to reboot. Right now, it reboots when it tries to automatically dial out whether it is configured to network or phone. I just want callerid and no rebooting. I believe fakecall is working for me as it shows up on the screen at boot and is in cron. Logs looks good too. Does fakecall actually prevent it from trying to dial out or just remove the nag? Sorry for the dumb question - I just never cared about fake call as I always just let it dial out.

[Finnstang]

I don't care about dialing out but I just don't want my HDTiVo to reboot. Right now, it reboots when it tries to automatically dial out whether it is configured to network or phone. I just want callerid and no rebooting. I believe fakecall is working for me as it shows up on the screen at boot and is in cron. Logs looks good too. Does fakecall actually prevent it from trying to dial out or just remove the nag? Sorry for the dumb question - I just never cared about fake call as I always just let it dial out.
Fakecall should keep it from dialing out by tricking it into thinking it dials out every night at 10 PM or whenever it is setup in cron. So the TiVo thinks it is making a successfull call every night.

[mrbubbles]

Fakecall should keep it from dialing out by tricking it into thinking it dials out every night at 10 PM or whenever it is setup in cron. So the TiVo thinks it is making a successfull call every night.

I appreciate the info. From what I read, fakecall only resets the "last successful call" not prevents the next call. Is that incorrect? When I run fakecall, I don't see any change in the "last attempt" or "Next attempt". Granted, I ran it manually about 5 minutes after a successful connection - that may be why. What should it do? Perhaps it is just saying successful but isn't working. I am having trouble finding the official fakecall support thread - sorry.

FYI: We got some pretty good info in NCID thread about the lock file NCID looks for to ignore the modem during dial in. It looks like the lock file isn't in /var/tmp in 6.3 where NCID expects it to be.

[dbl]

I am having a devil of a time trying to mount my tivo disk from my hr10-250 on my linux box. I'm trying to mount it so I can restore the original 6.3 /lib/modules files. I've tried using mfstools and the kazymyr boot cd, neither seems to be able to mount any partitions from the tivo disk. I've tried all the combinations of dma/nodma/byteswap/nobyteswap and vmlnodma/vmlinuz. I always either get the 'you must specify the filesystem type' message, or just an error. dmesg reports that it can see the partitions on the disk. What am I missing?

[dbl]

Nevermind that last message, I just noticed the boot cd image with lba48 support, that's got me going.

[Finnstang]

I noticed recently, that my cron job hasn't been running on my 6.3a HR10. It stopped running about 10 days ago, and I just got around to troubleshooting it today, so I thought I would post about it here is case someone else has the issue. I new it wasn't running since there were no regular updates to cronlog-main for fakecall and reboots, but there were also no updates to cron.test.out. The weird thing was that I could see that crond was running in the output from ps. So after searching a lot here and on DDB, I came across a post by AlphaWolf that said in order to run crond, you need to run the following commands:
echo "root:x:0:0:root:/:/bin/sh" >> /etc/passwd
echo "root:x:0:" >> /etc/group

So I checked on my 6.2 HDVR2, and these files were created with the proper info, but they did not exist on my 6.3a HR10. So I ran the two commands, and restarted crond, and now it is working again. Now why these two files got removed, I have no idea, but I thought I would post my experience so hopefully it may save some time for someone else.

ETA: I am not saying it is necessarily an issue with 6.3(a), just that it was on 6.3a when I noticed it happened.

[rbautch]

If you installed cron with the enhancement script, it created those files for you. Sounds like you didn't copy them over when you moved to 6.3.

[bbodin]

small problem. Just installed with the slicer, and fat fingered my router IP so got the following message. I haven't rebooted yet and still have telnet/ftp access.

Please enter a static IP address for your Tivo: Invalid IP address. Try again..
Please enter a static IP address for your Tivo: 192.168.1.40

Please enter the IP address of your router: Invalid IP address. Try again...
Please enter the IP address of your router: 192.165^H^H^[[D^H^H^H^H

Invalid IP address again! You'll need to edit your author file before rebooting

Your Tivo will be configured with the following network parameters:
IP address = 192.168.1.40
Router IP = 192.165
Are these values correct? [y/n]:
6.3a-01-2-357 installation is complete!!

Hit <enter> to reboot your TiVo and start using your new software,
or hit <cntrl-c> to exit and check things out first.

So where is the author file I need to edit? I looked at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author but it shows no changes from earlier
i.e.
#configure ethernet
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.40 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
sleep 100

[rbautch]

small problem. Just installed with the slicer, and fat fingered my router IP so got the following message. I haven't rebooted yet and still have telnet/ftp access.

Please enter a static IP address for your Tivo: Invalid IP address. Try again..
Please enter a static IP address for your Tivo: 192.168.1.40

Please enter the IP address of your router: Invalid IP address. Try again...
Please enter the IP address of your router: 192.165^H^H^[[D^H^H^H^H

Invalid IP address again! You'll need to edit your author file before rebooting

Your Tivo will be configured with the following network parameters:
IP address = 192.168.1.40
Router IP = 192.165
Are these values correct? [y/n]:
6.3a-01-2-357 installation is complete!!

Hit <enter> to reboot your TiVo and start using your new software,
or hit <cntrl-c> to exit and check things out first.

So where is the author file I need to edit? I looked at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author but it shows no changes from earlier
i.e.
#configure ethernet
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.40 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
sleep 100
Look in /install/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author

[Finnstang]

If you installed cron with the enhancement script, it created those files for you. Sounds like you didn't copy them over when you moved to 6.3.
I figured that the enhancement script takes care of this. I went to 6.3 with the slicer v1.3 and then to 6.3a with slicer v1.3a.

[aaronwt]

There's a slicer 1.3a?

[Finnstang]

1.3a was created once 6.3a slices were released because the 1.3 version didn't like the naming scheme of the slices and said it was invalid.

[nakedeye]

would anyone be so kind as to post up the 6.3 (or 6.3a) /lib/modules I dont care if they are stock or not, but I screwed up and somehow deleted over everything including the subfolders of 2.4.4 and kernel in that root. I am stuck at account closed and there is nothing I can do.

[tase2]

One of the directions I have read in "other" forums mention using add63.tcl script if no slices have been received. Has anyone heard of this script? Where does one find this add63.tcl script?

[nakedeye]

have fun

[rbautch]

Not good form to repost other peoples work. Please remove. This script will do exactly the same thing. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4403181#post4403181

[tase2]

Not good form to repost other peoples work. Please remove. This script will do exactly the same thing. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4403181#post4403181
Sorry I did not see that. Believe me I did do a search, thanks for the link.

[Dirac]

I think that was directed toward nakedeye posting someone else's script without credit.

[tase2]

I think that was directed toward nakedeye posting someone else's script without credit.
I know, but if I had seen the linked thread, I would not have posted the question.

[mr.unnatural]

Not good form to repost other peoples work. Please remove. This script will do exactly the same thing. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-v...181#post4403181
I'm not sure I follow why you consider it to be bad form, as I have never seen anyone complain about this practice. The poster is not taking any credit for developing the script. The same script was posted elsewhere in these forums but using the search feature with Vbulletin generally doesn't return hits for attached files, making it extremely difficult to locate threads that contain the original files for download.

Someone asked where they could find the script and he was kind enough to post it for the requestor. The script was originally posted with the intention of helping others and he was just passing it along to the requestor. If he was posting the file in another forum then I could see where you might have cause for complaint. As it stands, he was keeping the file in-house so I don't understand the beef.

I download files all the time from various forums and don't always remember where I got them from. I could either waste a lot of time searching for them myself, tell the requestor to do the same, or just re-post it and save everyone a lot of time and aggravation. If the requestor follows up with support questions then he's on his own as far as I'm concerned.

[rbautch]

I'm not sure I follow why you consider it to be bad form, as I have never seen anyone complain about this practice. The poster is not taking any credit for developing the script. The same script was posted elsewhere in these forums but using the search feature with Vbulletin generally doesn't return hits for attached files, making it extremely difficult to locate threads that contain the original files for download.

Someone asked where they could find the script and he was kind enough to post it for the requestor. The script was originally posted with the intention of helping others and he was just passing it along to the requestor. If he was posting the file in another forum then I could see where you might have cause for complaint. As it stands, he was keeping the file in-house so I don't understand the beef.

I download files all the time from various forums and don't always remember where I got them from. I could either waste a lot of time searching for them myself, tell the requestor to do the same, or just re-post it and save everyone a lot of time and aggravation. If the requestor follows up with support questions then he's on his own as far as I'm concerned.The script that was posted was NOT posted on TCF, it was posted on DDB. You obviously haven't been around long enough to know that ALL devleopers, including myself, do not like their work to be reposted anywhere other than the thread it was released in. What if Alphawolf wanted to update or enhance the script? Should he go looking for all the places where his work was redistributed?

[charlestwaters]

Well, after connectinvg to the TiVo via Serial Cable, I ran tivosh network.tcl xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. I could connect to it via Telnet and FTP, but not TWP. I tried to re-tweak.sh the TiVo, and when it tried to download the new file, it said it couldn't find the server, did I want to put in new address. I reput-in the router IP address, and still nothing. After about the 3rd reboot, now I can't even get Telneted back into the box via Serial.

I see flash by on the screen real quick during startup "etc/rc.d/sysinit.author file not found or not valid" (something to that effect). I take it I have to pull the drive out now and re-zipper it!? When I do that, do I have to go back to v3.5.1, or can I re-zipper the drive as v6.3.x?

[charlestwaters]

Anyone know what bugs v6.3a is fixing!?

[dancewithmice]

So, where do I get slicer 1.3a? I only see 1.3 advertised.

[rbautch]

Pretty sure if you download it, you'll get 1.3a.

[Runch Machine]

After upgrading to 6.3a using slicer 1.3a I am not sure if cron is working. In particular I can't tell if it is rebooting my Tivo so that the fakecall date takes effect and my Tivo won't try to call out.

The uptime shows over 3 days running. When does Cron reboot the Tivo? Is there another way to tell if cron is working? I thought that Cron is supposed to reboot Tivo twice each week.

[Markman07]

I think you can just run rbautch's script to make sure cron is setup if it isn't already

[rbautch]

After upgrading to 6.3a using slicer 1.3a I am not sure if cron is working. In particular I can't tell if it is rebooting my Tivo so that the fakecall date takes effect and my Tivo won't try to call out.

The uptime shows over 3 days running. When does Cron reboot the Tivo? Is there another way to tell if cron is working? I thought that Cron is supposed to reboot Tivo twice each week.Look at post 816 above.

[wmldwilly]

Did anyone else get the tivo service message last week that "an important software update is on the way", that went on to detail that Oct. 4 (it was that specific) was scheduled for the upgrade to 6.3? I took a shot of the screen if anyone is curious. (sorry for the cross-post)

[bxs122]

Just checking in to see if anyone else has experienced a reboot problem.

My HR10-250 has been functioning well having upgraded it to 6.3a then applying various hacks like 30 second skip, network access etc.

Last night in the middle of the football game (recording) the HR10-250 just reboots ... recording continues on reboot completion but I found this a bit disturbing.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a log file I can review?

[mr.unnatural]

The script that was posted was NOT posted on TCF, it was posted on DDB. You obviously haven't been around long enough to know that ALL devleopers, including myself, do not like their work to be reposted anywhere other than the thread it was released in. What if Alphawolf wanted to update or enhance the script? Should he go looking for all the places where his work was redistributed?
True, but the original link provided was still within this forum, which is what I was alluding to. There's no way to link to any thread from this forum to one over at DDB since the owner's here have installed censoring software to block out any such links to the other forum. Anyone that's been around for a while should realize that any script posted outside the original support thread may be outdated so it should be used with that in mind. Alphawolf has no responsibility for tracking down files posted elsewhere and should not have to support them. No one ever said he had to. I can't speak for ALL developers but I have known a few that have had no objections to having their files posted elsewhere.

[wmldwilly]

Please forgive this interruption and basic question, but I'm not finding a quick clear answer. I'm sure it's out there in pieces and parts or even complete buried somewhere but I just can't seem to zero in on it, especially with the HR10-250 and all the issues of v.3.1.5f or v6.3a. Can one of the resident experts on everything weigh in and true/false the following items? I promise it won't take one of the big shots more than 60 seconds:

With an HR10-250 you can:

1) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on another DirecTivo *that must also be hacked*

2) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on a Standalone Tivo *that must also be hacked*

3) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on a Standalone Tivo *that is NOT hacked, and has the standard Tivo MRV feature*

4) enable HMO, and use the HR10-250 DirecTivo to see media (music/photos/etc) published on your computers *with tivo software*, i.e. Tivo Desktop

5) enable HMO, and use the HR10-250 DirecTivo to see media (music/photos/etc) published on your computers *with other non Tivo software* i.e. various server apps and such not written/offered by tivo

6) NOT enable TTG in any way, and the ground will open up and swallow you if you try, or at least if you talk about it here. (wink wink) :D

Thank you Thank you a thousand times Thank you in advance.

[mkbruce]

Please forgive this interruption and basic question, but I'm not finding a quick clear answer. I'm sure it's out there in pieces and parts or even complete buried somewhere but I just can't seem to zero in on it, especially with the HR10-250 and all the issues of v.3.1.5f or v6.3a. Can one of the resident experts on everything weigh in and true/false the following items? I promise it won't take one of the big shots more than 60 seconds:

With an HR10-250 you can:

1) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on another DirecTivo *that must also be hacked*

2) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on a Standalone Tivo *that must also be hacked*

3) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on a Standalone Tivo *that is NOT hacked, and has the standard Tivo MRV feature*

4) enable HMO, and use the HR10-250 DirecTivo to see media (music/photos/etc) published on your computers *with tivo software*, i.e. Tivo Desktop

5) enable HMO, and use the HR10-250 DirecTivo to see media (music/photos/etc) published on your computers *with other non Tivo software* i.e. various server apps and such not written/offered by tivo

6) NOT enable TTG in any way, and the ground will open up and swallow you if you try, or at least if you talk about it here. (wink wink) :D

Thank you Thank you a thousand times Thank you in advance.

6. is closest to reality at this point. As far as I know, hacks to enable MRV or MHO have not been found yet. Enabling HMO looks promising, but MRV does not.

Note: TivoToGo is a completely different function than HMO and MRV and does not work on ANY DirecTiVo. It is only for standalones.

[rvaniwaa]

6. is closest to reality at this point. As far as I know, hacks to enable MRV or MHO have not been found yet. Enabling HMO looks promising, but MRV does not.

Note: TivoToGo is a completely different function than HMO and MRV and does not work on ANY DirecTiVo. It is only for standalones.

There are hints that MRV may be available. I have also heard that some feel that the 6.3 software is based off of the 7.2 software which may mean TTG may be in the software and, so, may be enabled. This also may lead to the HME availability/enabling...

--Ron

[rbautch]

I can't speak for ALL developers but I have known a few that have had no objections to having their files posted elsewhere.Alphwolf is not one of those developers. Ask him on DDB. I dare you.

[mr.unnatural]

Alphwolf is not one of those developers. Ask him on DDB. I dare you.

I never said he was. In fact, I know he is quite the opposite. However, I'm sure he would have no problem if someone linked to the support thread at DDB that contained the original file. Unfortunately, this cannot be done here for the reasons I stated previously.

Fact is, there have been numerous sites that have cropped up over the years that have contained files from virtually all of the Tivo hack developers. I know of at least one of them that still exists today. This was a convenient place where everyone could access said files instead of trying to ferret them out from thousands of posts. I don't seem to recall any of the developers complaining about their files being posted on these sites, although that doesn't mean some of them didn't (no doubt Riley was one of them). Fortunately, DDB has set up a forum where files and scripts are posted so one doesn't have to waste endless hours using a limited search engine that will not turn up hits for attached files.

The point is, developers create files for use by the rank and file. Is is really that big of a deal if the file gets posted on some other Tivo related site? The target audience is esentially still the same. I'm all for giving credit to the developer who created the file, as they amply deserve it.

OTOH, if said files come with a disclaimer indicating that they are not to be posted elsewhere then that's another ball of wax entirely. Most files are not accompanied by a readme file or other disclaimer regarding distribution rights. Now, if the original support thread where the file was downloaded contains this info then I would have to agree that it should not have been posted here or anywhere else without permission from the author.

If the authors are really that concerned about it then they should consider including a readme file with the zip file that contains the script. Unfortunately, this almost never happens and they expect anyone that downloads the file must know what their wishes are through some sort of mental telepathy. Once the file has been separated from the support thread the disclaimer disappears and no one knows what the wishes of the author truly are.

[tivoupgrade]

I never said he was. In fact, I know he is quite the opposite. However, I'm sure he would have no problem if someone linked to the support thread at DDB that contained the original file. Unfortunately, this cannot be done here for the reasons I stated previously.

Fact is, there have been numerous sites that have cropped up over the years that have contained files from virtually all of the Tivo hack developers. I know of at least one of them that still exists today. This was a convenient place where everyone could access said files instead of trying to ferret them out from thousands of posts. I don't seem to recall any of the developers complaining about their files being posted on these sites, although that doesn't mean some of them didn't (no doubt Riley was one of them). Fortunately, DDB has set up a forum where files and scripts are posted so one doesn't have to waste endless hours using a limited search engine that will not turn up hits for attached files.

The point is, developers create files for use by the rank and file. Is is really that big of a deal if the file gets posted on some other Tivo related site? The target audience is esentially still the same. I'm all for giving credit to the developer who created the file, as they amply deserve it.

OTOH, if said files come with a disclaimer indicating that they are not to be posted elsewhere then that's another ball of wax entirely. Most files are not accompanied by a readme file or other disclaimer regarding distribution rights. Now, if the original support thread where the file was downloaded contains this info then I would have to agree that it should not have been posted here or anywhere else without permission from the author.

If the authors are really that concerned about it then they should consider including a readme file with the zip file that contains the script. Unfortunately, this almost never happens and they expect anyone that downloads the file must know what their wishes are through some sort of mental telepathy. Once the file has been separated from the support thread the disclaimer disappears and no one knows what the wishes of the author truly are.

Will have to disagree with most of what you just said. Most of the developers, if not all of them, do not want to see their stuff distributed and would rather see links back to the support threads or the 'home' for that particular utility. None of us what to see old versions of our stuff floating around and we like to maintain a single repository for readme, release notes, etc that live in a dynamic environment. These tools are not released in a way that they are intended to be distributed, in fact, when you see a tool that is 'attached' to a post, its done that way with the specific intention of people reading and interacting in that environment, not simply downloading and redistributing the attachment, which will inevitably become out of date.

Remember, when folks release stuff like this, its not in a 'corporate' context and although it would be nice if things were spelled out clearly, its never that way. Its just like 'netiquette' - you learn it over time, and although everyone has different preferences and styles, there is a basic code of conduct that goes along with referencing/distributing this type of stuff.

To put the owness on the authors to do more than they are already doing is not cool - we should be thankful for their contributions, whatever they may be; not start holding them accountable in ways that just makes more work for them. In most cases, these contributions are free and many of the ways people might use or implement that work is unforeseen (for example, the discussion of the The Slicer, in this context. Not something I had anticipated, nor had planned for...).

With that said, the fact that TCF doesn't allow links to DDB is unfortunate, but its a reality, and it has been known and there have been workarounds to that for years... but that does not change the code of conduct with respect to the authors. Just in how information is communicated here.

[rrr22777]

I have a PTVNet, Instantcake upgraded tivo on which I used version 1.1 of Slicer to get 6.3. Since then I have no networking or serial access. Can I pull the drives out and use the current version of Zipper to get the networking and tivoweb back? I am assuming I only have to pull out Drive A and that I will not loose any recordings.

[jjn]

Please forgive this interruption and basic question, but I'm not finding a quick clear answer. I'm sure it's out there in pieces and parts or even complete buried somewhere but I just can't seem to zero in on it, especially with the HR10-250 and all the issues of v.3.1.5f or v6.3a. Can one of the resident experts on everything weigh in and true/false the following items? I promise it won't take one of the big shots more than 60 seconds:

With an HR10-250 you can:

1) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on another DirecTivo *that must also be hacked*

2) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on a Standalone Tivo *that must also be hacked*

3) enable MRV, and stream a show to OR watch a show on a Standalone Tivo *that is NOT hacked, and has the standard Tivo MRV feature*

4) enable HMO, and use the HR10-250 DirecTivo to see media (music/photos/etc) published on your computers *with tivo software*, i.e. Tivo Desktop

5) enable HMO, and use the HR10-250 DirecTivo to see media (music/photos/etc) published on your computers *with other non Tivo software* i.e. various server apps and such not written/offered by tivo

6) NOT enable TTG in any way, and the ground will open up and swallow you if you try, or at least if you talk about it here. (wink wink) :D

Thank you Thank you a thousand times Thank you in advance.

1.) This can be done, look on the other forum.

[rbautch]

I have a PTVNet, Instantcake upgraded tivo on which I used version 1.1 of Slicer to get 6.3. Since then I have no networking or serial access. Can I pull the drives out and use the current version of Zipper to get the networking and tivoweb back? I am assuming I only have to pull out Drive A and that I will not loose any recordings.. You can run Zipper on your 6.3 tivo without losing recordings, but first read the caveats here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4414817&&#post4414817 Before you begin, I suggest mounting your root filesystem, and making a backup of your /platform/etc/hotplug/usb.map file, and then restoring it after the Zipper runs. The net effect will be to ignore the changes that Zipper makes to that file. What adapter to you have?

[rrr22777]

. You can run Zipper on your 6.3 tivo without losing recordings, but first read the caveats here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4414817&&#post4414817 Before you begin, I suggest mounting your root filesystem, and making a backup of your /platform/etc/hotplug/usb.map file, and then restoring it after the Zipper runs. The net effect will be to ignore the changes that Zipper makes to that file. What adapter to you have?

Thank you rbautch. I have the USB200M version 1 adapter. The root filesystem is on Drive A right? Can I run your Enhancement script as well? I like the changes to Tivoweb that the script makes.

[mr.unnatural]

Will have to disagree with most of what you just said. Most of the developers, if not all of them, do not want to see their stuff distributed and would rather see links back to the support threads or the 'home' for that particular utility. None of us what to see old versions of our stuff floating around and we like to maintain a single repository for readme, release notes, etc that live in a dynamic environment. These tools are not released in a way that they are intended to be distributed, in fact, when you see a tool that is 'attached' to a post, its done that way with the specific intention of people reading and interacting in that environment, not simply downloading and redistributing the attachment, which will inevitably become out of date.

Remember, when folks release stuff like this, its not in a 'corporate' context and although it would be nice if things were spelled out clearly, its never that way. Its just like 'netiquette' - you learn it over time, and although everyone has different preferences and styles, there is a basic code of conduct that goes along with referencing/distributing this type of stuff.

To put the owness on the authors to do more than they are already doing is not cool - we should be thankful for their contributions, whatever they may be; not start holding them accountable in ways that just makes more work for them. In most cases, these contributions are free and many of the ways people might use or implement that work is unforeseen (for example, the discussion of the The Slicer, in this context. Not something I had anticipated, nor had planned for...).

With that said, the fact that TCF doesn't allow links to DDB is unfortunate, but its a reality, and it has been known and there have been workarounds to that for years... but that does not change the code of conduct with respect to the authors. Just in how information is communicated here.
First of all, let me say that I'm not disagreeing with the position both Russ and tivoupgrade have stated about posting files outside of the original support threads. I fully agree that the authors should not have to spread themselves thin supporting outdated files, not that I ever implied that they should. Besides, the file in question has a specific use and is something that probably won't get updated unless there's a 6.3b OS version in the works, which sounds like it could be a real possibility (here's hoping).

Not being able to link to DDB creates a catch22 situation for many users here. You can be coy and hint about the location of a file posted at DDB and if the individual is lucky they may actually find it. Fortunately, DDB has set up a repository for files which does make it easier to locate them. There is usually a link within the post that will take them to the associated support thread.

I won't belabor the issue any further and will let this topic die. Peace. We now take you back to our regularly scheduled thread. :D

[Swytch]

Hello all...

I've been meaning to hack my HR10-250 DTivo for some time now, I had messed with it earlier this year, and got all the info together, ready for me to sit down and do it, but now I am finally planning on starting the process this Thursday...

I decided to check back on the forums here to make sure I had all the info I needed, and its a good thing I did, cause I stumbled across this thread.

I do not have a phone line, and have not had one plugged in since i took it to a friends house for initial setup to make a call... I have been ignoring the "please make a daily call" error screen for over 250 days now... I am very interested in this 6.3 upgrade, as currently menu browsing is dirt slow.

anyways, I was hoping someone could give me some guidance on how I should proceed to hack my Tivo... I would like to end up with a hacked 6.3. really the only thing I am looking to get out of hacking is being able to archive recordings onto my desktop, and maybe a bufferhack to enable longer buffer recordings (any reccomendations on other hacks i should be sure to get would be appreciated as i don't really know what is out there)...

I'm not sure what my options for upgrading to 6.3 are, but i figured i would just take the box over to my parents house tomorrow and plug it into the phone line, unless this isn't necessary....

I would like to stay away from the zipper so i can understand the hacks more and get more customization, and not install hacks i don't want/need.

any help on my best approach would be greatly appreciated, let me know if you need any more information on my situation,

Thanks,
Swytch

[gerryger]

Upgraded to 6.3a and everything has been fine for about a week now. I'm just checking out a few things (to learn and see how everything works).

I took a peek at my rc.sysinit.author file and noticed that an entry for "set environmental variables" is left blank.

export TIVO_ROOT=

there is no value listed there. I know it is dev/hda4. Should I add it there or leave well enough alone since eveything is running fine.

[Finnstang]

Look at post 816 above.
If my post can help just one wayward soul, then I have done what I came to do. :cool:

[rrr22777]

I finally have serial access. Since I have USB200M version 1 I thought network would work after I run netconfig.tcl from rc.sysinit.author. After doing so and reboot several times the lights on the adapter are not working. Since I had used PTVnet I have some scripts under /init that do insmod. Do I remove them?

[rbautch]

I finally have serial access. Since I have USB200M version 1 I thought network would work after I run netconfig.tcl from rc.sysinit.author. After doing so and reboot several times the lights on the adapter are not working. Since I had used PTVnet I have some scripts under /init that do insmod. Do I remove them?Yes, remove them.

[Runch Machine]

Does anyone know where the lock file is located that is used by the modem? There was a change in 6.3a from the 3.15f version which causes a conflict between the usage of the modem by the Tivo software and the caller ID program ncidd.

For more information on the problem, see the Network Caller ID thread at:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-v...69&goto=newpost

[MisterEd]

I need to reinstall crond and all related settings, directories etc. I have 6.3a. If I run the script and ignore everything except cron will I be OK? Is there an option that ignores changing any network settings when the script is run?

[mskreis]

If my post can help just one wayward soul, then I have done what I came to do. :cool:

OK. I've patched both copies of fakecall and made the changes described above. crond is running and fakecall works from the shell. Updates are occurring in cronlog-main and test.

I am not getting an entry for fakecall in cronlog-main like I used to get. Also, when I check phone settings a succussful call is being made daily at about midnight. I'm not convinced that fakecall is working as it is supposed to. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[rbautch]

I need to reinstall crond and all related settings, directories etc. I have 6.3a. If I run the script and ignore everything except cron will I be OK? Is there an option that ignores changing any network settings when the script is run?The script only prompts you to set network params in MFS if they're not already set. No need to ignore anything except the USB driver install.

[rrr22777]

Yes, remove them.

That did the trick. Thank you. So anyone else using v1 of USB200M adaptor do a chmod 600 /init/011* to stop insmod.

[Lord Vader]

Gents:

Two things here...

1.) I was at my old man's yesterday afternoon to ftp and run add63.tcl on his HR10-250, which didn't yet get the 6.3a upgrade. I successfully ran the script after ftping it to his unit and got the response that says "if the slices are still in the stream, you will receive them at the next 2AM download" (or something like that).

2.) While I was at it, I ran the Showcases.tcl script on this Zippered unit, as he wanted Showcases and yellow stars (this allows him to watch the weekly NFL highlight downloads). That ran OK as well, giving the message "Showcases will begin tomorrow."

My father this afternoon did the "echo mls /SwSystem | tivosh" thing and his unit still says 3.1.5f. No 6.3a. Also, his showcases didn't show up this morning.

So, I thought I'd check with the masses here to see if the unit should have been rebooted manually after these two scripts were uploaded and run? If that didn't matter, was his not receiving the 6.3a upgrade a result of the slices no longer being available, or should he not expect them for a couple days after the add63 script is run? Just wondering.

[otamcnet]

This may help, maybe not?

I never got SC myself. I did the zipper straight onto new HD's and never did the initial daily call. I never got the SC's. After doing a daily call in via the network in prep to get the 6.3 slices, I started to receive the SC's. Since the initial daily call never occured, some software from dtv/tivo never got loaded. When I did that daily call, I did see software downloading (actually it took quite awhile even through eth), did some updates and SC's were then available. Like I said, this may or may not help. BTW, I got the 6.3 slices the next night.

Gents:

Two things here...

1.) I was at my old man's yesterday afternoon to ftp and run add63.tcl on his HR10-250, which didn't yet get the 6.3a upgrade. I successfully ran the script after ftping it to his unit and got the response that says "if the slices are still in the stream, you will receive them at the next 2AM download" (or something like that).

2.) While I was at it, I ran the Showcases.tcl script on this Zippered unit, as he wanted Showcases and yellow stars (this allows him to watch the weekly NFL highlight downloads). That ran OK as well, giving the message "Showcases will begin tomorrow."

My father this afternoon did the "echo mls /SwSystem | tivosh" thing and his unit still says 3.1.5f. No 6.3a. Also, his showcases didn't show up this morning.

So, I thought I'd check with the masses here to see if the unit should have been rebooted manually after these two scripts were uploaded and run? If that didn't matter, was his not receiving the 6.3a upgrade a result of the slices no longer being available, or should he not expect them for a couple days after the add63 script is run? Just wondering.

[Lord Vader]

Hmmm...I thought this script precluded having to force a daily call.

[Runch Machine]

I am not sure Cron is functioning and there is no cronlog in the /var/log directory. Is there a way to see if Cron is working? Where is the log file for Cron located? I have two Tivos, one has it working and I can see the log, the other, which I hacked just after the Zipper was released for HD Tivo, is the one I can't fine the cron log for.

Should I run tweak.sh again to install cron? If so, should I run tweak-uninstall first?

[mskreis]

I am not sure Cron is functioning and there is no cronlog in the /var/log directory. Is there a way to see if Cron is working? Where is the log file for Cron located? I have two Tivos, one has it working and I can see the log, the other, which I hacked just after the Zipper was released for HD Tivo, is the one I can't fine the cron log for.

Should I run tweak.sh again to install cron? If so, should I run tweak-uninstall first?

The command "ps" will list all running processes.

[Finnstang]

OK. I've patched both copies of fakecall and made the changes described above. crond is running and fakecall works from the shell. Updates are occurring in cronlog-main and test.

I am not getting an entry for fakecall in cronlog-main like I used to get. Also, when I check phone settings a succussful call is being made daily at about midnight. I'm not convinced that fakecall is working as it is supposed to. Any suggestions?

Thanks
So, you see crond running when you do a ps, you see output for every five minutes in cron.test.out, and you see other entries in cronlog-main, but just not fakecall? If that is the case, I would type root from bash and check to make sure fakecall is there and try running the command that cron is running but from the bash prompt. Also, open the two files from my post #816 in this thread and make sure the proper info is in them.

[rbautch]

That did the trick. Thank you. So anyone else using v1 of USB200M adaptor do a chmod 600 /init/011* to stop insmod.Great. That file needs to be disabled for all PTVnet users no matter what adapter you use. The Slicer disables it by renaming it.

[n6mon]

OK, I THINK that I did something stupid. I took the drive out of my
TiVo and made a backup, prepatory to doing the 6.3a upgrade. When
I put in back in, I forgot to change the drive select jumper back to
master from slave.

It hung at the powering up screen. I realized what I had done, so I
unplugged the TiVo, reset the jumper to master and powered it back up.

That was 30 minutes ago and it is still sitting at the powering up
screen.

Did having the jumper in the wrong place trash the disk?

I have not tried the backup disk yet, just in case their may be
something else wrong.

[Finnstang]

I'd crack it back open and make sure all the cables are seated securely. Having the jumper in the wrong position has never messed up a drive for me.

[jkrell]

Hey all --

What are my options if I do not have the slices in MFS and the script to force the download isn't working?

[n6mon]

Drive need to be set to CS vs Master. Reset jumper and it works.

Now a new problem. Tried to run slicer 1.3 and got the following:

==============================================

Great! Here we go...

Your root filesystem partition is hda7
Your kernel partition is hda6
Your alternate root filesystem partition is hda4
Your alternate kernel partition is hda3

6.3a-01-2-357 software slices are correctly loaded and ready to install.
Hit <enter> to continue, or <cntrl-c> to exit:

Checking your system for required utilities...
find is not present
find not found, exiting...
================================================
Is "find" a command that it is looking for? If so, where do I locate it?

[rbautch]

Drive need to be set to CS vs Master. Reset jumper and it works.

Now a new problem. Tried to run slicer 1.3 and got the following:

==============================================

Great! Here we go...

Your root filesystem partition is hda7
Your kernel partition is hda6
Your alternate root filesystem partition is hda4
Your alternate kernel partition is hda3

6.3a-01-2-357 software slices are correctly loaded and ready to install.
Hit <enter> to continue, or <cntrl-c> to exit:

Checking your system for required utilities...
find is not present
find not found, exiting...
================================================
Is "find" a command that it is looking for? If so, where do I locate it?
Get it from AlphaWolf's all-in-on utilities on DDB.

[mchahn]

I messed up my season passes by using TWP on the new 6.3.

I heard on some board that doing a delete-everything fixed a unit and didn't disturb the hacks. I also heard that manually removing the season passes and record-requests that were entered with TWP would fix the problem.

Combining the two facts above led me to believe that if I did the reset option "Clear program information & To Do List" would repair my unit while leaving my recordings intact.

When I did this reset option my unit rebooted and came up with a screen that says "Clearing program information & To Do List... This may take up to an hour".

This screen has been up for two hours now with no change. Should I be worried? I cannot telnet in with ethernet, but I can with serial. The number of processes running is quite low and no hacks are running.

Is it possible that hacks or the screwed up season passes could be locking up the standard TiVo reset software?

[n6mon]

OK, got the files I need and 6.3a installed with slicer and the hacks seem to have held. One problem, when I try to have TyTools 10r4 get a list of programs, the server windows responds with:

invalid attribute: TimeZone
while executing
"dbobj $setup get TimeZone"
invoked from within
"set setuptz [dbobj $setup get TimeZone]"
("uplevel" body line 5)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
set setup [db $db open /Setup]

# set defrecquality [dbobj $setup get RecordQuality]
set setuptz [dbobj $setu
(procedure "init_db" line 45)
invoked from within
"init_db"
invoked from within
"if { $arg0 == "DELETE" } {

# puts "\r\ndelete string: $arg1\r\n"

set ok 1
foreach record [split $arg1 " ,"] {
# puts "record: $record\r\n"
..."
(file "./NowShowing.tcl" line 458)

[ssalerno]

I just formatted back to 3.1.5 with instacake and ptvnet, the 7.2.2 kernel did not work...I think I did something wrong though, as it locked up and wouldn't continue, I figure at this point its best to wait for slicer 1.12 or later.
how can you tell which kernel you are running is there a linux command?

[cheer]

how can you tell which kernel you are running is there a linux command?
uname -rBut that will only tell you the Linux version, not the Tivo software version.

[ssalerno]

uname -rBut that will only tell you the Linux version, not the Tivo software version.
ok I copied my kernel to 7.22 but when I type in:

{/var/tmp}% uname -r


i get:

2.4.20

is this what I should get if I am running the 7.2.2 kernel?

[solsurfer]

Still no slices for me. :-( I guess I'll wait a week and try again. Box has been on in the LA area for about 3 days now.

It's been about 2 weeks now and still no slices. Is this normal? Or maybe it needs a phone line to receive?

[mskreis]

I messed up my season passes by using TWP on the new 6.3.

I heard on some board that doing a delete-everything fixed a unit and didn't disturb the hacks. I also heard that manually removing the season passes and record-requests that were entered with TWP would fix the problem.

Combining the two facts above led me to believe that if I did the reset option "Clear program information & To Do List" would repair my unit while leaving my recordings intact.

When I did this reset option my unit rebooted and came up with a screen that says "Clearing program information & To Do List... This may take up to an hour".

This screen has been up for two hours now with no change. Should I be worried? I cannot telnet in with ethernet, but I can with serial. The number of processes running is quite low and no hacks are running.

Is it possible that hacks or the screwed up season passes could be locking up the standard TiVo reset software?


I recently did the same thing. I took my unit well over 2 hours to complete.

[ronkuba]

1.) This can be done, look on the other forum.
Please tell me more. As far as I can tell MRV not possible yet with 6.3

[bladec]

Need some help please.

I've upgraded to 6.3a via the Slicer and most things are working well. HOwever, I can't get networking to work. Have a Netgear FA120 and both lights are lit. Also, any attempt at a Tivo call causes the machine to reboot.

I can serial into the machine and have tried the suggestions from rbautch and others, but perhaps I have missed something.

Any ideas?

[bladec]

My rc.sysinit.author file didn't have the "ifconfig" nor "route add" lines in it, not sure why. Tivo still reboots when call is placed, but I think I've seen comments that it is due to Caller ID....will try disabling that next.

[rbautch]

My rc.sysinit.author file didn't have the "ifconfig" nor "route add" lines in it, not sure why. Tivo still reboots when call is placed, but I think I've seen comments that it is due to Caller ID....will try disabling that next.It's not supposed to have those lines because the slicer removed them. Did you pick an IP address in the same subnet as your router? Did your tivo automatically reboot after the first time to booted to the new software? See the original post in this thread for more troubleshooting steps.

[dave3]

I have updated to 6.3a using the the other forums method, not slicer, and I must not have copied my hacks over properly. The tivo boots, I have 30 sec skip hack working but no network capabilities.

I got a bash via serial and checked the boot log, as rc.sysinit.author executes all my hack files are showing up as file not found.

Can i transfer the files via the serial bash prompt? And how do I do that with tera term?

Forget it I found out that i must enter rz to tell tivo to receive via zmodem.

[wmldwilly]

Well, having seemingly got past the hurdles and made it to a zippered 500g HR10-250,
and noting that mere hours after zippering and getting the box back together the 6.3a slices showed up of the sat (good timing!), I've just run the slicer and am looking at the "Preparing the service update...this may take up to an hour" screen immediately following the "powering up" screen.

I'll let y'all know how i make out.

In the meantime, I haven't seen much about superpatch and bufferhack. Are they perhaps caught up with 6.3a on the HR10-250 already? Superpatch was 6.7 if I remember correctly.

[bladec]

It's not supposed to have those lines because the slicer removed them. Did you pick an IP address in the same subnet as your router? Did your tivo automatically reboot after the first time to booted to the new software? See the original post in this thread for more troubleshooting steps.

rbautch, got it working, tks! Had to disable CallerID for the moment, though, to keep it from rebooting when it tries to call out. Will watch forum for corrective action on that front.

[Finnstang]

In the meantime, I haven't seen much about superpatch and bufferhack. Are they perhaps caught up with 6.3a on the HR10-250 already? Superpatch was 6.7 if I remember correctly.
There is no specific superpatch for 6.3 yet, but but there are hacks to the tivoapp to disable encryption, enable 30 sec skip, and enable backdoors. These are posted in this thread already. There is also a bufferhack, but I'm not sure if I have seen it listed here or not. I have definitely seen it over at DDB.

[mr.unnatural]

The superpatch essentially rolls all available tivoapp patches into one program, hence the name. Previous versions of the superpatch have also included patches for HMO and MRV. The jury is still out with regards to either of these options being available in the code for 6.3a but there are people looking into it as we speak. I haven't seen any sign of NutKase for quite a while over at DDB so I'm not sure who would be picking up the reigns to develop the latest superpatch should these functions be available.

[100Tbps]

Hello everyone,

I've been trying to compile some notes to document the steps required to successfully upgrade. I was hoping others could chip in for the post-upgrade workarounds to make sure the list is complete, then we could make this a standalone post / sticky for others to leverage.

Regarding the upgrade to 6.3a itself:
http://downloads.ptvupgrade.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=S2-SLICER&Category_Code=
Buy the slicer

http://tivo.hobby-site.org/forum/thread/13403/?page=1
How to use the slicer

Since there seems to be a problem with fakecall, after the upgrade, do this
In the file: /enhancements/fakecall.itcl
Edit this line:
dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7

So it reads as this instead:
try { dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 } catch junk { }

To implement the daily call over Ethernet, do this:
Edit /etc/rc.d/StageD_PreMfs/rc.Sequence_150.CheckForDebug.sh
change:
export DEBUG_BOARD=false
to:
export DEBUG_BOARD=true
then reboot for the change to take effect.

So my questions are as follows:
- I've read there is a fakecall.tcl in /busybox in addition to /enhancements. Is the workaround above required in both files?
- If fakecall gets the edit above, should fakecall still be commented out of the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author file? I'm not sure what the exact problem is with fakecall or if it's invoked from somewhere else.
- I've read about caller-id problems but I'm not clear on if anything is required to fix something or if things work ok on their own.
- Is the edit for /tvbin/installSw.itcl file still needed before starting or does the slicer take care of this?
change:
exec /var/utils/updateroot /dev/hda /install /var/packages >&@ stdout
to:
exec /var/utils/updateroot /dev/hda /install /var/packages $name >&@ stdout

And also change
this: reboot
to: exit 0

Thanks in advance for the suggested edits and tips!

[rbautch]

Hello everyone,

I've been trying to compile some notes to document the steps required to successfully upgrade. I was hoping others could chip in for the post-upgrade workarounds to make sure the list is complete, then we could make this a standalone post / sticky for others to leverage.

Regarding the upgrade to 6.3a itself:
http://downloads.ptvupgrade.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=S2-SLICER&Category_Code=
Buy the slicer

http://tivo.hobby-site.org/forum/thread/13403/?page=1
How to use the slicer

Since there seems to be a problem with fakecall, after the upgrade, do this
In the file: /enhancements/fakecall.itcl
Edit this line:
dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7

So it reads as this instead:
try { dbobj $ssobj set Complete 7 } catch junk { }

To implement the daily call over Ethernet, do this:
Edit /etc/rc.d/StageD_PreMfs/rc.Sequence_150.CheckForDebug.sh
change:
export DEBUG_BOARD=false
to:
export DEBUG_BOARD=true
then reboot for the change to take effect.

So my questions are as follows:
- I've read there is a fakecall.tcl in /busybox in addition to /enhancements. Is the workaround above required in both files?
- If fakecall gets the edit above, should fakecall still be commented out of the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author file? I'm not sure what the exact problem is with fakecall or if it's invoked from somewhere else.
- I've read about caller-id problems but I'm not clear on if anything is required to fix something or if things work ok on their own.
- Is the edit for /tvbin/installSw.itcl file still needed before starting or does the slicer take care of this?
change:
exec /var/utils/updateroot /dev/hda /install /var/packages >&@ stdout
to:
exec /var/utils/updateroot /dev/hda /install /var/packages $name >&@ stdout

And also change
this: reboot
to: exit 0

Thanks in advance for the suggested edits and tips!Not sure we need another thread added to this madness, but it looks like you've done your homework. There's no reason fakecall.tcl should be removed from your author file - just edit it, and your good to go. Nothing is required to fix caller ID if you don't intend for your tivo make regular calls to the mothership. Since you're using fakcall, I assume your plan is not to make the calls. I can't think of a reason anyone would want to anyway. Slicer edits your installSw.itcl file.

[100Tbps]

Not sure we need another thread added to this madness, but it looks like you've done your homework. There's no reason fakecall.tcl should be removed from your author file - just edit it, and your good to go. Nothing is required to fix caller ID if you don't intend for your tivo make regular calls to the mothership. Since you're using fakcall, I assume your plan is not to make the calls. I can't think of a reason anyone would want to anyway. Slicer edits your installSw.itcl file.

Awesome - thanks! I was hoping to make calls over ethernet (if at all) but like the caller-id displayed on-screen. I guess I'll try all of this and document anything extra required back in this thread. I really appreciate the assistance!

Edit: Slicer worked fine and I modified the /etc/rc.d/StageD_PreMfs/rc.Sequence_150.CheckForDebug.sh file, but trying to connect to the DVR service resulted in a reboot. My ,#401 was still resident from before I upgraded. I realize fakecall will prevent calls and thus protect me from rebooting when I don't want to, but is there anything I should check? I don't see the routes present (to comment out) in rc.sysinit.author like I had with 3.1.

Edit 2: Forgot to ask about this - the slicer told me to run /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh to re-establish your symlinks in var. I didn't do this yet. Should I? Sorry, I'm a total *NIX noob and now things look ok so I'm even more nervous to mess with things. Thanks again!

[Finnstang]

Edit 2: Forgot to ask about this - the slicer told me to run /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh to re-establish your symlinks in var. I didn't do this yet. Should I? Sorry, I'm a total *NIX noob and now things look ok so I'm even more nervous to mess with things. Thanks again!
If you type root at the bash prompt, what do you get? If it isn't your crond file, then run the var-symlinks.sh script.

[rbautch]

Edit: Slicer worked fine and I modified the /etc/rc.d/StageD_PreMfs/rc.Sequence_150.CheckForDebug.sh file, but trying to connect to the DVR service resulted in a reboot. My ,#401 was still resident from before I upgraded. I realize fakecall will prevent calls and thus protect me from rebooting when I don't want to, but is there anything I should check? I don't see the routes present (to comment out) in rc.sysinit.author like I had with 3.1.This is a known issue with the NCID callerID app. Check the NCID thread for more info, but the simple answer is to not let your tivo dial in.

[Marc]

I saw someone on DDB had a probelem with their account being "inactive" (not closed), and fixed it with a new smart card.
I'm running into the same problem. I checked over there and saw a subsequent follow up that a new smart card didn't fix the problem for them after all.

Is there anything for those of us encountering the problem where our DVR functionality goes "inactive", recordings get cancelled with error 81, or the machine starts complaining that the access card isn't inserted that should try to solve this problem?

[100Tbps]

If you type root at the bash prompt, what do you get? If it isn't your crond file, then run the var-symlinks.sh script.

When I typed root at the prompt, I received an error:
Couldn't open '/tivo-bin/etc/joerc'

Not believing this was expected output, ran the script, rebooted, and tried again but received the same error. Things don't appear to be broken, but then again, I'm not quite sure how to assess if things are correct. I tried to determine the owner of the root file, but it's 0?

tivo-hd-TiVo# pwd
/var/spool/cron/crontabs
tivo-hd-TiVo# ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 1024 May 17 19:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 1024 May 17 19:09 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2424 May 17 19:09 root

[Finnstang]

If you can go to /var/spool/cron/crontabs, then the symlinks are OK. The /var/spool/cron directory is a symlink to /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron. I believe others have complained about joe not working in 6.3(a), but I wouldn't know...I use vi. Not sure about the owner and group being 0s. Mine are root.


ETA: I just typed joe at bash on my HR10 (6.3a), and I get the same error.

[Gunnyman]

I'm running into the same problem. I checked over there and saw a subsequent follow up that a new smart card didn't fix the problem for them after all.

Is there anything for those of us encountering the problem where our DVR functionality goes "inactive", recordings get cancelled with error 81, or the machine starts complaining that the access card isn't inserted that should try to solve this problem?

Marc, have you called DTV? this is usually a problem on their end.

[Marc]

Marc, have you called DTV? this is usually a problem on their end.
No, I haven't because it coincides with the Slicer-installed 6.3a upgrade and because other people with hacked HR10's have seen this problem.

Well, that's not entirely true. I did call DirecTV and enter the magic extension number (x721) to have it redownload the authorization to my box and I watched it go from not-authorized to authorized back to not-authorized a couple minutes later. Since removing the access card and reinserting it fixes the problem temporarily, it does lead me to believe that it's a problem with my machine. If, for example, I have some sort of incompatible driver, it could interfere with the smart card processing.

I did see someone else say that they needed a fresh set of files for lib/modules as that was related to their problems, so that's why I'm thinking it's got something to do with that.

[Gunnyman]

ok I'm rather out of touch with this discussion since I don't have an HD Tivo. Sorry about that.

[rbautch]

No, I haven't because it coincides with the Slicer-installed 6.3a upgrade and because other people with hacked HR10's have seen this problem.

Well, that's not entirely true. I did call DirecTV and enter the magic extension number (x721) to have it redownload the authorization to my box and I watched it go from not-authorized to authorized back to not-authorized a couple minutes later. Since removing the access card and reinserting it fixes the problem temporarily, it does lead me to believe that it's a problem with my machine. If, for example, I have some sort of incompatible driver, it could interfere with the smart card processing.

I did see someone else say that they needed a fresh set of files for lib/modules as that was related to their problems, so that's why I'm thinking it's got something to do with that.Several users reported eperiencing the "account closed" problem when they mistakenly copied their entire /lib/modules directory from their old 3.1.5f partition to their new 6.3 root filesystem partition. Is this what you did?

[Marc]

Several users reported eperiencing the "account closed" problem when they mistakenly copied their entire /lib/modules directory from their old 3.1.5f partition to their new 6.3 root filesystem partition. Is this what you did?
Good question. I didn't do anything, at least not specifically. I ran Slicer 1.3a and it did stuff. Unfortunately, I don't know what it did and if it did something bad in that respect.

[rbautch]

Good question. I didn't do anything, at least not specifically. I ran Slicer 1.3a and it did stuff. Unfortunately, I don't know what it did and if it did something bad in that respect.Nah, it doesn't mess with /lib/modules. You best option may be to call Directv.

[Marc]

Nah, it doesn't mess with /lib/modules. You best option may be to call Directv.
Now I'm scared. Over at the other forum, the guy with the same problem got a new access card and it made his problem worse. :(

[rbautch]

If you don't have shows you want to keep, you can also try re-imaging.

[Marc]

Assuming I'm willing to lose my shows (I might have to go on a viewing spree for some things that I want to watch first), maybe I'll reimage with stock 3.1.5f and leave it unhacked. When it upgrades on its own to 6.3a, I can see how that works. The only down side is that I'll need to wait for future Zipper/PTVnet versions that hack 6.3a, but given my current alternative, that's not such a bad thing.

[Dirac]

If you can go to /var/spool/cron/crontabs, then the symlinks are OK. The /var/spool/cron directory is a symlink to /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron. I believe others have complained about joe not working in 6.3(a), but I wouldn't know...I use vi. Not sure about the owner and group being 0s. Mine are root.


ETA: I just typed joe at bash on my HR10 (6.3a), and I get the same error.

FWIW, Joe is working fine on my HDTiVos. They were manually sliced (preserving networking) and I ran the enhancement script to do the rest of the s/w installs.

[vMAC]

Ok so someone posted in one of my threads that these are the drivers included in 6.3a:

From usb.map (6.3a stock drivers):

[wireless network]

device old-prism2_usb firmware prism2
product 0411 0016 Melco WLI-USB-S11
product 045e 006e Microsoft MN-510
product 049f 0033 Compaq/Intel PRO/Wireless
product 066b 2212 Linksys WUSB11 v2.5
product 066b 2213 Linksys WUSB12
product 067c 1022 Siemens SpeedStream 1022
product 0846 4110 Netgear MA111
product 08de 7a01 Prism device
product 09aa 3642 D-Link DWL-120 rev D
product 0b3b 1601 Hawking WU250
product 0baf 00eb US Robotics 1120
product 0d8e 7a01 Prism device
product 1668 0408 Actiontec Prism2.5 Adapter
product 1668 0421 Actiontec Prism2.5 Adapter
product 1915 2236 Linksys WUSB11 v3.0
product 2001 3700 D-Link DWL-122
product 2001 3702 D-Link DWL-120 rev F
product 413c 8100 Dell TrueMobile 1180
product 8086 1111 Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B

device vnetusba firmware atmel503a
product 03eb 7603 Atmel AT76C503A-i3861 Adapter
product 03eb 7604 Atmel AT76C503A-i3863 Adapter
product 03eb 7605 Atmel AT76C503A-RFMD Adapter
product 050d 0050 Belkin F5D6050 ver 2000
product 05dd ff31 Addtron AWU-120
product 077b 2219 Linksys WUSB11 v2.6
product 0864 4100 NETGEAR MA101
product 0864 4102 NETGEAR MA101 rev B
product 0d5c a002 SMC2662W V.2 / Belkin F5D6050
product 1915 2233 Linksys WUSB11 v2.8
product 2001 3200 D-Link DWL-120 rev E

device CNXTSPDriver
product 1915 2234 Linksys WUSB54G
product 5041 2235 Linksys WUSB54GP
product 09AA 1000 Spinnaker Proto board
product 413C 8102 Spinnaker DUT
product 0846 4200 Netgear WG121
product 0846 4210 Netgear WG121
product 050D 7050 Belkin F5D7050 ver 1000
product 0411 0050 Buffalo WLI2-USB2-G54
product 2001 3701 DLink DWL-G120 B1
product 2001 3703 DLink DWL-G122 A1

device isl38sm_usb
product 0915 2000 Cohiba Proto board
product 0915 2002 Cohiba Proto board
product 0572 2000 Cohiba Proto board
product 0572 2002 Cohiba Proto board
product 413C 8104 Cohiba Proto board
product 0707 EE13 SMC 2862W-G
product 0846 4240 Netgear WG111 v2
product 0D8E 3762 DLink DWL-G120 B2
product 2001 3705 DLink DWL-G120 C2
product 2001 3704 DLink DWL-G122 A2

device usb-cdc
product 0a5c bd11 CDC Downloader
product 0a5c 0cdc CDC Proto board
product 150a 1010 TiVo Wireless G
product 150a 1011 TiVo Wireless G

Right now I'm trying to use a WUSB54G and it is not working. So is this correct are these the drivers installed with 6.3a? Right now the only way I can connect is via my wired USB200M which stopped working when I upgraded to 6.3a but I re-zippered and now it's working. Please let me know. Thanks

[rbautch]

In addition to having the right drivers, you also need to have the correct settings in MFS. It should work.

[vMAC]

Can you please direct me to the right thread speaking of the MFS settings?

[rbautch]

Can you please direct me to the right thread speaking of the MFS settings?Check out the wireless script link in my signature.

[gerryger]

As anyone been able to get 'joe' working after upgrading to 6.3a. I haven't read too many solutions on this forum or the other one regarding this matter.

[BigBearf]

Gerry,
As anyone been able to get 'joe' working after upgrading to 6.3a. I haven't read too many solutions on this forum or the other one regarding this matter.

What I did was use the tweak_uninstall.sh via telnet to uninstall the hacks and then re-ran tweak.sh and I was able to get 'joe' to work. I did use the lastest version of tweak by having the network internet connected.

So far most everything works. I do not use Caller ID but have heard that is a no go.

Russ or Gunny- any problems doing this?
Hope this helps,
Jeff

[mskreis]

As anyone been able to get 'joe' working after upgrading to 6.3a. I haven't read too many solutions on this forum or the other one regarding this matter.

The problem for me was that the file .joerc did not get copied over during the upgrade. I have another hacked tivo so I simply ftp'd the file over and it is working fine now.

[vMAC]

In addition to having the right drivers, you also need to have the correct settings in MFS. It should work.

I think that all of my MFS settings are correct. I have replied in that thread with what it shows on my MFS.

[Dirac]

I ran the enhancement script "fresh" after the upgrade, and joe installed correctly. gerryger, you can try the uninstall/reinstall method, or see if you're missing one of the files.

[gerryger]

Thanks Dirac and BigBearf

thats exactly what i did -- got joe back!

just a note...you don't have to run the uninstall script-- the newest version of tweak script will detect any previously installed versions and automatically delete the neccessary files.

1 less step to do- Thanks RBautch

[tase2]

It is now 10/17. I know the updates are supposed to roll out through 10/19. It seems that most units have now received the update. Mine still look like

Name Type FsId Date Time Size
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3.1.5-01-2-357 tyDb 3244 03/03/04 21:26 700
ACTIVE tyDb 3244 03/03/04 21:26 700

bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

Is it a possibility that I will never receive the slices through the sat? Especially in light of the fact that I still have 3.15and don't even have 3.1.5f.

I tried to get 3.1.5f at DDB-no dice.

[Finnstang]

It is now 10/17. I know the updates are supposed to roll out through 10/19. It seems that most units have now received the update. Mine still look like

Name Type FsId Date Time Size
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3.1.5-01-2-357 tyDb 3244 03/03/04 21:26 700
ACTIVE tyDb 3244 03/03/04 21:26 700

bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

Is it a possibility that I will never receive the slices through the sat? Especially in light of the fact that I still have 3.15and don't even have 3.1.5f.

I tried to get 3.1.5f at DDB-no dice.
Have you tried forcing a call?

[Finnstang]

I ran the enhancement script "fresh" after the upgrade, and joe installed correctly. gerryger, you can try the uninstall/reinstall method, or see if you're missing one of the files.
The .joerc file is missing from the / (root) directory. It is still in the /enhancements directory. I just did a: cp -p /enhancements/.joerc /
and it works fine now.

[tase2]

Have you tried forcing a call?
Wouldn't that cause a loss of all the hacks?

[Finnstang]

Wouldn't that cause a loss of all the hacks?
No...if you hacked, you should have software upgrade set to false. This will prevent an autoupgrade. The forced phone call seems to trigger the download of the slices from the sat for many people (myself included). Then once you have the slices, you can choose your upgrade path.

[sandpj]

Is it a possibility that I will never receive the slices through the sat? Especially in light of the fact that I still have 3.15and don't even have 3.1.5f.

I tried to get 3.1.5f at DDB-no dice.

Have you tried the "add63.tcl" command? I ran it and the 6.3a slices were present the next morning.

[tase2]

Have you tried the "add63.tcl" command? I ran it and the 6.3a slices were present the next morning.
I'm note sure if I'm experienced enough to try it w/out destroying the unit in the process.

I bought it prehacked, and I am paying for it now. I am very afraid of having to take the drive out if it becomes required.

[tase2]

No...if you hacked, you should have software upgrade set to false. This will prevent an autoupgrade. The forced phone call seems to trigger the download of the slices from the sat for many people (myself included). Then once you have the slices, you can choose your upgrade path.
All I would need to do is find where upgrade - false command is and change false to true or delete the command?
Still no connection of phone is required?

[sandpj]

All I would need to do is find where upgrade - false command is and change false to true or delete the command?
Still no connection of phone is required?

Are you trying to upgrade to 6.3a or just get the slices? If you are trying to upgrade, do you care if you lose the hacks?

You can get the slices by forcing a call or running add63.tcl. Actually implementing the 6.3a upgrade can be accomplished as indicated in this thread and others (such as changing the upgrade command from false to true).

Personnally I wanted the slices but will wait to perform an upgrade. Hoping there is a 6.3b that might lessen the chance of having any of the known issues.

[Finnstang]

All I would need to do is find where upgrade - false command is and change false to true or delete the command?
Still no connection of phone is required?
You would only change the upgrade flag to true if you DID want to automatically take the upgrade and lose your hacks. As was said in the post above, either just force a phone call or run the add63.tcl script that was written and your box should download the slices. Once the slices are on the box, you are still runnning 3.1.5 until you decide to install them.

[tase2]

I have read, studied, determined it is like reading a completely foreign language. I've typed a command or 2 here and there, and always get completely lost.

I have decided to either stay with what I have now, or simply upgrade to 6.3 and forget the hacks.

I don't really use them anyway, except that it is cool to have them.

Maybe someday there will be an upgrade party in CT like they have in DFW and I can do some hands on learning.

[Beantownbeanie]

How far is Wallingford from Boston? I'm intimidated also but would drive in New England for an update party!!! I will bring food. I'm a good cook. That would be my contribution!

[tase2]

2-2.5 hours. Mmm good cook. :up:

All we need is someone with knowledge and patience.

[Lord Vader]

Well, I finally was able to stop by my old man's and upgrade his HR10-250. I still have telnet access, so it looks like his connection is OK (he's using an FA120). However, the 30-second skip no longer works by default. I entered in the command to enable it, but I KNOW that when the unit reboots every Sunday and Wednesday night, he'll be calling me the next day screaming about the 30-second skip not working. So, to avoid his blaming ME for his troubles, I tried to look for a way to enable it permanently so that when the unit reboots, it'll always be active.

I couldn't find the answer to this. Can someone point me in the right direction?

[rbautch]

Can't run sps30s from a script anymore, since sendkey no longer works. However you can permanently enable the 30sec skip with a tivoapp patch that is posted in this thread.

[Lord Vader]

I'm looking for that now, Russ. I might have put in the wrong search parameters. I saw the patch in another format on the "other forum," but when I attempted to run that on teraterm, it didn't work; and I never got the tivoapp error, either.

[tase2]

Just a question.

Certainly there must be many other hacked units out there that have never been connected to any phone line and never phoned the mother ship. It appears that somehow many of these units receive the slices. Reading other threads it appears the slices are gathered over the sat. I have never received slices over the sat. What have they/you done, that I have not to receive slices? Has every person with a hacked unit resorted to forcing call and such? Or have some units received the slices when info is gathered over the sat?

[Finnstang]

Just a question.

Certainly there must be many other hacked units out there that have never been connected to any phone line and never phoned the mother ship. It appears that somehow many of these units receive the slices. Reading other threads it appears the slices are gathered over the sat. I have never received slices over the sat. What have they/you done, that I have not to receive slices? Has every person with a hacked unit resorted to forcing call and such? Or have some units received the slices when info is gathered over the sat?

Some units got it without any intervention, but many had to force the call. Instead of using the phone line, many set up their HR10s to use the network to dial out instead. There is a whole thread about getting the HR10 to dial out over ethernet. Many have said (myself included) that once you force the call or run the add63.tcl script you get the slices the next day. The slices are sent out by the sat for a short period of time while all connected units should upgrade to the latest software. Once the initial rollout is completed to all the units, they take the slices out of the sat stream and then they have to be downloaded via the phone call.

[jkrell]

Hey -- I know there've been several posts about this throughout this thread but I am confused about the best way to go about fixing my problem (there seem to be multiple solutions and I just want to know which is best to use).

I ran the Slicer on an HR10-250 that I only use to record movies off HBO HD and the other HD movie channels. I got the dreaded "DVR Service is Not Active" message.

First, a question -- does this affect my other DirecTiVos? I had not thought of that before, but if it does, my wife is going to be EXTREMELY disappointed. I will be too, but I'm not worried about me!

Second, how do I remedy it -- I have seen posts about calling DirecTV and about forcing a call. What's the best bet?

[Marc]

I kept having the same problem. I could take out my access card and reinsert it, and often the problem would go away, for a day or two anyway.

I eventually decided that I needed to ensure that it wasn't a hardware problem, so I went back to my unhacked 3.1.5f hard drive. I haven't seen any problems since, so it's got to be something to do with the Slicer'd 6.3a.

Only a few of us seem to have had this problem, but I'd love to learn why.

[rbautch]

I kept having the same problem. I could take out my access card and reinsert it, and often the problem would go away, for a day or two anyway.

I eventually decided that I needed to ensure that it wasn't a hardware problem, so I went back to my unhacked 3.1.5f hard drive. I haven't seen any problems since, so it's got to be something to do with the Slicer'd 6.3a.

Only a few of us seem to have had this problem, but I'd love to learn why.If you tried to copy your entire /lib/modules directory to the new partition, this could also cause the problem. Has nothing to do with the slicer.

[Marc]

If you tried to copy your entire /lib/modules directory to the new partition, this could also cause the problem. Has nothing to do with the slicer.
You already told me (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4468867&&#post4468867) that Slicer doesn't mess with lib/modules, so that shouldn't be the problem.

You had suggested reimaging the drive, but I just went back to my original, unmodified drive instead figuring that'd be easier. I'm not having those problems now with 6.3a, so I guess I'll wait until it's easy to hack 6.3a and try that rather than the Slicer upgrade I tried before.

[jkrell]

If you tried to copy your entire /lib/modules directory to the new partition, this could also cause the problem. Has nothing to do with the slicer.

I find it really hard to believe you. If this has nothing to do with the Slicer, why did it "magically" happen to many of us who used it, right after the reboot? Why does it not happen to anyone else? If it is not the Slicer, then it is some glitch in 6.3a and, if that's the case, shouldn't there be a 6.3b soon?

I did nothing to /lib/modules. Whatever was done with it is what Slicer did. I do not modify directories on my TiVo that I know nothing about (which is certainly the case with /lib/modules). I followed the directions for Slicer to the letter, and fixed the symlinks. Then I got a new message and that was it.

In any event, I am VERY disappointed. I was assured that Slicer 1.3 (or whatever version it is on now) had all the kinks out. Apparently not. I don't much care about the $20, I care about the TiVo and about recording TV.

Can someone answer my first question -- does this affect my other TiVos (I have another hr10-250 that I'm deathly afraid to run Slicer on and two DSR7Ks)?

As for my second question, am I to assume that I am S.O.L.? No fixes after the fact?

[rbautch]

I find it really hard to believe you. If this has nothing to do with the Slicer, why did it "magically" happen to many of us who used it, right after the reboot? Why does it not happen to anyone else? If it is not the Slicer, then it is some glitch in 6.3a and, if that's the case, shouldn't there be a 6.3b soon?

I did nothing to /lib/modules. Whatever was done with it is what Slicer did. I do not modify directories on my TiVo that I know nothing about (which is certainly the case with /lib/modules). I followed the directions for Slicer to the letter, and fixed the symlinks. Then I got a new message and that was it.

In any event, I am VERY disappointed. I was assured that Slicer 1.3 (or whatever version it is on now) had all the kinks out. Apparently not. I don't much care about the $20, I care about the TiVo and about recording TV.

Can someone answer my first question -- does this affect my other TiVos (I have another hr10-250 that I'm deathly afraid to run Slicer on and two DSR7Ks)?

As for my second question, am I to assume that I am S.O.L.? No fixes after the fact?How do I know? Because the same thing has happend to other people who haven't used the slicer. The slicer does not do anything different than your tivo would on its own if it upgraded naturally. If you made a backup of your drive before you did the slice upgrade, you can test this for yourself. I don't know excactly what causes it, I merely reported what the culprit was for other users. Including you, I'm only aware of 2 users who couldn't get this resolved by re-running the guided setup, swapping access cards, or preserving the original lib/modules directory. How was your tivo hacked originally? I doubt it would have the same effect on your other tivos, just becuase this issue never popped up at all when everyone was slice upgrading to 6.2.

If you don't care about losing shows, you can download a 6.3a image from PTVupgrade with the 6.3a slices already loaded. Run the slicer again, and that's it. This formula has proven to work over and over, and takes whatever configuration you had previously out of the equation.

[jkrell]

Including you, I'm only aware of 2 users who couldn't get this resolved by re-running the guided setup, swapping access cards, or preserving the original lib/modules directory.

I will try Guided Setup -- didn't know that was an option. If that doesn't work, how does one go about "preserving the original lib/modules directory?" I wasn't aware that I could do that after the fact. Where would I get the correct lib/modules directory?

How was your tivo hacked originally?

Zippered.

If you don't care about losing shows, you can download a 6.3a image from PTVupgrade with the 6.3a slices already loaded. Run the slicer again, and that's it. This formula has proven to work over and over, and takes whatever configuration you had previously out of the equation.

I don't see how it would take my configuration out of the equation, because I would still want to Zipper it prior to running the Slicer, which is basically all I did this time around. It seems like this is what I will need to do, though, if none of the other remedies work.

Sorry if I seem disgruntled. It's just frustrating when something like this happens -- because I was patient and waited til the other stuff got worked out.

[sugarqubed]

I am getting the following error when trying to run the slicer;

bash: ./slicer: Permission denied
tivo3-TiVo#

I followed the directions pretty clearly, where am i going wrong?

[rbautch]

I am getting the following error when trying to run the slicer;

bash: ./slicer: Permission denied
tivo3-TiVo#

I followed the directions pretty clearly, where am i going wrong?Try chmod 755 slicer then run it again.

[rbautch]

I will try Guided Setup -- didn't know that was an option. If that doesn't work, how does one go about "preserving the original lib/modules directory?" I wasn't aware that I could do that after the fact. Where would I get the correct lib/modules directory?I zipped up the /lib/modules directory from my 6.3a tivo and posted them here (http://www.mastersav.com/tivo_tweak/archive_modules.zip).

[sugarqubed]

Try chmod 755 slicer then run it again.

I actually was using PTVNet, decided to go with the Zipper instead on my drives and went ahead and installed the slicer with that program. I am relatively new to all of this but was able to get my HR-10-250 to 6.3 with full network access and all of the enhancement scripts running on the 2nd try.

Thanks alot for the zipper guys as well as the ptv slicer. Good work guys.

sugarq.

[Brillian1080p]

Now there's a smart fella, food gets em every time!

I haven't received the slices either. I've got the same problem with dialing in I had before hacking. I can try a test call or daily call 20 times with a "fail" everytime. It usually doesn't matter what dial in number I choose. Once in awhile it will actually succeed on a test call then fail on the "make daily call now"

The phone line is fine so I have no clue as to why this happens. Maybe the internal modem is flaky, the HDMI port was dead, so just one more guest at the party for the dead.

[rbautch]

Now there's a smart fella, food gets em every time!

I haven't received the slices either. I've got the same problem with dialing in I had before hacking. I can try a test call or daily call 20 times with a "fail" everytime. It usually doesn't matter what dial in number I choose. Once in awhile it will actually succeed on a test call then fail on the "make daily call now"

The phone line is fine so I have no clue as to why this happens. Maybe the internal modem is flaky, the HDMI port was dead, so just one more guest at the party for the dead.
Try making the call over your network instead of the phone line. Detals linked in the OP.

[Kreed]

I nuked my drives and restored from my 3.1.5f image and didn't hack it again. Now I have the 6.3a upgrade completly unhacked.

Should I use zipper or is back to 3.1.5f and buying the slices the only way?

[jkrell]

It seems like I am over the "DVR Service not active" issue -- that is, at least I have been able to keep recording things.

My questions is this:

The instructions tell you to run superpatch after Slicer, but when I tried to run Superpatch-67all, it said 6.3a is not supported. So is there a new Superpatch available?

[rbautch]

It seems like I am over the "DVR Service not active" issue -- that is, at least I have been able to keep recording things.

My questions is this:

The instructions tell you to run superpatch after Slicer, but when I tried to run Superpatch-67all, it said 6.3a is not supported. So is there a new Superpatch available?There is no superpatch that supports 6.3a. However you can enable 30-sec skip, disable encryption, and enable backdoors by manually applying tivapp patches. They are all described in detail in this thread. What fixed your DVR service not active problem?

[jkrell]

There is no superpatch that supports 6.3a. However you can enable 30-sec skip, disable encryption, and enable backdoors by manually applying tivapp patches. They are all described in detail in this thread.

I found the tivoapp patches at the other forum. Problem with this thread is that it is soooo long -- I try to keep up but it is difficult when a thread goes on this long.

What fixed your DVR service not active problem?

Not sure. But my DVR service shows up as active, and all recordings have been fine. I verified that my lib/modules/ directory was the same as the one you posted (thanks for that!), and went through guided setup.

Also ran the slicer on my other HR10-250 -- with no problems that I can see so far. Still have to run the tivoapp patches, but cannot do so now because it is recording all evening.

[Finnstang]

I found the tivoapp patches at the other forum. Problem with this thread is that it is soooo long -- I try to keep up but it is difficult when a thread goes on this long.

The 6.3 upgrade thread at DDB is 1080 posts and this one is currently at 954. :confused:

[jkrell]

The 6.3 upgrade thread at DDB is 1080 posts and this one is currently at 954. :confused:

Who said I got it from that thread, smarty pants? Mind your own beeswax.

[Finnstang]

If you don't want anyone to comment on your comments in a public forum, send it in a PM. If you didn't find it in the main 6.3 thread over there, then did you search over there and find it in a different thread? I would bet that the same info is in a separate thread over here also if you searched. Both forums work the same usually, there is one main thread on a subject that contains all the information, and then other mini threads pop up where people ask how to do something instead of searching in the main thread. Sometimes they get answers and sometimes they are referred back to the main thread.

[willardcpa]

....Sometimes they get answers and sometimes they are referred back to the main thread.And sometimes they get told to "Mind your own beeswax." ;)
Sounds to me like somebody is skipping Jr Hi today. :D

[jkrell]

If you don't want anyone to comment on your comments in a public forum, send it in a PM. If you didn't find it in the main 6.3 thread over there, then did you search over there and find it in a different thread? I would bet that the same info is in a separate thread over here also if you searched. Both forums work the same usually, there is one main thread on a subject that contains all the information, and then other mini threads pop up where people ask how to do something instead of searching in the main thread. Sometimes they get answers and sometimes they are referred back to the main thread.

Look, I don't really care what your opinion is of me. Maybe you think I am stupid. Maybe you think I am lazy. I don't really care. God knows I have my own opinions of you. Both yours and mine are probably far from reality, as they were formed in cyberspace, and formed on the basis of silly messages back and forth.

Every time something becomes important enough for me to post here (most of the time I solve it myself because I like to work things out myself and also hate posting here excessively), I am amazed by TiVoCommunity.com. It is both a wealth of knowledge and a breeding ground for TiVoSnobbery. Why can't we just get along??? This particular exchange did not even involve you -- so why put your two cents in? If Rbautch was offended, let him speak up for himself.

You cannot deny that approx. 1,000 posts is difficult to ready through for your average working Joe, let alone 2,000+ if you take both forums together. And searches often lead to posts where somebody is super close to saying what you want, but doesn't go all the way. Whether I ran the appropriate searches or have the same expertise at searching forums as you do is irrelevant and should not be the basis for a sarcastic attack.

I typically have better luck at the other forum, and find people much more foregiving than they are here. To me, the other form is to this one as Lakeview is to Lincoln Park in Chicago.

The short of it is, if you're offended by a question, how about you just don't answer it, rather than insert your own opinion of the poster? Doing so would make this "community" a much happier one.

[Lord Vader]

Enough already!



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[willardcpa]

OMG, Godwins Law has been invoked. :eek: ;)

[Finnstang]

Look, I don't really care what your opinion is of me. Maybe you think I am stupid. Maybe you think I am lazy. I don't really care. God knows I have my own opinions of you. Both yours and mine are probably far from reality, as they were formed in cyberspace, and formed on the basis of silly messages back and forth.

Every time something becomes important enough for me to post here (most of the time I solve it myself because I like to work things out myself and also hate posting here excessively), I am amazed by TiVoCommunity.com. It is both a wealth of knowledge and a breeding ground for TiVoSnobbery. Why can't we just get along??? This particular exchange did not even involve you -- so why put your two cents in? If Rbautch was offended, let him speak up for himself.

You cannot deny that approx. 1,000 posts is difficult to ready through for your average working Joe, let alone 2,000+ if you take both forums together. And searches often lead to posts where somebody is super close to saying what you want, but doesn't go all the way. Whether I ran the appropriate searches or have the same expertise at searching forums as you do is irrelevant and should not be the basis for a sarcastic attack.

I typically have better luck at the other forum, and find people much more foregiving than they are here. To me, the other form is to this one as Lakeview is to Lincoln Park in Chicago.

The short of it is, if you're offended by a question, how about you just don't answer it, rather than insert your own opinion of the poster? Doing so would make this "community" a much happier one.


Dude, you're the one who got all snippy with me...not the other way around. You said that you couldn't find the information here because the thread was too long and I just pointed out the fact that the thread over there was longer. If you were offended by me pointing that out...sorry. Many of the people answering questions both over here and over there have put many many hours in reading and researching. It's part of life to understand what you are doing to your TiVo when you hack it so you are better equipped to handle an issue should it arise.

[Digriz60]

Ok, I want to upgrade to 6.3a, but many of the threads talk about having to make changes to the usb.map if you have a non-standard usb adapter. I've got the Airlink, but I don't have a usb.map file. Any ideas of what I need to do?

[rbautch]

Ok, I want to upgrade to 6.3a, but many of the threads talk about having to make changes to the usb.map if you have a non-standard usb adapter. I've got the Airlink, but I don't have a usb.map file. Any ideas of what I need to do?You won't have a usb.map file until you actually make the upgrade. To maintain your connection, you'll need to edit the file while the new root filesystem is mounted in /install and before you reboot.

[Digriz60]

Gotcha, thanks! Doing it right now.

[Digriz60]

Dumb question, what exactly do I modify in the usb.map? I see the old module files are scanned by rc.arch and the correct one is extracted (?). Not sure which one is appropriate for the ASOHOUSB.

Did I read somewhere the Dlink DWL122 works?

[Digriz60]

Upgraded with no problems. Now I'm going to re-apply the hacks! Thanks for your help and the awesome scripts.

[Lord Vader]

Hey, folks. Upgraded successfully about a month ago to 6.3a with no problems. Now, however, my HR10-250's amber "REC" (record) light is mysteriously permanently lit. It's been that way for the last couple weeks, IIRC. Even a reboot doesn't change it. The "REC" light just comes back on and stays on 24/7. Also, I constantly get an Email message telling me "you haven't called DirecTV in 14 days...." (or something to that effect). This is NOT the onscreen nag that would really be a pain in the ass; rather, it pops up daily as a DirecTV mail message.

Any ideas?

[Finnstang]

For the call-in message, have you checked to make sure fakecall is working?

[Lord Vader]

Don't think I checked that, probably because I didn't think I needed to. The hacked 6.3a has been working fine for the last month. This message just popped up within the last couple days.

[Lord Vader]

Well, the amber "record" light is still on. I wonder what's causing this. :confused:

[Finnstang]

BTW, the amber light is the "phone call" light. The red light is the "record" light. If var somehow got wiped, then it will stop fakecalling automatically from cron, and it will also stop auto-rebooting so the symlinks in var will never get rebuilt unless you notice that the stuff is gone. Also, make sure you are using AW's rewritten fakecall.

[Lord Vader]

Well, it's still auto-rebooting every Wednesday late night and Sunday late night. It was a 3.1.5f Zippered unit w/ tweak.sh, then I upgraded it to 6.3a.

[Finnstang]

If you haven't replaced the fakecall recently (like in the last 2-3 weeks), AlphaWolf rewrote it to fix issues with it in 6.3a, remove bloat, and set the next call in date correctly, so I would start with that. It is in his AIO utility thread on DDB. Start at the end of the thread and go backwards.

[mskreis]

Any progress on restoring full functionality to TWP? I haven't seen anything mentioned for a while.

[tsunami]

Ok guys, been out of the loop for like a year. I have an HR10-250 with the hacks on it that rbautch worked on last fall. So I guess I have the hacked version of 3.1.5f on it.
It has not been hooked up to a phone line for that year. I have Vonage so a phone call is a pain in the arse.
I want to get to a hacked version of 6.3.
Reading the post would indicate I have the slices on it already.
What is the easiest way to get this going?
I have a spare drive and know I could start from scratch with the Instantcake image and The Slicer.
My preference would be to keep recordings intact.
With that in mind, could someone please advise on what they would do?
Do I have to check to see if the slices are there or is that a given? If that is the case do I just need to run "The Slicer"?
Thanks
Mike

[Lord Vader]

Your first and best thing to do is to read through this thread completely. It contains information on how to determine if you have the slices and how to use The Slicer to get them installed on your unit.

[tsunami]

Yes I know that. I read all those. I was simply asking how others would tackle the issue. What is the best option. Do it via the existing hard drive or using a brand new one.
And the thread started when The Slicer was version 1.1. Lots changed, the earlier threads address unknowns that are now known.
That is the problem with these threads. It is 33 pages of info, most of which is now moot.
For example the 6.3A rollout started in Sept. In November does anyone NOT have the slices? If not, then that would be an unnecessary step using the script to determine it. I understand how to do it, but I am asking for advice based on knowledge today, not Sept.
Lots has changed.
I can go to the Zipper page and do it all right now, I am just asking for advice.

[Lord Vader]

Personally, I'd never use the unit's original hard drive, even if I backed it up. I put mine in storage and bought a 500GB one. I found a helluva deal on a Seagate 500GB 7200rpm drive (Fry's Outpost.com has specials on them quite frequently).

With the newer and much larger drive in there, I then applied Instantcake's 3.1.5f image. Their updated version of InstantCake 3.1.5f has the 6.3a slices on it, so all you'd need to do is run The Slicer 6.3a and you'd be good to go from there.

[tsunami]

IKeep in mind that if you have an adapter that requires backported drivers, you'll need to do some extra stuff, as described in the OP.

Linksys USB200M? Extra work?

Mike

[rbautch]

Linksys USB200M? Extra work?

MikeNot unless it's a version 2.

[tnedator]

Ok, I have the amber light constantly lit on both of my 6.3a 10-250 Tivos (via slicer). I read the posts over at DDB trying to figure out how to apply a a new fakcall, but coudln't figure it out so posted this over there:

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Ok, I have been reading through posts for hours here and on another forum and am still confused.

I have 6.3a installed on a 10-250. Installed with the slicer.

Fakecall appears to have stopped working. If I go to settings/phone it says "Connection in progress; get status" with no last attempt date or status listed. The amber (phone call in progress I think) light is always on.

So, I think I need the rebuilt fakecall.tcl, but am totally confused as to how to install it.

Is it included in the tivotools[1].tar.7z file? If so, when I extract with 7-zip, I get tivotools.tar, but I am not sure if I should extract this on my PC or move it as a tar to the Tivo. Then, how do I apply and configure (if necessary) the fakecall.tcl script.

Thanks in advance for the help.
---------

So far, no response. Can anyone help me out here? Also, I have a phone line, so at this point I am fine reenabling ourgoing calls if I need to. Is there any downside to letting it call in?

[tsunami]

I put the file check4slices.sh on my HDTiVO and ran it, got this response

HDTiVo-TiVo# sh check4slices.sh
out2osd binary could not be found
providing local output only...
Sorry, 6.3 slices have not yet arrived


I thought all HR10's had the slices by now.

Mike

[tnedator]

Ok, I have the amber light constantly lit on both of my 6.3a 10-250 Tivos (via slicer). I read the posts over at DDB trying to figure out how to apply a a new fakcall, but coudln't figure it out so posted this over there:

------------
Ok, I have been reading through posts for hours here and on another forum and am still confused.

I have 6.3a installed on a 10-250. Installed with the slicer.

Fakecall appears to have stopped working. If I go to settings/phone it says "Connection in progress; get status" with no last attempt date or status listed. The amber (phone call in progress I think) light is always on.

So, I think I need the rebuilt fakecall.tcl, but am totally confused as to how to install it.

Is it included in the tivotools[1].tar.7z file? If so, when I extract with 7-zip, I get tivotools.tar, but I am not sure if I should extract this on my PC or move it as a tar to the Tivo. Then, how do I apply and configure (if necessary) the fakecall.tcl script.

Thanks in advance for the help.
---------

So far, no response. Can anyone help me out here? Also, I have a phone line, so at this point I am fine reenabling ourgoing calls if I need to. Is there any downside to letting it call in?

Anyone have any answers for me? I have posted this on here and DDB and have not gotten a response at either play.

[rbautch]

Move it to your tivo, and extract it with the command shown in the thread that you donwnloaded it from.

[rbautch]

I put the file check4slices.sh on my HDTiVO and ran it, got this response

HDTiVo-TiVo# sh check4slices.sh
out2osd binary could not be found
providing local output only...
Sorry, 6.3 slices have not yet arrived


I thought all HR10's had the slices by now.

MikeLook for a script by hondafan to force the slice download. You could also try forcing a call over the network, as referenced in the OP.

[mlburns]

make it 3 i uploaded the 6.3a modules to my tivo killed networking


i uploaded a list of whats on my tivo right now with that list network it working.


I will try Guided Setup -- didn't know that was an option. If that doesn't work, how does one go about "preserving the original lib/modules directory?" I wasn't aware that I could do that after the fact. Where would I get the correct lib/modules directory?



Zippered.



I don't see how it would take my configuration out of the equation, because I would still want to Zipper it prior to running the Slicer, which is basically all I did this time around. It seems like this is what I will need to do, though, if none of the other remedies work.

Sorry if I seem disgruntled. It's just frustrating when something like this happens -- because I was patient and waited til the other stuff got worked out.

[tsunami]

Still way behind you guys.
I have been out of town a week.
Bought my 93 year old grandmother a dual timer stand alone TiVO and got it working. She is so cool. Wish she had the 30 sec commercial skip though.
Now back to my HR10-250.
I got rbautch's comment about forcing the slices to download. Just ran that, I will check back in the morning.
If that doesn't work. Then should I follow the instructions at this start of this thread on preparing for the update?
I have Vonage so a forced call is iffy. I read about getting the call over the network by editing the rc.sysint file and changing the prefix.
If I do those two things should I wake up to a screen saying I am upgraded? If so, then I pull the drive and rezipper, correct?
Lastly, I have the USB 200M which I now know will work unless it is V2. I looked on it and there is no mention of a version number. Does that mean I have 1?
Thanks for your hand holding.
Mike

[tec007]

I have a Zippered drive that I just ran Slicer on for the 6.3a up-date for a HR10-250. Everything seemed to go fine. I have FTP and Telnet access. I had to go in a start TivoWeb via telnet to access TivoWeb.

How can I verify that all the old hacks are still working? ie: Superpatch, CallerID, FakeCall... ?

[rbautch]

I have a Zippered drive that I just ran Slicer on for the 6.3a up-date for a HR10-250. Everything seemed to go fine. I have FTP and Telnet access. I had to go in a start TivoWeb via telnet to access TivoWeb.

How can I verify that all the old hacks are still working? ie: Superpatch, CallerID, FakeCall... ?Superpatch won't work - you'll need to run manual tivoapp patches as described in this thread. You'll also need to replace fakecall with one that works with 6.3. Alphawolf posted one on DDB and it's also in his all-in-one tools package, and there's one the files archive of the zipper download. As for callerID, try calling yourself. :p

[tec007]

Superpatch won't work - you'll need to run manual tivoapp patches as described in this thread. You'll also need to replace fakecall with one that works with 6.3. Alphawolf posted one on DDB and it's also in his all-in-one tools package, and there's one the files archive of the zipper download. As for callerID, try calling yourself. :p

Sorry, knew Superpatch wouldn't. I replaced the fakecall and someone called and I got the ID info. Also installed the latest Tivowebplus and Hackman modules... Thanks.


After the Slicer up-date, have I read correctly that previous changes for the Encryption or other hacks should still be in place?

[rbautch]

Sorry, knew Superpatch wouldn't. I replaced the fakecall and someone called and I got the ID info. Also installed the latest Tivowebplus and Hackman modules... Thanks.


After the Slicer up-date, have I read correctly that previous changes for the Encryption or other hacks should still be in place?Disabling encryption was part of superpatch, so encryption is back until you manually patch the tivoapp.

[tec007]

Ok, read the WHOLE thread. Took almost two hours.

Used the Tivoapp mods...


cd /tvbin
cp tivoapp tivoapp.6.3.orig
cp tivoapp tivoapp.mod
#[30 Second Skip]
echo -ne "\x10\x40\x00\x2b" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp.mod bs=1 seek=6713220
#[Enable backdoors]
echo -ne "\x24\x10\x00\x01" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp.mod bs=1 seek=2804900
#[Disable Encryption]
echo -ne "\x3C\x02\x00\x00" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp.mod bs=1 seek=1602412
rm tivoapp
mv tivoapp.mod tivoapp
chmod 755 tivoapp
reboot

Now my 30 sec skip is a 30 MINUTE skip ... WTF??? How'd that happen. I even C/P the text to make sure there were no typos.

Has anyone seen the Buffer patch?

[tec007]

Dang, I ran rbautch's Enhancement script and now I've lost TWP.

[rbautch]

Dang, I ran rbautch's Enhancement script and now I've lost TWP.It's probably just not started. You have to reboot after running the script. If still not running, try typing "twp" at bash.

[tec007]

It's probably just not started. You have to reboot after running the script. If still not running, try typing "twp" at bash.

ran TWP from Telnet


starting Tivowebplus

Waring: The last few sessions did not complete successfully
We may be in a reboot loop... abort

[Finnstang]

Ok, read the WHOLE thread. Took almost two hours.

Used the Tivoapp mods...



Now my 30 sec skip is a 30 MINUTE skip ... WTF??? How'd that happen. I even C/P the text to make sure there were no typos.

Has anyone seen the Buffer patch?
The normal operation of the button used for 30-sec skip is to skip to the next tick mark. Are you sure it is always skipping ahead 30 minutes, or did you try it during a movie or something where the tick marks are 30 minutes apart? It sounds more like that patch did not take for some reason. Have you checked to see if backdoors are enabled and if encryption is turned off to see if either of the other two patches worked?

[tec007]

The normal operation of the button used for 30-sec skip is to skip to the next tick mark. Are you sure it is always skipping ahead 30 minutes, or did you try it during a movie or something where the tick marks are 30 minutes apart? It sounds more like that patch did not take for some reason. Have you checked to see if backdoors are enabled and if encryption is turned off to see if either of the other two patches worked?

Cipher says the encryption is off. Does the info page still say if the Backdoors are enabled?

I did try it on a 60 min show that was recorded (Mythbusters, ya gotta love 'em). It jumped 30 min at a time. And TWP is still fubared.

[rbautch]

Could be that your tivoapp patches were not applied successfully. Restore your original tivoapp (if you backed it up), and try again.

[gobble]

If I run "the slicer" without the 6.3 slices being present on my HR10-250, is the slicer smart enough to figure out that the slices don't exist? Can I screw anything up if for some reason the slices are not there?

[Lord Vader]

Your 6.3 slices need to be on your unit so the Slicer can "install" them. After all, that's what Slicer is for. If you run The Slicer without the 6.3a slices, Slicer will simply shut down and tell you the slices aren't present.

[Finnstang]

echo mls /SwSystem | tivosh

The above command will tell you if the 6.3a slices are on your system.

[tsunami]

This error can safely be ignored. (thanks, Jamie :) )

Attempting to edit tivoapp, after restoring it from tivoapp.orig

I am also getting No Space Left on Device message.
How can I safely ignore it? I can't do anything with it now.

If I throw caution to the wind and just try and edit tivoapp I get this message.

HDTV-TiVo# echo -ne "\x10\x40\x00\x2b" | dd conv=notrunc of=tivoapp bs=1 seek=6713220
dd: tivoapp: Read-only file system

More info, thought I would run the tweak_uninstall.sh
When I type sh tweak_uninstall.sh I get nothing.
If I run sh tweak.sh it says run the uninstall

I get this info from TWP
File System/Disk Information

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/hda7 ext2 124M 124M 0 100% /
/dev/hda9 ext2 124M 3.2M 114M 3% /var

Oy.

[rbautch]

In your case, you cannot ignore the error. You have to free up some space. Even if you didn't have the read-only problem, you cannot patch a running tivoapp. That's why you work on a backup. First, see if you have a backup copy of tivoapp, and FTP it to your PC or delete it. The read only filesystem is a different issue, quickly resolved with a search. If you still dont have enough room, try running e2fsck -p /dev/hdaX, where X is your root filesystem. Before you try this, make sure your mount your root filesystem read-only or you'll fubar your tivo.

[tsunami]

You da man rbautch.
Thanks, all is well.
Mike

[OldTech2006]

If you're using a usb200m v.1, it will work without doing anything. If you're using a usb200m v.2, you'll have to copy over your backported drivers and modify your usb.map file. After the slicer completes, it will ask you if you want to reboot. Hit cntrl-c to escape, and then you can copy the drivers from /lib/modules to /install/lib/modules, and modify the usb.map file in /install/platform/etc/hotplug. Note that some of the current modules in /install/lib/modules are symlinks to /platform/lib/modules. That's fine, you can just overwrite the symlinks with your backported drivers. If you've already run the slicer and rebooted, you have to mount the OLD root filesystem partition somewhere like /install, and copy the drivers from there to /lib/modules. Use "bootpage -p /dev/hda" to determine your current root partition.

Sorry to bother but I know just enough about this stuff to really screw it up. I've got an HR10-250 and I've used PTVNetHD and InstantCake to setup a new hard-drive. I've got an Airlink USB adaptor that works after the upgrade with the Tivo running ver 3.1. I then used Slicer to upgrade to 6.3a, and aborted just before the reboot. Now I'm at the step described above. I can find and edit the usb.map file but I'm not sure what to add/change. Also, I can't determine what the driver files are for my adaptor. Can you give me a clue as to what to look for in the /lib/modules directory to copy? If you can't provide the info for the Airlink, can you provide it for the LinkSys USB200M V2? (I have one of these also). Thank you very much.

[rbautch]

Sorry to bother but I know just enough about this stuff to really screw it up. I've got an HR10-250 and I've used PTVNetHD and InstantCake to setup a new hard-drive. I've got an Airlink USB adaptor that works after the upgrade with the Tivo running ver 3.1. I then used Slicer to upgrade to 6.3a, and aborted just before the reboot. Now I'm at the step described above. I can find and edit the usb.map file but I'm not sure what to add/change. Also, I can't determine what the driver files are for my adaptor. Can you give me a clue as to what to look for in the /lib/modules directory to copy? If you can't provide the info for the Airlink, can you provide it for the LinkSys USB200M V2? (I have one of these also). Thank you very much.Here are the lines you need to add to usb.map:
product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200MV2
product 0b95 7720 Airlink ASOHOUSB
See Jamies backported driver thread on DDB for more info.

[gobble]

echo mls /SwSystem | tivosh

The above command will tell you if the 6.3a slices are on your system.

I take it this result means I don't have them:


Name Type FsId Date Time Size
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3.1.5f-01-2-357 tyDb 850 03/14/05 17:41 700
ACTIVE tyDb 850 03/14/05 17:41 700

[Lord Vader]

FTP the add63.tcl script to your TIVO, run it, then sit back and wait.