Upgrading Your Hacked HR10-250 to 6.3 - Page 17

agzela · 09-19-2006, 11:00 PM

Im not getting my lights on my linksys usbm200 ver 2 adapter after I used slicer....

Do I need to reinstall the usb 2.0?

Im getting this at bootup

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x13b1/0x18) is not claimed by any active driver

rbautch · 09-19-2006, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gazzie4

Any thoughts on getting mine up and running?

not to be pushy, but I would like to fix this before my wife cuts me off for good for messing with her TV

Ah, your original post quickly got swallowed by this fast growing thread. You need to add the following two lines at the top of your author file, just after #!/bin/bash

Code:

export TIVO_ROOT=
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10

gazzie4 · 09-19-2006, 11:04 PM

Thank you, I will try that this evening...I really do appreciate all the time you guys put into this for us wanna be hackers.

rbautch · 09-19-2006, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agzela

Im not getting my lights on my linksys usbm200 ver 2 adapter after I used slicer....

Do I need to reinstall the usb 2.0?

Yes. The latest slicer does not copy over usb drivers from the old partition. You can copy them over yourself my mounting the old partion either with a serial cable or by mounting the drive in your PC. You'll also need to edit the usb.map file (can't just copy the old one), which is now in /platform/etc/hotplug.

agzela · 09-19-2006, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbautch

Yes. The latest slicer does not copy over usb drivers from the old partition. You can copy them over yourself my mounting the old partion either with a serial cable or by mounting the drive in your PC. You'll also need to edit the usb.map file (can't just copy the old one), which is now in /platform/etc/hotplug.

rbautch, could you pls give me the commands to use from my serial BASH prompt for the above?

Whats the change to make on the usb.map file?

rbautch · 09-19-2006, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agzela

rbautch, could you pls give me the commands to use from my serial BASH prompt for the above?

Whats the change to make on the usb.map file?

You can mount the alternate file partition with

Code:

mount /dev/hdaX /install

where X is your alternate filesystem partition. Then navigate to /install, find your drivers, and copy them over. Posting an exact series of commands rarely turns out well - see Lou's vi tutorial above

If you need help beyond this, either read up on basic linux file manipulation, or buy an adapter that works with the stock drivers.

See Jamies thread on DDB for modifying usb.map. You need to add an entry right under the usbnet heading.

agzela · 09-20-2006, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbautch

You can mount the alternate file partition with

Code:

mount /dev/hdaX /install

where X is your alternate filesystem partition. Then navigate to /install, find your drivers, and copy them over. Posting an exact series of commands rarely turns out well - see Lou's vi tutorial above

If you need help beyond this, either read up on basic linux file manipulation, or buy an adapter that works with the stock drivers.

See Jamies thread on DDB for modifying usb.map. You need to add an entry right under the usbnet heading.

I have the mount all set which files/dir do I need to move over for usb?
What are the changes to be made to the usb.map?

I can figure out the commands as i go along....

tnedator · 09-20-2006, 12:19 AM

Ok, I am not real clear on the current status of the slicer. It appears that it 'almost' works, and if I followed it correctly, there are some problems related to the PTVnet networking.

So straight question: I had a copy of my stock drive that I applied the zipper and then tweak.sh on a couple weeks ago. If I run the slicer 1.2 on it, what should I expect?

Also, anyone have an opinion on installing the current version of 6.3 or waiting for D* to release the next version?

Thx

Tonedeaf · 09-20-2006, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tnedator

Also, anyone have an opinion on installing the current version of 6.3 or waiting for D* to release the next version?

Thx

I decided to not go the slicer route and just install 6.3 and let it overwrite the hacks I had on mine. Never extracted or anything with it so I figured what the heck. I did not want to have to purchase serial cable to get access to it again.

If you have no need for 72.5 or 95, then I would say get it installed and enjoy folders. The programming gods here will have an easy way to zipper this one soon I would imagine.

tivoupgrade · 09-20-2006, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tnedator

Ok, I am not real clear on the current status of the slicer. It appears that it 'almost' works, and if I followed it correctly, there are some problems related to the PTVnet networking.

So straight question: I had a copy of my stock drive that I applied the zipper and then tweak.sh on a couple weeks ago. If I run the slicer 1.2 on it, what should I expect?

Also, anyone have an opinion on installing the current version of 6.3 or waiting for D* to release the next version?

Thx

current status of 1.2, within the context of moving 3.1.5f systems to 6.3, is that serial/bash will be preserved, and the majority of hacks and startup commands will be moved over, as well.

to regain network access you will need to do some workarounds which are discussed in the previous posts of this thread...

an updated version of the slicer is forthcoming that will preserve network, however will require the use of a static IP address. and i can tell you right now, the only thing we are testing it on is the usb ethernet adapters that are known to work with PTVnet (eg Netgear FA120)...

... more to come...

tnedator · 09-20-2006, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tivoupgrade

current status of 1.2, within the context of moving 3.1.5f systems to 6.3, is that serial/bash will be preserved, and the majority of hacks and startup commands will be moved over, as well.

to regain network access you will need to do some workarounds which are discussed in the previous posts of this thread...

an updated version of the slicer is forthcoming that will preserve network, however will require the use of a static IP address. and i can tell you right now, the only thing we are testing it on is the usb ethernet adapters that are known to work with PTVnet (eg Netgear FA120)...

... more to come...

Thanks for the update. I think I will wait for the update. Since I bought my two FA120's from you guys, I should be in good shape

tivoupgrade · 09-20-2006, 01:09 AM

I've just updated to 1.3 and links have been regenerated for everyone who previously ordered.

Notable differences include pretty much everything discussed up to this point; it was mostly changes to the generated output of the rc.sysinit.author file.

If you've ordered the product but did not receive your download link, please check your SPAM folders; and PM me with your order info if you need the link regenerated. If you botched your drive using the Slicer, and you didn't make a backup, we are extending the offer for a 3.1.5f InstantCake distro; send us your Slicer order info and we'll send you a link. This offer only applies to folks who've purchased the slicer prior to this post. Thx for your patience.

Lord Vader · 09-20-2006, 01:11 AM

Thanks, Lou. BTW, if we're looking to get an actual Instantcake image of 6.3 at some point--to use for virgin drives--do you expect that sometime? Just curious.

Finnstang · 09-20-2006, 07:30 AM

Excellent job, guys! Way to stay on top of this and support everyone in this thread.

bxs122 · 09-20-2006, 07:37 AM

I've tried most of what has been posted here but am still experiencing an occasional reboot and no network.

So I think tonight I'll pull the drive and use my instantcake 3.1.5f to go back to the previous version.

A few weeks back when I first purchased instantcake 3.1.5f I also purchased a new drive. Today I have a drive that unfortunately has quite a few recordings on it. If I run instantcake 3.1.5f do I need to first reformat the drive? If not then will I lose my recordings?

thanx

rbitting · 09-20-2006, 07:45 AM

I finally got up the courage and ran the Slicer last night. Seemed to work just fine. I had to run the tweak enhancement script again to get TiVoWebPlus back. The only thing I had a problem with was I didn't have the PATH statement in rc.sysinit.author like before so I put it in there the way it was and rebooted and it is back to normal.
As far as the limited testing I have done so far, I find 6.3 to be much faster in most aspects. I definitely like the folder option. Only one thing is not the same as before and I don't know if it can be fixed or not. Hopefully there is an answer in DDB since we can not discuss it here. Plus it would be nice if MRV and HMO worked on it

Oh and Kudo's to rbautch and everybody else who has done so much good work here and on the enhancements that make life SO nice on a TiVo.

cheer · 09-20-2006, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bxs122

A few weeks back when I first purchased instantcake 3.1.5f I also purchased a new drive. Today I have a drive that unfortunately has quite a few recordings on it. If I run instantcake 3.1.5f do I need to first reformat the drive? If not then will I lose my recordings?

You don't need to reformat the drive, but you will lose all recordings on it.

bxs122 · 09-20-2006, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheer

You don't need to reformat the drive, but you will lose all recordings on it.

bummer

rbitting · 09-20-2006, 10:04 AM

I may have spoken too soon on the success of my upgrade. This morning everything was working fine even after an overnight reboot. TivoWebPlus, FTP, Telnet. Now I just tried getting into TiVoWebPlus and no response. Tried Telnet, no response. Tried FTP, no response. However I can ping it just fine.

Any ideas on what might have happened? I hope that the new 6.3 doesn't have some code to disable these hacks on a periodic basis.

I'll have to make up a serial cable tonight and see if I can get back in to see what happened. Any ideas or suggestions or similiar experiences?

P.S.

I'll also try to reboot the unit when I get home and see if that makes everything work again. That is one thing I can't do remotely from the net...yet. Still if this is a daily occurence then it isn't a good thing.

gazzie4 · 09-20-2006, 10:08 AM

I have done all steps to get back network, but still have no lights on my adapter. I used slicer 1.2, then after the reboot, made the changes to rc.sysinit.author. both adding the 2 lines under the #!/bin/bash and removed the lines around line 77 as mentioned above.

I checked my usb.map and it shows the usb200m. I am missing something here?

bxs122 · 09-20-2006, 11:21 AM

Before I re-instantcake my drive and start over I thought I'd take the time to explore a bit and since there wasn't anything to lose.

I lost my hacks and no network so started back and tried running tweak.sh - this prompted me to uninstall first which I did. Then on running tweak.sh again there was no network so the script exited.

I ran tivosh network.tcl manually and rebooted.

I now have lights on my USB200M but it is not connecting...can't even ping the gateway.

Any ideas at this point?

bxs122 · 09-20-2006, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HUGE2U

So post slicer - and not a PTVnet person, how do I restore network?

HUGE

In the same boat.

Working on getting my network back.

I'm gonna give it a few more tries but I think the only solution in reality is to instantcake back to 3.x then apply zipper and wait for the slices to come again. Once you have the slices again you could try the latest slicer.

Almost got it running again - have a light on my USB200M, but only one lit.

During reboot I saw this "eth0: unknown interface" which leads me to believe I have to investigate usb.map as mentioned previously in another post.

*just found a problem - ax8817.o is missing which explains the fail on ifconfig eth0
I think I saw a post that showed how to remount the previous partition to copy over stuff that was missing after running slicer.

kcmike · 09-20-2006, 12:05 PM

I ran the slicer, everything went okay (so far) except I entered 192.168.0.19 for my router instead of 192.168.0.1. I have not rebooted yet. Where do I go to fix this, or is it even important.

Thanks

-- Mike

bxs122 · 09-20-2006, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbautch

You can mount the alternate file partition with

Code:

mount /dev/hdaX /install

where X is your alternate filesystem partition. Then navigate to /install, find your drivers, and copy them over. Posting an exact series of commands rarely turns out well - see Lou's vi tutorial above

If you need help beyond this, either read up on basic linux file manipulation, or buy an adapter that works with the stock drivers.

See Jamies thread on DDB for modifying usb.map. You need to add an entry right under the usbnet heading.

How do you determine the alternate file partition?

never mind ... I remembered hda9 so tried that and it worked.

I copied over the ax8817x.o then in usb.map added the following and rebooted

device ax8817x
product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200M ver.2

On reboot my USB200M has all three lights :-) but still cannot ping it.

at least there is progress

more progress ... ran tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.15.22 192.168.15.1
and then rebooted

I now have my network back. Gonna try running Tweak.sh to get some of the hacks back.

Quick Question ... in testing from my serial bash prompt I ran ping 192.168.15.1 to ping the gateway. It works but how do you cancel it?

bxs122 · 09-20-2006, 01:56 PM

I promise to not monopolize this thread ... just one last question.

Now that I have my network back I reran tweak.sh and on reboot it looks as though everything is functioning as before (except fakecall) and with the latest 6.3 -- an excellent learning experience it has become.

Some surprising plus' is it looks as though MRV is functioning (need additional tests). I also noticed both the original 3.x and now the 6.x slices still exist in the mfs...I would have thought they'd be gone.

Now my only concern is the health of the Tivo ... how do I check that everything is running sound and that there isn't a crash in its future? Below is the current rc.sysinit.author file:

#!/bin/bash
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox:/enhancements:/enhancements
export TIVO_ROOT=
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login &
tivoftpd
/bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&> /dev/ttyS2&
fakecall.tcl

route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
sleep 60
ifconfig eth0 192.168.15.22 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.15.1
echo

if [ -e /firstboot_flag ]; then
mount -o remount,rw /
if rm -rf /firstboot_flag; then
mount -o remount,ro /
reboot
fi
fi

######################################
mount -o remount,rw / &>/dev/null
rm /zipper_flag &>/dev/null
mount -o remount,ro / &>/dev/null

#############################################
# starting NCID CallerID
touch /var/log/cidcall.log &
cd /var/hack/sbin; ./ncidd
cd /var/hack/bin; ./tivocid &

#############################################
# starting EndPadPlus
tivosh /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 1 1 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &

#############################################
# starting Tivowebplus
/enhancements/TWPrun.sh

#############################################
# start crond after waiting 30 seconds
sleep 30
/busybox/crond

#############################################
# Check if var got wiped, and if so, rebuild symlinks from /enhancements/varhacks
if [ ! -e /var/vardelete_flag ]; then
sh /enhancements/var-symlinks.sh
fi

#start vserver
/var/hack/vserver &

## Slicer - run network script only once. Reboot after 20 minutes
if [ -e /firstboot_flag ]; then
mount -o remount,rw /
if rm -rf /firstboot_flag; then
tivosh /hacks/network.tcl 192.168.15.22 192.168.15.1
mount -o remount,ro /
fi
fi
echo

thanx to all who have exceptionally helpful.

100Tbps · 09-20-2006, 03:00 PM

So with all the slicer pre-1.3 issues - does 1.3 work as desired, preserving hacks like ethernet via USB, 30-second skip, fakecall, etc? With all the troubleshooting in the thread, it's hard to decipher if we're discussing 1.2+homework or 1.3 download-and-go. I'm eager to buy slicer; but not sure if we're waiting for newer version or if 1.3 does it all and makes it as easy as designed. Thanks!

agzela · 09-20-2006, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bxs122

I copied over the ax8817x.o then in usb.map added the following and rebooted

device ax8817x
product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200M ver.2

I have done the above and still dont get any lights and the error at bootup is:

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x13b1/0x18) is not claimed by any active driver

Help pls!

rbautch · 09-20-2006, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 100Tbps

So with all the slicer pre-1.3 issues - does 1.3 work as desired, preserving hacks like ethernet via USB, 30-second skip, fakecall, etc? With all the troubleshooting in the thread, it's hard to decipher if we're discussing 1.2+homework or 1.3 download-and-go. I'm eager to buy slicer; but not sure if we're waiting for newer version or if 1.3 does it all and makes it as easy as designed. Thanks!

It preserves netowork access and most hacks like FTP, TWP, cron, callerID, etc.... Fakecall needs to be modified to work with 6.3, and there's instructions on how to do that on DDB. Your old tivoapp that was "superpatched" with 30-sec skip, encryption disabled, and backdoors gets overwritten with the new 6.3 tivoapp, so you'll have to manually apply patches or edit your tivoapp with a hex editor to get those working again, or just wait for the next 'superpatch'.

I'd go for version 1.3. Even though v1.2 worked fine for me, v1.3 should make it a little more bulletproof.

rbautch · 09-20-2006, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agzela

usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x13b1/0x18) is not claimed by any active driver

This message is normal and can be ignored. Delete the ax8817x header in your usb.map, and move the "product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200M ver.2" under the heading called "device usbnet". It doesn't appear that 6.3 uses the ax8817x driver, so you can probably delete it, or a symlink from it, if that's what you did.

rbautch · 09-20-2006, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bxs122

Now that I have my network back I reran tweak.sh and on reboot it looks as though everything is functioning as before (except fakecall) and with the latest 6.3 -- an excellent learning experience it has become.

Now that you're an expert vi editor, there's a simple fix to get fakecall working with 6.3, posted by Alphawolf on DDB.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bxs122

Now my only concern is the health of the Tivo ... how do I check that everything is running sound and that there isn't a crash in its future? Below is the current rc.sysinit.author file:

You should remove these lines from your author file.

Code:

insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
sleep 60
ifconfig eth0 192.168.15.22 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.15.1
echo

if [ -e /firstboot_flag ]; then
	mount -o remount,rw /
	if rm -rf /firstboot_flag; then
		mount -o remount,ro /
		reboot
	fi
fi

In fact, I'm surprized the insmod and ifconfig lines are still in there.

Other than that, the tivo really a very robust and crash-resistant box. You can check the logs that are in /var/log from time to time for anything out of the ordinary.