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Wolffpack
10-25-2005, 01:02 AM
I have an HDVR2 hacked running 3.1.1b (sleepered). I have successfully:

1. Unsleepered it.
2. Upgraded to 6.2 using the killhdinitrd 3.1.5 from PTVUpgrade CD.
3. Installed AlphaWolf's tivotools.
4. Unit reboots and runs fine.
5. Serial BASH works fine.

No network. telnet and tivoftpd is running. I followed a combination of the guides/walkthoughs which helps. Edited rc.sysinit.author, removed all the hacks for how (other than tnlited and tivoftpd). Set ip addr using ipconfig and routed per my old config. Also commented out:

#Load ax8817x ethernet drivers
#insmod /lib/modules/usbcore.o
#insmod /lib/modules/hcd.o
#insmod /lib/modules/ehci-hcd.o
#insmod /lib/modules/ax8817x.o
#sleep 10

Somehow I didn't notice any notes in the guides and walkthoughs regarding how to replace the drivers, which I'm pretty sure I need to do. Probably using Jamie's backport drivers.

My adapter is a D-link DUB-E100. ax8817x.o worked fine in the past. Is this what I need to use? I've been reading 'till I'm blurried eyed trying to figure out how. I downloaded usobj2.4.27-20050916 but I cannot find ax8817x.o in any of the directories. In reading other threads I've gather I needed to delete ax8817x.o, usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and ehci-hcd.o in /lib/modules and then copy usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and usbnet.o from the file I downloaded. Then link usbnet.o to ax8817x.o. But I have no ax8817.o.

I tried using the old ax8817.o....ha, no way. Tried backing that out and now the unit keeps running through the "Welcome. Powering up" message and keeps rebooting without anything appearing on the serial BASH prompt.

So, while I'm done for tonight, my task for tomorrow is to restore and start over. But when I get back to where I was (working 6.2 without networking) what ta heck do I need to do to load the ax8817x.o drivers and where is the current driver?

eastwind
10-25-2005, 02:42 AM
6.2 will load network drivers on it's own. Then you need to get past the firewall. Try this (http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42325&highlight=collected+info) post 3b.

ew

Wolffpack
10-25-2005, 08:45 PM
Thanks ew!! Firewall was the trick.