Can no longer FTP or Telnet to my tivo, HELP!!!

[lee78221]

I can no longer FTP or Telnet to my tivo can someone help?

on the USb to ethernet (pluged in to my tivo) the power light does come on(I have a netgear FA120) but not the link/act, when i FTP or Telnet I get for Telnet:
Connecting To 192.168.1.68...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23:
Connect failed
and FTP:
> ftp: connect :Unknown error number
ftp>


can someone help me here?

I have rebooted my tivo and router and computer and it still does not work when I do a pig I get:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ping 192.168.1.68

Pinging 192.168.1.68 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.68:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

no dhcp the address has been 192.168.1.68 from the start.

I am using a 1701HG Gateway 2wire from SBC/AT&T router and I have replaced the replace the ethernet cable but ti still does not work.


can someone help? or should I just pull the HD and rehack the thing,


it is a Driectivo a DSR708.

[cheer]

We need a boot log. Also, log in via serial bash and see if you can ping the router.

[lee78221]

We need a boot log. Also, log in via serial bash and see if you can ping the router.I have no serial cable is there any other way I can do this? maybe hook the HD into my computer and get the boot log from there?

[cheer]

You can hook it to your computer, boot using the PTVUpgrade boot CD or something similar, mount /dev/hdx9 and check var/log/kernel...won't give you the very initial boot stuff that happens before /var is mounted but it will give you the rest.

What version of Tivo software? How did you initially set the network information?

[lee78221]

You can hook it to your computer, boot using the PTVUpgrade boot CD or something similar, mount /dev/hdx9 and check var/log/kernel...won't give you the very initial boot stuff that happens before /var is mounted but it will give you the rest.

What version of Tivo software? How did you initially set the network information?ok but do you need to know what happens before /var is mounted to help me? I did the network set up when I was hacking the tivo as the router as 192.168.1.254(which it true) and the tivo as 192.168.1.68(and that is what it as been from day 1) the tivo is 6.2.

[cheer]

OK you say you "did network set up" but what does that mean? You ran netconfig.tcl?

In any case...if none of that has changed, then I don't think any of that matters. Either the USB->Ethernet adapter is bad, or there's some other layer 1 problem between the Tivo and the router. Do you have a separate Ethernet switch? Have you tried moving to a different port on the switch?

Are you using wireless anywhere along the way?

[lee78221]

OK you say you "did network set up" but what does that mean? You ran netconfig.tcl?

In any case...if none of that has changed, then I don't think any of that matters. Either the USB->Ethernet adapter is bad, or there's some other layer 1 problem between the Tivo and the router. Do you have a separate Ethernet switch? Have you tried moving to a different port on the switch?

Are you using wireless anywhere along the way?
Yes I used netconfig.tcl I have another tivo that works(that I have not touched in years so it should be working) so let me that try tivo and see if this USB->Ethernet adapter works and if it does not than we will know that is it. Yes I do(have a separate Ethernet switch) and Yes I have(moved to a different port on the switch) and that does not work.

No wireless anywhere along the way.

[lee78221]

Well I am guessing it is the USB->Ethernet adapter because it does not working on the other tivo.

[lee78221]

You can hook it to your computer, boot using the PTVUpgrade boot CD or something similar, mount /dev/hdx9 and check var/log/kernel...won't give you the very initial boot stuff that happens before /var is mounted but it will give you the rest. I did a mount /dev/hda9 and I got can't find /dev/hda(and I think there was a 9 at the end) in /etc/fstab or etc/mtab

what is this all about? anything I am doing wrong here.


I am trying to look at the boot log.

[ScanMan]

It would only be /dev/hda if your tivo drive was connected as the Primary Master on your PC; otherwise it could be another letter depending on where the drive was mapped in your PC's IDE-chain. The boot messages (dmesg) will tell you...

Also, did you use a mount point? The correct syntax for a tivo drive mounted as primary master would be:

mount /dev/hda9 /mnt

using a directory called /mnt as the mount point.

[lee78221]

It would only be /dev/hda if your tivo drive was connected as the Primary Master on your PC; otherwise it could be another letter depending on where the drive was mapped in your PC's IDE-chain. The boot messages (dmesg) will tell you...

Also, did you use a mount point? The correct syntax for a tivo drive mounted as primary master would be:

mount /dev/hda9 /mnt

using a directory called /mnt as the mount point.it is the Primary Master on my PC. ok I did only mount /dev/hda9 let me try /mnt

[lee78221]

ok I did a mount /dev/hda9 /mnt and it works fine but when I do a var/log/kernel I get no such file or directory.

anything I am doing wrong here?

[ScanMan]

Yup, you don't need the /var - it's already mounted at /mnt. Just cd /mnt/log and you should see the kernel log with "ls"; you can look at it with "cat kernel" or copy it to your pc somewhere else (FAT drive, not NTFS) you have mounted. Then, you can post it.

[lee78221]

Yup, you don't need the /var - it's already mounted at /mnt. Just cd /mnt/log and you should see the kernel log with "ls"; you can look at it with "cat kernel" or copy it to your pc somewhere else (FAT drive, not NTFS) you have mounted. Then, you can post it.
all my drives are NTFS(use them under XP)

[lee78221]

ok I see the boot log how do I copy it to a HD? can I do with a NTFS HD(that is all I have is NTFS)?

[ScanMan]

No, linux can't reliably write to NTFS drives; you need something FAT; thumb drive or even floppy? I'm pretty sure it will fit on a floppy. Floppy drives are mounted at /dev/fd0, so get a dos/fat formatted floppy and do the following:

mkdir /floppy
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
cp /mnt/log/kernel /floppy

Should be good to go...

[lee78221]

No, linux can't reliably write to NTFS drives; you need something FAT; thumb drive or even floppy? I'm pretty sure it will fit on a floppy. Floppy drives are mounted at /dev/fd0, so get a dos/fat formatted floppy and do the following:

mkdir /floppy
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
cp /mnt/log/kernel /floppy

Should be good to go...
I have a floppy disk so I will do that.

[lee78221]

floppy drive is not working and I think I can get my hands on a FAT drive how do I copy the boot log on to a FAT drive?

[ScanMan]

Let's assume you connect it to the pc as Secondary Master (/dev/hdc) and the drive only has one partition on it:

mkdir /fat
mount -t vfat /dev/hdc1 /fat
cp /mnt/log/kernel /fat

[lee78221]

OK I was going to go out a try do get a FAT drive but one of partitions on my C:\(my computer calls it D:\ drive) it is FAT32, will that work? the partition in 2GB in size.

[ocntscha]

OK I was going to go out a try do get a FAT drive but one of partitions on my C:\(my computer calls it D:\ drive) it is FAT32, will that work? the partition in 2GB in size.

That should work. You'd probably need this..

mkdir /fat
mount /dev/hda5 /fat
cp /mnt/log/kernel /fat

[lee78221]

That should work. You'd probably need this..

mkdir /fat
mount /dev/hda5 /fat
cp /mnt/log/kernel /fatafter I do mount /dev/hda5 /fat i get

/dev/hda5:success but then I get
you must specify the file system type


what is up with this?

[ocntscha]

after I do mount /dev/hda5 /fat i get

/dev/hda5:success but then I get
you must specify the file system type


what is up with this?Well you can try what Scanman was recommending..

mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /fat

In my experience Linux is pretty good about figuring out what file type to use all by itself which is what I left the option off.

If that doesn't work try

mount -t msdos /dev/hda5 /fat

Also, since you say your D: drive is "on" your C: I'd expect you need to be using hda5 but it could be you need something else.

[mattmanuel]

I am having similiar problems on a new setup. I did every thing in accordance with the guides posted here on the forum. Used the kernel from the PTV iso thats suppose to be already killhdinit'ed and still can't ping my HD10-250. The USB200M gets a link light and a 10/100 light but no activity. From looking at the kernel log in /var/log it looks to be rewriting my /var directory...

Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 1
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/hda9 is mounted.^M
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Inode 2052, i_blocks wrong 28 (counted=22). Set i_blocks to counted? yes
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel:
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Inode 2059, i_blocks wrong 28 (counted=18). Set i_blocks to counted? yes
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel:
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Inode 2050, i_blocks wrong 72 (counted=68). Set i_blocks to counted? yes
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel:
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Inode 2056, i_blocks wrong 386 (counted=372). Set i_blocks to counted? yes
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel:
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Fix summary information? yes
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel:
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9: 50/32768 files (8.0% non-contiguous), 4434/131072 blocks
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 2
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/hda9 is mounted.^M
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9: clean, 50/32768 files, 4434/131072 blocks
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9 is clean after pass 2
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Mounting /var
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: /dev/hda9 on /var type ext2 (rw)
Jun 25 06:03:46 (none) kernel: Cleaning up /var/mtab...

It does seem to find the usb...

Jun 25 06:03:55 (none) kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jun 25 06:03:55 (none) kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: hcd.c: ehci-hcd @ 00:0d.2, PCI device 1033:00e0
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: hcd.c: irq 6, pci mem b4002000
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: ehci-hcd.c: USB 2.0 support enabled, EHCI rev 0.95
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: hub.c: 5 ports detected
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: insmod: /lib/modules/ax8817x.0: No such file or directory
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: MCP startup complete
Jun 25 06:03:56 (none) kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:0d.2-1, assigned address 2

and the rc.sysinit.author...

Jun 25 06:05:11 (none) kernel: /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author: /var/hack/tivoftpd.mips: No such file or directory
Jun 25 06:05:11 (none) kernel: rc.sysinit is complete

Although by then it has aready nuked the /var/hacked directory

Any insight?

[mattmanuel]

Complete kernel log attached...any takers :)

Matthew

[Jamie]

Complete kernel log attached...any takers :)This would look to be your problem:
insmod: /lib/modules/ax8817x.0: No such file or directoryThe file extension should be a small letter "o", not the numeral zero.

BTW, I'd recommend you don't put your hacks in /var. It is not uncommon for /var to get wiped, as it did in this boot.

[mattmanuel]

yea I saw that, going to check it shortly, the thing I am mostly worried about is the /var dir getting re-written. Seems that the kernel is'nt killhdinit'ed, athought I used the 3.1.5 from the PTV iso!?!?

[mattmanuel]

From reading the log it says the slice 9 wasn't umounted properly. I umounted it before halting as per the guide, any idea what that might be referring to?

[eastwind]

Jun 25 06:05:11 (none) kernel: /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author: /var/hack/tivoftpd.mips: No such file or directory This line says that the ftp daemon isn't starting because it can't be found. Make sure the line that starts it points to the acutal file that you need to execute.

ew

[Jamie]

From reading the log it says the slice 9 wasn't umounted properly. I umounted it before halting as per the guide, any idea what that might be referring to?It's normal for /var to get rebuilt if it fails the e2fsck check&repair. That's the reason you don't want to put anything in /var that you care about. It apears to me that your kernel is fine.

[mattmanuel]

I just jerked the drive from the tivo and took another look at it. It seems to have left my hack directory alone this time. tivoftpd.mips is still there. I fixed the "insmod: /lib/modules/ax8817x.0: No such file or directory" typo problem and looked at every thing else one more time while I had it out. Looked at the latest entries in the kernel log (thanks Jamie for the insight on /var) and everything seems to be ok. Re-installed the darn thing, and still a no-go.

I plugged the rj45 that connects to the usb200m into a laptop and pinged my router, so that part of the physical layer is ok. Next I'll install the drivers for the usb200m on a pc and make sure my brand new usb200m is'nt a POS. Other than that I'm at a lose.

Question: can a hr10-250 be consoled into via a usb2serial adapter some what like you do a router to see what is going on in real time?

[Jamie]

Question: can a hr10-250 be consoled into via a usb2serial adapter some what like you do a router to see what is going on in real time?Serial console access is the best way to debug this sort of network problem. The hr10-250 has a serial port, so you shouldn't need a usb-to-serial cable on that end. You just need to build/buy a cable with the right connecter for the mini-stereo plug. You can use a usb-to-serial cable on the PC side, if you don't have a serial port there.

[mattmanuel]

THe usb200m works fine on my PC. Looks like I'm off to search for the schematics for the serial cable...TBC

[lee78221]

THe usb200m works fine on my PC. Looks like I'm off to search for the schematics for the serial cable...TBC
I am going to do the same(but buy the serial cable from 9th Tee)

[PlainBill]

THe usb200m works fine on my PC. Looks like I'm off to search for the schematics for the serial cable...TBC
Look here. (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=234467#post234467)

Also, there are two versions of the USB200M. Jamie is the driver expert, but I believe they require different drivers (or Ver 2 requires an updated driver). In either case, use a Netgear FA-120 and save yourself a lot of headaches.

PlainBill

[Jamie]

Also, there are two versions of the USB200M. Jamie is the driver expert, but I believe they require different drivers (or Ver 2 requires an updated driver). In either case, use a Netgear FA-120 and save yourself a lot of headaches.Yes, v2 requires a newer driver, but the newer driver works with the v1 too. The latest backport usbnet drivers (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38167) works fine with both. Looking back at the kernel log, I see this:
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x13b1/0x18) is not claimed by any active driver.and indeed, those are the id's of a usb200m v2.

Personally, I'd update the drivers and use the dongle you have rather than spending more money for a different one. The main disadvantage of the usb200m is that it has fragile RJ-45 connector. If you use the included extension usb cable (rather than plugging the dongle directly into the tivo), it holds up fine, in my experience.

[mattmanuel]

I agree, I already have it here so i'll try the new drivers and see what happens. I was confused by the "latest" vs the "last kown good" versions so I guess I'll go with the 20041024 version.

[Jamie]

I agree, I already have it here so i'll try the new drivers and see what happens. I was confused by the "latest" vs the "last kown good" versions so I guess I'll go with the 20041024 version.That sounds way to old to support the usb200m v2. It wasn't added until 20050916. Get the latest (20051226 is the latest released version). Where did you see the 2004 version labeled as "last known good"?

[mattmanuel]

That sounds way to old to support the usb200m v2. It wasn't added until 20050916. Get the latest (20051226 is the latest released version). Where did you see the 2004 version labeled as "last known good"?

My bad, I was reading further into the tread and missed the latest release link at the top :D

[mattmanuel]

Jamie, Bill, Lee
Ok, I got it networked. Telnet and ftp works, now what do I do?
Just kidding, thanks for the help!

Matt

[lee78221]

Jamie, Bill, Lee
Ok, I got it networked. Telnet and ftp works, now what do I do?
Just kidding, thanks for the help!

Matt
Why are you thanking me?:confused:

[lee78221]

ok i got a serial cable and it is all hooked up and got bash what next?

[lee78221]

boot log:
CPU revision is: 00005430
FPU revision is: 00005410
Primary instruction cache 32kb, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kb, linesize 32 bytes.
Linux version 2.4.20 (build@buildmaster5) (gcc version 3.0) #22 Fri Feb 20 18:19
:25 PST 2004
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
zone(0): 16384 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda4 dsscon=true console=2,11520
=false
Monotonic time calibrated: 81.00 counts per usec
Calibrating delay loop... 161.79 BogoMIPS
Contiguous region 1: 8388608 bytes @ address 0x80d00000
Contiguous region 2: 1048576 bytes @ address 0x81500000
Contiguous region 8: 10485760 bytes @ address 0x81600000
Contiguous region of 19922944 bytes total reserved at 0x80d00000.
Memory: 43820k/65536k available (1222k kernel code, 21716k reserved, 81k data, 6
4k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Checking for 'wait' instruction... unavailable.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
ttyS00 at iomem 0xb4100100 (irq = 79) is a 16550A
ttyS00 at port 0xbc010000 (irq = 133) is a unknown
ttyS00 at iomem 0xb4100140 (irq = 81) is a 16550A
ttyS00 at iomem 0xb4100120 (irq = 80) is a 16550A
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI en
abled
ttyS00 at 0xb4100100 (irq = 79) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0xbc010000 (irq = 133) is a unknown
ttyS02 at 0xb4100140 (irq = 81) is a 16550A
ttyS03 at 0xb4100120 (irq = 80) is a 16550A
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
hda: Maxtor 6L200P0, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x400-0x407,0x438 on irq 87
hda: 398297088 sectors (203928 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=24792/255/63
Partition check:
hda: [mac] hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 hda12 hda13
hda14
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICM
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 8192)
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (512 buckets, 4096 max) - 152 bytes per conntrack
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed
Starting rc.sysinit
Running boot Stage A_PreKickstart scripts
Scanning for configuration files
Invoking startup scripts for:
platform 'trinity'
implementation 'Series2'
implementer 'TiVo'
Releasing /initrd and clearing ramdisk, if they exist
warning: can't open /var/mtab: No such file or directory
umount: /initrd: not mounted
Activating swap partitions
Adding Swap: 130044k swap-space (priority -1)
Loading core system drivers
Parallel modem driver loaded, 1 ports starting at /dev/ttyS1
Loading ircatch
Found rev 'F' Si2433 modem on /dev/cua1
Checking for Kickstart panic signal
Running boot Stage B_PostKickstart scripts
Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 1
ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/
hda9 is mounted.
/dev/hda9 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Inode 6148, i_blocks wrong 16 (counted=12). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 6153, i_blocks wrong 16 (counted=2). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 6155, i_blocks wrong 16 (counted=6). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 6146, i_blocks wrong 48 (counted=38). Set i_blocks to counted? yes

Inode 6152, i_blocks wrong 112 (counted=100). Set i_blocks to counted?

Fix summary information? yes

/dev/hda9: 103/32768 files (9.7% non-contiguous), 9598/131072 blocks
Cleanup /dev/hda9 pass 2
ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/
hda9 is mounted.
/dev/hda9: clean, 103/32768 files, 9598/131072 blocks
/dev/hda9 is clean after pass 2
Mounting /var
/dev/hda9 on /var type ext2 (rw)
Cleaning up files in /var
Checking space in /var
Mounting initial environment
Starting logging daemons
Found Silicon Labs "Si2433" modem, rev F, skipping modem patc
Scanning for phase1 repair scripts
Running boot Stage C_MediaInitialization scripts
Loading input section drivers
cobra module was successfully installed, LNBPA 0x10 LNBPB 0x16
Loading output section drivers
Splash the screen
Running boot Stage D_PreMfs scripts
Remote control is TIVO
MFS partition on /dev/hda10
Loading Trinity dssapp
Look for debug board
/tvbin/dssappAV: DSS Interface Version 1.24, compiled on Nov 12 2004
Loading irblast
Loading ideturbo
Loading fan
Loading therm
Loading TvBus router
Updating syst
Time set to: Fri Jun 30 01:42:38 2006
Enabling local route
Setting TCP keepalive parameters
Checking for additional disk
Start fan control
First temperature parameters set:
Terminal temp: 71
Critical temp: 62
Logging temp: 60
Target temp: 50
Lowest fan speed: 7
/tvbin/fancontrol is running in the background.
Starting TvLauncher
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2191, protocol tcp
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
Waiting for launcher to start.
Launcher is running.
Scanning for phase2 repair scripts
Running boot Stage E_PreApplication scripts
Checking for database conversions
No upgrade to load
Not upgrading software
Scanning for phase3 repair scripts
Running boot Stage F_ApplicationLaunch scripts
Starting Services.
Microcode version is TiVo!
Found hpk front panel model 1
PCI: 00:0d.2 PCI cache line size set incorrectly (0 bytes) by BIOS/FW, correctin
g to 32
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2190, protocol udp
iptables: No chain/target/match by that nam
PokeFirewallPort: Poking hole through firewall at port 2190, protocol tcp
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
using driver frame iter
ApgLogFrequency( 0 sec )
Finished creating ApgDriverFrameIter
Using a smartSorter!
Calling ReadStream()s
....started status session
Initialize with 2 live caches
AddInputSection 1
AddInputSection 2
TvMomMediaSwitchSource::DoSetup()
TvMomMediaSwitchSource::DoSetup()
AddInputSection 3
ApgManager Transition from state INIT to BOOT
....sending Booting event
....started status se
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
Scanning for phase4 repair scripts
Running boot Stage G_PostApplication scripts
starting rc.sysinit.author
set environmental variables
starting telnet and ftp
starting serial bash
running fakecall
bash: no job control in this shell
bash-2.02# Inside fakecall 4.x+
done with fakecall
EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended

rc.sysinit is complete
ApgManager Transition from state BOOT to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to FAST_LOAD
ApgManager Transition from state FAST_LOAD to STEADY_STATE
....sending Done event
....sending Done event

[ocntscha]

Have you determined that your USB ethernet adapter is actually good? Reading back I thought you had pretty much determined your problem to be a bad USB ethernet adapter. If the ethernet adapter is good then I'd start trouble shooting with the commands ifconfig, route, netstat, ping, iptables --list and ps.

[lee78221]

Have you determined that your USB ethernet adapter is actually good? Reading back I thought you had pretty much determined your problem to be a bad USB ethernet adapter. If the ethernet adapter is good then I'd start trouble shooting with the commands ifconfig, route, netstat, ping, iptables --list and ps.
I think it is good I hooked the USB ethernet adapter to my computer and installed the drivers and went to the device manager and it said This device is working properly.

[cheer]

I think it is good I hooked the USB ethernet adapter to my computer and installed the drivers and went to the device manager and it said This device is working properly.
That doesn't mean a thing. Did it actually work?

[lee78221]

That doesn't mean a thing. Did it actually work?
well If that des not mean a thing then I am going to have to replace it because I have no way of being 100% and don't want to waste your time if it is really not woking.


So I will replace it as soon as possible.:cool:


thanks everyone for your help.

[ScanMan]

I have no way of being 100%Uh, yeah you do....as has been alluded to earlier; can you access your internal network or the internet? Web browsers, email and the venerable "ping" command will allow you to verify that the USB adapter is working in your PC...plug it in and test it!!!

[lee78221]

Uh, yeah you do....as has been alluded to earlier; can you access your internal network or the internet? Web browsers, email and the venerable "ping" command will allow you to verify that the USB adapter is working in your PC...plug it in and test it!!!
so let me see I hook the USB adapter to my computer and I know the ping command but I don't know how to ping other then IP address.

and Yes I can access internal network or the internet.

[cheer]

Yes, hook your USB adapter to your computer and plug your computer into the Ethernet using that USB adapter. Disconnect any other LAN cables and shut down any wireless connections.

Then, can you access the Internet? If so, the adapter is fine and we have a different problem.

[cheer]

And for what it's worth I don't see the USB drivers loading up in your boot log. Given that you have the same problem on more than one Tivo, I still think it's likely a bad adapter.

[mattmanuel]

An update on my situation...

My primary HR10-250 is up and running, every thing works. My 2nd HD10-250 (test bed tivo) however has run into a snag. I got the network part going ok and can telnet in, but the ftp don't work. When I telnet in I get...

bash: /tivo-bin/::/var/hack/bin/:/var/mfs_ftp:/var/hack:: No such file or directory

I looked at the .profile and every thing seems to be in order but obviously I have missed something or else it would work. Any ideas?

Matt

[cheer]

Looks/sounds like typos in your PATH statement. For one, I wouldn't expect the double colons. Can you copy/paste the PATH statement?

[mattmanuel]

export PATH=/tivo-bin/:
$PATH":"/var/hack/bin/:/var/mfs_ftp:/var/hack:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/hack/lib/":"$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export HOME=/var/hack/root

[cheer]

That line break is suspicious, as are the quotes. What is the path statement in rc.sysinit.author?

[mattmanuel]

I have no PATH statements in my rc.sysinit.author. Just the loading of modules, ifconfig statemnt, and starting of telnet and ftp.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the path statement there to point to possible directories to look at when executing a program from a prompt with no path. In other words, if I launch tivoftp.mips in my rc.sysinit.author with a complete path...

#start ftp
/var/hack/tivoftp.mips

...then problems in my .profile should not efect the execution of the ftp deamon. Correct?

In a previous life I worked a bit with Solaris 7 but I am real rusty on this unix stuff.

[cheer]

Yes, you're correct. But the PATH statement above is a bit of a mess. I would change it to:export PATH=/tivo-bin/:/var/hack/bin/:/var/mfs_ftp:/var/hack:/tvbin:/sbin
See what you get.

[mattmanuel]

I will do just that. Perhaps you could explain the relivence of "$PATH" in the path statement that I copied from the how-to guide. I've been reading about it on another site but it just ain't sinking in. Also, why are some paths in the statement ended with / when others aren't?

/var/hack/bin/ vs /var/hack or /tvbin

[cheer]

Doesn't matter whether they end in / or not. As for $PATH, it's a variable that means "include the existing path." Essentially.

[mattmanuel]

That straightened out my path problems which also allowed me alot more commands with telnet but my ftp still don't work :( I checked the permissions on the tivoftpd.mips file and they were 755. Tried executing it from the bash prompt in telnet, thinking it might not like my rc.sysinit.author file, but still no ftp. Is there a log file created any where when tivoftpd.mips errors? Also, I am just using explorer to check to see if its working. If I was to use an actual ftp prog, would I log in as anonymous or what?

[cheer]

Actually, no user or pw at all.

After you fire up tivoftpd.mips, from a bash prompt do "ps ax | grep ftp" and see if you see the tivoftpd listed as a running process.

[mattmanuel]

YUP, sure do, now I am more confused.

[cheer]

Try using a real ftp client and not IE.

[lee78221]

Try using a real ftp client and not IE.

I like FileZilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/)

[mattmanuel]

Used WS_FTP, no go
Used Cute_ftp, got this

STATUS:> Connecting to FTP server 192.168.1.6:21 (ip = 192.168.1.6)...
STATUS:> Socket connected. Waiting for welcome message...
ERROR:> Control connection closed.

I tried both anonymous and giving a login name of admin with no password. Niether prog would let me leave the name field empty when not using anonymous

[mattmanuel]

FileZilla, same thing

[mattmanuel]

Lee- How do you have fileZille set up to connect to your Tivo?

[ocntscha]

Matt any of those FTP clients including IE/Explorer ought to work and no matter if you use no userid or any random strings of characters as a userid. I think your looking in the wrong spot.

Are we to understand that from this same PC you can successfully FTP to your other Tivo?

Can your PC FTP anywhere successfully? Like to another Linux box on your LAN or just any ftp site on the web like ftp://tivok:tivokernel@ftp.tivosupplies.com/tivo_kernels/s2_kernels/ ?

Is there a router and/or firewall of any sort sitting between your PC and the Tivo, maybe even the Windows XP built in firewall or Zonealarm?

Is there another PC you can try from?

On your Tivo, if you type netstat -an | grep 21 does the output include tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN?

What if anything is the output of issuing the command iptables --list on your Tivo?

[lee78221]

Lee- How do you have fileZille set up to connect to your Tivo?
before everything went down hell with the tivo I had all the settings as is on install I just put in my Ip address of my tivo and hit Quickconnect and that is all.

[mattmanuel]

I usually have the firewall at my router turned on and the firewall on the boxes turned off, which allows me to do any thing I want within the house. I tried but couldn't ftp to my previously working Tivo so I started to look around. Some how the XP firewall had been turned on, on my PC...Dohhh!

It's fixed and working now. Thanks for the help. I'll go hide my face in shame now :( Until the next screw up that is :)

[lee78221]

Update: it was the USB adapter thanks all for your help.

[vhkounel]

For some reason, my Tivo took a software upgrade 6.3d and now I can not telnet into it and TivowebPlus no longer works however, I can still ping it. Any ideas? I was able to hack into it on the 6.3c software and use TyTools.

[PlainBill]

For some reason, my Tivo took a software upgrade 6.3d and now I can not telnet into it and TivowebPlus no longer works however, I can still ping it. Any ideas? I was able to hack into it on the 6.3c software and use TyTools.
Overwhelming odds are you neglected to add 'upgradesoftware=false' to the boot parameters. Now you'll have to pull the drive and rehack.

PlainBill

[vhkounel]

Thanks PlainBill I was affraid of that. I was hoping that since I could ping the Tivo I might not need to do that.

One question, when I rehack, will I lose all I have saved on my hard drive? I would like to keep the stuff I have on my drive and extract it after I have re-hacked, is that possible?

[jt1134]

Thanks PlainBill I was affraid of that. I was hoping that since I could ping the Tivo I might not need to do that.

One question, when I rehack, will I lose all I have saved on my hard drive? I would like to keep the stuff I have on my drive and extract it after I have re-hacked, is that possible?

You won't lose any of your programming unless you reimage the drive. You should still be able to pull it off after hacking again. Any shows recorded since the upgrade will be encrypted, so in order to pull them off specifically you'll need to use the s2_unscramble kernel.

[vhkounel]

Thanks a lot for all the good input, I really appreciate it.

Bill

[vhkounel]

OK guys, I have re-hacked my Tivo drives and am now able to Telnet and FTP into it. I am running software 6.3d and I want to get the encryption turned off. I looked at some posts from Alphawolf but I do not see something specific to 6.3d, is there something I need to do for my version? I have an S2 SA HR10-250 (DirecTV). TyTools 10r4 is up and running, it is just the encryption hurdle I need to clear. Also, I am not too worried about shows I have already recorded, I am happy to start from new stuff recorded after I figure this out.
Thanks, Bill

[ScanMan]

OK guys, I have re-hacked my Tivo drives and am now able to Telnet and FTP into it. I am running software 6.3d and I want to get the encryption turned off. I looked at some posts from Alphawolf but I do not see something specific to 6.3d, is there something I need to do for my version? I have an S2 SA HR10-250 (DirecTV). TyTools 10r4 is up and running, it is just the encryption hurdle I need to clear. Also, I am not too worried about shows I have already recorded, I am happy to start from new stuff recorded after I figure this out.
Thanks, Bill
The latest Superpatch (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=281554&postcount=682) supports 6.3d with no changes from 6.3abc according to posts in that thread.

[vhkounel]

Thanks ScanMan, one other question, the only hacks I have in my Tivo currently is FTP, TivoWeb Plus and Telnet, do I need to install anything else or just this Superpatch? I am asking because even though I can Telnet in and get a bash promt, when I try a command at my prompt (like "dir") I get command not found. Am I missing some other hacks?

[PlainBill]

Thanks ScanMan, one other question, the only hacks I have in my Tivo currently is FTP, TivoWeb Plus and Telnet, do I need to install anything else or just this Superpatch? I am asking because even though I can Telnet in and get a bash promt, when I try a command at my prompt (like "dir") I get command not found. Am I missing some other hacks?

Well, 'dir' is not a linux command. Use 'ls' instead. If that doesn't work either, did you install AlphaWolf's Series 2 binaries?

PlainBill

[vhkounel]

Yes, "ls" did work, thanks, I thought DIR worked before I lost telnet, but maybe I am wrong.