[ET9x00] Often no EPG data after startup.

[destroyer2usa]

Hi,

I have a lot of times after starting up system that no EPG data is present in channel or guide.

A couple of reboots and then data is present again, also a manual update of Rytec brings up the data, but when i then switch off the system and boot again a couple of hours later then again no data present.

Data is stored on internal HDD.

 

[Stanman]

There is a setting in the EPG to force reload after boot or something like that, give it atry

 

[destroyer2usa]

There is a setting in the EPG to force reload after boot or something like that, give it atry

I already tried that..reload EPG but then also no EPG date when opening guide.

I have deleted the epg.dat file and redownloaded EPG data...let's wait and see if that cures the problem.

 

[Stanman]

The other thing you could try is putting the EPG on a USB stick as HDD may not wake up in time?

 

[deleted]

I can confirm this, every single reboot, results in loss of EPG being shown, a reboot of enigma fixes this immediately.

 

[destroyer2usa]

Yep....just booted up the system and again no EPG data is present.


Must have been a change in one of the recent updates?...a month ago I didn't have this problem and I changed nothing in my setup...

 

[Rob van der Does]

Must have been a change in one of the recent updates?

No, there have been no changes in this area for a long time. And on my ET9200 (and other boxes) it works well.
How do you shut-down the box? Did you try changing the epg.dat location to an USB stick (just for a test; this shouldn't make any difference).

 

[destroyer2usa]

Ok. I installed epg data to usb.


Unfortunately didn't help...still no EPG data after bootup...

Shutdown normally with long press of red button, but shutdown thru menu doesn't make a difference.


Ok..I noticed something strange...perhaps that's the cause.

The saved EPG.dat file on my HD is only 544 bytes big!

I just redownloaded EPG data to USB and that file is 22 MB big, so something goes wrong with downloading/writing of EPG data to HD?

 

[Rob van der Does]

Try to save epg.dat (via the menu) after a download: does that work?

 

[destroyer2usa]

Yep saving worked on build 119.

Just updated again to latest build and again no EPG data....file is still there on usb, 22 MB big so that is not the problem?

EPG just doesn't get loaded...even using the option load EPG data does nothing.......Ok...I'm out of ideas...

 

[Rob van der Does]

file is still there on usb, 22 MB big so that is not the problem?
EPG just doesn't get loaded...even using the option load EPG data does nothing.......

Is the location in the menu set to USB?

 

[destroyer2usa]

Is the location in the menu set to USB?

Yes menu setting is switched then.

 

[Rob van der Does]

Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Anyone?

 

[Maxwell]

see if you have an epg.dat file in /etc/enigma2 if so delete it then reboot

 

[Maxwell]

see if you have an epg.dat file in /etc/enigma2 if so delete it then reboot

Bit more info:

When you change epg location the existing epg.dat is written to the new location automatically and it is my guess that you have a corrupt epg.dat somewhere so login with Filezilla press F3 to search with the following

Search Directory /
Filename contains epg


This will find all instances of files and directories associated with epg,
once finished delete all epg.dat files - leave everything else.
exit Filezilla
Now on the receiver Go to menu>setup>system>epg>settings - make sure you select /media/usb as your epg location and once set do not change it and set Automatic refresh to No and Automatic Save to No
Go to menu>setup>system>epg>xmltv-importer and set Start import after booting up to disable
do a manual download of the epg data then a full restart (this will write the new epg.dat file to your usb*)
once finished exit the menu and use filezilla again to check that the only location of epg.dat is /media/usb
Press EPG to check it is all working as it should.

EDIT: if you are familiar with telnet then before you do any of the above stop enigma with init 4 and instead of the restart use init 3 to restart enigma. - if you are not familiar with telnet proceed as above.

*Thanks Rob

 

[romey]

Nice guide Maxwell4321. I'm having a similar problem so thought I'd add to this topic rather than a new one.

I've gone through the guide and when i get to Restart and double check with filezilla that no epg.dat files exist. after restarting the receiver shows two instances of epg.dat again. One in etc and one on the USB, both roughly the same size.

Is there a log file which shows what happens on startup to see why this occurs?

Thanks

 

[Larry-G]

Just to clarify, the EPG is held in live memory so any changes made such as deleting the EPG.dat file should always be done with enigma asleep ( using the init 4 command first to put enigma asleep then using the init 3 command to reawaken enigma once the changes have been made.) otherwise the EPG.dat file will just be rewritten overriding your changes.

 

[Rob van der Does]

If USB is the setting in the menu, the box will nevertheless use etc/enigma2 if that location is not available at E2 stop. So maybe there's something not good with your stick.

 

[Maxwell]

You did do a full power off restart and not just a restart of Enigma ?
Also manually go to the locations after the search and delete them

 

[romey]

Cheers for the replies guys, much appreciated.

Full restart carried out, deleted both epg.dat, full restart again, and now only one instance of epg.dat appears. One other change I made before the second restart was that updating the epg through crossepg was enabled, so I've disabled that for the time being, I'll see how it goes. Would it be ok to delete any duplicate instances of crossepg in etc2 as they dont appear to have been modified for some time, whereas the files on the USB do.