[ET8x00] Xtrend box stuck on boot up

[ddonlon]

Any idea what is wrong my box is stuck on the VIX logo its an xtrend 8500

 

[ddonlon]

I can connect with Putty and have tried a few of the init commands, shutdown , reboot but still stops on vix logo

 

[birdman]

The first problem is this:

< 403.010> File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/AutoTimer/AutoTimer.py", line 42, in <module>
< 403.011> ImportError: No module named Toolkit.SimpleThread

and that's a real problem as it should be there, so if it isn't you have a fundamental problem.
Look in /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/, it should contain (amongst other things) SimpleThread.pyo.

Then it appears that something is trying to execute the log output itself, hence all of the later sh error reports.

Not sure how you generated the log, but it has DOS line ending, and all of the long-ish lines contain an extra 97 spaces in the middle of the line.

PS: in case anyone wonders, this is ViX 5.1.002.

 

[ddonlon]

Filezilla will not connect I get the message below

Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server".

 

[birdman]

Filezilla will not connect I get the message below

Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server".

Connect with putty then:

cd /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/
ls

to see what is there.

 

[ddonlon]

Connect with putty then:

cd /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/
ls

to see what is there.

Thanks Birdman, I got this from your command,

login as: root
root@et8500:~# login as: root
root@et8500:~# cd /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/
root@et8500:/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins# ls
AutoBouquetsMaker FanControl Satfinder __init__.pyo
CrossEPG PositionerSetup ViX
root@et8500:/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins#
root@et8500:/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins#
root@et8500:/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins#
Password:

 

[birdman]

[FONT=courier new]root@et8500:~# cd /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/
root@et8500:/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins# ls
AutoBouquetsMaker  FanControl       Satfinder     __init__.pyo
CrossEPG           PositionerSetup  ViX[/FONT]

Well, you seem to have various things missing from there.

This is what my et8000 has:

root@et8000:/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins# ls
AutoBouquetsMaker          Hotplug                    Satfinder
CommonInterfaceAssignment  MPHelp                     Toolkit
CrossEPG                   NetworkBrowser             ViX
FanControl                 NetworkWizard              WirelessLan
HdmiCEC                    PositionerSetup            __init__.pyo

all of which are (I believe) standard.

All I can suggest is downloading an image and doing a fresh USB flash (with a restore of a backup - assuming you take them).

Also, your putty sessions are a little odd. It's almost as if you are echoing back what you receive, based on your original posting, and that fact that you have a phantom "login as: root" line, followed by a "Password:" prompt here.

 

[ddonlon]

Well, you seem to have various things missing from there.

This is what my et8000 has:

root@et8000:/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins# ls
AutoBouquetsMaker          Hotplug                    Satfinder
CommonInterfaceAssignment  MPHelp                     Toolkit
CrossEPG                   NetworkBrowser             ViX
FanControl                 NetworkWizard              WirelessLan
HdmiCEC                    PositionerSetup            __init__.pyo

all of which are (I believe) standard.

All I can suggest is downloading an image and doing a fresh USB flash (with a restore of a backup - assuming you take them).

Also, your putty sessions are a little odd. It's almost as if you are echoing back what you receive, based on your original posting, and that fact that you have a phantom "login as: root" line, followed by a "Password:" prompt here.

I tried to reflash but nothing happens , If I cannot do something trough putty then I am a bit stuck ,I have plenty of backups but not getting past the logo screen I cannot get to them
Could I take out the harddrive and do anything with that,

 

[twol]

I tried to reflash but nothing happens , If I cannot do something trough putty then I am a bit stuck ,I have plenty of backups but not getting past the logo screen I cannot get to them
Could I take out the harddrive and do anything with that,

Try a few other usb sticks - preferably, old and small memory size - format FAT32 ... try removing everything bar the usb in the rear usb port and flash again.
see this tutorial for the ET8000:
http://www.openvix.co.uk/openvix-builds/Guides%20and%20Tutorials/Flashing%20Guides/Xtrend%20USB%20Flashing%20Guides/How%20to%20Flash%20a%20Xtrend%20ET8000%20receiver%20by%20USB.pdf
Well, you could take out the harddrive and stick it in another receiver - but not helpful in solving current issue

 

[ddonlon]

Try a few other usb sticks - preferably, old and small memory size - format FAT32 ... try removing everything bar the usb in the rear usb port and flash again.
see this tutorial for the ET8000:
http://www.openvix.co.uk/openvix-builds/Guides%20and%20Tutorials/Flashing%20Guides/Xtrend%20USB%20Flashing%20Guides/How%20to%20Flash%20a%20Xtrend%20ET8000%20receiver%20by%20USB.pdf
Well, you could take out the harddrive and stick it in another receiver - but not helpful in solving current issue

Got I got the box to flash ,I was being a bit of a thicko ,I didn't spot the light flashing twice to flash when I pressed it when it was it started to flash and I used a backup, Thanks for all the help from everyone.

 

[birdman]

Thanks for all the help from everyone.

Well, there is the issue of what made the files disappear in the first place.·.. Not sure we'll ever track that down, but remember what happened here if you have a similar issue in the future.

 

[ddonlon]

There is something that I cannot find out why or what is happening, my box is uploading a huge amount of data , I can see its up but what its doing not too sure where to or why.
I looked at Setup/Network/Utilities and there is a list of stuff that I dont know what they do but I was able to stop and disable autorun on them

 

[twol]

Sounds like you have a port open on your router thats allowing people/systems to access your environment.

 

[ddonlon]

Can i check and How do I stop it

 

[ccs]

You need to login to your router and check the port forwarding settings.

 

[ddonlon]

I am on a wireless broadband they dont let us log in to it I can ask them to look at it


Just phoned the provider but all I got was to change wifi password, my box is on a tp link , I can see the data use total moving up every few seconds

It is only happening for the last few weeks , is there any way to stop it happening from the box

 

[Andy_Hazza]

What do you mean wireless Broadband? You still must have a router/hub at your property to access the net? Unless you mean you are pinching a neighbours internet via their Wifi password?


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[ddonlon]

no neighbours near me I'm out in the country, I'm on Imagine.ie wireless broadband ,its wireless to a mast and then they have a fibre cable , as soon as I plug the ethernet cable in ,it start sending data the last time .6 of a Gig in a few minutes I'm on a 20 Gig a day limit each day.

would a factory reset stop it

 

[twol]

OK, its not that obvious from their WEB site(to me) how it works.
So between your receiver and their mast, is there some hub located nearby? what does your receiver actually conenct with?

 

[Andy_Hazza]

Is your receiver connected wirelessly? Do you have a softcam (something like Mgcamd?) which may have a flakey config file?


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