[GiGaBlue UHD TRIO 4K] enigma crash - maybe related to crossepg glitching

[satteliter]

Installed OpenVix onto new Gigablue Trio box yesterday. Today, CrossEPG began glitching(corrupting external 64GB EXT4 usb files) when trying manual download. Reformatted multiple times as well as re-installing CrossEPG but issue persisted. Tried different (known good) EXT4 usb key but alas no joy.

This crash then happened.
Crash file from /home/root/logs attached.


I've also attached images showing CrossEPG db info(before format and after format)

Single sat tuner for Astra 28.2 and single dvbt for Irish aerial channels.

 

[satteliter]

hmmm.

so after some more googling, i found this https://www.linuxsat-support.com/thread/143619-crossepg-crashes-when-i-try-to-run-it/

same general issue as me - cross epg related except other user was on OpenATV on ZGemma with different skin.
same crash log error. i'm just going to re-install openvix and start from scratch.

 

[twol]

Crossepg is no longer a default because there are other replacements installed use opentv plugin

 

[satteliter]

Crossepg is no longer a default because there are other replacements installed use opentv plugin

I only installed CrossEPG because it seems t mentioned everytime EPG population arises(on other forums also).

I'll uninstall it and see how I get on.

I'm still trying to get my head around the EPG population (I have sat and aerial).

Does CrossEPG just pull info from the satellite feed and not the internet?

Does the default replacement pull info from the satellite feed and/or internet?
Does it populate Aerial or just satellite EPG channel info?

 

[bbbuk]

I use CrossEPG without an issue and have done for long time. Currently using 5.4.007 though. EPG is saved to my actual HDD.

You do say you use Sky UK only but saw RTE on channel number 004 there

With regards to OpenTV plugin, last I read it looks like they have found the issue but it's being tested as we speak so not available on normal image release yet.

 

[satteliter]

Not sure where I said that. I use Freesat(Sat) Bouquets and Saorview(Irish aerial) bouquets then created a bouquet with both.

I uninstalled CrossEPG and deleted EPG cache. Rebooted box (not just standyby) and then when I go to EPG screen
these are the screens I see. No source listed so can't do manual import.

Box has working internet connection.

 

[satteliter]

ssh-ing to box shows /etc/epgimport just has a readme.txt.

Even after uninstall of crossepg and reboot, there remains a `/usr/crossepg/` dir which contians both a crossepg.config file and a `providers` dir which has rytec* conf files..

root@tvbox-frontroom:/usr/crossepg/providers# cat rytec_uk_ireland___freesat.conf
description=UK/Ireland - FreeSat
protocol=xmltv
channels_url_0=http://rytecepg.epgspot.com/epg_data/rytec.channels.xml.xz
channels_url_1=http://rytecepg.dyndns.tv/epg_data/rytec.channels.xml.xz
epg_url_0=http://rytecepg.epgspot.com/epg_data/rytecUK_Basic.xz
epg_url_1=http://rytecepg.dyndns.tv/epg_data/rytecUK_Basic.xz

 

[bbbuk]

When did it start doing this? Have you just upgraded to latest version? Did it happen on previous image version you were using?

I don't have any issues on my Vu+ Duo 4K SE but still on 5.4.007.

 

[ccs]

Try the opentv plugin, as advised in post #3.

 

[satteliter]

When did it start doing this? Have you just upgraded to latest version? Did it happen on previous image version you were using?

New box. Only image I flashed was image i downloaded(latest openvix multiboot). There was no previous version - i just started using enigma box.

Seems like there remains a lot of CrossEPG references after uninstall:

root@tvbox-frontroom:~# find / -name "*cross*"
/etc/enigma2/crossepg
/etc/enigma2/crossepg/crossepg.descriptors.db
/etc/enigma2/crossepg/crossepg.log
/etc/enigma2/crossepg/crossepg.indexes.db
/etc/enigma2/crossepg/crossepg.aliases.db
/etc/enigma2/crossepg/crossepg.headers.db
/usr/crossepg
/usr/crossepg/crossepg.config
/usr/share/enigma2/YouViX-Blue/crossepg
/usr/share/enigma2/ViX-Night-HD/crossepg
/usr/share/enigma2/YouViX-Common/screens/crossepgdownloadbox.png
/usr/share/enigma2/Magic-FHD/icons/selectioncross.png
/usr/share/enigma2/Magic-FHD/crossepg
/usr/share/enigma2/ViX-Day-HD/crossepg
/media/hdd/crossepg
/media/hdd/crossepg/crossepg.descriptors.db
/media/hdd/crossepg/crossepg.headers.db
/media/hdd/crossepg/crossepg.aliases.db
/media/hdd/crossepg/crossepg.indexes.db

Could you post the output of running ls against `/etc/epgimport` on your box?

 

[ccs]

When did it start doing this? Have you just upgraded to latest version? Did it happen on previous image version you were using?

I don't have any issues on my Vu+ Duo 4K SE but still on 5.4.007.

It's a brand new box.

Reflash without restoring any settings to get rid of CrossEPG.

 

[abu baniaz]

You will need to delete the folder on hdd too

 

[bbbuk]

Telnet/putty into box and type following commands, one-by-one, which should remove all history of crossepg (note any errors after typing the opkg remove command):

init 4
opkg remove enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-crossepg
opkg update
rm -rf /etc/enigma2/crossepg
rm -rf /usr/crossepg
rm -rf /media/hdd/crossepg
rm -rf /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/CrossEPG

Reboot box with following command:

reboot

once box has rebooted, type the following command from telnet/putty (note any errors after typing it):

opkg install enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-crossepg

Reboot box again with reboot command (this is important).

Now setup CrossEPG for FreeSat/Sky using OpenTV as provider (this is what I use) and see if you get errors still.

Don't setup CrossEPG for anything else just yet. If all okay then setup CrossEPG for anything else but one by one to see where/if any more errors happen.

 

[ccs]

@satteliter, in case you're getting confused by conflicting advice, here's a link to Opentv, suggested in post #3.

https://www.world-of-satellite.com/...tting-up-Sky-UK-epg-download&highlight=opentv

 

[satteliter]

was just reading up some more on how those technologies work and then went poking around the filesystem.

my understanding is:

OpenTV just reads epg info for satellite channels off the satellite feed. It does this when a sat tuner is "available" (ie multiple sat tuners or when box is in standby). EPGImport then updates the in-mem EPG?

I would still come up short for aerial channels which would only initially populate when an aerial channel is viewed after box is turned on(edit: should say as long as EIT is enabled which it is). which I'm guessing is why other forums(where sat+aerial is more common) mention crossepg so much.


Should EPGRefresh be used in place of EPGImport to cover both aerial and satellite epg import & refresh?
Is there a user wiki or dev wiki for openvix anywhere?

 

[ronand]

Epgrefresh can do both 28e and Saorview. You will need to enable EIT epg for the saorview epg. Enable Opentv epg for 28e.

 

[Huevos]

I would still come up short for aerial channels which would only initially populate when an aerial channel is viewed after box is turned on(edit: should say as long as EIT is enabled which it is). which I'm guessing is why other forums(where sat+aerial is more common) mention crossepg so much.

For UK terrestrial channels use EIT which should be enabled anyway. Watching a Freeview terrestrial channel for a short while will get the terrestrial EPG populated for several days.

CrossEPG plugin is no help reading EPG from terrestrial multiplexes.

CrossEPG plugin is abandoned. No new development is going into that.

All new development and bug fixes are going into the internal OpenTV reader embedded in the OpenViX image.

 

[BrokenUnusableAccount]

All new development and bug fixes are going into the internal OpenTV reader embedded in the OpenViX image.

So you consider automating Freeview EPG update to be unnecessary?

 

[Huevos]

So you consider automating Freeview EPG update to be unnecessary?

What has that ever got to do with CrossEPG?

 

[adm]

So you consider automating Freeview EPG update to be unnecessary?

All I do is to set a repeating 10 minute recording timer for BBC1 at 6am. The recording is saved to the trash/recycling folder so that I never see it and it doesn't occupy any disk space.

At 6am my box wakes up from deep standby to record 10 minutes of BBC1, which gets the EPG for the 7 days, and then afterwards goes back to deep standby.


Although I have both terrestrial tuners (for UK Freeview) and satellite tuners, 99% of my recording and viewing is from satellite these days so this is the method I use for the Freeview EPG update as I seldom switch to Freeview - although I do have some autotimers set to check the Freeview channels.