[Mut@nt] HD51 Can't reach feeds with 6.4, works with 6.3

[peterthevicar]

I'm having trouble with 6.4 on my mutant hd51
The symptom is that it can't read the feeds for installing software

I ssh to the box and get this:

root@mutant51:/tmp# opkg update
Downloading http://www.openvix.co.uk/feeds/openvix/release/6.4/hd51/3rdparty/Packages.gz.
 * opkg_download_backend: Failed to download http://www.openvix.co.uk/feeds/openvix/release/6.4/hd51/3rdparty/Packages.gz, wget returned 4.
Downloading http://www.openvix.co.uk/feeds/openvix/release/6.4/hd51/all/Packages.gz.

The url for the Packages file is correct for my hd51 and when I do a manual wget over ssh it downloads correctly so the network is obviously fine.

root@mutant51:/tmp# wget http://www.openvix.co.uk/feeds/openvix/release/6.4/hd51/3rdparty/Packages.gz
--2023-09-29 18:41:25--  http://www.openvix.co.uk/feeds/openvix/release/6.4/hd51/3rdparty/Packages.gz
Resolving www.openvix.co.uk... 176.31.181.161
Connecting to www.openvix.co.uk|176.31.181.161|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1442 (1.4K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘Packages.gz’

Packages.gz                100%[=======================================>]   1.41K  --.-KB/s    in 0.004s 

2023-09-29 18:41:31 (378 KB/s) - ‘Packages.gz’ saved [1442/1442]

I need to download extra modules, in particular nfs server support as I also use the box for NAS.

When I downgrade to 6.3 all is well again so I'm staying with 6.3 for now.

Any help gratefully received and apologies if this has already been raised and answered!

TIA, Peter

 

[BrianG61UK]

Wait for 6.4.008 and see if it's any better?

 

[peterthevicar]

Wait for 6.4.008 and see if it's any better?

I'll try that, but the problem has been there for the whole 6.4 series so I thought it worth bringing up.

 

[twol]

I assume this a straight Lan connection? No wall plugs etc etc ?
If you post debug logs that might help progress

 

[Huevos]

That file is present so must be a problem your end.

 

[cactikid]

Did you run a network test on box

 

[peterthevicar]

Did you run a network test on box

Yes it was fine. The wget I did was from the same box so the connection etc. are working.

 

[peterthevicar]

That file is present so must be a problem your end.

I'm sure that's true, I just can't think what would make "opkg update" fail in wget, while using wget directly works...

 

[birdman]

The exit code of 4 is, according to the wget man page, "Network failure".

 

[peterthevicar]

The exit code of 4 is, according to the wget man page, "Network failure".

I've just tried again reflashing 6.4.007 just to be sure. It's still the same: 6.3 works fine, but in 6.4 opkg can't reach the feeds despite network access from the box being OK.

Another symptom is that when first booting into 6.4 I get a message on the TV screen "Failed to connect to internet" or similar (it disappeared before I could photograph it)

So you'd think that means the box has no network connection, but when I ssh into the box I find "ping www.bbc.co.uk" works fine (so DNS is OK), as does the wget I mentioned earlier.

It seems there's something getting n the way of VIX using the network connection. Is there likely to be a permission issue? Is there a debug log I can generate or access?

I've taken a copy of the /etc and /var directories in 6.4 before reverting to 6.3 so if there's anything in there I could usefully check let me know!

 

[twol]

I've just tried again reflashing 6.4.007 just to be sure. It's still the same: 6.3 works fine, but in 6.4 opkg can't reach the feeds despite network access from the box being OK.

Another symptom is that when first booting into 6.4 I get a message on the TV screen "Failed to connect to internet" or similar (it disappeared before I could photograph it)

So you'd think that means the box has no network connection, but when I ssh into the box I find "ping www.bbc.co.uk" works fine (so DNS is OK), as does the wget I mentioned earlier.

It seems there's something getting n the way of VIX using the network connection. Is there likely to be a permission issue? Is there a debug log I can generate or access?

I've taken a copy of the /etc and /var directories in 6.4 before reverting to 6.3 so if there's anything in there I could usefully check let me know!

If I remember correctly it checks Google 8.8.8.8 and another ... just cannot find the code at the moment.
as posted Debug logs might help......

 

[bellejt]

how is youre network configured ? DNS ? Fixed IP ?

 

[peterthevicar]

how is youre network configured ? DNS ? Fixed IP ?

Fixed IP. The key thing is it's the same configuration for 6.3 and 6.4 but only 6.3 works.

 

[peterthevicar]

If I remember correctly it checks Google 8.8.8.8 and another ... just cannot find the code at the moment.
as posted Debug logs might help......

The DNS is working from the command line so I can't see why it wouldn't from within VIX.

How do I get a Debug log? Is it stored in /var/logs (of which I have a copy) or do I have to do something extra?

 

[twol]

The DNS is working from the command line so I can't see why it wouldn't from within VIX.

How do I get a Debug log? Is it stored in /var/logs (of which I have a copy) or do I have to do something extra?

Menu/setup/system/logs/settings …… enable, save to hdd/usb, local time, show in extensions(with blue button on remote, makes it easier)…..allow restart.
Copy file(s) to PC, post here (go advanced …)
On receiver, blue button/ log manager, red button ….debug logs/crash logs, select and view

 

[peterthevicar]

Does the debug log survive a change of boot image? I only get the "cannot connect to network" message the first time 6.4 boots so if I have to boot into 6.4 to enable the debug log it will already be too late to catch that one.

 

[twol]

Does the debug log survive a change of boot image? I only get the "cannot connect to network" message the first time 6.4 boots so if I have to boot into 6.4 to enable the debug log it will already be too late to catch that one.

Well, if you backup your settings and then online flash and restore settings ….Yes

 

[peterthevicar]

Excellent, that's tonight's project then!

 

[peterthevicar]

Rather frustrating. With the logs enabled I went to Setup/Plugins/Download Plugins. It showed a green traffic light and said the feeds were stable. It then did its delay spinner thing for a while and finally came up with the message on the TV,

Sorry the feeds are down for maintenance

Sadly the debug log looks exactly the same as when I did the same thing in 6.3 (bar a couple of minor name changes in the [Skin] list). Here's the bit from the failed run in 6.4:

<   611.8796> 23:24:45.5305 [InfoBarGenerics] Key: 399 (Break) KeyID='KEY_GREEN' Binding='('GREEN',)'.
<   611.8798> 23:24:45.5306 [ActionMap] Keymap 'ColorActions' -> Action = 'green'.
<   611.8806> 23:24:45.5315 [About] ifreq:  {'ifname': 'eth0', 'addr': '192.168.0.20', 'brdaddr': '0.0.0.0', 'hwaddr': '18:99:F5:F2:2B:8A', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0'}
<   611.8807> 23:24:45.5315 [OnlineUpdateCheck][adapterAvailable] PASSED
<   611.8964> 23:24:45.5473 [OnlineUpdateCheck][NetworkUp] PASSED
<   615.4657> 23:24:49.1166 [gRC] main thread is non-idle! display spinner!
<   617.0693> 23:24:50.7202 [OnlineUpdateCheck][kernelMismatch] no kernel mismatch found
<   617.0733> 23:24:50.7242 [Skin] Processing screen 'PluginDownloadBrowser', position=(0, 0), size=(1920 x 1080) for module 'PluginDownloadBrowser'.
<   617.0815> 23:24:50.7323 [About] ifreq:  {'ifname': 'eth0', 'addr': '192.168.0.20', 'brdaddr': '0.0.0.0', 'hwaddr': '18:99:F5:F2:2B:8A', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0'}
<   617.0816> 23:24:50.7324 [OnlineUpdateCheck][adapterAvailable] PASSED
<   617.0988> 23:24:50.7497 [OnlineUpdateCheck][NetworkUp] PASSED
<   617.0991> 23:24:50.7499 [OnlineUpdateCheck][getFeedStatus] checking feeds state
<   619.1382> 23:24:52.7890 [gRC] main thread is non-idle! display spinner!
<   622.1604> 23:24:55.8112 trafficLight stable
<   622.1608> 23:24:55.8117 [OnlineUpdateCheck][getFeedsBool] stable
<   622.1609> 23:24:55.8119 [eConsoleAppContainer] Starting /bin/sh
<   622.1636> 23:24:55.8144 [Skin] Processing screen 'PluginBrowserSummary' from list 'PluginDownloadBrowser_summary, PluginBrowserSummary, SimpleSummary', position=(0, 0), size=(132 x 64) for module 'PluginBrowserSummary'.
<   672.2855> 23:25:45.9364 [eConsoleAppContainer] Starting /bin/sh
<   672.3929> 23:25:46.0437 [eConsoleAppContainer] Starting /bin/sh

Here's the log from the (successful) run on 6.3 which is nearly identical:

<   251.4243> 23:33:12.0258 [InfoBarGenerics] Key: 399 (Break) KeyID='KEY_GREEN' Binding='('GREEN',)'.
<   251.4248> 23:33:12.0263 [ActionMap] Keymap 'ColorActions' -> Action = 'green'.
<   251.4258> 23:33:12.0273 [About] ifreq:  {'ifname': 'eth0', 'addr': '192.168.0.20', 'brdaddr': '0.0.0.0', 'hwaddr': '18:99:F5:F2:2B:8A', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0'}
<   251.4267> 23:33:12.0281 [OnlineUpdateCheck][adapterAvailable] PASSED
<   251.4444> 23:33:12.0458 [OnlineUpdateCheck][NetworkUp] PASSED
<   254.2904> 23:33:14.8918 [gRC] main thread is non-idle! display spinner!
<   256.6182> 23:33:17.2197 [OnlineUpdateCheck][kernelMismatch] no kernel mismatch found
<   256.6219> 23:33:17.2233 [Skin] Processing screen 'PluginDownloadBrowser', position=(0, 0), size=(1920 x 1080) for module 'PluginDownloadBrowser'.
<   256.6303> 23:33:17.2318 [About] ifreq:  {'ifname': 'eth0', 'addr': '192.168.0.20', 'brdaddr': '0.0.0.0', 'hwaddr': '18:99:F5:F2:2B:8A', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0'}
<   256.6309> 23:33:17.2324 [OnlineUpdateCheck][adapterAvailable] PASSED
<   256.6458> 23:33:17.2472 [OnlineUpdateCheck][NetworkUp] PASSED
<   256.6463> 23:33:17.2478 [OnlineUpdateCheck][getFeedStatus] checking feeds state
<   258.6861> 23:33:19.2876 [gRC] main thread is non-idle! display spinner!
<   261.7093> 23:33:22.3108 trafficLight stable
<   261.7101> 23:33:22.3116 [OnlineUpdateCheck][getFeedsBool] stable
<   261.7105> 23:33:22.3120 [eConsoleAppContainer] Starting /bin/sh
<   261.7123> 23:33:22.3138 [Skin] Processing screen 'PluginBrowserSummary' from list 'PluginDownloadBrowserSummary, PluginDownloadBrowser_summary, PluginBrowserSummary, SimpleSummary, ScreenSummary', position=(0, 0), size=(132 x 64) for module 'PluginBrowserSummary'.
<   313.6097> 23:34:14.2112 [eConsoleAppContainer] Starting /bin/sh
<   313.7276> 23:34:14.3290 [eConsoleAppContainer] Starting /bin/sh

I've attached the full log from 6.4 in case there's something earlier on that is interesting (apart from an insight into my family's taste in TV!)

Not sure what to try next so any suggestions gratefully received.

 

[birdman]

Well, the broadcast address is wrong (it should be 192.168.0.255), but I doubt that's an issue.