[VU+ Duo] Upgrade in progress

[Mikeysauce]

Hi guys, whenever I go to do a software update, I go through the usual backup and then it will move on to 'Upgrade in progress, you vu+ duo will reboot in a few minutes' or similar. The issue is that the reboot never occurs. I thought this issue would perhaps be resolved by reflashing from a newer version on the feeds but I just now tried to upgrade again and the same thing occurs.

 

[Mikeysauce]

Bump, anybody got any ideas?

 

[Larry-G]

depending on the plugins installed etc it can take any where from five to twenty minutes for this stage to complete.

you could try a update via a telnet session, which would also produce a on screen ( pc screen ) readout incase of errors etc.

 

[Mikeysauce]

Update: I removed my picons and the update goes through successfully

 

[Rob van der Does]

Update: I removed my picons and the update goes through successfully

That would b emy suggestion: updating them takes indeed very long. So don't worry when doing an update: your 'never occurs' should be read as 'takes a long time'.
Just be patient!

 

[paul362]

Agreed ! mine takes around 15 minutes including picons on my Ultimo.

 

[Rob van der Does]

Agreed ! mine takes around 15 minutes including picons on my Ultimo.

Without ever having clocked it I do believe that.

I work around that a bit: every now and then I inform myself via telnet by

opkg update && opkg list-upgradable

and when I find the picons to be the only update I do update (while continuing to use the box for playback or life-TV) by

opkg upgrade

Now the picons are being updated without any problems or time waist.

I know other people who de-install the picons, then do the update via the GUI and install the picons again.

 

[andyblac]

Without ever having clocked it I do believe that.

I work around that a bit: every now and then I inform myself via telnet by

opkg update && opkg list-upgradable

and when I find the picons to be the only update I do update (while continuing to use the box for playback or life-TV) by

opkg upgrade

Now the picons are being updated without any problems or time waist.

I know other people who de-install the picons, then do the update via the GUI and install the picons again.

that will not update picons if they have been installed on USB or HDD

 

[Rob van der Does]

that will not update picons if they have been installed on USB or HDD

Indeed: that's one of the reasons I have them in flash.

 

[pooface]

Indeed: that's one of the reasons I have them in flash.

But most people do not have them installed in flash, and you never stated that when offering the info

 

[Rob van der Does]

Yeah, I should have mentioned that.
Maybe because I never understood why one would want to have them on a separate device

 

[paul362]

Yeah, I should have mentioned that.
Maybe because I never understood why one would want to have them on a separate device

to save storage space in my case :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Rob van der Does]

to save storage space in my case :thumbsup::thumbsup:

i.e. you're using a box with an extreme low amount of flash?