Running telnet.html from USB drive

[pBS]

finally i got it working..
i had too use:
mount --bind /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/MVPMC /etc/mvpmc
otherwise it wouldn't work...it worked from the shar,but not with local disk with your method...so i had to do this...

now i don't have to wait for the network to come up, can go directly into gbpvr..

[the smb share init is SLOOWWWWW!]
ftp is fastest server up...
i think i can automate some of the telnet loading..[down to 1 step] with metatags...

oh and put me down for the private testing...!
so much potential....thanx for all your work on it..

[mvallevand]

finally i got it working..
i had too use:
mount --bind /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/MVPMC /etc/mvpmc
otherwise it wouldn't work...it worked from the shar,but not with local disk with your method...so i had to do this...

I'm guessing the error was because with the symbolic link you don't want to use mkdir /etc/mvpmc

Running from the hard disk there are alternatives to speed things up more, the commands in script.cgi can be moved to start directly from the hard disk by inserting them into /mnt/syb8634/etc/ftpserver.sh


Martin

[pBS]

i like it...thanx...found a way to check if telnet is running and start if isn't..
[using pidof]
but i could really just start it, if it's already running it doesn't hurt...
i already inserted the gbpvr commands into the script making it a one shot deal..
and now i can auto-start? sweet..

so if i put them in there they will stay upon hard boot too?
laptop drives work sweet inside, quiet and cool, as well as cf drives...
how might i go about getting that in there? any editor in the shell? no pico...vi?
[n/m,i got it ]
just cp'd it to a ftp share, edited it and chmod +x after copying it back...

hey, anyone know what the uart header connector inside is for?
i wish i could hookup my vfd to it...
[actually mine's usb]
now that would be sweet on the front...hehe
thanx a bunch..

just tried the auto-startup, works great...you da PCH-MVP-man!
1 minute 25 secs from 'reboot' in telnet to gbpvr showing up...
and not a single button pressed!

[mvallevand]

It sounds like have about the best WAF configuration. This was how I originally was leading but the share method works pretty well too. I decided against going right into GPBVR, I guess mainly because I wasn't 100% certain if this would be a good way to do a firmware update.

The big downside of this is every time you apply a Syabas application update, you will have to redo all the changes to /mnt/syb8634 so the survival guide load of telnet is still required.

The UART is being looked at, I hope to get it running with a VFD with the same logic that mvpmc uses. USB is a nice but linux drivers are going to be an issue if Sigma even has the hardware support in the kernel for USB.

Martin

[pBS]

workd great from startup, when i shut down power, it goes back to syabas menus...
another power down and it's off..but when bringing it back up, have to load gbpvr manually anyways... [severs stay running even when off, so don't reload when bring back from power down]

i'll probably leave the telnet page as is, and just add gbpvr to the ftp server for when that works.. would be nice to have some powerdn/powerup scriptability..
[but kinda tricky since it never really powers down]

having problems playing resumeable shows, but i'll try with it turned off..
i wonder why smb is so slow...will see if nfs helps..
i hear you can load the apps off of net share or usb so no local hd needed...
will play with that next few days..
keep up the great work...almost a mvp repl. already..

[Azimuth]

Does anyone have an all in one script that checks if telnet is running and then launches the UI?

[mvallevand]

Does anyone have an all in one script that checks if telnet is running and then launches the UI?

telnet doesn't need to be running to launch mvpmcx2, it is only included for debugging. If been working one some changes with other tests but still haven't found something I like enough.

Martin

[Azimuth]

but if i try to just launch gbpvr i get a blank screen.

[mvallevand]

I didn't answer the question complete, the first script does have to run once after plugging in the PCH, but it is not telnet running that I want to use as a test to launch mvpmcx2.

Martin

[Ted the Penguin]

could someone summarize the useful information in this thread, and either make a post or add it to the wiki page I am working on (very much a work in progress) http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Hardware/NMT

thanks!