Running telnet.html from USB drive

[dirkomatic]

It appears as if it can't find the mvpmc directory or the CGI files on the USB drive for some reason.

I'm not sure I can think of anything else to check... Perhaps someone else has some idea why this won't work.

[Ted the Penguin]

is the USB drive named USB_DRIVE_A-1, maybe yours is USB_DRIVE_A-2 (or something like that) it would be what appears in the PCH sources list.

[Blue Racer]

Yes the drive name is shown as USB_DRIVE_A-1 on the pch source list.

[pBS]

do a ls on the mvpmc dir from telnet...the scripts should be green..if not, run:
chmod 777 /etc/mvpmc/*

also, reboot before trying this, [power then eject] leftover mounts/config from gbpvr load may be messin with it...also, make sure it's loading from usb source, sometimes it reverts to last used source drive, sometimes not..

if none of that works, telnet and run "mount" and post what that says...

[pBS]

oh and Dirko, all the little pixel gifs necessary? we need to keep this page simple enough to hand edit, so too much extra cryptic stuff will make that harder..
the colors are cool and background...but the html needs to stay fairly 'clean'..
[may need to edit it alot anyways, so changes may need to be redone often]
all the editors thesedays weird out the html so much it's not as flexible with changes..

it doesn't need to be too pretty, it'll just be seen for a second or so...
but it needs to be very user editable and flexible..

[pBS]

I've been following along on this thread and trying to get it to work on my pch.
Here is what I've done so far. I created the index.htm file and then copied it to the root of my usb drive. I then created the gbpvr.cgi and script.cgi files and copied them to the mvpmc sub-directory of my usb drive. I also copied the mvpmcx2 and startmeup files from my computers mvpmc directory to the usb drives mvpmc directory. I also copied the image files to the mvpmc directory on the usb drive. Now when I'm at the pch main menu and click on the USB drive the image file automatically loads, but when I then click on either the gbpvr or telnet items I get the message that "Request cannot be processed". When I click on Home=browse files it just returns to the pch main menu.
Can anybody see what I could be doing wrong?

i think you forgot to copy over telnetd
also, did you edit the startmeup? i think it's the telnet tho...

[dirkomatic]

oh and Dirko, all the little pixel gifs necessary? we need to keep this page simple enough to hand edit, so too much extra cryptic stuff will make that harder..
the colors are cool and background...but the html needs to stay fairly 'clean'..
[may need to edit it alot anyways, so changes may need to be redone often]
all the editors thesedays weird out the html so much it's not as flexible with changes..

it doesn't need to be too pretty, it'll just be seen for a second or so...
but it needs to be very user editable and flexible..

Makes sense... They are just there to round the corners. I'll take them out.

I'll see if I can come up with something else, too...

[Blue Racer]

Should I have to make any changes to the gbpvr.cgi or script.cgi files? Do I have to insert an IP address or anything? I am unable to telnet to the pch from my computer when I try and run it off the USB drive. When I reboot the pch with the usb drive in it automatically loads the menu on the usb drive, however the incons for gbpvr are missing. I have the following files in the mvpmc directory: pixel.gif, gbpvr.cgi, script.cgi, utelnetd, mvpmcx2, startmeup, gbpvr.png, hdlogo.png, logo.png and logosel.png. In the root directory I have just the index.htm.

[dirkomatic]

however the incons for gbpvr are missing. I have the following files in the mvpmc directory: pixel.gif, gbpvr.cgi, script.cgi, utelnetd, mvpmcx2, startmeup, gbpvr.png, hdlogo.png, logo.png and logosel.png. In the root directory I have just the index.htm.

The instructions are wrong, but I've modified this new page to allow for that...

Taking pbs's suggestion, I've simplified the page. It's shorter and prettier, although it now needs more images... If you prefer not to use the images, it is easier to find where to take them out. You can replace the <img> tags in the middle of the file with text if you'd like it to not be so graphical...

The new one looks like this:



Remove the logo.png and logosel.png from your mvpmc directory and add the new ones from the attached zip:
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Then use this index.htm:

Code:

<html>
    <head>
<!--- <META http-equiv="Refresh" content="10;url=http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A-1/mvpmc/gbpvr.cgi"> -->
    </head>
    <body background="mvpmc/gbpvr.png" bgcolor="blue" focuscolor="#5EA9E2" focustext="#FF0000">
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="padding:0;" width="70%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" colspan="2"><img src="mvpmc/hdlogo.png" /></td>
          </tr>
        </table>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="padding:0px;">
            <tr>
                <td valign="top" align="center" style="color:#0000FF;text-decoration:none;"><br /><a
                   href="http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A-1/mvpmc/gbpvr.cgi" name="toplink" ONKEYUPSET="bottomlink"><img
                   src="mvpmc/gbpvrunsel.png" border="0" onfocussrc="mvpmc/gbpvrsel.png" /></a><br /><a
                    href="http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A-1/mvpmc/script.cgi" style="text-decoration:none;"><img
                   src="mvpmc/telnetunsel.png" border="0" onfocussrc="mvpmc/telnetsel.png" /></a><br /><a
                    href="http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A-1/?home=1"  style="text-decoration:none;" name="bottomlink"
                    ONKEYDOWNSET="toplink"><img
                   src="mvpmc/homeunsel.png" border="0" onfocussrc="mvpmc/homesel.png" /></a></td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                <td align="right" valign="top"><font color="Silver" size="3" face="Arial,Verdana,Helvetica">* HOME=Browse Files</font>
             </tr>
      </table>
        <a href="http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A-1/?home=1" tvid="HOME"></a>
    </body>
</html>

BlueRacer, this should solve your index.htm issues, but we still don't know why telnet isn't loading...

[Blue Racer]

dirkomatic:
Yes, that fixed my index.htm problem. The menu comes up automatically after rebooting pch. But the telnet & GBPVR items do not work when I click on them.