$MAC working??

[ggee]

How does this work? I added the following to my config file.

Code:

if [ $MAC = "00:0D:FE:00:3A:93" ]; then
  mvpmc --vlc 192.168.10.44 -f /etc/helvB14.pcf -c 192.168.10.44 --emulate 192.168.10.20 --web-port 80 --weather-location CAXX0212_c &
else
  mvpmc --startup emulate --vlc 192.168.10.44 -f /etc/helvB14.pcf -c 192.168.10.44 --emulate 192.168.10.20 --web-port 80 --weather-location CAXX0212_c &
fi

But it didn't work. I tried the following.

Code:

# echo $MAC

#

Shouldn't that have returned something? I am using the Aug24 alpha dongle with the new GUI stuff. Is it because my MVP use eth1 instead of eth0?

Code:

# ifconfig
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:FE:0C:3A:93
          inet addr:192.168.10.80  Bcast:192.168.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20098 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:15266 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:18193905 (17.3 MiB)  TX bytes:2006668 (1.9 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

I have a wireless MVP. I assume eth0 would be the wired port.

Greg

[ggee]

Quick question. When I telnet to the MVP, is there a command to tell me the version of dongle I am running?

Thanks,
Greg

[mvallevand]

I'm not sure I extracted the wireless mac, in fact I just tested and it is the wired mac, You can see what I set doing this from telnet

cat /etc/tftp.config

Using the wired mac address should still id the machine it might be hard to do more than this.

I didn't export $MAC to shell (telnet), but this is no different than $IP. If you need it I can explain the process.

Yes, eth1 is wireless and eth0 is wired.

Finally the only way I can tell via telnet is

ls -lt /bin/mvpmc


Martin

[ggee]

Is that the right file? I am loading dongle config from windows share via gbpvr.

Code:

# cat /etc/tftp.config
cat: /etc/tftp.config: No such file or directory
#

Finally.

Code:

# ls -lt /bin/mvpmc
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1700248 Aug 24 23:41 /bin/mvpmc
#

Greg

[mvallevand]

Is that the right file? I am loading dongle config from windows share via gbpvr.

That is the right file and you would need to load from a share. Its not there if you load the linux/mythtv way via dhcp.

You can confirm and recreate it from telnet with

vpdread -t

Martin

[ggee]

Tried again. After reboot.

Code:

192.168.10.80 login: root


BusyBox v1.1.3 (2007.07.07-04:44+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

# ls /etc/tf*
ls: /etc/tf*: No such file or directory
# vpdread -t
Killed
# ls /etc/tf*
ls: /etc/tf*: No such file or directory
# cat /etc/tftp.config
cat: /etc/tftp.config: No such file or directory
# echo $MAC

#

I used to tftp dongle and config from linux tftp, but switched to gbpvr. But I noticed something interesting. Even though I chose gbpvr in MVP setup, it still gets config from linux tftp. Probably because of my dhcp setup.

Code:

group {
  next-server 192.168.10.41;          # IP address of your TFTP server
  host mvp {
           hardware ethernet 00:0d:fe:0c:3a:93;
           fixed-address 192.168.10.80;
           filename "dongle.bin";
           option root-path "/home/mvp,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nolock";
  }
}

SYSLOG of linux server.

Code:

Aug 27 19:12:34 netmgt atftpd[7237]: Serving dongle.bin.config to 192.168.10.80:2049
Aug 27 19:12:35 netmgt atftpd[7237]: Serving dongle.bin.xml to 192.168.10.80:2049

I didn't know I code do that.

Greg

[mvallevand]

I used to tftp dongle and config from linux tftp, but switched to gbpvr. But I noticed something interesting. Even though I chose gbpvr in MVP setup, it still gets config from linux tftp. Probably because of my dhcp setup.

For the pre-model H's that respect netboot this method will always supercede GBPVR. You could actually feed a Hauppauge dongle and mvpmc through the use of the appropriate filename "dongle.bin".

The good news with this method is that the $IP variable will be guaranteed so you don't need to worry about the $MAC variable.

Martin

[ggee]

So I can do the following instead?

Code:

if [ $IP = "192.168.10.80" ]; then
  mvpmc --vlc 192.168.10.44 -f /etc/helvB14.pcf -c 192.168.10.44 --emulate 192.168.10.20 --web-port 80 --weather-location CAXX0212_c &
else
  mvpmc --startup emulate --vlc 192.168.10.44 -f /etc/helvB14.pcf -c 192.168.10.44 --emulate 192.168.10.20 --web-port 80 --weather-location CAXX0212_c &
fi

As for the netboot, it's a wireless MVP, which I believe is a model H.

Greg

[mvallevand]

So I can do the following instead?

Code:

if [ $IP = "192.168.10.80" ]; then
  mvpmc --vlc 192.168.10.44 -f /etc/helvB14.pcf -c 192.168.10.44 --emulate 192.168.10.20 --web-port 80 --weather-location CAXX0212_c &
else
  mvpmc --startup emulate --vlc 192.168.10.44 -f /etc/helvB14.pcf -c 192.168.10.44 --emulate 192.168.10.20 --web-port 80 --weather-location CAXX0212_c &
fi

That should work (--web-port 80 is the default)

As for the netboot, it's a wireless MVP, which I believe is a model H.

Congratulations, you must even have mvprelay working on your linux box. A lot of people don't make it that far.

Martin

[ggee]

That should work (--web-port 80 is the default)


Congratulations, you must even have mvprelay working on your linux box. A lot of people don't make it that far.

Martin

Yah, it worked fairly well, except the tftp of the dongle.bin started acting up when I started fiddling with the wireless. Not sure how it got impacted. This is all I have on the server.

Code:

/usr/sbin/atftpd --daemon --port 16869 --retry-timeout 120 --mcast-port 1758 --mcast-addr 192.168.10.0-255 --mcast-ttl 2 --maxthread 100 --verbose=7 /tftpboot
/usr/sbin/atftpd --daemon --port 69
mvprelay 16881 5906 6337 192.168.10.41