FreeAgent Theater and GoFlexTV

[dm]

So, i think it's  time start a new thread eh

[Updated March 7 2012]

THE MOD 2.23 Firmware is ->>>>

SEB usa version 2.23 - MOD firmware (April17)
 http://www.mediafire.com/?64xlhwcpuyfnpn3

install from telnet 2.20 by doing kill -6 1
-added /opt /root so you can optware

SEB usa version 2.23 - MOD firmware (April16)
http://www.mediafire.com/?dcdgr3xwos6kidv
-telnet enabled. autorun.sh (no /opt /root)  [NO REASON TO INSTALL THIS ONE]

SEB  EMEA version 2.23 - MOD Firmware

http://www.mediafire.com/?eet90oit2i6i9bu

-/root and /opt and autorun.sh

INSTALLING

Install Procedure so far requires TELNET into the box,

ie.

Put the new "install.img" on the root of a usb stick and put it in the machine.

From Windows "Telnet 192.168.1.123" or whatever the IP is of your media player

user=root  , no password

type the command  "kill -6 1" , and watch it update itself.

****FOR GOFLEXTV Try to put the install.img on a KEY on the BACK usb port. side one may not work??

See the MANUAL INSTALL PROCEDURE - mod fw + utilities

NEW LINK HERE

OLD post here 

MORE STUFF

FAT+Mod-2.23-BinPack  (Bodhi78)
See the Page [Full Page Here] For details.

Sample RSS menu pack (dm)
http://www.mediafire.com/?edp2lb4m87kf6ah
(see the posts for how to use this, you must link to it from the menu_US.rss) file , copy to /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/savedrss/scripts)

HOWTO -add a rss menu for stuff ... (DM)

http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater/Mod-2-23-Firmware/m-p/102608#M7427 

New Busybox

type from telnet " wget http://www.busybox.net/downloads/binaries/1.18.4/busybox-mipsel  "

Put a EXT3 linux HD image on your fat32 usb drive for LARGE /opt space

Read my post here [  POST ]

Old Reference topics of importance  (good to read these)

Nmap & telnet: firmware 2.2
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater/Nmap-amp-telnet-firmware-2-2/td-p/67700

Adding to internet gui   (dm)
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater/adding-to-quot-internet-quot-gui/td-p/72084

Roll your own firmware  (playdude)
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater/HOWTO-Roll-Your-Own-Firmware/m-p/41570/highlight/true...

FreeAgent Theater+ product page (and other informatio​n)     (prairiedog)
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater/FreeAgent-Theater-product-page-and-other-information/...

OLEG OPTWARE...some playdude stuff

http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater/HOWTO-Oleg-Optware-Installation/td-p/41374

some bin files    (dm)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9voiy319t574837/FAT+binpack1.zip

FATFWTOOLS   (tools to  play with firmware updated June 13)

http://www.mediafire.com/?5ywo7wceeazaonl 

PartitionEditor if you want to put optware on USB drive

EASEUS http://www.partition-tool.com/   [from http://en.kioskea.net/faq/1391-free-alternative-to-partition-magic ]

-I've tried it and made an EXT3 primary partition on my usb drive and it showed up as sda2 , just RESIZE your original partition (carefull) to add a gig of free space at the END of the drive. then make a new partition EXT3. Then format the partition.

Thank you to SEB (firmware mod) et al.

Look for Updates.....  here...

[bodhi78]

Wish list for new Mod FW 2.23, it is desirable to include:

- Samba

- Busybox

If not possible, then create scripts or procedures to install Samba and busybox.

[dm]

More LINKS to tools

New busybox :  hehe  -http://www.busybox.net/downloads/binaries/

get the -mipsel one

so what does thatmean to you...

TELNET into box

cd /tmp/usbmounts/

ls -al

cd sda1      (or whatever your usb hd key is...)

ls -al   (look all your files...)

wget http://www.busybox.net/downloads/binaries/1.18.4/busybox-mipsel

./busybox-mipsel tcpsvd -vE 0.0.0.0 21 ./busybox-mipsel ftpd  -w / &

...and look an ftp server is now running....  the defailt  / at the end there just means root of all

 ...ps ./busybox-mipsel --help

and you need to use ./ before your command

[bodhi78]

dm, thanks! FTP files to the FAT+ is quite slow, though.

[dm]

ftp wasnt that bad. I used FileZilla for it.

PS KEEP an eye on the first post. I'llupdate it with usefull links .

i hear smb is also slow...but what can you do.

I'd love to get a good version of YAMJ , movie jukebox working. google that

see

http://www.mediaplayerworld.com/index.php?topic=364.0 

hmmm optware...

linphone - 3.3.2-1 - Open source SIP VOIP phone.

how about we write a driver for a USB vidcam, run some optware video phone and turn the fat into a video phone system hehe

FINALLYYYY!!!!!! NANO ON MY GOFLEX!!!!!!

-Install OLEG OPTWARE , ... install nano..

yes!!

[dm]

OK...I am thinking of this to make the adding of custom menus easy

use  /usr/localetc/autorun.sh    to copy the  original INTERNET menu for the gui ( /usr/local/bin/scripts/menu_US.rss ) to ( /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/savedrss/scripts ) , creating the savedrss/scripts if not already there.

Then INSERT a specific set of text to allow the new ITEM Icon to be inserted into the menu and point it to the USB drive.

-Im guessing this would need a lot of  awk/sed/grep and some >   ?

-problems, which usb drive? can it be automatic or just make all? Or, perhaps just make a submenu that has a link to all usbdrives.

-Can we fix this if we LOOK for a specific file/folder on each usb drive? If Exist /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/OPT... then USBdrive= sda1 ..?

Then Make a cgi page that goes into /tmp/www/cgi-bin that will allow us to edit/insert/modify a template rss menu page that we place on the USB drive?

-This would all require the mod 223 first + optware installed maybe... any ideas?

Right now I have to make my menus by hand and it's a pain , so i never use them. Also , the FAT+/Goflex does not playmost media by default like other players.

[babie]

i am using the apac version. can i install the us version? if not, please upload a apac version. thanks!

[-user-]

On the topic of stuff to do, perhaps have a look at this thread. It hasn't been updated for a while, however the first post details some essential features which still have not been fixed. It'll be great to keep that thread alive. =D

http://forums.seagate.com/t5/GoFlexTV/Wishlist-of-features-for-next-firmware-update/m-p/67552/messag...

[bodhi78]

babie,

I think the main capabilty will work. But not Internet services. If you use them, then you'll need APAC version.

[babie]

my fat+ warranty just ended. have you guys tried reverting to the original 2.23 or 2.20?

[mfranch87]

I just want to make sure I am reading this right. Sorry if this is a newbie questions, but can I flash my FAT+ with this Mod 2.23 firmware no matter what current Seagate firmware I have installed? Or (like in the past I read about) can I only use this mod firmware if I have below Seagate FW1.55?

I currently have Seagate FW 2.20 on my box. The Netflix option doesn't work good (Netflix didn't work good with FW v2.23 either). I actually now have some other Netflix devices that work better anyway so I would like to maybe have some other functions on my FAT+ instead of the Netflix. It seems like this mod FW would be able to provide this. Just want to clarify some things before I possibly try to flash it though.

[Seb_123]

Hi,

my fat+ warranty just ended. have you guys tried reverting to the original 2.23 or 2.20?

You have to install the recovery FW (search the forum) and then you can install the original 2.20 or 2.23.

Seb_123

[Seb_123]

Hi,

you need FW 2.20 installed, because you need telnet.

Seb_123

[prairiedog]

If you have 2.23 installed you can revert back to 2.20 by using the usb method.

For those looking for 1.55 recovery or 2.20, see the stick post in my signature.

[mfranch87]

Actually, I recently went back to v2.20 since I thought my Netflix issues were due to v2.23. However, I have the same Netflix problem with v2.20 & have just kept it on this firmware.

I would then download the Mod 2.23 firmware from the link provided on the previous page at http://www.mediafire.com/?64xlhwcpuyfnpn3  & "cold" flash this Install.img file to my Seagate FAT+, correct?

I'm also assuming if I flash this mod firmware, it will NOT have Netflix support. This is not a big deal for me as I would rather be able to FTP files from a networked PC to a Seagate connected USB drive right now then have the Netflix option.

I can then also go back to the Seagate firmware as well (v1.55, v2.20, v.2.23), right?

[prairiedog]

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mfranch87 wrote:I would then download the Mod 2.23 firmware from the link provided on the previous page at http://www.mediafire.com/?64xlhwcpuyfnpn3  & "cold" flash this Install.img file to my Seagate FAT+, correct? 

I can then also go back to the Seagate firmware as well (v1.55, v2.20, v.2.23), right?

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No, not the cold method for this one.  See this post by Seb.  I have asked dm to update his first post in this thread to detail this install method.

I haven't had any time to try it yet, but I believe Netflix will still operate with this mod.

[mfranch87]

Cool. And we can go back to any of the Seagate firmwares (1.55, 2.20, 2.23) if needed, correct?

[SammyWii]

This is super cool and thanks to everyone who made this possible!  I purchased a FAT+ last fall and was disappointed to find that it shipped with 2.20 firmware since that locked me out of cool mods.  However, I kept searching periodically and am thrill to find this good news.

I'm most interested in the ability to either FTP or Samba to the device to put content on its harddrive.  (Still amazing to me that Seagate left out this crucial function.)  I'm reasonably technical, but I'm obviously a few steps behind you guys.  So I want to make sure that I understand the state.

1) The latest firmware is SEB's 4/17 2.23 version and is installed by the "kill -6 1" method.  Is this a US firmware?  EMEA firmware?  Or doesn't it really matter?  (My FAT+ is US.)

2) I guess that the firmware doesn't automatically have the new BusyBox installed on it, but I can download it myself to a USB stick and run it manually.  Is there any way to make this autostart upon reboot?  (I see the reference to /usr/localetc/autorun.sh, so I suspect that can be modded for autostart somehow.  Is there room inside the device for FTP and other apps?  Or must they reside on an external USB drive?)

3) Are there instructions to install Samba also?  Or do we need to wait for a firmware update that supports it?  (FTP is fine for my usage, but I would prefer Samba if available.)

4) I assume that the Go HD will be fairly obvious if I poke around the filesystems, right?  (Pointers would be appreciated.)

Thanks again for this coolness, and I look forward to installing it tomorrow!

[bodhi78]

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SammyWii wrote:

This is super cool and thanks to everyone who made this possible!  I purchased a FAT+ last fall and was disappointed to find that it shipped with 2.20 firmware since that locked me out of cool mods.  However, I kept searching periodically and am thrill to find this good news.

I'm most interested in the ability to either FTP or Samba to the device to put content on its harddrive.  (Still amazing to me that Seagate left out this crucial function.)  I'm reasonably technical, but I'm obviously a few steps behind you guys.  So I want to make sure that I understand the state.

1) The latest firmware is SEB's 4/17 2.23 version and is installed by the "kill -6 1" method.  Is this a US firmware?  EMEA firmware?  Or doesn't it really matter?  (My FAT+ is US.)

2) I guess that the firmware doesn't automatically have the new BusyBox installed on it, but I can download it myself to a USB stick and run it manually.  Is there any way to make this autostart upon reboot?  (I see the reference to /usr/localetc/autorun.sh, so I suspect that can be modded for autostart somehow.  Is there room inside the device for FTP and other apps?  Or must they reside on an external USB drive?)

3) Are there instructions to install Samba also?  Or do we need to wait for a firmware update that supports it?  (FTP is fine for my usage, but I would prefer Samba if available.)

4) I assume that the Go HD will be fairly obvious if I poke around the filesystems, right?  (Pointers would be appreciated.)

Thanks again for this coolness, and I look forward to installing it tomorrow!

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- See previous posts in this thread for answers to questions 1, 2 and 3

To sum up:  1) US version is available in 1st post. 2) Available in 1st post. 3) Not at the moment (hexcide might be able to provide a way to run samba).

- Not sure what's you looking for in question 4?

[bodhi78]

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mfranch87 wrote: ...

I can then also go back to the Seagate firmware as well (v1.55, v2.20, v.2.23), right?

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I've verified that you can go back to version 1.55 using the Rescue FW, and then flash any of the FW versions 2.20, 2.23, or Mod 2.23. All using USB method. Go for it :-)

Clarification: of course the only path to Mod FW 2.23 is through FW 2.20 and telnet as decribed in 1st post.

[dm]

Possible Upgrade to mod 2.23 from normal USB menu choice?

@SEB: I do not see a reason why this should not work, since the squashfs1 is .aes ,

Perhaps we need to just add/fix the

configuration.xml and put back the secureboot and generate the

<marssha1_rsa_hashValue> ??

or can we use  <package secureboot="y"> without the hash..hmm

I don't know  how the hash is made though. I'll have to look through the files again

Anyone good with decryption, see the code at

http://pastebin.com/Yq7BMiur Kernel\linux-2.6.12\init\main.c

[SammyWii]

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bodhi78 wrote:

- See previous posts in this thread for answers to questions 1, 2 and 3

To sum up:  1) US version is available in 1st post. 2) Available in 1st post. 3) Not at the moment (hexcide might be able to provide a way to run samba).

- Not sure what's you looking for in question 4?

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  Thanks for your reply.  For #2, if I install the updated BusyBox as mentioned is that change presistent on the device or will I need to reinstall after each power cycle?  Also, I'm still not sure how to make FTP come up automatically every time that I turn it on.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

  Samba would be nice, but FTP will be fine for now.  I'm anxious to give it a shot (but have been delayed due to other, less cool stuff.)

  For #4, I'm was thinking of the HD that is mounted in the FAT+ top slot.  I assume that it will be pretty obvious where it is mounted once I get to FTP in.  That's one of those things that is just as easy to try as to ask up front. 

[bodhi78]

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SammyWii wrote:

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bodhi78 wrote:

- See previous posts in this thread for answers to questions 1, 2 and 3

To sum up:  1) US version is available in 1st post. 2) Available in 1st post. 3) Not at the moment (hexcide might be able to provide a way to run samba).

- Not sure what's you looking for in question 4?

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  Thanks for your reply.  For #2, if I install the updated BusyBox as mentioned is that change presistent on the device or will I need to reinstall after each power cycle?  Also, I'm still not sure how to make FTP come up automatically every time that I turn it on.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

  Samba would be nice, but FTP will be fine for now.  I'm anxious to give it a shot (but have been delayed due to other, less cool stuff.)

  For #4, I'm was thinking of the HD that is mounted in the FAT+ top slot.  I assume that it will be pretty obvious where it is mounted once I get to FTP in.  That's one of those things that is just as easy to try as to ask up front. 

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2) If you run BusyBox FTP only as dm mentioned, you'll have to do that every power cycle. The autorun.sh is for autostarting whatever service we want to start. So to restart BusyBox FTP automatically, create a text file  /usr/loca/etc/autorun.sh, and add that same line in there. Every time you power up, this autorun.sh script will be executed and FTP will start.

When BusyBox is installed in a normal way, all the comands are available at the command line. But since we are running BusyBox as static binary, each service must be run as

busybox-mipsel .....

4) 1st USB drive will be mounted as /tmp/usbmounts/sda1, 2nd USB drive as /tmp/usbmounts/sda2 and so on. So it is easy to find it after you logged in through telnet. Usually, the Seagate mini USB port will be assigned as sda1, and other USB ports will followed.

[hexcide]

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bodhi78 wrote:

When BusyBox is installed in a normal way, all the comands are available at the command line. But since we are running BusyBox as static binary, each service must be run as

busybox-mipsel .....

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With the ability to create firmware again, we can replace the old busybox with the newer one, creating symlinks to enable the commands to run in the "proper" way. I'm so over typing "busybox-mipsel"  

[dm]

btw, i got YAMJ (yet another movie jukebox) working but it was a paint. maybe ill post how i did it later.

http://www.mediaplayerworld.com/index.php?topic=364.0

basically you install YAMJ and then use the 1073rss skin.

edit the config properties file

and i think you also need to edit one other file they forget to mention as the path is hardcoded in that file

index.xsl or something maybe in the skin. it was hardcoded as /tmp/hdd whatever

so, with this i had a RSS page that had the pictures of the movies and data from imdb etc.

ofcourse i could only use this because i made changes to my main internet menu (see my gui post)

ps if anyone installs OPTWARE , i suggest   install nano , and also i'd suggest putting the files on your USB drive /tmp/usbmounts/sda1.... instead of /usr/local/etc/optware....  since you only have about 50 or something meg of space i think (i did )

hmm so is anyone going to do anything cool ?

with optware this player should be able to do many cool things.

There is a mod for routers i saw that let you attach usb webcams and see them from webpage

[plarsen]

Glad to see the progress on this. Thanks to Seb, dm and others for your efforts.

[bodhi78]

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dm wrote:

hmm so is anyone going to do anything cool ?

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I think we need to keep the FAT+ running continuously first, before cool stuff can be used does anybody have a good way to prevent the FAT+ from autoshutdown?

[dm]

Since I think constantly writting to the /usr/local/etc is most likelya bad idea (it has limited writes, even if it's a lot)

I've installed OPTware to my USB hd (i have a goflextv btw)

so I used a tool to resize my fat32 partition and free up 1 gig at the end.

Then i created a EXT3 primary partition

then i formated it.

now unix permissions will work properly...

lala

So i think my autorun.sh is this now....

#!/bin/sh
# mount -o bind /usr/local/etc/oleg-optware /opt
mount /tmp/usbmounts/sda2 -o remount,rw
mount -o bind /tmp/usbmounts/sda2/opt/oleg-optware /opt

PS*** I NOW when using this mount to an external sda cant restart after power button. ODD.

I use the power button. it shuts down, but my telnet never dies and the system seems to be running. it looks like it never finishes shutting down so the remote doesnt work . not to big a deal but odd.

If i do not mount then its ok. hmmm

this is what i used. i decided to not install Partition Magic

EASEUS http://www.partition-tool.com/   [from http://en.kioskea.net/faq/1391-free-alternative-to-partition-magic ]

i'll test now installing lots optware since it will all goto /opt which is really the sda2/opt/oleg-optware now

really install nano first! its a full screen editor and VI is complex!

[dm]

ok i JUST got samba working.

it took a few hours and i'm still not sure about the confg file so instructions still to come but

i borrowed some info from

http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=18208

but that .pkc was not avaialble so i used

ipkg install  samba

then made my smb.conf like he said so...

big thing here

"interfaces = 192.168.1.1/24" should be the IP of your media player

to get rid of some printcap error you can use

the follwing in

 [global]

printcap name = /dev/null
load printers = no
printing = bsd

[bodhi78]

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dm wrote:

Since I think constantly writting to the /usr/local/etc is most likelya bad idea (it has limited writes, even if it's a lot)

I've installed OPTware to my USB hd (i have a goflextv btw)

so I used a tool to resize my fat32 partition and free up 1 gig at the end.

Then i created a EXT3 primary partition

then i formated it.

now unix permissions will work properly...

lala

So i think my autorun.sh is this now....

#!/bin/sh
# mount -o bind /usr/local/etc/oleg-optware /opt
mount /tmp/usbmounts/sda2 -o remount,rw
mount -o bind /tmp/usbmounts/sda2/opt/oleg-optware /opt

PS*** I NOW when using this mount to an external sda cant restart after power button. ODD.

I use the power button. it shuts down, but my telnet never dies and the system seems to be running. it looks like it never finishes shutting down so the remote doesnt work . not to big a deal but odd.

If i do not mount then its ok. hmmm

this is what i used. i decided to not install Partition Magic

EASEUS http://www.partition-tool.com/   [from http://en.kioskea.net/faq/1391-free-alternative-to-partition-magic ]

i'll test now installing lots optware since it will all goto /opt which is really the sda2/opt/oleg-optware now

really install nano first! its a full screen editor and VI is complex!

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I like to install to /usr/local/etc (only costs around 3MB), and then redirect the output of the services to the USB drive. I think if we run constantly, there are other logs that need to be routed there anyway?

[dm]

********PS

I figured out why my system was NOT shutting down properly.

The mount of /opt was stuck hmm maybe the order i did it in?

/usr/local/etc # mount /tmp/usbmounts/sda2 -o remount,rw
/usr/local/etc # mount -o bind /tmp/usbmounts/sda2/opt/oleg-optware /opt

/usr/local/etc # mount
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 on /tmp/usbmounts/sda2 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /tmp/usbmounts/sda1 type ufsd (rw,nodiratime,nls=utf8,nls=utf8,uid=0,gid=0,fmask=0,dmask=0,force)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 on /opt type ext3 (rw)

after power button pressed i was left in telnet (power on screen off)

/usr/local/etc # mount
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 on /opt type ext3 (rw)
I had to use

/usr/local/etc # umount /opt

and then it SHUT DOWN ... odd.

******

Bodhi, not sure about the /opt. I just recal reading there is a limited number of writes (but large) to the ram.

I'd rather not over tax it

I would not have botherd but I did  a install of samba and it sucked up like 40-50 meg or something..yikes!

I do not recall how much free space we have in thesystem unused.

[GOFLEX TV]

/opt/etc # cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 09e60000 00020000 "Partition_000"
mtd1: 01000000 00020000 "/"
mtd2: 008c0000 00020000 "/usr/local/Resource"
mtd3: 03c00000 00020000 "/usr/local/etc"
mtd4: 00ce0000 00020000 "Partition_004"
mtd5: 10000000 00020000 "disc"
/opt/etc # cat /proc/nandinfo
nand_PartNum:TC58NVG1S3E
nand_size:268435456
chip_size:268435456
block_size:131072
page_size:2048
oob_size:64
ppb:64
RBA:102
BBs:0

/opt/etc # cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:       120580 kB
MemFree:          1428 kB
Buffers:           208 kB
Cached:          24424 kB
SwapCached:          0 kB
Active:           9048 kB
Inactive:        21616 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
HighFree:            0 kB
LowTotal:       120580 kB
LowFree:          1428 kB
SwapTotal:          32 kB
SwapFree:           32 kB
Dirty:              28 kB
Writeback:           0 kB
Mapped:           8988 kB
Slab:             6840 kB
CommitLimit:     60320 kB
Committed_AS:    12068 kB
PageTables:        504 kB
VmallocTotal:  1048548 kB
VmallocUsed:      1436 kB
VmallocChunk:  1046560 kB
/opt/etc #

[bodhi78]

@dm,

Your shutdown problem might have something to do with the hotplug. I don't think FAT+ hotplug will mount ext2 or ext3 automatically like fat32 or ntfs (it did not work with ext2 or ext3 for me)... So perhaps the hotplug umount attempt during shutdown caused problem? ... just a wild a guess:-)

I've installed optware and then samba2 successfully. I wrote scripts to automate these as much as I can. So far I got 2 scripts to automate optware and samba2 installation. The samba config file is too much trouble, because smb.conf must be modified manually, as you're reported.

For starter, I will upload a new bin pack with optware and samba2 installation scripts. Everybody can improve on these then it would be great :-)

After installing optware, nano, and samba2, I'm down to 18 MB free (was 54 MB).

[bodhi78]

Installing Utilties on FAT+ Mod 2.23 FW by SEB (version April 17)

Download the binpack here (updated 04/26/11)

Download the binpack 1.1 here (updated 05/01/11)

Download the binpack 1.2 here (updated 05/03/11)

Download the binpack 1.3 here (updated 07/20/11)

Download bug fix to binpack 1.3 here (updated 07/22/11)

Installing Utilties on FAT+ Mod 2.23 (Mod FW by Seb_123, version April 17)

For use with FAT+Mod-2.23-binpack-bodhi-1.3.zip


Install Oleg Optware and BusyBox
================================

- Use a USB drive (flash or HDD) formatted with FAT32
- Create a top level directory /bin on this USB drive
- Copy all files in this bin pack to the USB /bin directory
- Unplug all USB drives currently connected to the FAT+
- Power up the FAT+ and insert this USB drive. This USB drive will be mounted at /tmp/usbmounts/sda1
- Telnet into the FAT+. User name is root, no password necessary.

- Execute the optware installation
	/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/optware-install.sh

- When it's done, copy the autorun.sh (or merge the content if there is one already in /usr/local/etc). And
for convenience, also copy BusyBox binary. This autorun.sh start busybox FTP during
power ON. So it's recommended that both files are copied to /usr/local/etc/ as followed:

	cp /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/autorun.sh /usr/local/etc/
	cp /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/busybox-mipsel /usr/local/etc/

- Execute the mount command to check if /opt is now mounted
	mount

Install Samba2
==============

- Modify the /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/smb.conf so that the line 
    interfaces = 192.168.0.51/24
matches the FAT+ IP address. Note that the FAT+ should be assigned a static IP address before
this so that Samba will work consistently. Whenever the FAT+ IP address changed, the smb.conf must be modified
to match the new IP, so static IP is best. There is also a line for workgroup, which can be left as is. If after installation, Samba 
fails to share the USB drive(s), this workgroup should be looked at and adjusted to whatever the Windows workgroup is.
   workgroup = WORKGROUP

- Execute the samba installation
	/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/samba_install.sh

- When it's done, the current USB drive is shared automatically under the share named "media". This is a directory
under /usr/local/etc. There are 3 symlinks in this share, usb-sda1, usb-sdb1, and usb-sdc1. Whenever a USB drive is plugged in,
it is automatically shared in that order. If a USB hub is used to connect more than 3 drives, then more symlinks
should be created to accomodate more USB drives, for example:
	ln -s /tmp/usbmounts/sdd1 /usr/local/etc/media/usb-sdd1
and so on.

- Check the samba share if it appears on other PC in the network. On Windows, it should appear as 
"media on FAT+ (VENUS)". Visit this share, and all USB drives will shown as shared folder usb-sda1, usb-sdb1,.... 

- Note that the FAT+ mini USB port will always get the first letter sda1 if a Free Agent GO drive is in that slot during power ON (does not
matter how many drives are connected). But if it is inserted later, then it will get sdb1, sdc1,... depending on how many USB drives were already
plugged in.


Setup Command Paths for nano and busybox (added in 1.2)
=======================================================

- Change directory to the USB drive bin directory and execute the script. NOTE: this script must be executed at the USB drive directory where the
bin pack is (/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin or /tmp/usbmounts/sdb1/bin ...)

cd /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin
./setup-commands-path.sh

- copy the new autorun.sh to /usr/local/etc (or merge with current content if autorun.sh version 1.1 has been modified)
cd /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin
cp autorun.sh /usr/local/etc/


Install Transmission (added in 1.3)
=======================================================

- Change directory to the USB drive TOP directory and execute the script. NOTE: this script must be executed at the
USB drive TOP level directory (/tmp/usbmounts/sda1 or /tmp/usbmounts/sdb1 ...). If the drive is at sda1:

cd /tmp/usbmounts/sda1 

- Run the installation script
./bin/transmission_install.sh

- copy the run script to /usr/local/etc
cp ./bin/run_transmission.sh /usr/local/etc/

- copy or merge the autorun.sh script to /usr/local/etc. Set the global flag for Transmission to YES so that 
  Transmission is started automatically after a cold start (power disconnected), or reboot. Or set the flag
  to NO so Tranmission will not be started automatically (use run_transmission.sh to start manually).

cp ./bin/autorun.sh /usr/local/etc/

- start transmission

cd /usr/local/etc
./run_transmission.sh 


Control Transmission (added in 1.3)
=======================================================

- To control transmission, i.e. adding torrents, change settings, and password follow the 2 steps below

 1. To control transmission using Web browser

     After running this script to start transmission, on your browser enter URL  
     http://x.x.x.x:8181/transmission/web 
     (where x.x.x.x is the FAT+ IP address) to start the Transmission control GUI. 

     username is transmission, password is fatplus.

 2. To change password, stop tranmission at the telnet prompt
 	killall transmission-daemon

     then edit the transmission setting file in the USB drive
     /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/transmission/settings.json 

     to replace the hashed password with plain text password (it will be hashed 
     automatically after transmission started):

     the rpc-password line in the json file looks like this
     "rpc-password":  "{1ff68df803da3975545aed61a9b1a52adfa3991auZrFBUHf", 

     replace it with your new password in plain text (put it inside the double quote)
     "rpc-password": "whatever is the new password"

     run this script (run_transmission.sh) again to start transmission

3. For complete instruction in using the Web Interface see this web site
   https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/WebInterface

Keep Alive (added in 1.3)
=========================

To keep the FAT+ running without automatically going to sleep after idling for 1 hour 

- modify /usr/local/etc/bin/keep-alive.sh to change "192.168.0.51" to the FAT+ IP address

(the local host IP 127.0.0.1 should work fine acording to hexcide, but I could not make it work for some reason)


*******************************************************************************************************************
Update log


Update 1.1
==========

- Modified autorun.sh to 
	1. Add waiting period of 20 seconds before starting services. 
	2. Add /opt mounting check to avoid double mounting. 
	3. Stop and start samba with log redirected to /tmp to avoid writing to flash.

Update 1.2
==========

- Added 2 files: profile and setup-commands-path.sh
	1. Set the system PATH variable to include /usr/local/etc/bin. This is possible by mounting
	/etc/profile to /usr/local/etc/profile to allow modification.
	2. Set the symlinks for /opt/bin/nano and all busybox commands to /usr/local/et/bin. This will enable 
	commands execution without typing the full path.

- Modified autorun.sh to mount profile

Update 1.3
==========

- Added 4 files: transmission_install.sh, settings.json, keep-alive.sh, and run_transmission.sh
  Transmission installation and running is fully scripted (no need to edit settings.json or other scripts)

- Modified 1 file: autorun.sh 
  Provide global flags to run various utilities, including flag to start Transmission

To upgrade from binpack 1.2, copy all files in this bin pack to the USB bin directory /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin. And 
then follow the "Install Transmission" section above to install it, if desired.

To update only autorun.sh, after copying files to USB bin directory, merge or copy this autorun.sh to /usr/local/etc.
Also copy the keep-alive.sh to /usr/local/etc/bin (if this feature is enable in autorun.sh, it will be invoked).

 

The instruction above is also included in the README.txt in the zip file.

[dm]

cool stuff, will test it soon.

so samba2 is not the same as samba (technically i think i used samba3.2..)

some thoughts...

Questions,

-whats a good command to fix the PATH to include whatever when we login
i dont think /usr/local/etc or whatever is included

-To make this more MODULAR... can we have a good autorun.sh script to DETECT the location of our standard /opt directory.
personally I'd say have a ./opt/ on the USB drive (/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/opt/)
a good script that checks for existintance of /opt on all usbmountsand then just pick one would be nice.

perhaps add a file into the ./opt/ like __master or __useme  for people that may have more than one? not sure

Thoughts anyone?

Seriously, sometimes (on my goflex) if i pull out the drive without shutting down it remounts as /sdb1...sdc1...etc
grrrr then I must pull the power

-make a PACKAGE and host it somewhere, then we can just tell people

wget binpackwhatever

and ipkg install binpack....ipk?

- webinterface anyone (where is playdude!)

 ***PS NEVER TYPE REBOOT*** on the unit...bad things can happen. never shuts down right..files corrupt...its evil.

[dm]

ok for the samba.

1) can we make some user/pass here. im feel to exposed

2) Logs..who needs logs...  can we limit the writting to the flash and put them on like /tmp or something

but other than that...IT WORKS...

I think i'll go back to my sda2 ext3 though.

[dm]

RSS MENU FUN

ok this is a upload of the XLIVE and other menus that I've poached and fixed links to make workon external drive. It has preloaded lots of cool stuff. "Some do not work with the FAT/GOFLEX" but most things do.

your drive must be

/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/

please extract this file to that

so you will have /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/opt/rsspack/........

in there you will see

223_menu_US.rss.bak

telnet in and do a

cd /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer

ls -al

if you do not have a savedrss folder type

mkdir savedrss

cd savedrss

ls -al

if you do not have a scripts folder type

mkdir scripts

cd scripts

cp /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/opt/rsspack/223_menu_US.rss.bak menu_US.rss

I HAVE A US VERSION SO I ASSUME that is the menu for all...

if it messed up your menu just remove th file from that scrpts folder as it overrides the built in one.

reload the INTERNET icon to reload page.

ps. this folder gets created if you save a favorite for weather!

http://www.mediafire.com/?edp2lb4m87kf6ah

enjoy this example.

once you modify the menu_US.rss it always points to your special "jumpstart" menu, so then you never have to mess with the main menu again. PSSSS  keep a backup of your .RSS menus when you edit them. I've seen the goflex corrupt them many times when shutting down or doing stuff or pulling power..etc

[bodhi78]

I'm glad it works

- Yes samba2 is the lightweight version, for use when we don't have a lot of RAM. I think samba3 needs swap space to run given the FAT+ has only 128MB RAM.

- Definitely, I think /opt mounting can be make more flexible. How about this:

1. In autorun.sh, we will look for oleg-optware folder in the order below, first partition that has oleg-optware will be mounted as /opt:

      /usr/local/etc

      tmp/usbmounts/sd*

2. In optware_install.sh, OPTDIR will be replaced with $1 so that the installation command can be either:

     optware_install.sh /usr/local/etc

     or

     optware_install.sh /tmp/usbmounts/sda1

- The drawback with using the /tmp/usbmounts/sd* to mount /opt is what you've found. The drive letters got moved around by hotplug, so it is not possible to predict where the USB drive is (even worse if there is a hub involved). The only sure thing is the mini USB port will get sda1 if the drive is in the slot when you power ON.

- "busybox-mipsel syslogd -C200" can be used to start the logging daemon to log to 200K of RAM. And then use "busybox-mipsel logread" to read the system log. We can start syslogd in autorun.sh. However, samba will write to /opt regularly  So I think you did make it simple by mounting /opt to /tmp/usbmounts/sd*. OTOH, I think it is more flexible to mount /opt to /usr/local/etc, because it allows you to not have any USB drive attached. So if we can route samba log to RAM disk then it will be OK?

[RobSpr]

I'm playing with SEBs europe version, but, because there is no /opt, its hard to use optware.

Doese somebody have a modded version with /opt (and /root) folder?

[jea101]

The download on media fire is broken.

I succesfully installed the mod 223 firmware and I would like to get samba

[dm]

msg SEB.... SEB ... seb... for the Eu version. im sure he made it..

actualyl dam I had it once as he made a mistake the first time..hmmm

@whoever, what link is broken on mediafire?

[jea101]

The link to mediafire in bodhi78’s post to  download Install Oleg Optware, BusyBox and samba brings up an invalid or deleted file page.

http://www.mediafire.com/?h444obtxybiirt1

[Curious11]

Hey All,

you have all done some great work in making this device greater, I suggested this to a mate who purchased on here in AUS and he loves the thing but I want to make it better and open it up to Samba or FTP file access.

My concerns are as he knows nothing of telnet or SSH or even what firmware is and I have not mod'd one of these devices before and I have a couple of concerns

1)  is that will it retain is original functionality aka the home screen and all the features of the media playing?

2) Also does it need to be telneted every time it gets switched on?

I would just like to open the function up for him and then let it be?

Appreciate your help!!

S

[dm]

@

bodhi78

I'd just suggest we avoid over heavy usage of writting to the flash. I just recall reading something once. I'll try to find that post.

I guess we would have to check each optware install and set the logs to perhaps /tmp (ya ram disk like you said)?? or something im memory. I noticed you can limit the samba logs to a certain size.

1- ya That sounds ok. just search for the /opt . I'd say  look for like this

/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/ opt / oleg-optware

so we can standarize on putting everything in opt ?

or look for opt/oleg-optware and make that /opt and just assume

/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/ opt

will be our generic OPTHOME ?

Have 2 variables  OPTHOME (for where all our packages of stuff will be, optware being one of them)

and OPTDIR which is the oleg-optware /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/ opt / oleg-optware

or maybe im making this to complicated.

in the end, I basically just install myself so the instal part im not concerned with.

but yes this is most likely needed for autorun.sh

[dm]

@curious , the MOD 2.23 (talking about the usa version)

is the same as 2.23 normal just allows telnet and has a way to run a script at the start.

for now its a bit complicated but im sure it will get easier.

[dm]

COOL.

I found the source for the XLIVE rss menus. (see my post before this one)

http://www.xtreamer.net/downloads/community-projects/xtreamer-live!.aspx

dl = http://download.xtreamer.net/Firmware/APP/xLive/xLive.zip

This page holds many projects we should borrow from and bring to the FAT/GOFLEXtv

To use the xlive menus I think the path is hardcoded to

/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/scripts/...... ie make

scripts

on your usb drive sda1

and then extract that into there

You will need to EDIT your main menu after copying it into /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/savedrss/scripts

see my post before this

Then again : MAYBE next firmware release should have the main menu EDITED to have an icon already that says "My Customer menu here ") "

[bodhi78]

---

jea101 wrote:

The link to mediafire in bodhi78’s post to  download Install Oleg Optware, BusyBox and samba brings up an invalid or deleted file page.

http://www.mediafire.com/?h444obtxybiirt1

---

Sorry guys! I've changed autorun.sh and uploaded new version but forgot to update the link :-) will do and let you know here.

[bodhi78]

---

bodhi78 wrote:

---

jea101 wrote:

The link to mediafire in bodhi78’s post to  download Install Oleg Optware, BusyBox and samba brings up an invalid or deleted file page.

http://www.mediafire.com/?h444obtxybiirt1

---

Sorry guys! I've changed autorun.sh and uploaded new version but forgot to update the link :-) will do and let you know here.

---

I've updated the link. Please try again!

[bodhi78]

---

dm wrote:

@

bodhi78

I'd just suggest we avoid over heavy usage of writting to the flash. I just recall reading something once. I'll try to find that post.

I guess we would have to check each optware install and set the logs to perhaps /tmp (ya ram disk like you said)?? or something im memory. I noticed you can limit the samba logs to a certain size.

1- ya That sounds ok. just search for the /opt . I'd say  look for like this

/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/ opt / oleg-optware

so we can standarize on putting everything in opt ?

or look for opt/oleg-optware and make that /opt and just assume

/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/ opt

will be our generic OPTHOME ?

Have 2 variables  OPTHOME (for where all our packages of stuff will be, optware being one of them)

and OPTDIR which is the oleg-optware /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/ opt / oleg-optware

or maybe im making this to complicated.

in the end, I basically just install myself so the instal part im not concerned with.

but yes this is most likely needed for autorun.sh

---

@dm

- Yes I'm aware of the problem with writing to flash too often, and I agreed that we want to avoid that. Especially with samba, it logs the activities regularly. There is a tool called iotop in optware that we can use to look at the disk write activities (in this case, it'll show the /opt writes)

- Here is what I found with the FAT+ that caused me to change autorun.sh to remove the line that mount /opt : once you've mounted /opt to /usr/local/etc, it stays mounted even after power OFF for a while and then power ON again. So the mounting during installation of oleg-optware sticks.

- So we'll have to change autorun.sh to umount and then look for oleg-optware in the list of possible locations and then mount it. It does get complicated to make it flexible

[jea101]

Thanks
The new link works
However, it appears that the scripts are incomplete.  I don’t have a /opt directory so both optware and samba installs fail.

Thanks
The new link works
However, it appears that the scripts are incomplete.  I don’t have a /opt directory so both optware and samba installs fail.







Venus login: root
warning: cannot change to home directory


BusyBox v1.1.3 (2010.08.17-14:27+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/ # ls
Test.fat  dev       lib       mnt       sbin      tmp       usr
bin       etc       linuxrc   proc      sys       tmp_orig  var
/ # mount
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /tmp type ramfs (rw)
/dev/mtdblock/2 on /usr/local/Resource type squashfs (ro)
/dev/mtdblock/3 on /usr/local/etc type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/rd/0 on /mnt/rd type vfat (rw,nodiratime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp4
37,iocharset=iso8859-1)
/dev/scsi/host5/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /tmp/usbmounts/sda1 type vfat (rw,nod
iratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=winnt
,utf8)
/ #
/ #
/ # /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/optware-install.sh
mount: Mounting oleg-optware on /opt failed: No such file or directory
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/optware-install.sh: cd: 29: can't cd to /opt
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/optware-install.sh: /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/optware-inst
all.sh: 30: ./ipkg-cl: not found
rm: cannot remove `ipkg-cl': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `ipkg-opt_0.99.163-10_mipsel.ipk': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `uclibc-opt_0.9.28-13_mipsel.ipk': No such file or directory
/tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/optware-install.sh: /tmp/usbmounts/sda1/bin/optware-inst
all.sh: 36: /opt/bin/ipkg: not found
/ #

[dm]

@jea,

if you do not have /opt then you DL the wrong file

see my post#1 here and dl the first firmware listed. it says /opt in it