Posts by GDPR-7

  • shell script to get the latest nightly (old)

    Arrrggghhh, I completely read over (correct engl. ?) "legacy".

    sorry !!!

    - legacy is untested by me, so far -

    EDIT

    see comment #52

    P.S.

    V00.7 doesn't change anything regrading your issue you see !

    it has an adjustment [1] regarding disk space check

    [1] where I'm not complete satisfied with ...

    P.P.S.

    in case you want to avoid a disk space checks at all:

    you could change line 401 and 408 to:

    download_and_install ${UPDATE_NIGHTLY};

    and

    download_and_install ${DOWNGRADE_NIGHTLY};

    each without: "check_disk_space ... &&"

  • shell script to get the latest nightly (old)

    Quote from jim_p

    Yes I am on v0.06 from 23.06.2022

    now, and also before your comment #46, too ?

    see my attached screenshot:

    I'm like you on "ccaf8be"

    and I test the script daily with the download server side in an browser open

    Quote from jim_p

    And today, besides the above message that the new image is under downgrade, ...

    and

    Quote from jim_p

    I forgot to mention that the upgrade and downgrade options appear properly on the rpi.

    seems to be a contradiction

    me is confused

    Quote from jim_p

    ... I am getting a low space message

    and

    Quote from jim_p

    I have backed up the image of 20220625 for another reason, but the free space I have is enough for it to download

    yup, for "download" only

    please read line 7 in comment #1

    what is it ?

    what's my doing in the script ?

    at least a sort of "blame JoeAverage"-prevention

    backgound:

    I've downloaded the Generic and a RPi image and decompressed them.

    it turned out: what you can read in line 7 from comment #1.

    the numbers 4 and 5 are rounded values, cause I only could calculate with integers.

    decompression is a point what the update installer does and I'm unsure how he/it handles this "low disk space case" exactly:

    IIRC, the update installer denies to install the update !

    so, the nightly was on one hand successfully downloaded, but on the other NOT installed cause of insufficient disk space.

    in the worst case I would have downloaded a nightly maybe (see some comments above) on a low speed internet connection *just* for peanuts !

    question: who would be the idiot afterwards ? 8)

    so my script checks the disk space needed to successfully decompress the nightly during update installer run *before* I start a download at all and exists when diskspace seems low !

    EDIT

    I've checked the decompression factors again:

    as mglae somewhere said max. decompression size is always ~576 MB (tested Generic and RPi2), what would be a decompression factor for Generic of 3 and for RPi 5

    is fixed in script Version V0.07

  • questions to DigiBit R1 owner/user

    I'm running a refurbished DigiBit R1 (shot for 60 €) with lastest FW since ~4 years now with nearly no complaint's.

    1. but sometimes the box hangs somehow just after the first boot:

    - e.g. TVH is unable to connect

    - the light for the SAT connections stays off

    a reboot of the DigiBit fixes it (light is on, etc.)

    2. another point is:

    the DigiBit sometimes gets really hot (I guess ~60°) and this problem seems to be independent from it's hot outside (summertime) or if a TV channel is currently active.


    maybe I need to mention:

    * the DigiBit is powerplugged in an smart socket, auto. shutting it off when sucking less then 9 W over a timeframe of 120 min. (no TV channel is running)

    but I've seen the "unable to connect to TVH"-problem *before* I bought the smart socket.

    * gets a fixed DHCP IP address

    * only 2 Sat ports in use

    anyone seen the above ?

    any fixes/pointers ?

  • shell script to get the latest nightly (old)

    jim_p

    I guess the script version you were running was NOT V0.06 from 23.06.22, right ?

    I would be very very astonished, if so, cause exactly the mismatch what is the update/downgrade was/should be fixed in V0.06 and I run the script daily here without your above obvious mismatch/mistake.

    there is a internal talk going on to place the script on (in ?) a central place in the future, but before it will change again, cause the download server structure will change.

    up to that:

    no need highlight 400 lines !

    just click the copy icon most right of the word "Bash" (top of the Code box)

    the whole keystrokes with editor "vi" needed are:

    0. open a webrowser and move to comment #1 in this thread

    1. ssh to the LE box

    2. move to the directory where the elder script lies

    3. run "cat < get_nightly.sh > get_nightly.sh" what empties this file/script

    4. vi get_nightly.sh

    5. press the copy icon in comment #1; a popup message will appear

    3. press in vi the "i" key (for insert)

    4. press in vi "CRTL+SHIFT+v" what paste the content into the currently empty get_nightly.sh [press "CTRL+SHIFT+v" ONLY ONCE !!!]

    5. press in vi "ESC"-key (leaves vi's insert mode)

    6. and afterward ":wq" (double point, write, quite)


    Quote from jim_p

    I risked though and pressed d to "downgrade" to that nightly, checked that the file was copied in the .update folder, rebooted and the update was done correctly.

    no need to check that manually, the script already does it.

    and another point:

    if something goes wrong with the downgrade: it has nothing to do with my script, cause it's the update installer task.

    my script just fetches a nighlty image and places it under ~/.update

    that's all it does.

    or in short:

    "teamwork is essential. it allows to blame someone else." 8o

  • Make Custom Resolution Permanent

    well, I'm the opinion when the box boots it configures the resolution of the monitor or what the monitor per default could do via a sort of handshake.

    I could be wrong !

    but when I'm not:

    why doesn't that work for you (without manual intervention) ?

    that's one part of the background of my suggestion.

    the other was: running a monitor out of it's specs (if possible at all) wouldn't be good in long terms, I guess ...

  • Make Custom Resolution Permanent

    I guess it could be done via an script running at startup.

    but I would also check the setting.

    maybe you need to switch to expert or similar mode before: the most left bottom icon in the setting screen: multiple clicks on it

    LE config addon:

    => system

    * Resolution

    * whitelist

    don't know if LE has a default Resolution causing the switch back, but then the startup script should do the job

    how and where to put a script running during boot:

    https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/useful_scripts