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Lou Jacob

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Joined: 12/15/2004

Here is something that is likely to fix the nag message.

Change the file named /etc/password to /etc/passwd

You can do this one of two ways, either telnet into the unit and type:

Code:


followed by:

Code:


for good measure, you can type:

Code:


but it will run automatically at 4am every day moving forward.


Alternate method:

HackMan and type the shell commands:

Code:


(if the "enter shell command" option is not available at the bottom of the HackMan page, you will need to click on the "edit files and set preferences" link at the bottom of the HackMan page and enable the first option in the second column (Show Bash Command Line)).

Then, restart cron by "stopping" cron scheduler in HackMan and then "starting" it again.

For good measure, you can type

Code:


in the same window, but moving forward this should happen every day at 4am.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

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August 10, 2005 10:08 PM

Daily Call Error

Hi
I just installed PTVnet 6.2 in my DTiVo DSR704 and for some reason I been having a problem with the Daily Phone Call in my System Information Screen. The error message that I get is this Last phone call - Failed, no dial tone.

When I was installing the PTVnet, I choose to disable the daily call option. I thought that by selecting this option, would not require you to connect your device in a phone line. I also thought that by choosing this option, fools your system and making it thinks that it successfully made a daily call.

Currently I don't have a USB to Ethernet adaptor (and probably would not get one for quite some time). Is this the reason why the system thinks that there is no dial tone when it's making a fakecall?

The reason why I installed PTVnet in my DTivo is so that I don't have to connect my device to a phone line (the room where it is located doesnt have one).

Please let me know how I can solve this problem.

Lou Jacob Avatar
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August 11, 2005 10:10 AM

I don't think you need to worry about it; is the TiVo working OK?

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

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August 11, 2005 4:55 PM

It is working okay so far, I just want to make sure that it will not start to give me a nagging message to connect to a phone line.

And if the nagging message appears what can I do to get rid of it?

Thanks

Lou Jacob Avatar
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August 11, 2005 5:00 PM

mariomags said:

It is working okay so far, I just want to make sure that it will not start to give me a nagging message to connect to a phone line.

And if the nagging message appears what can I do to get rid of it?

Thanks


If you get a nag message, a reboot of the unit should fix it - or you can telnet to the unit and manually run "fakecall.tcl" from the shell.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

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September 4, 2005 8:12 PM

Fakecall Problem

Hello,
My fakecall is also not working on my unit that was upgraded with the PTVNET Software. I get serial bash and try to run fakecall remotely and this is what i get then the unit reboots...any ideas what to do to fix this?

Tmk Assertion Failure:
FsAllocateFunction, line 159 ()
Tmk Fatal Error: Thread tivosh <508> strayed!
Paste the following into a shell to get a backtrace...

bt -t /tvbin/tivoapp < read 0x2aaa8000 /lib/ld.so.1
read 0x2ab04000 /lib/libutil.so.1
read 0x2ab48000 /lib/libdl.so.2
read 0x2ab8c000 /lib/libpthread.so.0
read 0x2abe8000 /lib/libm.so.6
read 0x2acb0000 /lib/libc.so.6
0x012cdf04 0x01384aa4 0x0138518c 0x013851e0 0x00f58a3c 0x00f58124 0x00612c48
0x00403090 0x2acc13fc
END_OF_BT

Tmk Fatal Error: Thread tivosh <508>: assertion failure
flushing ide devices: hda
Restarting system.


Thanks
Echobunny
[email]echobunnyfan@yahoo.com[/email]

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March 24, 2006 3:25 PM

Hi,
I've upgrade my DSR704 via PTVNET and Instacake 6.2 in early March. I'm having the fakecall.tcl problem reported in the earlier threads. I've done repeated restarts, and I've found that after the restart, the DVR will register that the fakecall was successful, but the next daily call will fail.

I was thinking of changing the file named /etc/password to /etc/passwd as stated in Quote #40 by Lou Jacob, but unsure whether that fix applied to 3.1 or to 6.2.

Any advice?

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March 24, 2006 10:15 PM

I'm having the same problems...Daily call says "Failed"

My phone line is not plugged in....but I want to use the Caller ID feature, so when I do plug the phone line in, it makes the daily call.

I baked 6.2 and used PTVNet on my Hughes HDVR2...it appears that the fakecall.tcl is not operating correctly.

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March 25, 2006 7:13 PM

I just found the solution to my problem. Updated my system with Nutkase's Superpatch-67, and it solved the failed fakecall issue.

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April 27, 2006 11:48 PM

I tried the superpatch 67 and it just gives me a assertion failure and fatal error and reboots.
I guess I will give up and stick with a stock DirecTivo. I follow all instructions to the letter.
All of the people getting mad at newbies is very frustrating. I have searched various forums for hours and can't find the answers and then if you ask a question, you get jumped on. We all have to start somewhere.
I will say that DVDRplayground is better than any of the others though. There is a lot more cooperation here.

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April 28, 2006 1:27 AM

I get the Assertion failure when I try to run fakecall also.

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April 28, 2006 11:08 AM

I get the Assertion failure when I try to run fakecall also.


Read my reply to your comment in the Articles section.

UPDATE:

Mark fixed his problem using a link that I provided (can be found in the Articles section of DVRplayground).

TechLore Blog

HR10-250, Samsung SIR-S4120R, SIR-S4080R, 2 Philips DSR704s (one connected to a Slingbox A/V). One box used the "Zipper"; rest used PTVnet to enable networking features.

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April 28, 2006 11:42 PM

Many thanks to Yog-Sothoth for finding the solution to the problem of running scripts.
The solution was to run these two commands at the bash prompt in the telnet shell before doing anything else;

export TIVO_ROOT=

export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10

Thanks again for your support!

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May 1, 2006 7:23 AM

I was about ready to follow your suggestion using Hack man to stop the daily call nag, when I noticed my version of Hackman does not have the restart cron button. Is there another more recent version of Hackman out there, and how do I install it. Thanks.

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