3.4 update coming out tonight... - Page 10

twobob · 10-24-2012, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wakajawaka

Ok I have another problem now. Cannot find /etc/updater.conf

nor /usr/bin/process_update

Feel like I must be missing something really obvious :/

okay...

are you in the root /

or are you in /mnt/us...

Screenie!!!

(speaks a thousand woes)

wakajawaka · 10-24-2012, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twobob

okay...

are you in the root /

or are you in /mnt/us...

Screenie!!!

(speaks a thousand woes)

Well I'm just accesing it via windows.

I'm guessing I should access with some software? Or maybe boot up with linux?

Thanks a lot for your help.

knc1 · 10-24-2012, 08:26 PM

Access it via ssh, which give you system level access as the administrative user: "root".

twobob · 10-24-2012, 08:27 PM

yeah. that is actually /mnt/us in terms of the main system.

Putty can work on windows to access linux systems.

There are guides to SSH to the kindle 3 on the wiki, many threads

and in the USBnetwork readme even maybe there are some clues to the ip's and authentication methods required/options

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Get root access. try again

IIRC you can configure root access via USB (check the usbnetworking docs) or be a player and break that puppies WIFI back.

: )

twobob · 10-24-2012, 08:30 PM

TIP:

[root@kindle root]# lipc-set-prop -i com.lab126.powerd preventScreenSaver 1

or use Kaffiene.

Usbnetworking will need mode cycling if you let it drop to screensaver while WIFI connected.

On my system I simply enter
[root@kindle root]# usbnetworking; usbnetworking
to fix this issue when I forget

(In MyTs 8 terminal on the kindle)

Good Luck.

NiLuJe · 10-25-2012, 11:43 AM

@twobob: Try setting USE_VOLUMD to true in the USBNetwork config, that may help with the WiFi issue.

twobob · 10-25-2012, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@twobob: Try setting USE_VOLUMD to true in the USBNetwork config, that may help with the WiFi issue.

try even having that in my config

added it now! USE_VOLUMD="true"

thanks

(I did notice it burbling the error about it being missing)
must have trashed it at some point

wakajawaka · 10-25-2012, 12:26 PM

So, this is embarrassing...

I was installing USBnetworking when I realisad that I was installing the .bin wrong. I was restarting instead of using the update option. ._.

So I tried installing the updates provider again and it installed... it works blocking the updates. The device has had a crash since (had to force restart) so I'll keep an eye on that, but it is much easier than accesing via ssh.

NiLuJe · 10-25-2012, 01:12 PM

@twobob: Nah, if the installer detects a custom config, it doesn't overwrite the user's, that's probably why you don't have it (... provided you're using a somewhat recent USBNet build, I added the uvolumd stuff in v0.4x ^^. But if you caught the warning about the 'broken' config in the logs, you already are

.).

twobob · 10-25-2012, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@twobob: Nah, if the installer detects a custom config, it doesn't overwrite the user's, that's probably why you don't have it (... provided you're using a somewhat recent USBNet build, I added the uvolumd stuff in v0.4x ^^. But if you caught the warning about the 'broken' config in the logs, you already are

.).

I got some great errors : )

really nice ones. saying things like THIS IS BAD : )

I'll post them if I get them again... will probably reinstall and raze the config pre-install tbh. bit fubar. odd behaviour. lol. TBC. nighttime

NiLuJe · 10-25-2012, 08:03 PM

@twobob: Don't boot in auto mode/toggle usbnet while the Kindle is plugged

. (The kernel doesn't like reloading the USB modules while one port's in use

).

(volumd is using modprobe, while the other code path uses rmmod [to avoid other, even weirder issues]. modprobe tries to remove unused parent modules when removing a module).

10-24-2012, 08:26 PM	#138
knc1 Embedded Cheerleader Posts: 4,114 Karma: 3854695 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Intel 4004	Access it via ssh, which give you system level access as the administrative user: "root". __________________ "Hack is just a four letter word." - - With apologies to B. Dylan

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twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 5,136 Karma: 5328985 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW, K5 B011, K3 us, K4, DXG, XDA I&II, Omnia, Ematic E6 + E8 :) etc.	TIP: [root@kindle root]# lipc-set-prop -i com.lab126.powerd preventScreenSaver 1 or use Kaffiene. Usbnetworking will need mode cycling if you let it drop to screensaver while WIFI connected. On my system I simply enter [root@kindle root]# usbnetworking; usbnetworking to fix this issue when I forget (In MyTs 8 terminal on the kindle) Good Luck. __________________ Audiophile and electron bully. My tunes (for free) soundcloud.com/twobob. DONATE TO KUAL BY CLICKING THIS SIMPLE LINK Kung-Fu. Hard work over time to accomplish skill. A painter can have kung-fu... The musician can have kung-fu, or the poet who paints pictures with words and makes emperors weep. This, too, is kung-fu. Formless, nameless, the true master dwells within. Only you can free him. The album I'm headlining on at the moment: s.beatport.com/OCp9dT - FREE: 2012 Award winning set

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10-25-2012, 11:43 AM	#141
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 2,895 Karma: 2267781 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w & PW	@twobob: Try setting USE_VOLUMD to true in the USBNetwork config, that may help with the WiFi issue.

10-25-2012, 12:26 PM	#143
wakajawaka Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: kindle 3	So, this is embarrassing... I was installing USBnetworking when I realisad that I was installing the .bin wrong. I was restarting instead of using the update option. ._. So I tried installing the updates provider again and it installed... it works blocking the updates. The device has had a crash since (had to force restart) so I'll keep an eye on that, but it is much easier than accesing via ssh.

10-25-2012, 01:12 PM	#144
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 2,895 Karma: 2267781 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w & PW	@twobob: Nah, if the installer detects a custom config, it doesn't overwrite the user's, that's probably why you don't have it (... provided you're using a somewhat recent USBNet build, I added the uvolumd stuff in v0.4x ^^. But if you caught the warning about the 'broken' config in the logs, you already are .).

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