Disable BigBrother features

[renatolond]

Well, been looking at my K3 messages log, with 3G on, and the message I got from wand was this:

110527:185736 wand[2597]: I dtp:diag: t=XXXXXXXX,MCC MNC=724 05,Channel=4414,Band=WCDMA V 850,Cell ID=XXXXXXXX,LAC=XXXXX,RAC=1,Network Time=2011/05/27 18.57.23,Local Time Offset=-3h,Selection Mode=Automatic,Test Mode=0,Bars=4,Roaming=1,RSSI=-71,Tx Power=-9,System Mode=WCDMA,Data Service Mode=HSDPA,Service Status=Service,Reg Status=Success,Call Status=Conversation,MM Attach State=Attach accept,MM LU State=LU update,GMM Attach State=Attach accept,GMM State=Registered,GMM RAU State=Not available,PDP State=Active,Network Mode=CS PS separate attach mode,PMM Mode=Connected,SIM Status=Valid; PIN okay; R3,MM Attach Error=No error,MM LU Error=No error,GMM Attach Error=No error,GMM RAU Error=Not available,PDP Rej Reason=No error,Active/Monitored Sets=0;XXX;-5,RSCP=-87,DRX=64,HSDPA Status=Active,HSDPA Indication=HSDPA HSUPA unsupp,Neighbor Cells=,Best 6 Cells=,Pathloss=,MFRM=,EGPRS Indication=,HPLMN=UMTS;XXX;XXX GSM;XXX;XXX,RPLMN=XXX;XX ,FPLMN=,n=1:

I replaced some numbers with X because I don't know if they're identifying. Even though this has the "Bars=X" like OP, don't have any info about Lat/Long. I'm thinking that was a K2 only thing?

[z0mtec]

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[richardx]

Sorry to exhume a relatively old thread for my first post but... :-)

I've been trying to run kindlesec.sh on my K3 3.2.1 without success. The error message that appears is:

[root@kindle us]# sh kindlesec.sh
: not foundh: line 2:
: not foundh: line 7:
: not foundh: line 8:
: not foundh: line 9:
Creating backup of loginfo, tinyrot, otaup, showlog, syslog-ng.
': No such file or directoryry '/mnt/us/.kindlesec/
: not foundh: line 13:
kindlesec.sh: line 15: syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "do")

I didn't have any luck running ./kindlesec.sh either.

Can anyone report success with kindlesec.sh on a K3 3.2.1?

If not, I would be happy to hand edit the four log files in question using vi, but I'm not sure precisely how to disable them in an elegant way. Is there a scriptmeister out there who can advise how this could be done?

Many thanks!

[ryran]

Originally Posted by richardx

Sorry to exhume a relatively old thread for my first post but... :-)

I've been trying to run kindlesec.sh on my K3 3.2.1 without success. The error message that appears is:

Richard, my first thought is that you might be running it without doing a mntroot rw first. My second thought is that DAMN people should not be running these scripts if they don't know how to debug them and fix things that they might break. I had a look at the script from this thread, which is what I presume you're talking about... and I don't see anything technically wrong with the syntax.

Assuming you've got write access to the root fs, it should create a new dir on the user partition called .kindlesec (which would show up if you plugged it into windows with usb networking off) and makes backups of the four files to there and then proceeds to replace each of them with shortcuts (links) to nowhere (/dev/null), but not before making additional backups of them in their respective folders (the 2nd backups will have the same file name with a tilde "~" appended). Should work. As for if it's a good idea, well........

[thomass]

Originally Posted by ryran

My second thought is that DAMN people should not be running these scripts if they don't know how to debug them and fix things that they might break.

You are quite right about this

[richardx]

Originally Posted by ryran

Richard, my first thought is that you might be running it without doing a mntroot rw first.

That was my first thought, too. So I made sure. The file system was read/writeable.

Originally Posted by ryran

My second thought is that DAMN people should not be running these scripts if they don't know how to debug them and fix things that they might break.

Agreed. That's why I have to appeal to your good nature. Mind you, I haven't broken anything yet...

Originally Posted by ryran

I had a look at the script from this thread, which is what I presume you're talking about... and I don't see anything technically wrong with the syntax.

That was my impression, but I'm no expert.

Originally Posted by ryran

Assuming you've got write access to the root fs, it should create a new dir on the user partition called .kindlesec (which would show up if you plugged it into windows with usb networking off) and makes backups of the four files to there

So here's the problem. There's no new .kindlesec dir. So something is wrong, but what, I'm really not sure. The file system is writeable. I'll bet on a simple error, but I'm guessing. Any ideas?

[ryran]

Huh. I don't know. You don't even need mntroot to create that .kindlesec directory..... weird.

[z0mtec]

Hi,

how it work on v3.2.1?

What must i change?

PHP Code:

#!/bin/sh

CONF=/etc/tinyrot.conf
NEXTFILETOSEND=/var/local/log/nexttosendfile
LASTFILESENT=/tmp/lastsentfile

_DEVTYPE=/etc/sysconfig/devtypes
[ -f $_DEVTYPE ] && . $_DEVTYPE

_FEATURE=/etc/rc.d/features
[ -f $_FEATURE ] && . $_FEATURE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# functions
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

print_usage () {
    echo "showlog will print all available logs, including old rotated logs"
    echo "Usage:"
    echo "showlog [-f [logfile] | -o <outfile> [logfile] | -s ] "
    echo "    -f              follow log (tail -f)"
    echo "    -o <outfile>    cat all available logfile(s) to outfile (default: outfile=/dev/stdout)"
    echo "    -s              cat the zipped log files with special headers to pipe to the server"
    echo "      --full           sending all available logs"
    echo "      --fsn            sending logs for Customer Service (non anonymously)"
    echo "      --nohead <logfile> sends all logfile logs with no headers to stdout"
    echo "                         and writes log file listing to /tmp"
    echo "    logfile         logfile to show (default: logfile=messages)"
    echo ""
    echo "NOTE: Don't use the full path. Just mention the file name"
    echo "Example: showlog messages"
    exit 1
}

print_stream_header () {
    NUMFILES=$1
    echo "MFBS/1.0 $NUMFILES"
    echo ""
}

print_gzip_header () {
    if [ -z "$1" -o -z "$2" ]; then
        echo "showlog: print_gzip_header: incorrect arguments"
        exit
    fi
    CONTENTLENGTH="$1"
    CONTENTNAME="$2"
    echo "Content-Length: $CONTENTLENGTH"
    echo "Content-Name: $CONTENTNAME"
    echo "Content-Type: GZIP"
    echo "Content-Encoding: GZIP"
    name=$(productid)
    echo "X-DeviceType: $(eval echo \\\${DEVTYPE_$name})"

    # Convert 046-shasta-049566 to 495660046
    # Convert eng-shasta-049566 to 495660000
    #
    # first s/// converts eng- to 0-
    # second s/// extracts first and last segment, ignoring leading 0s
    # printf puts them back together with correct number of 0s
    echo "X-DeviceFirmwareVersion:$(printf "%u%04u" $(cat /etc/version.txt | grep Version | awk '{ print $4 }' | sed 's/^[^\-]*[^0-9\-][^\-]*-/0-/; s/0*\([0-9]\+\)-.*-0*\(.\+\)/\2 \1/'))"
}

print_gzip_header_dsn () {
    print_gzip_header "$1" "$2"
    echo "X-DSN: $(cat /proc/usid)"
    echo ""
}

print_gzip_header_anon () {
    print_gzip_header "$1" "$2"
    echo "X-Anonymous-Tag: $(cat /etc/guid)"
    echo ""
}

print_gzip_files_anon () {
    ALLFILES=$*
    for FILE in $ALLFILES
    do
        CONTENTNAME=$FILE
        CONTENTLENGTH=$(ls -l $FILE | awk '{print $5}')
        print_gzip_header_anon $CONTENTLENGTH $CONTENTNAME
        # NOTE: cat'ing raw gzip file
        cat $FILE
    done
}

print_gzip_files_dsn () {
    ALLFILES=$*
    for FILE in $ALLFILES
    do
        CONTENTNAME=$FILE
        CONTENTLENGTH=$(ls -l $FILE | awk '{print $5}')
        print_gzip_header_dsn $CONTENTLENGTH $CONTENTNAME
        # NOTE: cat'ing raw gzip file
        cat $FILE
    done
}

print_gzip_files_noheaders() {
    ALLFILES=$*
    for FILE in $ALLFILES
    do
        cat $FILE
    done
}


get_inode () {
    FILE=$1
    return `ls -i $FILE 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1;}'`
}

wait_for_file() {
    FILE=$1
    while [ ! -f $FILE ]; do
        sleep 1
    done
}

follow_log () {
    LOG=$1

    while [ 1 ]; do
        wait_for_file $LOG
        tail -f $LOG &
        TAILPID=$!
        get_inode $LOG
        FILEINODE=$?
        while [ 1 ]; do
            get_inode $LOG
            NEWINODE=$?
            if [ $FILEINODE -ne $NEWINODE ]; then
                kill $TAILPID
                break
            fi

            sleep 1
        done
    done
}

on_term ()
{
    if [ -n "$TAILPID" ]; then
        kill $TAILPID 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
    fi
    exit 0
}

trap 'on_term' TERM INT EXIT

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# main
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ -f $CONF ] && . $CONF

if [ x$1 == "x--help" -o x$1 == "x-h" ]; then
    print_usage
    exit 1
fi

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# parse args
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

OUTFILE=/dev/stdout
GZIP_HEADER_TYPE=print_gzip_files_anon
SENDING_GZIP=
SENDING_FULL=0
NO_HEADERS=0
LOG="messages"

while [ -n "$1" ]; do
    __ARG=
    case $1 in
        -f )
            if [ -z "$2" ]; then
                LOG="messages"
            else
                LOG="$2"
            fi
            follow_log /var/log/$LOG
            # we dont come back here..
            exit
            ;;
        -o )
            shift
            if [ -n "$1" ]; then
                OUTFILE="$1"
            fi
            echo "" > "$OUTFILE" 2>/dev/null
            loginfo kitchensink
            shift
            ;;
        -s )
            SENDING_GZIP=1
            shift
            ;;
        --full )
            SENDING_FULL=1
            shift
            ;;
        --fsn )
            GZIP_HEADER_TYPE=print_gzip_files_dsn
            shift
            ;;
        --nohead )
            GZIP_HEADER_TYPE=print_gzip_files_noheaders
            SENDING_FULL=1
            NO_HEADERS=1 
            shift 
            if [ -n "$1" ]; then
                LOG="$1"
            fi
            shift    
            ;;
        -h | --help )
            print_usage
            exit
            ;;
        * )
            LOG="$1"
            ;;
    esac
    SHOWLOG_ARGS=$__ARGS
done


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# calculate the number of files to send/show (NUMFILES) and their names
# (ALLFILES)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMFILES=0
ALLFILES=
TRANSFERFILE=/tmp/last${LOG}sentfile
# prevent tinyrot from running, and do not run while tinyrot is running
(
uflock 9

# Not sending log to server (not coming from pipelog)
if [ x$SENDING_GZIP == "x" ] ; then
    ALLFILES=`ls -1  $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz | xargs`
    if [ -n "$ALLFILES" ]; then
        zcat $ALLFILES >> "$OUTFILE"
    fi
    cat /var/log/$LOG >> "$OUTFILE"
else # coming from pipelog
    # Sending partial logs
    if [ x$SENDING_FULL == "x0" ] && [ -e $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${OLDEST_FILE} ] ; then
        OLDEST_LZ=`cat $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${OLDEST_FILE}`

        if [ -e $NEXTFILETOSEND ]; then
            OLDEST_LZ=`cat $NEXTFILETOSEND`
        fi


        YOUNGEST_LZ=`cat $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${YOUNGEST_FILE}`
        COUNTER_LZ=$OLDEST_LZ

        OLDEST=`echo $OLDEST_LZ|sed 's/[0]*\(.*\)/\1/g'`
        YOUNGEST=`echo $YOUNGEST_LZ|sed 's/[0]*\(.*\)/\1/g'`
        COUNTER=`echo $COUNTER_LZ|sed 's/[0]*\(.*\)/\1/g'`

        while [ ${COUNTER} -lt ${YOUNGEST} ]; do
            FILE=$ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${COUNTER_LZ}_*.gz
            if [ -e $FILE ]; then
                ALLFILES="$ALLFILES $FILE"
                NUMFILES=$(($NUMFILES+1))
            fi
            COUNTER=$(($COUNTER+1))
            COUNTER_LZ=`echo $COUNTER | awk '{ printf "%08d", $1 }'`
        done
        # update LASTFILESENT
        if [ ${NUMFILES} -gt 0 ]; then
            echo $COUNTER | awk '{ printf "%08d", $1 }' > $LASTFILESENT
        else
            cat $NEXTFILETOSEND | awk '{ printf "%08d", $1 }' > $LASTFILESENT
        fi
        print_stream_header $NUMFILES  >> "$OUTFILE"
        $GZIP_HEADER_TYPE $ALLFILES  >> "$OUTFILE"
    else # Sending full logs
    if [ "x$NO_HEADERS" == "x0" ]; then   
               print_stream_header  `ls $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz | wc -l ` >> "$OUTFILE"
        else
            TFILES=`ls $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz`
            echo $TFILES > $TRANSFERFILE        
        fi
        $GZIP_HEADER_TYPE `ls $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz | xargs ` >> "$OUTFILE"
    fi
fi
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PHP Code:

print_stream_header $NUMFILES
print_gzip_files $ALLFILES 


[Kenneth_irl]

Originally Posted by z0mtec

Hi,

how it work on v3.2.1?

What must i change?

PHP Code:

#!/bin/sh

CONF=/etc/tinyrot.conf
NEXTFILETOSEND=/var/local/log/nexttosendfile
LASTFILESENT=/tmp/lastsentfile

_DEVTYPE=/etc/sysconfig/devtypes
[ -f $_DEVTYPE ] && . $_DEVTYPE

_FEATURE=/etc/rc.d/features
[ -f $_FEATURE ] && . $_FEATURE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# functions
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

print_usage () {
    echo "showlog will print all available logs, including old rotated logs"
    echo "Usage:"
    echo "showlog [-f [logfile] | -o <outfile> [logfile] | -s ] "
    echo "    -f              follow log (tail -f)"
    echo "    -o <outfile>    cat all available logfile(s) to outfile (default: outfile=/dev/stdout)"
    echo "    -s              cat the zipped log files with special headers to pipe to the server"
    echo "      --full           sending all available logs"
    echo "      --fsn            sending logs for Customer Service (non anonymously)"
    echo "      --nohead <logfile> sends all logfile logs with no headers to stdout"
    echo "                         and writes log file listing to /tmp"
    echo "    logfile         logfile to show (default: logfile=messages)"
    echo ""
    echo "NOTE: Don't use the full path. Just mention the file name"
    echo "Example: showlog messages"
    exit 1
}

print_stream_header () {
    NUMFILES=$1
    echo "MFBS/1.0 $NUMFILES"
    echo ""
}

print_gzip_header () {
    if [ -z "$1" -o -z "$2" ]; then
        echo "showlog: print_gzip_header: incorrect arguments"
        exit
    fi
    CONTENTLENGTH="$1"
    CONTENTNAME="$2"
    echo "Content-Length: $CONTENTLENGTH"
    echo "Content-Name: $CONTENTNAME"
    echo "Content-Type: GZIP"
    echo "Content-Encoding: GZIP"
    name=$(productid)
    echo "X-DeviceType: $(eval echo \\\${DEVTYPE_$name})"

    # Convert 046-shasta-049566 to 495660046
    # Convert eng-shasta-049566 to 495660000
    #
    # first s/// converts eng- to 0-
    # second s/// extracts first and last segment, ignoring leading 0s
    # printf puts them back together with correct number of 0s
    echo "X-DeviceFirmwareVersion:$(printf "%u%04u" $(cat /etc/version.txt | grep Version | awk '{ print $4 }' | sed 's/^[^\-]*[^0-9\-][^\-]*-/0-/; s/0*\([0-9]\+\)-.*-0*\(.\+\)/\2 \1/'))"
}

print_gzip_header_dsn () {
    print_gzip_header "$1" "$2"
    echo "X-DSN: $(cat /proc/usid)"
    echo ""
}

print_gzip_header_anon () {
    print_gzip_header "$1" "$2"
    echo "X-Anonymous-Tag: $(cat /etc/guid)"
    echo ""
}

print_gzip_files_anon () {
    ALLFILES=$*
    for FILE in $ALLFILES
    do
        CONTENTNAME=$FILE
        CONTENTLENGTH=$(ls -l $FILE | awk '{print $5}')
        print_gzip_header_anon $CONTENTLENGTH $CONTENTNAME
        # NOTE: cat'ing raw gzip file
        cat $FILE
    done
}

print_gzip_files_dsn () {
    ALLFILES=$*
    for FILE in $ALLFILES
    do
        CONTENTNAME=$FILE
        CONTENTLENGTH=$(ls -l $FILE | awk '{print $5}')
        print_gzip_header_dsn $CONTENTLENGTH $CONTENTNAME
        # NOTE: cat'ing raw gzip file
        cat $FILE
    done
}

print_gzip_files_noheaders() {
    ALLFILES=$*
    for FILE in $ALLFILES
    do
        cat $FILE
    done
}


get_inode () {
    FILE=$1
    return `ls -i $FILE 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1;}'`
}

wait_for_file() {
    FILE=$1
    while [ ! -f $FILE ]; do
        sleep 1
    done
}

follow_log () {
    LOG=$1

    while [ 1 ]; do
        wait_for_file $LOG
        tail -f $LOG &
        TAILPID=$!
        get_inode $LOG
        FILEINODE=$?
        while [ 1 ]; do
            get_inode $LOG
            NEWINODE=$?
            if [ $FILEINODE -ne $NEWINODE ]; then
                kill $TAILPID
                break
            fi

            sleep 1
        done
    done
}

on_term ()
{
    if [ -n "$TAILPID" ]; then
        kill $TAILPID 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
    fi
    exit 0
}

trap 'on_term' TERM INT EXIT

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# main
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ -f $CONF ] && . $CONF

if [ x$1 == "x--help" -o x$1 == "x-h" ]; then
    print_usage
    exit 1
fi

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# parse args
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

OUTFILE=/dev/stdout
GZIP_HEADER_TYPE=print_gzip_files_anon
SENDING_GZIP=
SENDING_FULL=0
NO_HEADERS=0
LOG="messages"

while [ -n "$1" ]; do
    __ARG=
    case $1 in
        -f )
            if [ -z "$2" ]; then
                LOG="messages"
            else
                LOG="$2"
            fi
            follow_log /var/log/$LOG
            # we dont come back here..
            exit
            ;;
        -o )
            shift
            if [ -n "$1" ]; then
                OUTFILE="$1"
            fi
            echo "" > "$OUTFILE" 2>/dev/null
            loginfo kitchensink
            shift
            ;;
        -s )
            SENDING_GZIP=1
            shift
            ;;
        --full )
            SENDING_FULL=1
            shift
            ;;
        --fsn )
            GZIP_HEADER_TYPE=print_gzip_files_dsn
            shift
            ;;
        --nohead )
            GZIP_HEADER_TYPE=print_gzip_files_noheaders
            SENDING_FULL=1
            NO_HEADERS=1 
            shift 
            if [ -n "$1" ]; then
                LOG="$1"
            fi
            shift    
            ;;
        -h | --help )
            print_usage
            exit
            ;;
        * )
            LOG="$1"
            ;;
    esac
    SHOWLOG_ARGS=$__ARGS
done


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# calculate the number of files to send/show (NUMFILES) and their names
# (ALLFILES)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMFILES=0
ALLFILES=
TRANSFERFILE=/tmp/last${LOG}sentfile
# prevent tinyrot from running, and do not run while tinyrot is running
(
uflock 9

# Not sending log to server (not coming from pipelog)
if [ x$SENDING_GZIP == "x" ] ; then
    ALLFILES=`ls -1  $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz | xargs`
    if [ -n "$ALLFILES" ]; then
        zcat $ALLFILES >> "$OUTFILE"
    fi
    cat /var/log/$LOG >> "$OUTFILE"
else # coming from pipelog
    # Sending partial logs
    if [ x$SENDING_FULL == "x0" ] && [ -e $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${OLDEST_FILE} ] ; then
        OLDEST_LZ=`cat $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${OLDEST_FILE}`

        if [ -e $NEXTFILETOSEND ]; then
            OLDEST_LZ=`cat $NEXTFILETOSEND`
        fi


        YOUNGEST_LZ=`cat $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${YOUNGEST_FILE}`
        COUNTER_LZ=$OLDEST_LZ

        OLDEST=`echo $OLDEST_LZ|sed 's/[0]*\(.*\)/\1/g'`
        YOUNGEST=`echo $YOUNGEST_LZ|sed 's/[0]*\(.*\)/\1/g'`
        COUNTER=`echo $COUNTER_LZ|sed 's/[0]*\(.*\)/\1/g'`

        while [ ${COUNTER} -lt ${YOUNGEST} ]; do
            FILE=$ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_${COUNTER_LZ}_*.gz
            if [ -e $FILE ]; then
                ALLFILES="$ALLFILES $FILE"
                NUMFILES=$(($NUMFILES+1))
            fi
            COUNTER=$(($COUNTER+1))
            COUNTER_LZ=`echo $COUNTER | awk '{ printf "%08d", $1 }'`
        done
        # update LASTFILESENT
        if [ ${NUMFILES} -gt 0 ]; then
            echo $COUNTER | awk '{ printf "%08d", $1 }' > $LASTFILESENT
        else
            cat $NEXTFILETOSEND | awk '{ printf "%08d", $1 }' > $LASTFILESENT
        fi
        print_stream_header $NUMFILES  >> "$OUTFILE"
        $GZIP_HEADER_TYPE $ALLFILES  >> "$OUTFILE"
    else # Sending full logs
    if [ "x$NO_HEADERS" == "x0" ]; then   
               print_stream_header  `ls $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz | wc -l ` >> "$OUTFILE"
        else
            TFILES=`ls $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz`
            echo $TFILES > $TRANSFERFILE        
        fi
        $GZIP_HEADER_TYPE `ls $ARCHIVE_DIR/${LOG}_*.gz | xargs ` >> "$OUTFILE"
    fi
fi
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print_stream_header $NUMFILES
print_gzip_files $ALLFILES 


From what I know they changed the script a little. However, I did it on 3.0.3, but those two lines are still the same as mine as in the 3.2.1 log from you.

I believe these two lines are those you're looking for:

print_stream_header $NUMFILES >> $OUTFILE
$GZIP_HEADER_TYPE $ALLFILES >> $OUTFILE

I've personally changed it to:

print_stream_header 0 >> "$OUTFILE"
$GZIP_HEADER_TYPE "" >> "$OUTFILE"

However, I am no expert so wait for verification from one.

[dasmoover]

http://gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/kindle/showlog

Modified according to the thread the information was posted in. I use it on all of my Kindles.

[z0mtec]

Originally Posted by dasmoover

http://gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/kindle/showlog

Modified according to the thread the information was posted in. I use it on all of my Kindles.

What have you changed?

[nielsgans]

showlog's script in different firmware of K3 are different. Can somesone provide more helpful way to deal with it?

[m4rius]

First of all, many thanks to all the enthusiastic people in this forum, which share their knowledge and time making the kindle even better!

Recently, I'm also into disabling the big brother features and looked into the files some of you mentioned so far. I tried to understand the showlog script, which is (by the way) not in /usr/sbin/ but in /usr/bin/ (kindle version 3, wifi only, firmware 3.3) and wondered why it should be sufficient to change the two previously mentioned lines but not the rest of the lines that pass some content to $OUTFILE ?!

Wouldn't it be enough/better/easier to change the definition of $OUTFILE from /dev/stdout to /dev/null? What do you think?

[inameiname]

If you have the Jailbreak AND Launchpad hacks installed, a very easy way to do this (without the need for the USB hack or installing any *.bin files) is to copy these three files to your launchpad folder:

disable_logging.ini

[Actions]

; Disabling/enabling logging
D L I = !source /mnt/us/launchpad/disable_logging_install.sh
D L U = !source /mnt/us/launchpad/disable_logging_uninstall.sh

disable_logging_install.sh

# Kindlesec Hack (disable Amazon.com logging)
mkdir /mnt/us/.kindlesec/
cp /usr/sbin/syslog-ng /mnt/us/.kindlesec/
cp /usr/sbin/loginfo /mnt/us/.kindlesec/
cp /usr/sbin/tinyrot /mnt/us/.kindlesec/
cp /usr/bin/showlog /mnt/us/.kindlesec/
mntroot rw
ln -s -b /dev/null /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
ln -s -b /dev/null /usr/sbin/loginfo
ln -s -b /dev/null /usr/sbin/tinyrot
ln -s -b /dev/null /usr/bin/showlog
mntroot ro
exit

disable_logging_uninstall.sh

# Kindlesec Hack (disable Amazon.com logging)
mntroot rw
mv /usr/sbin/syslog-ng~ /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
mv /usr/sbin/loginfo~ /usr/sbin/loginfo
mv /usr/sbin/tinyrot~ /usr/sbin/tinyrot
mv /usr/bin/showlog~ /usr/bin/showlog
mntroot ro
exit

Then, just refresh Launchpad (Shift > Shift > Space) and input the keystroke listed in the ini file (Shift > D > L > I) to install and (Shift > D > L > U) to uninstall, restart, and voila.

[Tanga]

Wow, that's really helpful. I'm guessing that I will need to uninstall it to install updates, and then install it again?