I'm posting this to the custom firmware forum, although in fact it started happening before I upgraded to custom firmware.
We were on the most recent OTA version (I forget 1.02.20 I think - mayeb 28).
The box had been operating nicely since it arrived in April 2011. However over the last few months we've had increased occurrences of the following:
It's almost as if it's become an HD FOX T2.
This happened very occasionally but it has become more recent over the past few months. Now it's daily and the box is almost unusable. As standard the box has
First thing I did was upgrade to (standard) s/w 1.02.32. But that didn't stop it.
So I upgraded to custom s/w HDR_FOX_T2_1.02.32_mod_2.19.zip
Problem still happens, but at least I can have a go at diagnosis.
Obvious first step: Check the hard drive. fix-disk reported nothing untoward :
Looks to me to be OK.
We were on the most recent OTA version (I forget 1.02.20 I think - mayeb 28).
The box had been operating nicely since it arrived in April 2011. However over the last few months we've had increased occurrences of the following:
- If watching recorded material it suddenly stops and enters live TV
- If watching live TV, pressing <Media> does nothing at all.
- If watching live TV, pressing pause shows the "not allowed" symbol in the top right.
It's almost as if it's become an HD FOX T2.
This happened very occasionally but it has become more recent over the past few months. Now it's daily and the box is almost unusable. As standard the box has
First thing I did was upgrade to (standard) s/w 1.02.32. But that didn't stop it.
So I upgraded to custom s/w HDR_FOX_T2_1.02.32_mod_2.19.zip
Problem still happens, but at least I can have a go at diagnosis.
Obvious first step: Check the hard drive. fix-disk reported nothing untoward :
Code:
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Fix-disk run starting...
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Checking disk sda
Running short disk self test
No pending sectors found - skipping sector repair
Checking partition /dev/sda3...
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
/dev/sda3: | | 0.9%
[...]
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
/dev/sda3: |==================================================== - 92.0%
/lost+found not found. Create? yes
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
[...]
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sda3: |===================================================== - 95.5%
/dev/sda3: |====================================================== \ 96.0%
/dev/sda3: |====================================================== | 96.4%
/dev/sda3: |====================================================== / 96.9%
/dev/sda3: |====================================================== - 97.3%
/dev/sda3: |======================================================= \ 98.5%
/dev/sda3: |========================================================| 100.0%
/dev/sda3: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/sda3: 13/655776 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 194554/2622611 blocks
Checking partition /dev/sda1...
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
/dev/sda1: |==== | 7.8%
/dev/sda1: |========= / 15.6%
/dev/sda1: |============= - 23.3%
/dev/sda1: |================= \ 31.1%
/dev/sda1: |====================== | 38.9%
/dev/sda1: |========================== / 46.7%
/dev/sda1: |============================== - 54.4%
/dev/sda1: |======================================= \ 70.0%
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
/lost+found not found. Create? yes
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
/dev/sda1: |==================================================== | 92.3%
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sda1: |====================================================== / 96.9%
/dev/sda1: |========================================================| 100.0%
/dev/sda1: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/sda1: 14/65808 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 13543/263064 blocks
Checking partition /dev/sda2...
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
/dev/sda2: | | 0.1%
[...]
/dev/sda2: |======================================= \ 70.0%
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
/dev/sda2: |======================================= | 70.4%
[...]
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
/dev/sda2: |================================================== / 90.1%
/lost+found not found. Create? yes
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
/dev/sda2: |==================================================== - 92.1%
[...]
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sda2: |===================================================== | 95.1%
[...]
/dev/sda2: |========================================================| 100.0%
/dev/sda2: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/sda2: 1070/60334080 files (23.6% non-contiguous), 129007877/241304332 blocks
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Fix-disk run ended.
----------------------------------------------------------------------Looks to me to be OK.
