FOXSAT HDR locking up

Peso

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Hello Everyone,



I'm seeking some advice with locking up I've experienced on my principle Foxsat HDR.

In the last couple months we have experienced playback freezing. Sometimes sound continued but picture not. It will then not respond to the remote or fascia buttons. You can still access the CF but it will not respond to the CF remote either. If it is recording something the recording will complete if you leave the box alone. But the only way to restore full function is to turn the power off and on.

I've had it 6 or 7 years, maybe more even more, in that time never performed a factory reset.

Could it just be corruption of the Humax OS?



Thank you for reading
 
Try renaming the timeshift buffer file 0.ts to 0.old to force the box to recreate a new one on a different area of the hard disk.
 
A great suggestion. In fact the last lock-up, that happened last night, happened while spinning to the end of the of a recording and switching to live TV. Got the sound but no picture. Will give your idea a whirl.
Out of interest, if you perform a factory reset on the HDR can you elect NOT to format the drive and loose recordings like you can on the T2?
 
A great suggestion. In fact the last lock-up, that happened last night, happened while spinning to the end of the of a recording and switching to live TV. Got the sound but no picture. Will give your idea a whirl.
Out of interest, if you perform a factory reset on the HDR can you elect NOT to format the drive and loose recordings like you can on the T2?

A factory reset will not format the drive. You will have to re-enter your recording schedule (the CF will back this up and restore). There is also a diskcheck and repair capability. You will also have to change any options you have made to defaults.
 
Thank you again. Have recreating the 0.ts and 0.nts, now waiting to see what happens.
 
I did. Just thought I create both new to prove its not to do with them.
Nothing happened yet...
 
Happened again. I had just scheduled a recording and the page was reloading to give me the "restart now" button. But it did not reload the page. Tried logging in again and could not get to the WebIF.
Used the remote to change channel to see if it was locked and it did change channel, then changed back. However at this point it stopped responding to anything and had to power it off.

So when going into factory reset on the Humax I get a disk-check option? Or is it somewhere in the CF?
Should I off load recordings first as a precautions?
OOO I'm panicking!!
 
Happened again. I had just scheduled a recording and the page was reloading to give me the "restart now" button. But it did not reload the page. Tried logging in again and could not get to the WebIF.
Used the remote to change channel to see if it was locked and it did change channel, then changed back. However at this point it stopped responding to anything and had to power it off.

So when going into factory reset on the Humax I get a disk-check option? Or is it somewhere in the CF?
Should I off load recordings first as a precautions?
OOO I'm panicking!!

It's in the CF, check the documentation page (the book). Up to you if you want to archive content first.
 
Cheers Graham.
Found it in the documentation under "Custom Firmware" ->"Custom Apps"re-installed" in case someone else is looking for it.
Will set it off when everyone has gone to bed.
 
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Is this right...
Started Maintenance Mode (MM), Putty closed but the Foxsat did not restart or its own, in fact stopped responding to anything and had to power it off. It restarted in MM though.
Started fik-disk. In moments it listed several orphaned inode fixed (had to search the net for what a inode was). Then it started scanning the biggest partition so I went to bed.
After a nocturnal comfort stop, 5hours after it started, it was showing this...

Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #2724265681 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #189809810 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #1513864429 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #542388641 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #843542840 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #484092006 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #904302877 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #2189041115 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #484264118 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #2063084717 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #3314052540 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #2041193219 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #88201053 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #1400197395 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #2362682193 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #1860592035 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #468046119 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #3273057220 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #4255330014 for

multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #3669434857 for

multiply claimed block map
Pass 1C: Scanning directories for inodes with multiply-claimed blocks
Pass 1D: Reconciling multiply-claimed blocks
(There are 450 inodes containing multiply-claimed blocks.)

File <The journal inode> (inode #8, mod time Sun Oct 25 16:07:07 2009)
has 26 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 26 file(s):
... (inode #18240595, mod time Fri Jul 1 00:24:00 2005)
... (inode #18192104, mod time Thu Sep 13 02:07:16 1945)
... (inode #18240649, mod time Thu May 31 17:36:34 2035)
... (inode #19286423, mod time Wed Jan 7 07:48:58 2015)
... (inode #18195492, mod time Tue Jul 2 12:46:08 1974)
... (inode #19289121, mod time Tue Jan 23 22:00:23 1973)
... (inode #18221985, mod time Thu Oct 26 04:03:23 1989)
... (inode #18195061, mod time Sat Jan 23 23:31:14 1904)
... (inode #19215415, mod time Tue Aug 26 06:29:06 1913)
... (inode #18248853, mod time Thu Oct 2 17:00:44 1952)
... (inode #19260186, mod time Thu Jul 28 09:55:49 1927)
... (inode #19216517, mod time Sun Oct 1 23:30:44 1922)
... (inode #18245408, mod time Wed Dec 14 22:42:50 2016)
... (inode #18157187, mod time Mon Dec 10 20:35:48 2001)
... (inode #18246853, mod time Sun Apr 25 00:14:01 1976)
... (inode #18211546, mod time Sat Jul 27 08:29:50 1935)
... (inode #18201465, mod time Sun Sep 18 00:25:36 1988)
... (inode #19248711, mod time Thu Jan 1 00:46:56 1970)
... (inode #18221025, mod time Sat Feb 20 17:47:23 1988)
... (inode #18155773, mod time Thu Aug 1 16:41:11 1946)
... (inode #18231223, mod time Thu Jun 29 21:10:29 2000)
... (inode #18207518, mod time Mon Aug 25 09:51:13 1952)
... (inode #18190455, mod time Fri May 21 14:25:01 1926)
... (inode #19145703, mod time Sat Jul 14 06:21:29 1973)
... (inode #18190704, mod time Mon Jul 9 00:15:03 2012)
... (inode #18191508, mod time Tue Dec 12 15:30:00 1916)
Clone multiply-claimed blocks? yes

File /Video/Servants_ The True Story of Life____20151022_2200.ts (inode

#1703942, mod time Fri Oct 23 15:53:43 2015)
has 4 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 4 file(s):
... (inode #19265427, mod time Fri Sep 5 14:29:38 1980)
... (inode #18206231, mod time Wed Mar 27 07:25:04 1912)
... (inode #18201568, mod time Fri Dec 8 15:40:53 1939)
... (inode #18157187, mod time Mon Dec 10 20:35:48 2001)
Clone multiply-claimed blocks? yes


Watched it for a while and nothing happened, so assumed it had finished. Does it not say "finished" or "complete" at the end?
Tried typing "yes","reboot", "end", "Exit", "x" nothing happened.
Tried restarting the HDR with the silverbutton, but would not respond. Had to power it off and on to get it back.

Decided to re-enter MM. This time after putty shutdown the HDR did rebooted itself into MM.
After 2 1/2 hours it had stopped at this...


Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #468046119 for multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #3273057220 for multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #4255330014 for multiply claimed block map
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #3669434857 for multiply claimed block map
Pass 1C: Scanning directories for inodes with multiply-claimed blocks
Pass 1D: Reconciling multiply-claimed blocks
(There are 432 inodes containing multiply-claimed blocks.)

File <The journal inode> (inode #8, mod time Sun Oct 25 16:07:07 2009)
has 18 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 1 file(s):
/Video/The Last Kingdom/The Last Kingdom_20151119_2101.ts (inode #13541418, mod time Fri Nov 20 03:40:43 2015)
Clone multiply-claimed blocks? yes

File /Video/Servants_ The True Story of Life____20151022_2200.ts (inode #1703942, mod time Fri Oct 23 15:53:43 2015)
has 4 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 1 file(s):
/Video/The Last Kingdom/The Last Kingdom_20151119_2101.ts (inode #13541418, mod time Fri Nov 20 03:40:43 2015)
Clone multiply-claimed blocks? yes

Again it responded to nothing from putty or any button but the power rocker one at the back.
Does this seem right? Had it really finished or should I have waited longer?
 
Your filesystem seems well screwed up. I would copy off everything you want to keep and reformat.
 
Again it responded to nothing from putty or any button but the power rocker one at the back.
Does this seem right? Had it really finished or should I have waited longer?

It doesn't look like it had finished but given the level of corruption there it might never complete.
 
Thank you gentlemen, I concur. Fortunately it works OK between 2-3 weekly locks so am currently copying everything off and will maintain a mirror till the drive swap.
Graham, do I understand correctly the 1TB WD-AVGP will a require a jumper (trying hard not to make the obvious joke)? Do such drives typically come with one in the box?
 
Thank you gentlemen, I concur. Fortunately it works OK between 2-3 weekly locks so am currently copying everything off and will maintain a mirror till the drive swap.
Graham, do I understand correctly the 1TB WD-AVGP will a require a jumper (trying hard not to make the obvious joke)? Do such drives typically come with one in the box?


No they don't have a jumper in the box :confused:, a local computer repair shop will no doubt give you one. Over the years SATA drives have increased from the original spec to the latest Sata 6 designs (6 Gbps write capability). The jumper on pins 5 and 6 is to retain compatibility with older sata versions. A sata 2 drive if you can find one will most likely work just fine without a jumper. It's a tiny bit of bent copper, sometimes enclosed a bit of plastic or sometimes entirely nude :cool:.


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=d...qjyzkeLyM:&usg=__QewG5W1N-XibcsxDExKgoRtdYuU=




If you have any old computer kit you probably have loads. A Car boot would find loads. If you have problems PM me with an address and I will pop one in an envelope.
 
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Cheers Graham, I know now what I'm looking for.
Thank you for the posting one offer, but you have done more than enough for me over the years in the time you have spent solving my problems. Are you on any agony aunt forums?
 
Cheers Graham, I know now what I'm looking for.
Thank you for the posting one offer, but you have done more than enough for me over the years in the time you have spent solving my problems. Are you on any agony aunt forums?

Absolutely not :)

71 years old retired engineer, a lifetime of working in the Electricity supply industry, Yorkshire Electricity board, CEGB and latterly National Grid. A degree in electrical engineering in heavy power technology is bound to give some sort of insight (and a hobby of AV and computers, including home video over many years). I retired in 2000, keeping up with the latest technology keeps me alive, though I do sometimes tend to forget some recent posts). :)

If you can't find a jumper, it's no hardship at all to stick one in a envelope. :)
 
Now I know how you are able to reply to posts at any time of day.
If I draw a blank on the jumper I shall come back to you.
 
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