Vu Solo Not starting Help

[pooface]

Thanks for the help,

Just to let everyone know that i took the solo to the person who i bought it from, i notices he had a file called autorun on the usb along with other three files. He managed to flash and reinstal everything again.

Thanks

If he had a file called autorun on his usb stick, then that is 1 of 2 things ... His usb stick has stuff on it that is set to run automatically as soon as he plugs it in to a pc (could be a sandisk with their portable utility, or he's using something like portableapps), or he has a virus on his usb stick, which is trying to automatically run...

Anyway, that wouldn't make any difference to the flashing of the vu, as it's all based on linux, not windows, so autorun and exe/com/bat files etc won't work on the box...

What I've noticed when flashing my solo, is that if I have a usb stick in the rear port, then it won't flash. I have to remove the usb from the rear of the solo, then plug my flashing usb to the front of the solo, and then update that way...

[tagteam3283]

i had to format m y syick as FAt andf not FAT32 for the new bootloader t work

[satmanbasil]

Hi guys

On the topic of solo i did a online update yesterday in downloading it seemed sluggish and froze whilst downloading, I gave it time to complete but it decided to wanna hung so in the end I had to power off.
On reboot with my fingers crossed it did reboot but without the VIX menu so I decided to do a factory reset see if that would rebuild the full image but again no VIX menu so in the end I had to reflash the image, thankfully getting it all back.
I only mention this as this is the second time in two updates the solo has done this lockup in online update is there a problem with the image being too big to handle the update in one go? i think it said something like 101 updates when i did the same on my duo

[micscave]

Hi guys

On the topic of solo i did a online update yesterday in downloading it seemed sluggish and froze whilst downloading, I gave it time to complete but it decided to wanna hung so in the end I had to power off.
On reboot with my fingers crossed it did reboot but without the VIX menu so I decided to do a factory reset see if that would rebuild the full image but again no VIX menu so in the end I had to reflash the image, thankfully getting it all back.
I only mention this as this is the second time in two updates the solo has done this lockup in online update is there a problem with the image being too big to handle the update in one go? i think it said something like 101 updates when i did the same on my duo

This happened to my duo also. After I rebooted via telnet it appears to have updated but the flashing symbol is permanently light now. I've run the update again but the update symbol is still flashing.

[rashidir]

Hi i have solo original but when i change software blackhole 7.1 or 7.2 the prosses go on correctly but the box cannot boot the green led is on but system out put havent any action .when insert older image black hole1.6.6 all thing is ok and system booting normaly please advise me why my recieiver cant accept new image.

Thanks

[Sicilian]

Hi i have solo original but when i change software blackhole 7.1 or 7.2 the prosses go on correctly but the box cannot boot the green led is on but system out put havent any action .when insert older image black hole1.6.6 all thing is ok and system booting normaly please advise me why my recieiver cant accept new image.

Thanks

You need to use the updated bootloader.

[battlestar42]

its ok if you can get it working for abit i cant get mine working ive done the image put channel list on im new to this box the vu solo and my error is always coming up in red is service unavailable check tuner config any one got any ideas ive been in config and tryed all ways

[battlestar42]

ok got it working now im getting all the channels on sky uk but wen i go to say sky italia or hotbird im getting no channels

[pazza07]

Hi all, I think I have a similar problem. I have a vu solo myself which I flashed and is up and running with the latest vix image. The issue I have is my friend asked me to do his for him, no problem I thought. The problem I've got is when I've flashed a image it boots up the the logo/loading screen, and that's it, it doesn't get passed that to the set up wizard. I have updated the bootloader and tried other images ie: blackhole etc. Any ideas please as I can't understand what's wrong when I've done everything exactly the same as mine and that is working, pleaseeee

[Sicilian]

Hi all, I think I have a similar problem. I have a vu solo myself which I flashed and is up and running with the latest vix image. The issue I have is my friend asked me to do his for him, no problem I thought. The problem I've got is when I've flashed a image it boots up the the logo/loading screen, and that's it, it doesn't get passed that to the set up wizard. I have updated the bootloader and tried other images ie: blackhole etc. Any ideas please as I can't understand what's wrong when I've done everything exactly the same as mine and that is working, pleaseeee

Try re-formatting USB sticks FAT32. Then reflash first bootloader again, then image. Also try different USB stick.

[pazza07]

Try re-formatting USB sticks FAT32. Then reflash first bootloader again, then image. Also try different USB stick.

Thanks sic, done that and again everything looks fine until it boots up and stays on the loading screen, any more ideas ?

[Sicilian]

Try disconnecting Ethernet cable is connected and any other USB devices if connected.

[pazza07]

Try disconnecting Ethernet cable is connected and any other USB devices if connected.

I had only ethernet connected, still no joy

[Sicilian]

You tried different usb sticks? Also try formatting using this tool http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...SB-Format-Tool

[pazza07]

You tried different usb sticks? Also try formatting using this tool http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...SB-Format-Tool

Yes sic, i've formatted both ways and used different USB stick, when i boot up new image eg. vix it says starting, then loading and thats it. when i try a original image i get nothing, just a blue screen.