Softcam-Manager shows empty entry

[2stein]

why is there an empty softcam entry?

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[judge]

Not sure why you're blanking things out there but doesn't help in explaining your issue? :confused:

[2stein]

well, why would the name of softcams create empty entries?
but here they are: they are all "scam_xyz"

[abu baniaz]

What cams are contained in /usr/softcams

[2stein]

as i wrote in the previous post: 3 different versions of scam called scam_xyz.
but i'm wondering what that matters?
shouldn't the softcam manager just list, what's in /usr/softcams????
why would it create an empty entry?

[2stein]

btw. i suspect that the empty entry is the link back to /usr.

[2stein]

btw. i suspect that the empty entry is the link back to /usr.
no, that's wrong.
when /usr/softcams is empty there is no checkbox at all.

[twol]

I recently had both CCcam and Oscam installed whilst I changed over to Oscam, and I only saw 2 entries.

[2stein]

well, i also had more than one softcam in the past and didn't have an empty entry.
it just showed up recently... wonder what caused it...

[twol]

well, i also had more than one softcam in the past and didn't have an empty entry.
it just showed up recently... wonder what caused it...
Yep, kind of strange, like a Ghost - does it allow you to tick it? or is it just a dummy entry?

[2stein]

yes, i ticked it... and even started it... "non-standard softcam" message showed up. :eek:
they probably introduced the vix-spy-softcam and forgot to hide the checkbox :smash:

[rossi2000]

yes, i ticked it... and even started it... "non-standard softcam" message showed up. :eek:
they probably introduced the vix-spy-softcam and forgot to hide the checkbox :smash:

oops! :thumbsup:

[2stein]

had a look at the code and couldn't find anything suspicious, though :p
it does a simple:

def selectionChanged(self):
cams = listdir('/usr/softcams')

[judge]

Take a screenshot of your softcams directory with hidden items included, no need to blank out any entries this time.

[2stein]

"ls -la" good enough?

[2stein]

there is another bug in softcammanager.py:
when i start scam_xyz no "non-standard softcam" message shows up.
when i restart scam_xyz the message shows up.
but this one can be easily fixed with a "elif" statement.

[abu baniaz]

IIRC, the cam names had to be specific. if not, they could cause issues. Someone who was building his pwn oscam had some issue.

[2stein]

yes, the code checks for the beginning of the softcam name and depending on the beginning of the filename (scam, oscam, cccam, etc.) it checks whether config files are available. (what's a bit strange is that the checks are a bit different between start and restart... shouldn't in imho)
but other than that nothing else is checked.
scam..... goes thru without any other requirement.

[2stein]

i only checked the empty box for autostart... this is what is stored in settings:

config.softcammanager.softcams_autostart=['/usr/softcams/\x18']
your turn! :D

[2stein]

when i do a ls -la i don't see anything else than the softcams, but when i use the windows explorer i see a file.

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deleted it and the empty entry ist gone :-)

[twol]

As mentioned obviously the OpenVIX GCHQ special addition:)

[abu baniaz]

Why don't you jsut upload the cams and maybe someone can have a look at it if they can be bother after such absurd accusations.

[2stein]

why would the cams have anything to do with that problem... i have seen such files with strange filenames in other directories as well... /home/root for example.
when i checked them with vi they looked like they contained epg garbage.

[abu baniaz]

You conceal the names of what you are installing. You do not want to upload either. Maybe the forum is not the right place for your discussion.

I have found the thread where someone else had an issue with self compiled cams. You can search for yourself.

[2stein]

will do. thanks for your help.

[zzz1412]

"ls -la" good enough?