George Kildare
24-12-16, 12:49
I have just flash-upgraded from 4.1.16 to 4.2.23, following the prescription kindly given me by Abu Baniaz in another thread.
http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?54275-Software-upgrade-does-not-seem-to-be-working
However, I encountered a few hiccups along the way and I am describing them here, in case my experience is useful to others.
1. Although the tuner configurations seem to be recorded in the settings file, they were not restored after I copied my settings file back into the /etc/ folder and rebooted. When I do a non-flash image restore the tuner configuration works OK.
Note that my Xtrend ET10000 has 4 tuners:
Tuner A DVB-C Enabled
Tuner B DVB-S2
Config mode simple
Mode Diseqc A/B/C/D
Tuner C DVB-C Enabled
Tuner D Positioner USALS
Configuration mode Simple
Longitude 04.4000 East
Latitude 052.1 North
Extra motor options No
I don’t know whether this problem is a bug connected with my complicated tuner configuration or the specifics of the ET10000. However, the bottom line is that to be safe upgraders should note the tuner configuration before flashing.
2. It is important to record the old adapter network settings and re-enter them using the Wizard or in Menu/Setup/System/Network after re-flashing.
3. After flash-upgrading, I copied the softcam + configuration files back into \etc\ and \etc\enigma. However, my CCcam softcam did not seem to be working. I puzzled about this for some time, restored my old image and even considered whether to spend tome immersing myself in the intricacies of changing from CCcam to Oscam.
It was very stupid of me. I eventually realized that I needed to start CCcam in the Softcam manager part of the menu and ensure that it was activated on startup.
I seem to be now up and running 4.2.23
http://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?54275-Software-upgrade-does-not-seem-to-be-working
However, I encountered a few hiccups along the way and I am describing them here, in case my experience is useful to others.
1. Although the tuner configurations seem to be recorded in the settings file, they were not restored after I copied my settings file back into the /etc/ folder and rebooted. When I do a non-flash image restore the tuner configuration works OK.
Note that my Xtrend ET10000 has 4 tuners:
Tuner A DVB-C Enabled
Tuner B DVB-S2
Config mode simple
Mode Diseqc A/B/C/D
Tuner C DVB-C Enabled
Tuner D Positioner USALS
Configuration mode Simple
Longitude 04.4000 East
Latitude 052.1 North
Extra motor options No
I don’t know whether this problem is a bug connected with my complicated tuner configuration or the specifics of the ET10000. However, the bottom line is that to be safe upgraders should note the tuner configuration before flashing.
2. It is important to record the old adapter network settings and re-enter them using the Wizard or in Menu/Setup/System/Network after re-flashing.
3. After flash-upgrading, I copied the softcam + configuration files back into \etc\ and \etc\enigma. However, my CCcam softcam did not seem to be working. I puzzled about this for some time, restored my old image and even considered whether to spend tome immersing myself in the intricacies of changing from CCcam to Oscam.
It was very stupid of me. I eventually realized that I needed to start CCcam in the Softcam manager part of the menu and ensure that it was activated on startup.
I seem to be now up and running 4.2.23