Suggestions / Wishlist for next version?

[thomson]

To enable job control via serial cable connections you will need to remove the shondss.sh call in the rc.sysinit.author script, and comment out any lines that may exist near the bottom of the rc.sysinit script that look like "/bin/bash </dev/ttyS3 >& /dev/ttyS3 &", and place the following lines at the very bottom of the rc.sysinit script:

# ShellOnDDS with job-control
exec < /dev/ttyS3 >& /dev/ttyS3
while :; do
  /bin/bash -login
done

After a reboot you will be able to use Ctrl-Z (background) and Ctrl-C (interrupt) when connecting via a serial cable.

[thomson]

By inserting the following lines before additional applications are loaded by rc.sysinit.author you can ensure that all additional modules will have minimal effect on any TiVo process. This will reduce the likelyhood that poorly written modules (or those requiring a lot of CPU/MFS access) will cause glitches during playback.

# Run the following at low priority
[ -x /var/hack/bin/setpri ] && /var/hack/bin/setpri fifo 1 $$

Anything started after the call to setpri has been made will now run at a priority level of 1 (lowest) rather than the default of 25. Of course you will need the (mbm) setpri binary.

[neilp]

I'd quite like to see a change to the order the various systems start up - I managed to get my Tivo in a knot and would have like to telnet to it to find out what was going on. Didn't have to reimage but got v close...

Maybe starting the networking & telnet/tivoweb stuff very early on would be helpful so you could see/fix the state of the box if it froze?

[T1voZA]

I have made the request in http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/vie...tsForNextImage as well but for completness sake I will add it here.

I know this request isn't needed by the ozTivo community but for the other communities (TivoZA, nzTivo & nlTivo) already using the ozTivo image the following changes would really be great. These changes would allow our users to use the ozTivo installation as is without needing to make any special changes to fix clock warping or access to the emulator (aside from commenting in and out in rc.sysinit.author).
In rc.sysinit.author, comment out the following line:

emuProxy2 -s 131.244.9.101 &

and replace it with (assuming you decide to use emuProxyZA):

emuProxyZA -s minnie.tuhs.org &	#ozTivo emulator
#emuProxyZA -s tivoza.nanfo.com &	#TivoZA emulator
#emuProxyZA -s 64.151.65.200 &	#nzTivo emulator: Original
#emuProxyZA -s 210.48.107.133 &	#nzTivo emulator: Orac
#emuProxyZA -s hydra.demon.nl &	#nlTivo emulator

Making the above changes allows users of other emulators to easily comment out the first line and uncomment their relevant guide provider.

Adding the following lines to '/etc/postcodezones' would prevent clock warping without causing any problems for the ozTivo community:

12345	Africa/Johannesburg
54321	Africa/Johannesburg
02113	Pacific/Auckland
02115	Pacific/Auckland
01014	Europe/Amsterdam
02500	Europe/Amsterdam
02612	Europe/Amsterdam
02671	Europe/Amsterdam
08004	Europe/Amsterdam
09000	Europe/Amsterdam

I have checked the above postal codes against the existing ones in '/etc/postcodezones' and there are no conflicts.

These changes would very much be appreciated, by all 3 communities. If you have any question or would like to discuss these changes please feel free to post them on the following forum topic:
http://tivoza.nanfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14