Stuck setting time during update

[TimesOwn]

This TiVo (1 of 3) has started misbehaving. 6 days ago it wouldn't do the update thingie.

In the past this happens every so often on any TiVo here, the fix has been to run Make Test Call Now
and then run Make Daily Call Now which works mostly after one cycle to get the updating back on track.

Why this is necessary we never got to the bottom of, and it was tolerable as it was.

6 days ago it wouldn't, so after being up for 6 months I rebooted. (!)

I have not watched it closely till last night where i noted it was doing an update...for a very long time....and this morning still
is!!!

It says it is "setting the clock..." (TWP Phone screen) I do not believe it is still doing that!

Info says:
Last Call02:36pm, 13-Oct-07
Last Call StatusIn Progress
Last Success Call02:25pm, 12-Oct-07
Next Call02:35pm, 13-Oct-07

I am thinking some process needs to be killed, but perhaps it might be prudent to seek the advise of the list first... (Please
advise me!)

Kind regards
David Hingston


Software System:2.5.5-01-1-023 (OzTivo 1.3) = NZ Thomson image
System Type:United Kingdom Series 1 Stand-Alone
Cachecard 512M
320M Seagate

tail of tclient:
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: Connect/POST(s) succeeded
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: Executing HTTP GET: /tvbin/http_get -U http://210.48.107.133:8000/static/Headend/AC-678-v1.slice -D
/var/packages -T 02300006023E322 -C 1192286210 -d
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: TFA is 0
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: Not overwriting 1 with 0
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: process411 returned: 0
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: updateStatus: In Progress ST| 34 26
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: SendDialupEvent 30 9 ST|34
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: ServiceInfo DataGroupList attribute was not sent by the service
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: ServiceInfo PublicLogFilter attribute was not sent by the service
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: updateStatus: In Progress ST| 34 26
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: SendDialupEvent 30 9 ST|34
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: Setting NoPrivateBackhaul to 1
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: starting backhaul: 1
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: Setting ServiceInfo ForceBackhaul attribute to 0
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: starting backhaul2
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: starting backhaul3
10/13:14:37:49: /tvbin/TClient: updateStatus: In Progress ST| 35 21
10/13:14:37:50: /tvbin/TClient: SendDialupEvent 30 9 ST|35
10/13:14:37:50: /tvbin/TClient: processing timeService: /bin/ntpdate -b 210.48.107.133
10/13:14:37:50: /tvbin/TClient: parsed ntpdate args of -b 210.48.107.133
10/13:14:37:50: /tvbin/TClient: about to run: /bin/ntpdate -b 210.48.107.133

10:03pm up 7 days, 8:37, 1 user, load average: 1.42, 1.21, 1.12
58 processes: 45 sleeping, 12 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 12.9% user, 13.7% system, 0.0% nice, 73.5% idle
Mem: 13808K av, 13524K used, 284K free, 102896K shrd, 128K buff
Swap: 152568K av, 6196K used, 146372K free 3552K cached
Unknown command `
' -- hit `h' for helpI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
719 root 20 0 660 660 496 R 0 18.9 4.7 0:13 top
130 root 10 0 7696 1464 1404 S 760 1.6 10.6 9:01 myworld
135 root 17 0 11248 2944 2660 R 276 1.6 21.3 369:55 myworld
138 root 13 0 11732 3948 3648 S 928 1.2 28.5 32:24 myworld
142 root 7 0 12272 5820 5468 S 2292 1.2 42.1 57:28 myworld
152 root 7 0 368 360 268 R 0 0.8 2.6 0:00 tnlited
137 root 7 0 11216 2508 2216 R 72 0.8 18.1 110:51 myworld
184 root 7 0 4544 2712 2616 R 212 0.4 19.6 7:29 tivosh
1 root 3 0 132 52 28 S 0 0.0 0.3 0:00 init
2 root 3 0 0 0 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:03 kflushd
3 root 3 0 0 0 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:24 kswapd
598 root 3 0 416 288 288 S 0 0.0 2.0 0:00 sh
79 root 3 0 116 60 32 S 0 0.0 0.4 0:02 fancontrol
67 root 3 0 260 180 120 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:55 syslogd
59 root 3 0 100 32 12 S 0 0.0 0.2 0:05 update
69 root 3 0 236 160 96 S 0 0.0 1.1 0:00 klogd
77 root 3 0 316 256 228 S 8 0.0 1.8 3:52 switcherstart
78 root 3 0 652 448 416 S 208 0.0 3.2 52:14 mfsd
106 root 3 0 200 160 160 S 0 0.0 1.1 0:00 mcp
110 root 3 0 844 312 300 R 24 0.0 2.2 0:46 mcp
112 root 3 0 736 224 208 S 20 0.0 1.6 0:54 mcp
113 root 3 0 772 260 248 S 20 0.0 1.8 2:18 mcp
114 root 3 0 200 160 160 S 0 0.0 1.1 0:00 tcphonehome
118 root 3 0 1628 200 200 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 tcphonehome
119 root 3 0 1372 352 320 S 20 0.0 2.5 0:59 tcphonehome
120 root 3 0 1600 184 184 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 tcphonehome
121 root 3 0 1996 556 556 S 0 0.0 4.0 0:03 tcphonehome
123 root 3 0 204 164 164 S 0 0.0 1.1 0:00 dbgc-mcp
124 root 3 0 5004 484 460 R 8 0.0 3.5 10:46 dbgc-mcp
125 root 3 0 4412 308 276 S 12 0.0 2.2 1:03 dbgc-mcp
126 root 3 0 232 204 192 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 myworld
127 root 3 0 11188 2404 2128 R 276 0.0 17.4 0:12 myworld
128 root 3 0 3964 340 320 S 40 0.0 2.4 1:32 myworld
129 root 3 0 7260 424 392 S 160 0.0 3.0 0:05 myworld
131 root 3 0 9488 496 480 S 0 0.0 3.5 0:01 myworld
132 root 3 0 9596 624 588 R 76 0.0 4.5 2:46 myworld
133 root 3 0 11056 2416 2132 S 116 0.0 17.4 9:29 myworld
134 root 3 0 11052 2360 2076 S 116 0.0 17.0 9:19 myworld
136 root 3 0 10968 1892 1648 S 0 0.0 13.7 0:00 myworld
139 root 3 0 11384 3180 2896 S 844 0.0 23.0 2:56 myworld
140 root 3 0 11472 2468 2200 R 64 0.0 17.8 11:54 myworld
141 root 3 0 11480 2760 2488 R 340 0.0 19.9 45:02 myworld
599 root 3 0 4256 708 708 S 4 0.0 5.1 0:42 tivosh
161 root 3 0 100 4 4 S 0 0.0 0.0 0:00 tivoftpd
619 root 3 0 0 0 0 Z 0 0.0 0.0 0:00 ntpdate <zombie>
157 root 3 0 160 0 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:00 vserver
158 root 3 0 128 0 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:00 shondss.sh
179 root 3 0 88 0 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:00 emuProxy2
163 root 3 0 172 104 76 S 0 0.0 0.7 0:00 cron
162 root 3 0 228 0 0 SW 0 0.0 0.0 0:00 bash
180 root 3 0 104 36 20 R 0 0.0 0.2 0:27 screensave
621 root 3 0 400 272 260 S 0 0.0 1.9 0:00 ntpdate
175 root 3 0 2664 1320 1252 S 184 0.0 9.5 0:36 endpadplus.tcl
682 root 3 0 344 288 244 S 0 0.0 2.0 0:00 cron
623 root 3 0 380 256 256 S 0 0.0 1.8 0:00 rtimetz
717 root 3 0 916 916 672 S 0 0.0 6.6 0:00 bash
685 root 3 0 596 584 472 S 0 0.0 4.2 0:00 fixtime.cron
687 root 3 0 496 488 368 S 0 0.0 3.5 0:00 rtimetz

[TimesOwn]

I killed 619 and nothing happened.
I killed 621 and data started downloading!
Tried again and again it got stuck on setting the time....
Any ideas?

[Dave Hatt]

I have had similar problems with the TiVo getting stuck setting the clock. Often a reboot would solve it, but not always.

Recently I saw a thread that said to update ntpdate, which I have done and it seems to have fixed the problem (although its a bit too recent to be sure!)

You can find the latest oztivo version in the files (http://minnie.tuhs.org/TiVo/files/updates/) area on minnie.

[TimesOwn]

Thanks Dave, I understand that fix is for the oztivo version, however the NZ thomson images may work somewhat differently, I believe it may need some clarification from the NZ gurus.

[catdog]

I was the one who suggested replacing ntpdate, and have had no problems using it in NZ with the Thomson image

http://forums.oztivo.net/showthread.php?p=11481#post11481

Just make sure you set DaylightSavingsPolicy and TimeZone as outlined in that thread (and are using the newest Auckland timezone file which has the changes for daylight savings dates).

[TimesOwn]

Thanks guys, the update had been done. What seemed to fix it was not just rebooting, but also powering off and running up again. Presumably the power was holding something in the wrong way... Hope this helps someone else.