Hi,
I just sent a list of a few tweaks that I do to my KnoppMyth box to a fellow board member. He was kind to share a script with me for testing (works great but he will have to do his own sharing when ready)
Anyway, long story shortened a little, I have been following the knoppmyth project for longer than I care to dwell on
but it has been educational. One of the lessons learned is that it can be difficult to remember all the details of things done to make something work or do something different.
For that reason, as memtioned in other posts or at least hinted toward that I did a
# mkdir /myth/tools
directory and
# chown mythtv:mythv /myth/* .
In that little space I store all my tools to be able to do a repeatable upgrade or install. All these little tools will fit on one floppy so you may have them for an install else where too.
Here is what I sent. Most of these you should be able to just copy and paste to make your own scripts. You execute them by preceding the file name with sh and a space.
When I do a reboot I also force a backup. It has happen several times in the past that I would forget and then do an upgrade. Well things get lost when that happens so now on reboot or halt an automatic backup is called. I added sounds so that I know it is alive
You may have noticed that this should all be copy & paste steps to build your own.
nano reboot-control
#<code>
#!/bin/bash
(play /usr/share/sounds/beg.wav >& /dev/null)&
/usr/local/bin/mythbackup
(play /usr/share/sounds/end.wav >& /dev/null)
sleep 3
(play /usr/share/games/frozen-bubble/snd/applause.wav >& /dev/null)
sleep 3
sudo reboot
#<end code>
I set it up with another script
nano fix-reboot
#<code>
#!/bin/bash
cp reboot-control /usr/bin/
chmod +x /usr/bin/reboot-control
#<end code>
and for the halt command:
nano halt-control
#<code>
#!/bin/bash
(play /usr/share/sounds/beg.wav >& /dev/null)&
/usr/local/bin/mythbackup
(play /usr/share/sounds/end.wav >& /dev/null)&
sleep 2
#(play /myth/saytime/bummer.wav >& /dev/null) #seach the web for saytime
sleep 3
#(play /myth/saytime/fart.wav >& /dev/null) #ripped from live knoppix ver 3.8.2 cd
sleep 3
sudo halt
#<end code>
You can add your own sound choices as there are a few available in knoppmyth,
# find / -name *.wav gets a good selection.
nano fix-halt
#<code>
#!/bin/bash
cp halt-control /usr/bin/
chmod +x /usr/bin/halt-control
#<end code>
As with anything I change, I copy the original to my tools directory and tweak it there.
I modify knoppmyth.xml by adding this to the bottom (remove original halt & reboot)
<button>
<type>Halt</type>
<text>Halt System</text>
<action>EXEC sh /usr/bin/halt-control</action>
</button>
<button>
<type>Reboot</type>
<text>Reboot System</text>
<action>EXEC sh /usr/bin/reboot-control</action>
</button>
oh yes, another script
nano fix-knoppmyth.xml (notice any trend?)
#<code>
#!/bin/sh
#
cp /myth/tools/knoppmyth.xml /usr/share/mythtv/knoppmyth.xml
chmod +x /usr/share/mythtv/knoppmyth.xml
#<end code>
If you run this one, it gives one stop shopping.
nano fix-apt-setup
#<code>
#!/bin/sh
#setup apt-get
#
echo "Will load -updates- installs -ftp- -mozilla- and -thunderbird-"
echo "this will take several minutes and does require operator action"
echo " select auto for mozilla and debian for email. These are both in the desktop menu under Net"
apt-get update
apt-get install ftp
apt-get install mozilla
apt-get install mozilla-thunderbird
#<end code>
I hope these are helpful. If so, I have a few more if interested. I just have a basic machine using R5A16 (awsome) e-machine +1600 (1.3 ghz) 256 meg, 16 gig hd with a pvr-350. Someday maybe there will be a larger drive in the budget and it will become hdb /myth No install / upgrade required
Would be a nice install option? Choose the drive for the /myth.
Mike