Help needed with a busybox ...

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Saturday 12 September 2009 17:47, Anselm B. wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I realy apprechiated (?) your work and would be very thankfull if you could
> help!
> 
> I did get this lcd tv as a pre-series-model on a fair for a good price. But
> (here comes the but!) it is configured as an IP-TV System. The guys at the
> booth told me that it would support also a standard STB (Set Top Box)
> feature. It has all the neccesary connectors like ZF, S-VHS, RCA ... and
> RJ45.
> 
> I am working in IT as a windows sysadmin and I have limited knowledge of
> Linux. I have also a good knowledge on computer hardware and electonics.
> 
> So I started my PuTTY and were able to connect as root. In a readme file in
> the system root it says "IPTV - standard IPTV configuration. STB - standard
> STB configuration".
> I also did manage to find out that in "/etc/init.d/" are 5 files: rcS*,
> S01sysinit*, S20urandom*, S40network*, S50auto*
> the rcs seems to just call the other files in ther numerical order. S01 -
> S40 seem to be standard configuration. In S50auto it says:
> 
...
> ....
> 
> So, what should I do? how do I change the config so that it will run as STP
> and not IPTV anymore? It has recognized my USB Stick. Can I put the complete
> running system as backup on this stick to have something working again if I
> screw up?

I do not know what IP-TV is. I do not even know what STP is.

Your best bet is to google for a forum of Linux people who hack
such devices.

This mailing list is a bad choice: here we discuss
the development of busybox, not development or hacking
of Linux systems which use busybox as a component.

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vda