Comments on: De-bricking(Debricking) your Mvix MX-760HD

By: webmaster

webmaster — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:36:56 +0000

Hi Sean
What do you mean by detect here? The tftp protocol does not have a command for “detecting”, it’s basically just “connect” followed by “get” and “put” with a few extra commands for transfer type (ascii, binary). If something logged a “get” without the actual download, perhaps there is a typo in your rescue image filename (upper/lowercase etc)? Send me what you have in the way of logs and other output and I’ll have a look. (olav at the obvious domain name works for email).

By: sean

sean — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:39:01 +0000

I followed all instruction, but it failed to download from the TFTP server.
From the log, I saw it detected the file, but it does not download.
What else do I need to do to make it work?

By: webmaster

webmaster — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:03:56 +0000

Hi John!

Hm, tricky. Can you packet sniff the network (WireShark, tcpdump, snoop, etc) to see if the unit is trying to do anything at all in those 10-15 seconds? It may be that you have configured your rescue server wrongly or something, and that the Mvix stops trying and dies because it can’t reach the your rescue image for some reason.

By: John Scoles

John Scoles — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:28:21 +0000

Ok i have a 760HD (wish i didnt) , whilst trying to upgrade firmware unit went off , I am trying the above but it will not boot into rescue mode.
When i try it gets power then the network light stays on and after about 10-15 seconds it turns itself off!!
Any ideas please would be grateful!!

By: webmaster

webmaster — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:55:27 +0000

Hi Koen!
Not quite sure what you’re doing wrong here. The procedure should work and has been verified by a lot of relieved people. And that goes for the 780 as well, even though you end up with a 780 that looks like a 760 and you will have to reinstall with a “780 firmware for 760′s” and then finally with a real 780 firmware after that. So the only thing I can think of is that you’re either doing something wrong or that Mvix has released a 780-version that doesn’t work with the old 760 firmware at all. If it’s the former, I need more information on what exactly you’re doing and what it looks like on the unix side (does it actually get the firmware from your tftp server for example). If it’s the latter, then I’m afraid you’ll have to talk to support at Mvix as I haven’t seen a more recent rescue firmware at all.
OK

By: Koen

Koen — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:08:38 +0000

HI,

I have a new 780 but problem is while upgrading the firmware, i lost power and now theres no firmware on the machine and its dead. I downloaded and tried the method you described above but it doesnt work. My Mivx 780 keeps on saying connecting, then then failed and it shuts down

By: webmaster

webmaster — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:32:21 +0000

Hi galem3
I’m pretty sure there are a few DRM-problems in unpacking the firmware and making changes like you’ve tried. There are various checksums that needs to be updated if you make changes. A better approach would be to install the telnet daemon (you just need a usb stick and a couple of programs), and then log in to do the changes you want to do. Google for nmt and telnetd, and you’ll find the procedure easily enough. Let me know if you get stuck.

By: galem3

galem3 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:18:05 +0000

Hello,

I have problem with my Media player ( NMP-530 form ViewSonic)
Impossible to find any help for this player on th net

I tried to put in nmp-530 a new firmware (modified by me >>with cramfsswap big endian to little endian
I made modification in stupid-ftpd.conf file
cramfsswap for little endian to big endian
And finally mkcramfs to rebuild the compressed rom file system.

I sent the new firmware to the media player, but on the boot the red light never stop,on normal boot the red light is on just 5 sec
I ‘m unable to ping the media player

could you please tell me what that file means ?

init8510.macAddress T_STRING
init8510.manufactHardware T_STRING 8511SMSC8M32M4M
init8510.manufactVendor T_STRING v3r
init8510.manufactDate T_STRING 1126000705
init8510.lHydraServerPort T_STRING 8080
init8510.lHydraServerAddress T_STRING 192.168.12.99
init8510.BigHydraServerAddr T_STRING 64.1.254.116
init8510.lightHydraMacUpdate T_STRING yes
init8510.SleepBeforePlaylist T_STRING 10
init8510.startInetd T_STRING yes
…
…
…
…

Sorry to disturb you with my problem.

Thanks in advance
Regards.

By: Herbert

Herbert — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:27:16 +0000

thank you very much I did finally got it working

Thanks and Regards
Herbert

By: herbert

herbert — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:44:16 +0000

hi
i am struggling to reset my mvix 760 tried the above but with no joy