Beta firmwares available (0.5.2.1) - Beta testers needed!

[distrata]

[mad_ady]

Hey, I'm glad to head it worked. Can you do a few more rtorrent tests for me?
1. Rename/delete /conf/rtorrent.rc, reboot the WDTV and check if rtorrent works with the default config
2. Play around with the rtorrent webend, see if most actions work correctly

Thanks a lot!
P.S. Expect a final beta later today (with a fix for WDTVEXT that should work even if you have no networking)

[mad_ady]

Update: I updated the first post with the new changelog and URLs for the latest beta.

The changes made include bringing up a fake network interface (dummy0) when starting wdtvext to make sure it has connectivity (fake) when it starts. It should now start on devices with WIFI or without network at all, or with IPUP=OFF.

If there are no new problems, I will make this official next week.

[kroetkroet]

"No New Problems"

This sounds like modern software coding

Would you accept from your garage the statement: here's your car, as long as nothing new pops up, no worries (but your car may explode like it did a day before)

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Well done mad_ady!!!

[mad_ady]

Well, if my garage would say that, I would be pissed, but then again, I could chose not to pay them. For some free software, it's hard to have the same requirements...

[distrata]

@Mad_ady

I have done the tests and rtorrent. The web interface works fine. The firmware seems realy unstable. I ve just added a torrent file while using ip tv and the box frozen, the web interface is not responding and there is no connectin throught telnet.

@everyone
Are you experiencing the same issues?

[kroetkroet]

Unfortunately I haven't got lots of time to play around with the latest and greatest, but did you change WDTVExt=OFF in your setup?

[distrata]

I freezes randomly even if i do not touch it. I have just left it to boot yesterday night and today I woke up today it was not working anything and the leds on the front was frustrating.

@ kroetkroet. All these with wdtvext=off. Any suggestions?

[mad_ady]

@distrata: it's strange that it's unstable with wdtvext=off. Are you sure you flashed the latest beta (posted this week?). Otherwise it's normal to have instabilities...

Can you tell me more about your setup?
* is it stable with 0.5.2.0?
* can you show me your config?
* do you use swapfile?

[kroetkroet]