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[littlesat]

Do not use openmultiboot as it is a fake multiboot and you now discovered why. In openpli 9.0 rc you have a real multiboot options (and other images have them also). Use that instead!

[jotem]

Do not use openmultiboot as it is a fake multiboot and you now discovered why. In openpli 9.0 rc you have a real multiboot options (and other images have them also). Use that instead!

I'm sorry, but you didn't understand my question. I use openmultiboot for more than 4 years and I "played" with it tens od different E2 distributions and releases and I know about limitations of this extension. But for the first time I faced such a problem, that installed or upgraded "image" is missing in openmultiboot start menu. Of course I can spend hours to find out which one of the upgraded 43 packages in version 20230925 is responsible for this, but I was hoping to get help here. Was I wrong?

 

JM

[littlesat]

No you were not wrong, except for openmultiboot is not a real multiboot so it was wait for a time it breaks… I have the advice to switch to a better system, which is recently also available for vu+. Just install a more modern image in the flash and use its standard multiboot.
We never advised ever to use openmultiboot as we know it can and will break things by ‘design’

Edited by littlesat, 30 September 2023 - 12:23.

[jotem]

The problem is in enigma2 since version 3.9+git20873+f6032c1-r0.0 package - if I don't upgrade enigma2 package openpli-develop is present in openmultiboot start menu and in list of images in openmutiboot plugin.

Also on fresh installation of version 20230919 if upgrade ONLY enigma2 openpli-develop disappears from list of images when I open openmultiboot plugin.

 

JM

Edited by jotem, 1 October 2023 - 10:20.

[WanWizard]

Since f6032c1 there were only a few commits, related to serviceinfo and choicebox.

 

So it is possible that the plugin uses the choicebox in a non-standard way, which is no longer compatible.

 

Having said that, the new kexec multiboot is so much better, and doesn't rely on kernel compatibility like openmultiboot does, so I agree with him that you should switch as soon as possible.

[Taapat]

If we were talking about openmultiboot form feed: https://github.com/o...e/openmultiboot

Then, as you can see, its code is in c, and therefore it seems that ChoiceBox is not used there at all.

I assume that there is some other problem that is not related to the changes in enigma2.

[WanWizard]

So the question is then "what is openmultiboot checking to determine what is an image" and "what have we changed so that this detection fiailed".

 

I can't really square that up with the few commits that were in E2 since the commit @jotem reports as still working.

Edited by WanWizard, 1 October 2023 - 18:14.

[ims]

There was changes in ofgwrite, may be this ? But it is not using with VU, or no ?

Edited by ims, 1 October 2023 - 18:23.

[Taapat]

The question is since f6032c1 means- after this version there are problems and f6032c1 still works, or f6032c1 no longer works?

Because ChoiceBox changes is after this version.

[WanWizard]

Also, are we talking about openmultiboot itself, or Dimitrij's plugin: github.com/Dima73/pli-openmultibootmanager ?

 

I think we need a proper bug report, with more details, and perhaps a screenshot.

[jotem]

 

The question is since f6032c1 means- after this version there are problems and f6032c1 still works, or f6032c1 no longer works?

Because ChoiceBox changes is after this version.

 

The last working version for me is 3.9+git20834+33cf2de-r0.0, version 3.9+git20873+f6032c1-r0.0 is the first version I discovered that is not working.

 

I use OpenBH 5.3.008 in flash of Vu+ Duo 4K. Few days ago I had BlackHole 3.1.0 in flash but I upgraded to OBH when I had noticed problems with openpli in openmultiboot.

In my openmultiboot (files are on internal hard  disk) I have another OBH 5.3 image (for "experiments"), OpenATV 7.3, OpenPLi 9.0-rc, openpli-develop recent version with enigma2 3.9+git20834+33cf2de-r0.0, VTi 15.0.02 and 2 another instances of openpli-develop based on version 20230919 (with different updates just for tests).

Openmultiboot plugin in OpenPLi is not fully functional - you cannot install any image with this plugin.

 

I have no logs from install or upgrade procedures, I just install images from downloaded .zip files or use opkg update/upgrade from console and then check if openmultiboot plugin shows installed/upgraded images.

 

If I could help to solve this problem I'm ready to do some other test and answer your question.

 

JM

[WanWizard]

My 2ct's:

 

It is probably easier, better, faster and more stable to put an image with kexec support in Flash (OpenPLi develop, 9.0-rc, or a recent image from an OE-A team), use the built-in multiboot, and forget about a plugin that hasn't been maintained in years, and with the kexec solution available will most likely be abandoned.

 

And I won't be surprised if the plugin collides with the kexec code.

[Dimitrij]

 

forget about a plugin that hasn't been maintained in years, and with the kexec solution available will most likely be abandoned

Yes, you're right, I don't want to support him anymore.

[elsato]

Menu - Setup - Tuners & scanning

gives me a crash since NimManager line was removed from Menu.py (3 days ago)

https://github.com/O...4caf501a3e2a4L9

 

when I put the line back there is no crash

from Components.NimManager import nimmanager

[littlesat]

Can you do a
Merge request

[Taapat]

But please add a comment to this import why it is needed.

It is not clear from the code that it is called on conditional eval.

Without comment, I think someone will remove it again.

[Taapat]

Done: https://github.com/O...9917316b6601baa

[elsato]

Hi, the scanning worked good after your fix. But there has been a change in MenuList.py and I get a crash when I do a manual channel scan.

MenuList.py commit: https://github.com/O...d7ec4801c238754

 

For now I put the previous MenuList.py back on my box to not have this crash with manual scan.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components/ActionMap.py", line 77, in action
    return ActionMap.action(self, contexts, action)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components/ActionMap.py", line 57, in action
    res = self.actions[action]()
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Screens/ScanSetup.py", line 1338, in keyGo
    infoBarInstance.checkTimeshiftRunning(self.keyGoCheckTimeshiftCallback)
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Screens/InfoBarGenerics.py", line 2144, in checkTimeshiftRunning
    returnFunction(True)
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Screens/ScanSetup.py", line 1514, in keyGoCheckTimeshiftCallback
    self.startScan(tlist, flags, index_to_scan, self.networkid)
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Screens/ScanSetup.py", line 1686, in startScan
    self.session.openWithCallback(self.startScanCallback, ServiceScan, [{"transponders": tlist, "feid": feid, "flags": flags, "networkid": networkid}])
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/StartEnigma.py", line 302, in openWithCallback
    dlg = self.open(screen, *arguments, **kwargs)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/StartEnigma.py", line 312, in open
    dlg = self.current_dialog = self.instantiateDialog(screen, *arguments, **kwargs)
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/StartEnigma.py", line 255, in instantiateDialog
    return self.doInstantiateDialog(screen, arguments, kwargs, self.desktop)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/StartEnigma.py", line 272, in doInstantiateDialog
    dlg = screen(self, *arguments, **kwargs)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Screens/ServiceScan.py", line 94, in __init__
    self["servicelist"] = FIFOList()
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components/FIFOList.py", line 6, in __init__
    self.list = list
    ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components/MenuList.py", line 41, in setList
    self.l.setList(self.__list)
    ^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'FIFOList' object has no attribute 'l'
[ePyObject] (CallObject(<bound method NumberActionMap.action of <Components.ActionMap.NumberActionMap object at 0xae281bb0>>,('SetupActions', 'ok')) failed)

Edited by Amai, 19 October 2023 - 17:19.

[Dimitrij]

class FIFOList(MenuList):
	def __init__(self, list=[], len=10):
+		MenuList.__init__(self, self.list)
		self.list = list
		self.len = len
-		MenuList.__init__(self, self.list)

or

https://github.com/O...f7a1bc2fc3645de

Edited by Dimitrij, 20 October 2023 - 05:32.

[Taapat]

I was already afraid that something like this might happen, so I waited a while before adding the Huevos changes in OpenPLi.

I hope that now everything will be ok and something similar will not appear in other places: https://github.com/O...31c1f51ce571af9