mgcamd and telnet logging?

[kontoni]

hello friends

i am using mgcamd on one of my boxes (azbox me) and i am facing random drop of emu during intensive zapping.

i have tried various versions (1.30. 135. 1.38) but still not perfect result achieved .

so my question has two parts.

1. does replace.list file will make any difference if modified?



2. on mg_cfg has a Log option

L: { 03 } 172.16.1.1 28007 /tmp/mgcamd.log

how can i activate logging mgcamd function on telnet console please?


kind regards

[gianni253]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

No, I don't think that replace.list tweaks will fix your problem.
About logging, just omit log file name and run mgcamd from telnet session.

[aplok]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

how can i activate logging mgcamd function on telnet console please?

you can also try to activate de various debug options
start mgcamd with the command, in a telnet console,

/var/script/mgcamd_aaa.sh stop
/var/script/mgcamd_aaa.sh start

an read them in real time

[KVF1966]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

i use the emulator mgcamd in your satellite receiver but replace.list never corrected and I have all worked without any problems, we can conclude that replace.list don't need

[kontoni]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

No, I don't think that replace.list tweaks will fix your problem.
About logging, just omit log file name and run mgcamd from telnet session.

how do i run mgcamd from telnet session?

simply as aplok wrote or alternatively should i modify something on mg_cfg L line and then on telnet start it ?

also what could cause this stopping of emu sometimes?

[gianni253]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

how do i run mgcamd from telnet session?

simply as aplok wrote or alternatively should i modify something on mg_cfg L line and then on telnet start it ?

also what could cause this stopping of emu sometimes?

Just simply as aplok wrote but remember to kill it before launching !

Sometimes emus can crash for ecms whose processing goes bad (there is nothing you can do about that)

[aplok]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

...Sometimes emus can crash ... (there is nothing you can do about that)

yes, you can pray Tux
to resurrect mgcamd when he went away:

while [ . ]; do ps aux |grep -v grep |grep mgcamd || /var/script/mgcamd_1.38_cam.sh start; sleep 5; done

[kontoni]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

to resurrect mgcamd when he went away:

while [ . ]; do ps aux |grep -v grep |grep mgcamd || /var/script/mgcamd_1.38_cam.sh start; sleep 5; done

dear aplok is this a telnet command to manually restore emu?

if yes i think it is easier to do it from menu of softcam manager.


anyway problem now is that with

/var/script/mgcamd_aaa.sh stop
/var/script/mgcamd_aaa.sh start

you have to be very lucky so within this period of telnet session you will have a dropout of emu since it is somehow random.


i wonder if i can see more details for mgcamd status on telnet when exactly this random disfunction occurs.

by searching i found these commands

ps|grep mgcam

ps -e | grep -i MgCamd

does anybody know what they do and if they can show me status and possible problem of emu when executed exactly after it has already happened this malfunction?

[aplok]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

if they can show me status and possible problem of emu when executed exactly after it has already happened this malfunction?

try to log the debug message:

1. activate various debug option in /var/keys/mg_cfg

2. choose this # 01 + 02 -> 03
# --- log
# Log option, summ of:
# 00 off
# 01 network udp log
# 02 log to console
# 04 file, appended ! delete it by yourself, before it eat all your hdd
# + IP udp-port log-file-name
#L: { 03 } 172.16.1.1 28007 /tmp/mgcamd.log
L: { 03 }

3. /var/script/mgcamd_aaa.sh stop

4. /var/script/mgcamd_aaa.sh start

5. zap until mgcamd drop down

6. read the log

7. to restart mgcamd
/var/script/mgcamd_aaa.sh start

8. to restart automatically mgcamd:
while [ . ]; do ps aux |grep -v grep |grep mgcamd || /var/script/mgcamd_1.38_cam.sh start; sleep 5; done

[gianni253]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

yes, you can pray Tux
to resurrect mgcamd when he went away:

while [ . ]; do ps aux |grep -v grep |grep mgcamd || /var/script/mgcamd_1.38_cam.sh start; sleep 5; done

Or put this check in crontab.

Anyway, as a matter of fact, I have found that having processes running to check that all is fine can sometimes result in cpu peaks that, in their turn, result is occasional freezes.
So my question is: is it really worth ?
When I have black screen the first thing I do is restarting emu and it takes 3 second with remote control ...

[aplok]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

Or put this check in crontab.
... restarting emu and it takes 3 second with remote control ...

yes,

here is a nice illustration of the power, the flex and the smartness of Linux :

1 question, various best solutions according to the needs of the moment

manu
clicware : ... restarting emu and it takes 3 second with remote control ...
manu: ( command )

auto
deamon.auto: ... or put this check in crontab
deamon.manu: ( command ) &

by the way, is it possible to juggle this way with android ?

[gianni253]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

... by the way, is it possible to juggle this way with android ?

I can't say it for direct experience, but I would say yes because, after all, android is another linux distro.

[aplok]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

... because, after all, android is another linux
distro.

... dedicated to click-interfaced-like portable device


and without keyboard how to you talk to Tux ?

[kontoni]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

ok guys just one more thing about mgcamd supervision i want to ask .

my query is that on cccam we can access its data and control them with web interface

using internal ip of box + port 16001

is it possible to have a similar access to mgcam ?

[gianni253]

Re: mgcamd and telnet logging?

... dedicated to click-interfaced-like portable device


and without keyboard how to you talk to Tux ?

You can connect via ssh or telnet and use your pc's keyboard.
Also, usb keyboards can be connected directly to the device.