John Coman wrote:
> I followed the directions at   --  
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV/MediaMVP_Frontend
> I think it is started by   --   sudo invoke-rc.d atftpd start

If you installed atftpd from the Ubuntu repositories, it is setup to use 
inetd, rather than running stand-alone as a daemon, as the start command 
you quoted would do.

To examine how/if atftpd is set to start on your machine, run:

fgrep tftpd /etc/inetd.conf

which should print something like:

tftp            dgram   udp     wait    nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd 
/usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftpboot
16869           dgram   udp     wait    nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd 
/usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftpboot

though it'll look a bit different for atftp (the above is using the 
'tftpd' package (BSD port) on Ubuntu, which I recommend instead of 
atftpd). I'd also recommend skipping xinetd, as its just an added, 
unnecessary complication.

Unless you've followed one of the setup guides to completion, you won't 
have the second line, which sets up a TFTP service listening on port 
16869. This is needed for version H and newer MVP hardware.

I'd also recommend looking at the latter part of the command line, which 
should identify the location that your TFTP service will serve files 
from. In this case it is /var/lib/tftpboot. The normal default is 
usually something less sensible, like /tftpboot.


>> I'd recommend verifying that you can download the mvpmc software with
>> a tftp client running on another system before trying to get it
>> working on the MVP itself.
>
> Sounds like a good idea but I am not sure how to do this.

Get a directory listing of the directory you identified above that your 
TFTP daemon is serving files from. Make sure that it contains your 
dongle.bin file, that the file is readable by everyone, and that 
everyone can read and search (execute bit) the directory.

On another machine, such as a Windows box, at the command line enter:

% tftp mythtv GET dongle.bin
Transfer successful: 3653074 bytes in 16 seconds, 228317 bytes/s

replace "mythtv" with the hone name or IP address of your machine 
running the TFTP service. Verify that the size of the file matches the 
file on your server. If this gives you an error, and the cause isn't 
obvious, examine the logs. Try:

% tail /var/log/daemon.log
[...]
Mar  3 17:59:18 mythtv in.tftpd[683]: connect from 192.168.0.200 
(192.168.0.200)
Mar  3 17:59:18 mythtv tftpd[684]: tftpd: trying to get file: dongle.bin
Mar  3 17:59:18 mythtv tftpd[684]: tftpd: serving file from 
/var/lib/tftpboot


> I am new at this mailing list type forum. 
> Should I just reply to this email or go on line?

Whatever you did worked perfectly.

  -Tom


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