Eric Sharkey wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 4:08 PM, John Coman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If it can't open port 69 then that probably means that something else has >>> it open. Are you using inetd to start and stop your tftpd? >> >> Honest answer is --- not sure. >> 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 > > Ok. I read that page. It's a little odd. They tell you to install > the xinetd packages, but then they don't set up atftpd to use them. > If you do that, then you don't need to edit /etc/rc.local at all. > > You can run (as root or through sudo) the command "lsof -i udp:69" to > see what, if anything, has udp port 69 open. When I execute I get the following COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME atftpd 7749 nobody 0u IPv4 34704 UDP *:69
I have no clue what this means but it appears atftpd is what is using the port, correct? >>> 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. Could you point >> me to a site or suggest some key words to search for? > > You should be able to install the "atftp" package. This is the client > that complements the atftpd server. Just run atftp on the command > line and see if you can get the dongle file. You can consult the > atftp documentation for the particulars of how to use it. I am still working on this. > >> I am new at this mailing list type forum. Should I just reply to this email >> or go on line? > > Simple replies should work. > > Eric Thanks again, jcoman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
