Hi together,
I tried to update my Portsdown with the button of the touch display. After pressing the button the Portsdown picture appeared. No visible reaction of the system anymore. Connection with Putty to the RPi is possible but the console menu is not starting, only the command line is there.
Hence the file menu.sh is existing (...rpidatv/scripts/) I cannot start the menu.
My software version is 201809152.
Could anybody give me a hint what I can do that the Portsdown will work again?
Thank you in advance.
73 de Tom, DL6RCG
Portsdown Software Update Failed
Re: Portsdown Software Update Failed
Hi Tom
Three things to try:
1. You should be able to bring up the menu from the command line by typing:
and then try to update from (5) System Setup, (10) Update.
2. If that fails, go back to the command line and try a direct update:
which should talk you through an update.
3. The final thing to try could be downloading a new update script, and then running it:
Please let me know how you get on
Dave, G8GKQ
Three things to try:
1. You should be able to bring up the menu from the command line by typing:
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/home/pi/rpidatv/scripts/menu.sh menu
2. If that fails, go back to the command line and try a direct update:
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/home/pi/rpidatv/scripts/check_for_update.sh
3. The final thing to try could be downloading a new update script, and then running it:
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cd /home/pi
rm update.sh
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BritishAmateurTelevisionClub/portsdown/master/update.sh
chmod +x update.sh
/home/pi/update.sh -p
Dave, G8GKQ
Re: Portsdown Software Update Failed
I had that problem too, I had to start again with a new SD card, apt wasn't working, just core dumped. I think something must have gone wrong with a kernel update.
Re: Portsdown Software Update Failed
Hi Dave,
I tested your suggested points with my Portsdown but without success. I got always the message that the command can't be executed.
After that I downloaded the ZIP from the BATC github and copied these files and folders with WinSCP to the SD card. After rebooting luckily the touch display was activated again with software 201809152 and I had the possibilty to use the button for software update. Some minutes later the update was successful and my Portsdown is working perfect again. My problem is solved
Thank you for your help!
73 de Tom, DL6RCG
I tested your suggested points with my Portsdown but without success. I got always the message that the command can't be executed.
After that I downloaded the ZIP from the BATC github and copied these files and folders with WinSCP to the SD card. After rebooting luckily the touch display was activated again with software 201809152 and I had the possibilty to use the button for software update. Some minutes later the update was successful and my Portsdown is working perfect again. My problem is solved
Thank you for your help!
73 de Tom, DL6RCG