A new back end for TyTool.

jewser joshua at b...
Tue, 04 Jun 2002 00:51:20 -0000


> Another interesting thing: If I CTRL-C out of this version of
> tserver_mfs and try to run another copy, I get an <address in use>
> error, as if the listening socket isn't unbound. So far, the only 
way
> I've found to fix it is to reboot the TiVo. This only happens if I 
try
> to connect via TyTool and tserver_mfs reports the "no such file"
> error. If I launch tserver_mfs and immediately CTRL-C, then re-
launch,
> there's no "address in use" error. Maybe after bailing out with an
> error, tserver_mfs doesn't clean up the connected socket?

Dude. No. It just takes a second. Like 5-10 seconds total for the 
Tivo to catch up and clear out the socket. Then it can be restarted. 
It has a number of interrupt handlers to catch errors and shutdown 
cleanly. Just show a little patience and all will be well.

--jdiner