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 == EarlyMounts ==
 Sometimes it's required to access a connected usb drive quite early during boot (eg. for use with rtorrent).<br>
-In this case you can tell WDLXTV to mount this drive early under /tmp/mnt/<UUID-of-USB-drive> by simply creating an empty file named '''.mnt''' in the root of that drive.<br>This can also be done by simply ticking the drive under WEC->Main->EarlyMounts and save.
+In this case you can tell WDLXTV to mount this drive early under /tmp/mnt/<UUID-of-USB-drive> by simply creating an empty file named '''.mnt''' in the root of that drive.<br>This can also be done by simply ticking the drive under WEC->Main->EarlyMounts and save.<br />

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-== Scripts don't work ==
+== Scripts/Configs don't work ==
 There are numerous reason why a script can fail to run, I'll try to list the most common ones here:
 * Script has no executable flag<br>In order to be able to execute any script on linux you need to set the executable rights on the file.  Have a look here for more information: [http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/filepermissions.html Linux file permissions]<br>eg. to allow everybody to execute the file you need to enter something like this:

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 *Reset to factory settings in OSD (Settings->System Setting->Reset to factory defaults)
 *Delete any '''.wd_tv''' folder you find on any drives (and shares if r/w) connected to WDTV
-*Complete Config Reset (WEC->Config->Reset Everything)<br>To do this from shh/telnet use these commands:<br><code>rm -rf /conf/* && config_tools -s && config_tool -s && reboot</code>
+*Complete Config Reset (WEC->Config->Reset Everything)<br>To do this from shh/telnet use these commands:<br><code>rm -rf /conf/* && config_tool -s && config_tool -s && reboot</code>

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 *Reset to factory settings in OSD (Settings->System Setting->Reset to factory defaults)
 *Delete any '''.wd_tv''' folder you find on any drives (and shares if r/w) connected to WDTV
-*Complete Config Reset (WEC->Config->Reset Everything)<br>To do this from shh/telnet use these commands:<br><code>rm -rf /conf && config_tools -s && config_tool -s && reboot</code>
+*Complete Config Reset (WEC->Config->Reset Everything)<br>To do this from shh/telnet use these commands:<br><code>rm -rf /conf/* && config_tools -s && config_tool -s && reboot</code>

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 *Reset to factory settings in OSD (Settings->System Setting->Reset to factory defaults)
 *Delete any '''.wd_tv''' folder you find on any drives (and shares if r/w) connected to WDTV
-*Complete Config Reset (WEC->Config->Reset Everything)
+*Complete Config Reset (WEC->Config->Reset Everything)<br>To do this from shh/telnet use these commands:<br><code>rm -rf /conf && config_tools -s && config_tool -s && reboot</code>

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−	= WDLXTV Tips & Tricks =	+	= WDLXTV Troubleshooting, Tips & Tricks =

	This is a collection of useful tips and tricks regarding common problems with WDLXTV.<br>		This is a collection of useful tips and tricks regarding common problems with WDLXTV.<br>

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−	* Missing or wrong shebang<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_%28Unix%29 Shebang] is the very first line in a *nix script which tells the OS how to open/execute the script file. Beginners often remove that line because they think it's a comment, which also start with a #.	+	* Missing or wrong shebang<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_%28Unix%29 Shebang] is the very first line in a *nix script which tells the OS how to open/execute the script file. Beginners often remove that line because they think it's a comment, which also start with a #.<br>
		+	Also there must be no whitespace (space, tab) before the shebang, the first two characters in the file should be '''#!'''.<br>
		+	Example: This shebang will tell the system to use the perl interpreter to run the script:
		+	#!/usr/bin/perl
		+
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		+	* Leading spaces in script
		+	This seems to be mostly happening when you klick 'SELECT ALL' on a code box on the forum and copy/paste in an editor.
		+	To avoid this simply manually select the code in the codebox with the mouse and copy it.<br>

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 Sometimes it's required to access a connected usb drive quite early during boot (eg. for use with rtorrent).<br>
 In this case you can tell WDLXTV to mount this drive early under /tmp/mnt/<UUID-of-USB-drive> by simply creating an empty file named '''.mnt''' in the root of that drive.<br>This can also be done by simply ticking the drive under WEC->Main->EarlyMounts and save.
 to be continued...
 --[[User:Recliq|Recliq]] 11:37, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

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 [[Difference_between_FW_formats#EXT3-Boot_.5Bnon-flash.5D]]<br>
 [[USB_Boot]]
 to be continued...
 --[[User:Recliq|Recliq]] 11:37, 7 April 2012 (UTC)