NeTV tricks

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Open a secure shell (SSH) console on NeTV

See also USB Ethernet support

  • Go to Control Panel of NeTV with infrared remote control
  • Under Settings menu, select Enable SSH
  • Find out NeTV's IP address under System Info menu
  • Using an SSH client (Windows users can use PuTTY, Mac/Linux users can use ssh from a terminal window), log in as the user root with no password. e.g.
    ssh 192.168.1.100 -l root
  • You should see a message showing your last login time.

Scheduled tasks, auto-execution of tasks

Launching sshd at startup

WARNING - doing this will reduce the level of security on your chumby, and may allow unauthorized access

  • Open up a console on the chumby
  • At the console, type: touch /psp/start_sshd
  • Now sshd will be started when NeTV boots
  • To stop this behavior in the future, type: rm /psp/start_sshd

Run processes on start-up

Boot up, default screen, control panel customizations

Bootloader Screen

Using a custom Control Panel

To to have NeTV goes to a particular url on boot

  • Open up a console on the chumby
  • At the console, type: vi /psp/homepage
  • Enter a full HTTP URL (eg. http://www.your_fancy_ui.com)
  • Now NeTV's browser will be redirected to your page when NeTV boots
  • To stop this behavior in the future, type: rm /psp/homepage
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