Disable Report IPAddress

From TivoZA

The current TivoZA & OzTivo images generate a new message on your TiVo after each reboot, the message displays your TiVo's assigned IP address. After a while you may find this irritating so below are the instructions on how to disable the message from being created.

You will need to edit the 'rc.sysinit.author' file in your TiVo's '/etc/rc.d' directory. This can either be done during the Optional OzTivo Install (http://tivoza.nanfo.com/wiki/index.php/OzTivo_Install) or from the telnet prompt of your TiVo if you have networking enabled.

From the TiVo telnet prompt you need to set your TiVo to read-write mode and open the 'rc.sysinit.author' for editing, to do this type:

 rw
 joe /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author

Scroll down and towards the end of the 'rc.sysinit.author' file and you will find a line that reads as follows:

 /etc/hack/report_ipaddress &

It should look similar to the following screen:

To disable the IP address message from being created just put a # in front of the line so that it now reads as follows:

 #/etc/hack/report_ipaddress &

You can now save your changes:

 Press: Ctrl K		(This enables the command menu mode)
 Press: X		(This will save the file)

Now back at the telnet prompt you can put your TiVo back into read-only mode by typing:

 ro

All done, your TiVo will no longer generate IP address messages after each reboot. If you later wish to re-enable them just remove the # that you added above.