dns-323 and a LOT of twonky processess

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cvanoosbree
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AV Hardware:Media Players / clients = PS3 / XB360 / WII & pc's
Media Storage = DNS-323
dns-323 and a LOT of twonky processess

Post by cvanoosbree » Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:11 am

hi all,

i had 4.4.11-20090108 (yes, i paid for this old version last year or so) working and then i decided to do an upgrade to see what features (if any) i could take advantage of.

well, how that curiousity of mine completely went out of whack.

today i installed TMS 5.1.2 and it installed fine. i made some changes (eg, media folder locations) but then realized it wasnt saving the information. decided to reboot and now im seeing this when i telnet into my box

PID USER COMMAND
1 root init
2 root [ksoftirqd/0]
3 root [events/0]
4 root [khelper]
5 root [kthread]
11 root [kblockd/0]
14 root [khubd]
49 root [pdflush]
50 root [pdflush]
52 root [aio/0]
51 root [kswapd0]
190 root [scsi_eh_0]
191 root [scsi_eh_1]
192 root [scsi_eh_2]
193 root [scsi_eh_3]
204 root [mtdblockd]
218 root [kcryptd/0]
219 root [kmirrord/0]
230 root [loop0]
1226 root atd
1265 root xmldb -n config
1597 root chkbutton
1615 root ./btdog ./bt --daemon-loop
1675 root fancontrol 0
1754 root pure-ftpd (SERVER)
1775 root op_server 0 0 0
1788 root -sh
1790 root lpd Waiting
1828 root mserver
1829 root apkg
1914 root /ffp/sbin/telnetd -l /ffp/bin/sh
1925 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymedia
1926 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1927 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1932 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1933 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1934 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1935 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1936 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1937 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1938 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1939 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1942 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1943 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
1944 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2650 root /ffp/bin/sh
2716 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymedia
2717 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2718 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2723 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2724 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2725 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2726 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2727 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2728 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2729 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2730 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2733 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2734 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2735 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2736 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2737 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2738 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
2739 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11497 root /ffp/bin/sh
11637 root crond
11651 root /usr/sbin/samba/nmbd -D
11739 root ./bt --daemon-loop
11740 root ./bt --daemon-loop
11741 root ./bt --daemon-loop
11742 root ./bt --daemon-loop
11743 root ./bt --daemon-loop
11745 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11746 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11747 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11748 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11749 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11751 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11752 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11753 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11754 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11756 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11757 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11759 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11760 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11761 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11762 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11763 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11764 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11765 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11768 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11770 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11774 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11779 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11781 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11783 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11784 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11787 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11789 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11790 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11793 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11794 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11795 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11796 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11798 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11799 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11800 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11801 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11802 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11803 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11804 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11807 root /mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymediaserver
11808 root ps -e
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why is there so much twonky processing? i tried to uninstall and re-install my old version, but i get the installer says there is not enough space and it looks like it aborts. about 1 minute later, it says that it installed fine, . when i check the config page, its the newer version with no saved data.

can someone tell me how to uninstall this version or fix this processing hog?

both my HD lights are now amber and i cant even get into the standard 323 config page due to process overload
help please

thanks

fero
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AV Hardware:Dlink NAS DNS-323
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Re: dns-323 and a LOT of twonky processess

Post by fero » Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:44 pm

Hi,

You can't use just default installation on DNS-323, but you should:

1.) install TMS by setup program but disable automatic start option after installation (this option is available on setup program screen)
2.) logon to DNS-323 via telnet/ssh and modify twonky startup script /mnt/HD_a2/starttwonky.sh and add option "-appdata" and specify new target path for twonky data dir to be somewhere on /mnt/HD_a2/<dir>, eg. I use:

/mnt/HD_a2/twonky/twonkymedia -appdata /mnt/HD_a2/twonkydata

3.) start it by executing starttwonky.sh script.

see this thread

Fero

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