Re: [atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Kendrick Vargas
Really? I did an install of Ubuntu loosely based on this: http://wiki.eple.us/appletv_ubuntu_9.10_xbmc And my system works fine, although I don't use the svn nightlies... but that's just a matter of using the SVN PPA for XBMC. It's not XBMCLive. Whoever wrote it got a number of the commands

[atv-bootloader] Booting ATV w/ ATV OS off USB

2010-02-07 Thread Brian Wilson
I realize this is a bit off topic for this group, but I know Scott will know the answer. I'd like to remove my internal ATV and boot from USB. I have no need for 40GB of space since all of my media is on SMB/AFP share or streamed. This would also cut down on heat and power consumption.

[atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Baxter
I've been trying to do the same, spent 6 hours straight on it last night and couldn't get it to boot onto xbmc right. I kept running into errors to the point of where I had to start from scratch 3 times, mostl from the autobooting on xbmc to xorg not detecting the resolutions on my tv through

Re: [atv-bootloader] Booting ATV w/ ATV OS off USB

2010-02-07 Thread Scott D. Davilla
I realize this is a bit off topic for this group, but I know Scott will know the answer. I'd like to remove my internal ATV and boot from USB. I have no need for 40GB of space since all of my media is on SMB/AFP share or streamed. This would also cut down on heat and power consumption.

[atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Scott D. Davilla
OK, I've got 9.10 install and have told the bootloader to start the 2.6.31-19 kernel through a customized menu.lst as in step 6 of http://wiki.eple.us/appletv_ubuntu_9.10_xbmc. I want to know what repository for xbmc to use and if I should use a repository install for the video driver or if I

[atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Baxter
I've noticed that I have to do sudo apt-get install python-software-properties or I will get a add-app-repository command not found. On Feb 7, 6:14 pm, Scott D. Davilla davi...@4pi.com wrote: OK, I've got 9.10 install and have told the bootloader to start the 2.6.31-19 kernel through a

[atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Baxter
Ok, envyng is only giving me 185.30 as the newest option. How can i get 190 to show up there, or will i have to install from the repository? -- To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at

[atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Scott D. Davilla
its launching but it just keeps crashing in an endless loop. So I didn't need to install xbmc-live? xbmc-live is a totally different beast. I'd still like to know how you thought you needed to install xbmc-live from the guide at http://wiki.eple.us/appletv_ubuntu_9.10_xbmc ? -- To post to

[atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Scott D. Davilla
it doesn't even look like XBMC is putting out a log file. See how I mean everything goes downhill quickly? I just need a guide without wrong information and typos, lol. xbmc's log file is at ~.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log . I also asked about dmesg and /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? Work the problem. XBMC is

Re: [atv-bootloader] Re: Question for Mr. Davilla

2010-02-07 Thread Kendrick Vargas
Sorry I didn't catch this until now. I'm in the keys on a mini vacay :-) When I installed xbmc-svn, i found it wanted libcurl4 but it wasn't available from any of the default repositories. So it's crashing because of a missing library. Stable xbmc uses libcurl3, so it works. If you don't need