Thanks Scott.
My kexec boot string was cutpasted from the wiki.
kexec --load /cdrom/casper/vmlinuz \
--initrd=/cdrom/casper/initrd.gz \
--command-line=file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper
initrd=/casper/initrd.gz nosplash vesa
So, I should replace vesa with video=vesafb ?
(I guess I used
I will try that tonight.
Does this look right?
mkdir tmp
mount /dev/sda5 tmp
kexec --load tmp/casper/vmlinuz --initrd=tmp/casper/initrd.gz
--command-line=preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper
initrd=/casper/initrd.gz nosplash vesa video=vesafb
kexec -e
for the ubuntu installer, that should be
I want thank you Scott for the ridiculous amount of work you've put
into things here. I followed the various instructions and got a
useable install on only my second try ;)
Thanks.
I'm pretty much there as far as full Frontend functionality except for
one naggling little problem. I can't get
The pink display is due to the AppleTV (under it's native OS) being
set to the wrong component flavor. Component video can be RGB or
YPbPr. Go into the resolution settings under the native AppleTV OS
and change the component video output to the other flavor and the
pink will go away.
Would you mind adding vfat support?? I have been experimenting with
using a separate usb stick for installing stuff (via bootable usb
stick) and when I try to mount it, I get invalid arguement and Unable
to load NLS charset cp437
FAT: codepage cp437 not found in DMESG.
It's already been added
I've upgraded my atv from Hardy to Intrepid, and everything works well
except the console. It looks like instead of vesafb I should now
use uvesafb? Has anyone tried this? Would I just follow the same
atv-bootloader instructions but add a u each time?
vesafb == good
uvesafb == bad
I heard
Does the ATV USB creator create thumb drives that can restore your ATV
to factory fresh install (or close to it)? I've got a flash drive
with all the original stuff on it from my previous backup, and I'm
wondering how much I'll need that stuff if the ATV USB creator will
just be a turn-key
Just an FYI, the AppleTV 2.3 update (just hit) includes a IR remote
update and get this, the native AppleTV OS can now learn the IR from
other IR remotes. Not sure if we can use this to get more buttons or
not but this is a step in the right direction.
My understanding is that using a native frontend binary in the Apple
OS is only useful for SD content. The hd video acceleration is not
available to the myth app and therefore not enough resources to
display HD content.
Depends on your definition of HD content. The AppleTV can handle mid
I'm trying to use mythbuntu-8.10-desktop-proper-i386.iso
And the kexec setup is :
# mkdir -p /tmp/rootfs
# mount /dev/sdb3 /tmp/rootfs
# kexec --load /tmp/rootfs/casper/vmlinuz \
--initrd=/tmp/rootfs/casper/initrd.gz \
--command-line=boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz nosplash
I have used a patched appletv as a mythtv frontend (using mythbuntu)
for a few months, for which I am of course grateful to this group for
making such a process relatively painless. I see that it is now
relatively straightforward to install XBMC (and mythbox?) onto the
appletv and run it in on
Scott D. Davilla wrote:
XBMC with a mythtvbackend works great for recorded content. LiveTV is
ok, channel changing is slow but that's really a mythtv issue in
general with the mythtv dev feelings about LiveTV :)
one thing needed that the docs gloss over is adding the mytvbackend
one thing to watch out for is that all appletv do not contain
identical wireless hardware. Since the wireless is in a pci-e
mini-card socket, there have been changes over time. lspci to make
sure you are using the correct driver varient.
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Any plans to add ext4 support to the bootloader? A kernel update with
support for audio and ir would be cool, too!
no plans for ext4, in my watching of the kernel dev list, I'd have to
jump to a pretty new kernel to get the bug fixes for nuking of ext4
file systems. Even Linus is compaining
I loaded 9.04 netbook remix this weekend. The first time I thought
cool! I'll try ext4.
I forget the bootloader didn't support it. oh well. :)
which does remind me, there's some work being done on faster booting
which would be nice given the double boot nature of atv-bootloader.
I'm trying to get kexec to boot into pFsense(freebsd) because I want
to turn the atv into a router using vlans or a usb ethernet card.
I've toyed around with things a bit and tried grub4dos to kexec to
grub.exe where I then tried to use the pfsense iso as the initrd
image. I didn't have very
Going back to the old thread...
http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader/browse_thread/thread/
5aea8dc868d948bc#
...since Google won't let me add a new post to older threads for some
reason.
I did as Scott suggested and as I suggested. I picked up an non-
working ATV on Ebay (Scott's
Has nobody else tried loading the Mythtv Frontend for OSX on to the
ATV using ssh while maintaining the native features of ATV?
most people are running greater than 2.1 on their appletv. uunder atv
os r2.1+, the IR remote handling changes and mythfrontend is broke.
there's a ticket on mythtv
I was trying to install with a clean wipe of the PATA HDD and
bootstrap from a usb drive originally but Im getting no where fast. So
as per suggestion I am going to build the partitions and move boot.efi
to the drive for a stand alone boot. This was to be my second project,
but seeing how the
I managed to nuke my ATV patchstick and needed a new boot.efi, but
Apple has removed the 2.0.2 update that's linked from
http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/BootEFIExtraction . Does
anyone have the URL for the latest update (2.4)? I couldn't find it
anywhere - we might need to take an
I tried playing HDTV content in Boxee a while ago and found the CPU in
the AppleTV just doesn't have enough horsepower to pull it of.
Stay tuned, there's something brewing that's about to boil over in
the mancave of mr.appletv. Full HD decode capability under
AppleTV-OS/Linux for the AppleTV
On Aug 18, 9:09 am, Scott D. Davilla davi...@4pi.com wrote:
Stay tuned, there's something brewing that's about to boil over in
the mancave of mr.appletv. Full HD decode capability under
AppleTV-OS/Linux for the AppleTV would be really nice, wink, wink.
You are a tease ;) But I was browsing
I'm trying for a dual boot setup. My steps:
* Create atv-bootloader USB drive
* Add a ext3 partition to the atv-bootloader USB drive (/dev/sdb2),
use it to backup the Recovery partition, as per documented backup
procedure. Copy this backup to my computer.
* Use parted to shrink atv /dev/sda4
Any update on this???
huge thread at http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=55042
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- I installed appletv software version 2.4 (former version was 1.0)
still I can't boot from the ide compact flash.
- I recreated a new bootable compactflash, using an old Transcend
1gb 80x card,
but still no joy.
Just to check my sanity, I then put the transcend card+ CF-IDE adapter
in an
PXE would be desirable since I already have a PXE server set up, but
I haven't been able to find out about it. Failing that I'd be
willing to try and set up a Apple NetBoot compatible server on my
Ubuntu backend.
Assuming I had a copy of MacOS Server, I could maybe run that in a
VM on the
PXE would be desirable since I already have a PXE server set up, but
I haven't been able to find out about it. Failing that I'd be
willing to try and set up a Apple NetBoot compatible server on my
Ubuntu backend.
Assuming I had a copy of MacOS Server, I could maybe run that in a
VM on the
Actually, it appears to be happening with any H264 video playback :
( I just tried some of my locally stored content, and I get the same
error.
Maybe I should slap in that CrystalHD card I have sitting on a
shelf :) But any ideas in the meantime?
Your XBMC should not be using VDPAU, it does
From an older post
Just a small hint for those who are stuck when rebooting after
installing Mythbuntu 9.10 (Karmic). Since the new grub uses a
different syntax the script probing for the kexec params cannot cope.
Also, menu.lst is not a symlink to grub.cfg anymore and hence isn't
found.
I have one of these cards... Are they usable yet? Been meaning to slap my
cards in but I've been waiting to hear that some support is there.
So, are these cards working now? :-)
Works for me :) best under XBMC for Linux right now.
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I'm trying to restore my Apple TV. I'm following the instructions
here: http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/PartitioningPatchstick
with the goal of restoring the ATV via the instructions here:
http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/ATVBackup.
I'm getting through the sudo
Telnet from Terminal, or SSH client. I will figure it out.
telnet is telnet, ssh is ssh. Don't confuse the two, you can't telnet
(client) to a ssh (server) or the other way. Think of ssh as
encrypted telnet.
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Reboot. ATV icon with flashing question mark. Bad payload?
a) can't find a recovery partition
b) no boot.efi on recovery partition
c) no com.Apple.Boot.plist on recovery partition
d) bad com.Apple.Boot.plist on recovery partition
e) bad or missing mach_kernel on recovery partition
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Do you have an answer for my original post? I've been trying to live
with XBMC on top of frontrow but it is really sluggish and i can't
stand it. The only way i've been able to get xbmc up and running with
autstart and everything is either the patchstick all-in-one, or using
the XBMCbuntu in
I am dual booting Karmic on my laptop and handle all commands to the
ATV through that. I have been using karmic but I am going to go ahead
and try Hardy. WOuld you suggest trying the minimal install through
netbbot method or through the usb stick/iso method? I want to give
this another go,
I can only get it to boot using the XBMCbuntu method on the wiki.
Unfortunately That intalls the XBMC-live and I can't seem to update to
SVN nightly without completely breaking everything.
Ahh, then install desktop Ubuntu 8.04, follow the wiki.
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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.
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
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 ?
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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
I have one problem, though.
I revive this thread here:
http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader/browse_thread/thread/c8682ddfdcc89fc2/d21873e53c2f600f?lnk=gstq=boot#d21873e53c2f600f
as I cannot also get rid of the USB stick to boot in Linux. If I
remove the stick, I have a black screen for
OK I think you're right, it probably comes from my CF.
Do you confirm that it is impossible to boot (different from
bootstrap?) from a disk marked as removable (just like MS OSes)?
Don't think that's the problem, USB flash/hard drives are also marked
removable and they can boot without
I was planning on installing Linux on my AppleTV 40gb shortly. Now I
know some linux and can do a few of the basic commands. So what I want
to know before getting started is:
I plan on following these directions word or word. Is there anything
im missing or should look out for?
Ok so I already have a quick question, not sure if it really matters
or not. I am in the backup steps, i know i know :)
# Make a tar of all files on the Recovery partition
cd src
tar cf ../dst/backup.tar *
cd ..
# force a disk buffer flush
sync
umount src dst
rmdir src dst
The directions
Ok hit a snag Its all installed and im running the Post
Installation Fix. The step says to:
Change the USB flash drive, so that it will boot automatically to
Linux next time
mkdir tmp
mount /dev/sdb2 tmp
vi tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist
- change patchstick to auto
umount tmp
When I run vi
And im back again... I edited tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist using NANO and
added the line atv-boot=auto without the quotes. Should it have
quotes?
cat com.apple.Boot.plist and post it so others can see it too :)
Anyways now I still cant it to boot after doing the following:
mount /dev/sda5 tmp
There was only one file in there... but I also accidentally deleted
the one that was in there. Shit shit
I think there should be more files than just com.apple.Boot.plist
I also changed root (hd1,4) back to root (hd0,4), I changed that just
to see if that had something to do with the
Sorry to jump around here is what I get from ls -la tmp:
# ls -la tmp
drwxrwxr-x1 99 99 10 Apr 27 04:26 .
drwxr-xr-x3 root root0 Apr 27 05:10 ..
dr-xr-xr-t1 root root2 Apr 26 19:17 .HFS+ Private
Directory Data
drwx--1 99
Ok things are going great so far... got XBMC installed and it
automatically starts on boot. Now im a little hung on getting the HDMI
audio unmutted. The instructions say:
ssh u...@appletv.ip
alsamixer
- unmute IEC958 1 (that's the HDMI audio output)
I can use the arrows to move the volume on
On 4/27/2010 3:57 PM, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
Do you know if the Nvidia 100 drivers support XvMC? I was under the
impression it did not.
Don't know first hand about XvMC. XBMC does not use XvMC and I've not
tried it since I moved away from MythTV as a frontend.
You don't use mythtv any more
On 4/27/2010 4:15 PM, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
LOL, did not say I don't use MythTV anymore, just not a MythTV frontend.
I still run a MythTV backend, the frontend viewing of recorded videos is
through XBMC.
Really? What are the benefits over mythfrontend? Do you run xbmc on
all your frontends
Man ive tried about every setting within XBMC that I can find and
still get nothing. I mean in the above post it shows the correct
settings right?
Sounds like time for a post to xbmc forums. ask for Beenje, he wrote the guide.
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Do you then myth transcode any 1080i content you record? Or do you
only record/receive progressive content?
I don't record 1080i, it's 480i from mythtv backend and that get's
handled with ffmpeg...
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Has anyone been able to boot 10.04 from the hd-media installer files
(vmlinuz, initrd.gz) on the appletv? The kexec jump runs as expected
but the video never flips over to the installer. But when I replace
the two hd-media installer files with the 9.10 versions the installer
works as
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Scott D. Davilla
mailto:davi...@4pi.comdavi...@4pi.com wrote:
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
I haven't been feeling much love on this forum as of late, but I'm
desperate for some help on this one. It's really killing the
experience for me. I feel like I'm so close to nirvana, its driving me
nuts!
You did underclock the nvidia GPU? This is critical for getting
reliable XVMC playback.
Do you know if it would still be required to underclock the nvidia
chip when using XBMC and a Crystal HD decoder since XVMC is not being
used?
Not required. I only ran into issues when using XVMC. All my
atv(linux) boxes run at the default GPU clocks.
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Somewhere in the past, there was some info on fixing the 8139too
ethernet driver with larger buffers so that the C2 max_cstate fix was
not required. Anyone remember the details ?
Scott
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I have recently updated my fork of the atv_bootloader's mach-kernel,
with the major feature additions include auto-booting of Live CDRoms,
and parsing/displaying a bootloader selection menu from most boot-menu
systems. More detailed info is at
If the Grub 2 patch is what I submitted to Davilla, I ran it and
tested it prior to sending it to him with Ubuntu 10.04 installs
without problems. If I use the new mach_kernel here it will be with
more 10.04 installs vice 11.04 so someone will have to test it with
11.04.
yes, Robert. The Grub 2
I was wondering if it is possible to mount a fat32 filesystem using
the patchstick. I was thinking it might be better if I could back it
up into a fat partition so that I could then mount that partition in
Windows 7 and back up the internal hard drive files to my external
drive. When I try to
On Jun 18, 8:29 pm, Scott D. Davilla davi...@4pi.com wrote:
I was wondering if it is possible to mount a fat32 filesystem using
the patchstick. I was thinking it might be better if I could back it
up into a fat partition so that I could then mount that partition in
Windows 7 and back up
On Jun 25, 7:10 pm, Travis Hansen travisghan...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm actually not sure which version the boot.efi is from.
I just checked the md5sum it seems that the boot.efi hasnt changed in
a while.
The 3.0.2 boot.efi comes with the same md5sum as well.
boot.efi has never changed from
I have heard there are different hardware revisions for these. I
can't connect to mine at the moment, but I found this output from a
different post. Can you provide me yours?
Yes, there are at least three flavors of the mini pcie wifi card that
was used inside the AppleTV(1).
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Following the same procedures as my previous post, I can successfully
launch the setup for a Mythbuntu 10.04 LTS installation.
But I think I would like to stick with 11.04.
How do you add debugging to determine where the install is hanging?
Once you kexec out, you are pretty much at the mercy
Is that running the new grub2?
If so, that is not supported by ATV, though there is a patch for it.
You can google for it, I don't know a lot but just went down all this
path and bailed to install XBMC instead.
recovery-1.0.tar.gz supports grub2
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Like the subject says, can I restore my ATV to a factory state w/o a
backup? Has any kind soul put an image out on the net that I could
use? Since my cable provider has upgraded everything to digital, my
myth server has become just about worthless. i now have enough Mac
products that I might
I am attaching the config for your perusal. I would warn you that I
am yet to figure out the reason why I am able to get only 64MB of
the RAM when I use vesafb. If I enable nouveau from staging then I
get to see the entire 256MB of RAM, this is very much unlike the
hardy kernel that I am
Long-term, I think changes to the VBIOS is something that the
atv-bootloader should do instead of adding a quirk to the linux
driver. It should also be copying the VBIOS to the traditional
address as well. I read on the atv-bootlaoder blog that Scott has
hacked the code to do this. I'm trying
Long-term, I think changes to the VBIOS is something that the
atv-bootloader should do instead of adding a quirk to the linux
driver. It should also be copying the VBIOS to the traditional
address as well. I read on the atv-bootlaoder blog that Scott has
hacked the code to do this. I'm trying
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