Success. I ended up reinstalling after doing a factory restore to set the display resolution to 720p Being able to modify the images in the staging directory used by atv usb creator saved me!
Thanks. On Oct 12, 8:49 pm, "Scott D. Davilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm half way through an Ubuntu 7.10 install on the internal HD. When > >booting, I can't get past the splash screen, and ctrl-alt-f1 changes > >the screen to something else, but it's so distorted that I can't read > >anything on the screen. I'm fairly confident that installing the > >nvidia drivers will get me past this, but I am unable to access the > >device to make changes. atv-bootloader is installed on the internal > >HD, as well as my ubuntu install, probably not the best setup for this > >kind of experiment, but, oh well. > > >How can I modify a patchstick (created by ATV USB creator) to go > >directly to the login prompt instead of scanning for a bootable > >device? > > >I'm on OSX 10.5, and I don't have a working linux install anywhere. I > >could run a machine from the livecd, or install if really necessary. > >Last resort for me would be to open the atv to connect the drive to > >another machine and delete the ubuntu partition and start over. > > edit com.Boot.apple.plist > > change atv_boot to "atv_boot=none" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
