[AppleTV 1] Frustration

Buadhai · 2011-08-18 11:19

I've spent the better part of the last month trying to get the following to work:

SAMBA3: Total Failure

NFS: Total Failure until I installed Lion and then it magically worked

MySQL: Success, but only after hours and hours of trial and error

Postfix: (Not XBMC related, but Lion broke my Postfix installation and I spent most of yesterday getting it running again. I still don't understand why Postfix wants to forward mail intended for my MobileMe email address to the local user "boss". There is no "boss" in any of my Postfix config files.)

So, today is the fist day I'm not going to have to fiddle with stuff. Everything is working. I can sit down and enjoy some videos.

I'm about 15 minutes into my first one when, damn, "buffering"! Why? This is a low bitrate XviD TV show on an N network.

Then all hell breaks loose. XBMC freezes. When I restart the AppleTV it won't connect to the LAN (WiFi). I finally get it to connect, but then XBMC freezes every time I start it. Then the Launcher menu stops working. I try to SSH into the box to look at log files, but:

Code:

bleach:share mnewman$ ssh frontrow@Slurp

frontrow@slurp's password: 

Last login: Thu Aug 18 13:51:57 2011

-bash-2.05b$ top

Error opening terminal: xterm-256color.

and then

Code:

bleach:share mnewman$ ssh frontrow@Slurp

ssh: connect to host Slurp port 22: Host is down

Try to afp and sftp into the box, but no dice. Restarting doesn't help.

I finally figure that the wireless card in the ATV must be hosed so I grab an old Airport Express and connect it up. It works, but everything else is broken. No ssh, no sftp, no afp, no XBMC, no NitoTV, etc.

So, I end up having to do a software restore on the ATV and reinstall everything. So, my afternoon of video watching turned into yet another day of troubleshooting and installing.

I need a vacation. So, next week I'm off to Koh Tao for a few days of diving.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

atari800 · 2011-08-18 13:20

You not using ubuntu on atv1
#1) does things outside of xbmc work? Apple movies trailers?
#2) is it possible to try a wired connection?

If you have a USB stick you could try crystalbuntu which when connected to atv1, boots Linux (and Linux version of xbmc), but I think your problem is network related

Buadhai · 2011-08-18 14:17

I'm sure you're right. It was a network problem. But, even after I connected with a known good Airport Express, almost nothing would work. Somehow the network failure caused enough disk corruption that all it would do is boot into recovery mode.

I've now done a factory restore and jailbreak and reinstall of everything. It's working now. But it's five hours I didn't need taken out of my day.

atari800 · 2011-08-18 18:16

5 hours wasted on XBMC is much better than 5 hours wasted in an emergency room

Buadhai · 2011-08-19 00:17

atari800 Wrote:5 hours wasted on XBMC is much better than 5 hours wasted in an emergency room

I'm sorry, I don't get it.

Now I've got this weird problem. The 'top' command won't run:

Code:

-bash-2.05b$ echo $PATH

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

-bash-2.05b$ ls -la /usr/bin/top

-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  86340 Aug 18 22:31 /usr/bin/top

-bash-2.05b$ top

-bash-2.05b$ type top

top is hashed (/usr/bin/top)

-bash-2.05b$ /usr/bin/top

-bash-2.05b$

**davilla** · 2011-08-19 04:23

sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/top

Buadhai · 2011-08-19 04:31

Thanks. I missed that. I wonder how that setuid bit got set wrong?

atari800 Senior Member Posts: 225 Joined: Apr 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-08-18 18:16 Post: #4 5 hours wasted on XBMC is much better than 5 hours wasted in an emergency room Apple TV1 with Crystal HD on Ubuntu (x4) ATV2 (x1) Apple tv 1 running as a server Ubuntu 12.04 that handles MySQL Database, and all movies content off a powered usb hub and 2x 3Gig USB drives ZyXEL 500Mbps Powerline Ethernet (12.4 MBps)
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davilla Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 10,397 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 58	2011-08-19 04:23 Post: #6 sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/top MediaInfo : http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules.
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Buadhai Senior Member Posts: 238 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: Korat, Thailand	2011-08-19 04:31 Post: #7 Thanks. I missed that. I wonder how that setuid bit got set wrong?
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