[sezb51]

Hello,

I was using xbmc MultiFinder's Boot App in the past but now I only get black screen. The recent changes has been the addition of the BroadcomCrystalHD and the xbmc nightly build.

Here all the information I gathered from my installation:

ATV: 3.0.2
Launcher 3.2.4
XBMC pre-10.5.r28256 (Compiled : Mar 1 2010)
BroadcomCrystalHD: yes

Launcher -> Settings -> MultiFinder enabled -> Toggle MultiFinder's Boot App

Changed MultiFinder's default app to: XBMC
LaunchPath: /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/MacOS/XBMC IRMode: 2


bash-2.05b# pwd
/Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/MacOS
bash-2.05b# ls -la
total 41048
drwxr-xr-x 3 frontrow frontrow 102 Mar 9 20:54 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 frontrow frontrow 204 Mar 9 20:54 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 frontrow frontrow 21016440 Mar 9 20:54 XBMC
bash-2.05b#





-bash-2.05b$ defaults read com.teamxbmc.xbmclauncher
{
XBMCAdditionalDownloadPlistURLs = (
"http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/osx/update_urls.plist",
"http://crystalhd.sartori.at/files/crystalhd.plist"
);
XBMCExpertMode = 1;
}
-bash-2.05b$


So, without autoboot, I need to manually start xbmc from the Finder.

Any idea ?

Btw, may I suggest to have Launcher->About displaying all the basic information like ATV ver, XBMC ver, Broadcom rel, all in a single place ?

Thx!

[davilla]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=521...stcount=44

[sezb51]

Ciao Davilla,

this doesn't seem to be my case since the symlink is already there...


-bash-2.05b$ cd
-bash-2.05b$ cd Applications/
-bash-2.05b$ pwd
/Users/frontrow/Applications
-bash-2.05b$ ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 frontrow frontrow 102 Apr 17 17:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 17 frontrow frontrow 578 Apr 17 19:00 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 frontrow frontrow 102 Mar 9 20:54 XBMC.app
-bash-2.05b$ cd /Applications/
-bash-2.05b$ ls -la
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 136 Mar 9 20:54 .
drwxrwxr-t 26 root admin 986 Apr 17 17:57 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 0 Oct 7 2006 .localized
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 37 Mar 9 20:54 XBMC.app -> /Users/frontrow/Applications/XBMC.app
-bash-2.05b$


I also removed and recreated with frontrow privileges but no luck...


-bash-2.05b$ ls -la
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 136 Apr 17 21:46 .
drwxrwxr-t 26 root admin 986 Apr 17 21:47 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 0 Oct 7 2006 .localized
lrwxr-xr-x 1 frontrow admin 37 Apr 17 21:46 XBMC.app -> /Users/frontrow/Applications/XBMC.app
-bash-2.05b$ cd
-bash-2.05b$ cd Applications/
-bash-2.05b$ ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 frontrow frontrow 102 Apr 17 21:43 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 frontrow frontrow 544 Apr 17 21:45 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 frontrow frontrow 102 Mar 9 20:54 XBMC.app
-bash-2.05b$

Any other suggestion ?

Thx!

[superwoman]

I have the same issue and the exact same symptoms.

Is there some kind of logs somewhere that may indicate why we get a black screen on setting the MultiFinder?

[davilla]

I'm still waiting to see a pastebin of xbmc.log

[sezb51]

Ciao Davilla,

when MultiFinder is activated no xbmc.log is generated.

Rebooting the ATV cause the following sequence:
-black screen for 7 secs
-apple logo for 12 secs
-black screen for 1 sec
-apple logo for 3 secs
-black screen endless

Is there any log that can be provided by the launcher ?

In order to restore a working situation I temporarely rename the XBMC.app folder in XBMC.app2 then a reboot allow me to enter in the Finder and here I can disable the Multifinder....

Thx!

[davilla]

sudo dmesg

[DV3B]

I've been having the same problem

dmesg

[davilla]

I've been having the same problem

dmesg

Bah, no help there.

defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow

[DV3B]

Bah, no help there.

defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow

{
Finder = "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/MultiFinder.app";
autoLoginUser = frontrow;
lastUser = loggedIn;
lastUserName = frontrow;
}

[davilla]

{
Finder = "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/MultiFinder.app";
autoLoginUser = frontrow;
lastUser = loggedIn;
lastUserName = frontrow;
}

and "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/MultiFinder.app" does exist ?

[DV3B]

and "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/MultiFinder.app" does exist ?

Yep

Code:

-bash-2.05b$ ls
English.lproj        compareMD5.sh        setMultiFinderMode.sh
MultiFinder.app        download-icon.png    silver-gears.png
Preview.png        setAutoUpdate.sh

[davilla]

Yep

Code:

-bash-2.05b$ ls
English.lproj        compareMD5.sh        setMultiFinderMode.sh
MultiFinder.app        download-icon.png    silver-gears.png
Preview.png        setAutoUpdate.sh

"open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/MultiFinder.app"

[DV3B]

"open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/MultiFinder.app"

Doesn't seem to do anything still just blank screen

[davilla]

"/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/MultiFinder.app/Contents/MacOS/MultiFinder"

run it directly.