[vamos dan]

Hi guys, last night i bought me an ATV2

i was up until 2am trying to sort the damn thing out so i could run XBMC on it

i think....think....i successfully jailbroke it, and then i get to the part of trying to put XBMC onto it.

I had the ATV2 plugged in via mini usb cable to my iMac, opened terminal and following the hot to guide i typed in the following:

Daniel-Mayess-iMac:~ mayes_sufc$ ssh [email protected]
ssh: Could not resolve hostname YOUR.APPLE.TV.IP: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Daniel-Mayess-iMac:~ mayes_sufc$ ssh [email protected]S
ssh: Could not resolve hostname YOUR.APPLE.TV.IP.ADDRESS: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Daniel-Mayess-iMac:~ mayes_sufc$ [email protected]
-bash: [email protected]: command not found

Daniel-Mayess-iMac:~ mayes_sufc$ ssh root@YOURIPADDRESS
ssh: Could not resolve hostname YOURIPADDRESS: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Daniel-Mayess-iMac:~ mayes_sufc$

as you can see, all kept coming back with Could not resolve hostname nodename nor servname provided, or not known

What iam i doing wrong!? Please advise, its driving me crazy

[stevellion]

You don't want it plugged into USB - you need to connect via the network, either Wi-Fi or Cable.

Turn it on, plugged into the HDMI of your TV.

Plug in network cable, or configure Wi-Fi via the Apple-TV remote.

On your ATV, go into settings, Network and look up what the IP Address is.
(for example 192.168.1.84)

Then, on your mac - also on the same network,
type ssh 192.168.1.84

obviously, 192.168.1.84 = "Your Apple TV's IP Address", that you saw in the Network setup screen.

Gottit?

[Defbref]

Just to be absolutely clear you are using your actual ip address of the ATV when you try (in the form 192.168.0.1) and aren't literally typing ssh [email protected]?

From your error messages, it seems like your just literally typing 'YOURIPADDRESS'

You can look up your ip address of your ATV in the settings of it. If you have been using the actual address, then I apologise, but it probably means your jailbreak hasn't been successful.

[vamos dan]

Just to be absolutely clear you are using your actual ip address of the ATV when you try (in the form 192.168.0.1) and aren't literally typing ssh [email protected]?

From your error messages, it seems like your just literally typing 'YOURIPADDRESS'

You can look up your ip address of your ATV in the settings of it. If you have been using the actual address, then I apologise, but it probably means your jailbreak hasn't been successful.

Nope you are correct, i have been usinf the actual term YOUR.APPLE.TV.IP! DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *face palm*

and i had it connected to the mac via usb , i didnt have it connected to the tv or network (hence i couldnt find a way to find my IP address anyways)

Well fingers crossed i should now be able to sort it, i'll give it a crack at lunch thank you for clarifying for me !

PS how can i tell physically if the jailbreak was successful? should something change on the dash of the ATV2 when its connected to the tv? because it looked identical after the jailbreak??

Thanks again

[stevellion]

Yep - I figured you go "DOH" once you realised.

So, once you're on, presuming you used Seas0nPass, it's then very easy.
(And you're on AppleTV 4.3)
If you have 4.4.? - then look for a thread marked "ATV2, iOS 4.4.1, XBMC Update" - and read through that.

If 4.3, follow instructions as below.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
wget http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin...r-atv2.deb
dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb
rm xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb

That's it - just copy/paste each of the lines above, hit return each time.
You shouldn't get any errors.. if you do, stop.

Then, it should just work.. woo-hoo.

[vamos dan]

Yep - I figured you go "DOH" once you realised.

So, once you're on, presuming you used Seas0nPass, it's then very easy.
(And you're on AppleTV 4.3)
If you have 4.4.? - then look for a thread marked "ATV2, iOS 4.4.1, XBMC Update" - and read through that.

If 4.3, follow instructions as below.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
wget http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin...r-atv2.deb
dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb
rm xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb

That's it - just copy/paste each of the lines above, hit return each time.
You shouldn't get any errors.. if you do, stop.

Then, it should just work.. woo-hoo.

Hi Steve, on settings on ATV2 its showing as 4.3 , is it best to stay on this for a while

How annoying that i spent hours stressing last night because i couldnt get the poxy thing to work only to realise now it was a stupid stupid mistake on my part lol i remember doing an exact same thing last year when setting up popcorn hour, only i spent days and days till i realised what i'd done lol

fingers crossed it will now be plain sailing!

[vamos dan]

cheers steve! worked like a charm! thank you very much!!!!

now iv got xbmc on there what else is good to do?

[Memphiz]

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBM...ng_XBMC.3F

[Baggies]

I've tried installing but get this error when I do the dpkg command:


Apple-TV:~ root# dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb
(Reading database ... 3186 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 10.0-9 (using xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.awkwardtv.whitelist; however:
Package org.awkwardtv.whitelist is not installed.
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock; however:
Package org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock is not installed.
dpkg: error processing org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2


Any thoughts?

[Memphiz]

I've tried installing but get this error when I do the dpkg command:


Apple-TV:~ root# dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb
(Reading database ... 3186 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 10.0-9 (using xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.awkwardtv.whitelist; however:
Package org.awkwardtv.whitelist is not installed.
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 depends on org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock; however:
Package org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock is not installed.
dpkg: error processing org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2


Any thoughts?

Did you follow http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Ins...MC_on_ATV2

I mean did you install the cydia build at least once before going to the nightlys? My guess is no ...

[Baggies]

Did you follow http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Ins...MC_on_ATV2

I mean did you install the cydia build at least once before going to the nightlys? My guess is no ...

No. I followed another link on this forum. Will try the procedure in the wiki.

[mr donz]

I mean did you install the cydia build at least once before going to the nightlys? My guess is no ...[/quote]

I have successfully installed the cydia build, but am getting this error when trying to complete step 5 of the nighties install

Apple-TV:~ root# dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4
dpkg-deb: `xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4 (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4

[Dixon Butz]

I mean did you install the cydia build at least once before going to the nightlys? My guess is no ...

I have successfully installed the cydia build, but am getting this error when trying to complete step 5 of the nighties install

Apple-TV:~ root# dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4
dpkg-deb: `xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4 (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4[/quote]

drop the meta4

Should look like this:

dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb

[Ned Scott]

I mean did you install the cydia build at least once before going to the nightlys? My guess is no ...

I have successfully installed the cydia build, but am getting this error when trying to complete step 5 of the nighties install

Apple-TV:~ root# dpkg -i xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4
dpkg-deb: `xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4 (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb.meta4

The file you download should end in .deb, not .meta4

Try redoing the nightly steps again. Maybe some file had gotten uploaded by mistake from the build bot. Use:

Code:

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/atv2/xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb

[mr donz]

The file you download should end in .deb, not .meta4

Try redoing the nightly steps again. Maybe some file had gotten uploaded by mistake from the build bot. Use:

Code:

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/darwin/atv2/xbmc-20111025-cfa1a05-master-atv2.deb

awesome. worked. redid nightly steps using suggested url above, removing the meta4 from the file name. thanks guys!