2011-06-28, 03:04
Hi guys, I'm very very new to this and have just bought my ATV and jumped in. I've never used Linux or Putty before.
I have done some reading, Jailbroken my ATV (Gen 1) and have now tried to get the software menu onto the ATV by using Cyberduck and following these instructions:
If you already have ssh access:
Download the current version of SoftwareMenu, linked at the top of the page
Extract it. This should give you a folder SoftwareMenu.frappliance.
Put it on your TV (e.g. copy it to your home directory via sftp or Cyberduck)
ssh to your TV and install it to the plugins folder (/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/).
If you have software menu installed >=0.61 you should be able to update it from within softwaremenu
Notes
Updating
from now on, SoftwareMenu will be updatable from within itself.
FixPerm
here is the script for people running TV OS<2.1 & SM<0.73
echo "frontrow" | sudo -S mount -uw /
cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns
sudo chown -R root:wheel SoftwareMenu.frappliance
sudo chmod u+s SoftwareMenu.frappliance/Contents/Resources/installHelper
From here:
http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/SoftwareMenu
Well at the moment it isn't happening. I downloaded the 1.0b2.1 version and extracted it on my WIndows 7 machine. I transferred the SoftwareMenu.frappliance folder over using Cyberduck, then tried to type in and run the FixPerm bit listed above. I typed the whole script in before I hit return. Is that right, first of all? Secondly, after hitting return, it gave me something that said usage: and loads of different usage instructions I think.
Can anyone explain to me where I have gone wrong?
Many thanks!!
I have done some reading, Jailbroken my ATV (Gen 1) and have now tried to get the software menu onto the ATV by using Cyberduck and following these instructions:
If you already have ssh access:
Download the current version of SoftwareMenu, linked at the top of the page
Extract it. This should give you a folder SoftwareMenu.frappliance.
Put it on your TV (e.g. copy it to your home directory via sftp or Cyberduck)
ssh to your TV and install it to the plugins folder (/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Plugins/).
If you have software menu installed >=0.61 you should be able to update it from within softwaremenu
Notes
Updating
from now on, SoftwareMenu will be updatable from within itself.
FixPerm
here is the script for people running TV OS<2.1 & SM<0.73
echo "frontrow" | sudo -S mount -uw /
cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns
sudo chown -R root:wheel SoftwareMenu.frappliance
sudo chmod u+s SoftwareMenu.frappliance/Contents/Resources/installHelper
From here:
http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/SoftwareMenu
Well at the moment it isn't happening. I downloaded the 1.0b2.1 version and extracted it on my WIndows 7 machine. I transferred the SoftwareMenu.frappliance folder over using Cyberduck, then tried to type in and run the FixPerm bit listed above. I typed the whole script in before I hit return. Is that right, first of all? Secondly, after hitting return, it gave me something that said usage: and loads of different usage instructions I think.
Can anyone explain to me where I have gone wrong?
Many thanks!!