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I have an AppleTV and have 1 final problem that I can's seem to solve.

I posted on Hackingtosh but no replies.


I have kext composite and want color TV instead of BW

setup:
OTB AppleTV 1.0
Update 1.0 -> 3.0 with 2.4 patchstick
SSH access
SCP access
XBMC install (runs fine)
AFP server and client install
turbo kext loaded.

I have a CRT TV and have pluged-in my composite cable in the green component and now have BW image.

I can, from the commandline load the kext and, no surprise , the image turns to color.

HOWEVER.
loading the kext in rc.local or in startupitems does not seem to work.

rc.local: the kext gets loaded but the image is still BW
startupitems: kext does not get loaded.

Does ANYONE have a tip or idea how to load the DAMN kext at start-up all the time?

RC.LOCAL:




StartupItem:


ATV_Colour\ATV_Colour

idioteque Wrote:I have an AppleTV and have 1 final problem that I can's seem to solve.

I posted on Hackingtosh but no replies.


I have kext composite and want color TV instead of BW

setup:
OTB AppleTV 1.0
Update 1.0 -> 3.0 with 2.4 patchstick
SSH access
SCP access
XBMC install (runs fine)
AFP server and client install
turbo kext loaded.

I have a CRT TV and have pluged-in my composite cable in the green component and now have BW image.

I can, from the commandline load the kext and, no surprise , the image turns to color.

HOWEVER.
loading the kext in rc.local or in startupitems does not seem to work.

rc.local: the kext gets loaded but the image is still BW
startupitems: kext does not get loaded.

Does ANYONE have a tip or idea how to load the DAMN kext at start-up all the time?

RC.LOCAL:

Code:

/sbin/turbo_kext_enabler.bin
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IOCDStorageFamily.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IODVDStorageFamily.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/msdosfs.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/AppleSMBIOS.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IOStorageFamily.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/cddafs.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/udf.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/IOHDIXController.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/ntfs.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext
/sbin/kextload -v /kextload /System/Library/Extensions/TVComposite.kext

StartupItem:

Code:

ATV_Colour\StartupParameters.plist

{
Description = "Load Composite Kext";
Provides = ("Composite");
OrderPreference = "First";
}

ATV_Colour\ATV_Colour

Code:

#!/bin/sh
. /etc/rc.common
kextload /System/Library/Extensions/TVComposite.kext

I would try the following in rc.local

Quote:/sbin/kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/TVComposite.kext

davilla Wrote:I would try the following in rc.local

Sorry about that but that was a typo due to the copy pasting of the original rc.local.

I adjusted the rc.local above

idioteque Wrote:Sorry about that but that was a typo due to the copy pasting of the original rc.local.

I adjusted the rc.local above

And ?

not working.

Thanks for the effort but for the lord of all things. I will load but the image stays BW.

If I reload it from the commandline is said kext is already loaded. Weird

If I comment out the line in rc.local and load the kext from the commandline manually the image turns to color as always

Hello,

if you just add "sleep 15" at the beginning of the Startup script, it worked for me. Make sure that the Startup-item is the only component which loads the composite.

That it worked via command line depends when the kernel extension gets loaded I think. So the "sleep" command delays the execution of the script a few seconds (this will not have an impact on your booting since it gets threaded). Not quite beautiful but effective

thank you I will try it out as soon as possible

<off topic> Hi, idioteque, couldn't find an other way to contact you. Would you be so kind to have a look at your post http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=36936?
The files are no longer available, and I (and more) are desperate to use them.