The ATV->OS X conversion worked great the first time. A bit of an overscan problem with my Sony Bravia, but on a regular HDMI monitor you simply cannot tell it's not a real Mac.

Anyway, I was trying to get the wired ethernet going - and it doesn't show in the network config!. Nada. Airport, yes, and it works fine, but no wired connection at all. I haven't run across any other mentions of this problem, so it's got to be something I did to it.

TIA!

Found a clue:

/HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist

Apparently the OS install put something wrong in the prefs for 'en0'. I somehow cannot get to this file (the folder is aliased) on the original aTV drive image. From somebody with both working Airport and hardwire networks, I need you to check the following snippet from the .plist file above:

Code:

		<dict>
			<key>BSD Name</key>
			<string>en0</string>
			<key>IOBuiltin</key>
			<true/>
			<key>IOInterfaceType</key>
			<integer>6</integer>
			<key>IOInterfaceUnit</key>
			<integer>0</integer>
			<key>IOLocation</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>IOMACAddress</key>
			<data>
			ABfy9Trh
			</data>
			<key>IOPathMatch</key>
			<string>IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP01@1C/IOPCI2PCIBridge/PXS1@0/yukonosx/IOEthernetInterface</string>
		</dict>

I have a hunch at least the "IOService:" definition is different. I also suspect that "IOMACAddress" was pulled from the system that did the actual OS build.

Again, thanks!

Never mind. I found the solution in the external USB procedure:

Get ethernet working with PCGenRTL8139Ethernet 1.2.0
1. Download http://www.sendspace.com/file/4i62j1
2. Install per the instructions in the file
(Note: This is needed to get either the built-in Ethernet to work or the Airport. This doesn't break Ethernet support for an Intel Core Duo iMac - not sure about others.)