the wiiu is apparently based on a custom radeon hd 7000 series gpu. it could be possibe to try modify the opensource drivers to get opengl out of it.
The problem is that, while linux includes drivers for r7xx, they rely on pci, while the wii u card is not on a pci bus.the wiiu is apparently based on a custom radeon hd 7000 series gpu. it could be possibe to try modify the opensource drivers to get opengl out of it.
Make sure the file is in the correct location on the sdcard. If it still doesn't work, you might have a broken sdcard slot/bad contacts.I just can't get linux to start at all. There could be no sd card in the console and the result would be the same.
USB hubs are supportedThat's what I'm getting now:
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My GamePad:
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Edit: What I did is taking the IMG file from page 2 of this thread and writing it with Win32DiskImager to a USB flash drive.
I tried a 4 GB and a 8 GB drive but get the same error every time. I always tried using the back USB ports of the Wii U, as it's written in the readme, that they are the only supported ones (if I got that right).
The kernel and the fw.img are in their right places.
What am I doing wrong?
Alright thx. I'll try to do that today.USB hubs are supported
The problem is likely with the USB image I made, as I said it's untested. I'll try to make another one tomorrow (if you have a linux computer though, you can just format the drive as ext4 and extract the archive to the root of the drive)
I did this in a Ubuntu VM:USB hubs are supported
The problem is likely with the USB image I made, as I said it's untested. I'll try to make another one tomorrow (if you have a linux computer though, you can just format the drive as ext4 and extract the archive to the root of the drive)
by using that command I getBe on Linux. Get a USB (512mb bare minimum) and format it with a single ext4 partition. This will be your rootfs, so make sure it's a decent quality one (speed is important)
Download this archive, we'll call it "debian.tar.xz"
Mount and cd into your new USB.
Run tar -xvpf <path/to/debian.tar.xz>. The p is important, you could skip the v.
tar: Exiting with faulure status due to previous errors
I tried the flash drive that I made in an Ubuntu VM as I wrote above but still am getting the same error message on the Wii U.The problem is likely with the USB image I made, as I said it's untested. I'll try to make another one tomorrow (if you have a linux computer though, you can just format the drive as ext4 and extract the archive to the root of the drive)
You have to run tar as root (sudo tar [...]), otherwise file permissions will will be wrong, and some files won't get extracted at all, since tar cannot create files which are owned by root and have no acces to common users without having root permissions. It's normal that in a linux linufs some files are owned by root; also make sure the files are extracted to the root of the drive.I tried the flash drive that I made in an Ubuntu VM as I wrote above but still am getting the same error message on the Wii U.
I was thinking that if I do that, it would belong to the "root of my VM" and won't be accessable by the "root of Wii U's Linux". But thanks, guess I'll try this again then.You have to run tar as root (sudo tar [...]), otherwise file permissions will will be wrong, and some files won't get extracted at all, since tar cannot create files which are owned by root and have no acces to common users without having root permissions. It's normal that in a linux linufs some files are owned by root; also make sure the files are extracted to the root of the drive.
If I got it working it would be exactly as written in the github readme except you would have to put "sudo " before the tar command:To be honest, I think there should be a video tutorial for this, so it would be much easier for people who aren't experienced with Linux.
sudo tar -xvpf <path/to/debian.tar.xz>
Neither nor.Do I type <path/to/debian.tar.xz> or path/to/debian.tar.xz?
cd /mnt
dir
cd 3*
sudo tar -xvpf /home/itsashleyftw/debianwii-u-03-02-2018.tar.xz
Neither nor.
You'll end up with something like a debian-wiiu-03-02-2018.tar.xz or something like that which most likely should at /home/itsashleyftw/debianwii-u-03-02-2018.tar.xz
So in case you're using Ubuntu in a VM you will attach a flash drive, open the filebrowser, right click on it, chose "format" and format it to EXT4.
Then open a terminal and enter
Thanks to dir you will see what you're flash drive is called. Most likely it will be an endless digit code. Let's assume it starts with a 3, then you enterCode:cd /mnt dir
to get into its folder.Code:cd 3*
Now you enter
or whatever your exact path and file name is.Code:sudo tar -xvpf /home/itsashleyftw/debianwii-u-03-02-2018.tar.xz
Then hit your root pw (for the PegaSwitch VM it is 1111) and wait for it. Done.
Edit: lol, ninja'd, but glad you got it to work that far.
I guess that's it. Dunno if there's a Xserver aka GUI @rw-r-r_0644 ?All right, I think I did it correctly. I entered wiiu login: root and Password: root. What do I do at this screen?
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Have you tried using the command "sudo startx" (without quotation marks) to see if ut does something?All right, I think I did it correctly. I entered wiiu login: root and Password: root. What do I do at this screen?
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I guess that's it. Dunno if there's a Xserver aka GUI @rw-r-r_0644 ?
So you'll end up with a Debian dash. Google for commands you can use.
Have you tried using the command "sudo startx" (without quotation marks) to see if ut does something?
Try su instead.I tried and it says, “sudo: command not found”