L4T Ubuntu
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Intro
L4T Ubuntu is a version of Linux based on nvidia's linux for tegra project. It uses a different kernel compared to previous releases which allows it to use features not yet in mainline. Such as audio, docking support and vulkan.

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We have a wiki !
To facilitate our work we will only update our wiki from now on in order to avoid multiple outdated references, please refer to the following link instead of this page
https://wiki.switchroot.org/en/Linux/Ubuntu-Install-Guide

Credits
Bylaws,
Langerhans,
Ave,
Natinusala,
CTCaer(most of the hard stuff),
Gavin_Darkglider,
DanielOgorchock(Joycon drivers/joycond),
stary2001 (reboot2payload),
NVIDIA,
Azkali
Everyone else in switchroot - more info on that in the future.

 

[BruhBoy]

(Sorry I just don't have time to look through the 86 pages) did anyone figure out Minecraft?

 

[Mouser X]

(Sorry I just don't have time to look through the 86 pages) did anyone figure out Minecraft?

I don't recall seeing anything definitive being posted. You'd probably be better off asking in the L4T installs thread (check the OP here for the link), though I don't recall anything being posted there either.

 

[Gavin_Darkglider]

From what I have read java is a bit of a pain on arm64, and has been causing issues with some things. I am still trying to work out my issues with libEGL, and gles linker issues on gentoo l4t build, so I havnt really messed with it yet. Then again minecraft is not a priority to me in any way.

 

[BruhBoy]

Dolphin detects the gamecube adaptor but it is not detecting inputs from my GameCube controller. Has anyone else ran into this problem?

 

[BruhBoy]

Dolphin detects the gamecube adaptor but it is not detecting inputs from my GameCube controller. Has anyone else ran into this problem?

I got it to work, nevermind

 

[Gameboyandwatch]

This was with the very first Linux version that came out, it doesn't happen anymore now. Only thing it derps up is the time but that'll correct itself again once you boot back into Horizon OS since it grabs that over the internet.

What is Horizon OS?

 

[globalc]

What is Horizon OS?

The system from Nintendo starting up on a normally started Nintendo switch.

 

[Shadow_The_Hedgehog82]

It is worse in the failoverfl0w build. Most people just didnt notice it, because broken linux wasnt useful to most people. l4t changes this, and makes it a viable platform.

Nah it worked way better for me in the old builds I actually used it fairly often. with l4t my touches go nowhere near where I press on the screen, I also tried recalibrating but it didn't help. I can barely use the keyboard as my presses just go way off

 

[Gavin_Darkglider]

Nah it worked way better for me in the old builds I actually used it fairly often. with l4t my touches go nowhere near where I press on the screen, I also tried recalibrating but it didn't help. I can barely use the keyboard as my presses just go way off

You are wrong. With my gentoo build, and l4t the touch screen works almost perfect. There is one change to the dts that needs to be reverted that shrinks the touchscreen resolution a few pixels, which make the upper edges a little hard to do(Hitting close window button). But that is easy to fix, and will be fixed when I am ready for a release.

That being said, I just owned GLES and GLES v2, so that now makes OpenGL, GLESv1/v2 and Vulkan. on to CUDA. Which is harder, as it requires cuda-toolkit arm64, which is only released with jetpack.

 

[MrSilverstone]

You are wrong. With my gentoo build, and l4t the touch screen works almost perfect. There is one change to the dts that needs to be reverted that shrinks the touchscreen resolution a few pixels, which make the upper edges a little hard to do(Hitting close window button). But that is easy to fix, and will be fixed when I am ready for a release.

That being said, I just owned GLES and GLES v2, so that now makes OpenGL, GLESv1/v2 and Vulkan. on to CUDA. Which is harder, as it requires cuda-toolkit arm64, which is only released with jetpack.

I can't post link as I am a new user, but look for "cuda-repo-l4t-9-0-local_9.0.252-1_arm64.deb" on google.

It's pretty easy to extract download links from Jetpack (cudnn and others).
I successfuly managed to build opencv with cuda support. I am working as an AR/MR developer. It's pretty cool to use the switch as if it was a nvidia jetson. I m able to run a mofidied GPU version of ORB slam. I just wish it had USB OTG suppport, so I could plugin a webcam on the go.

 

[Gavin_Darkglider]

I can't post link as I am a new user, but look for "cuda-repo-l4t-9-0-local_9.0.252-1_arm64.deb" on google.

It's pretty easy to extract download links from Jetpack (cudnn and others).
I successfuly managed to build opencv with cuda support. I am working as an AR/MR developer. It's pretty cool to use the switch as if it was a nvidia jetson. I m able to run a mofidied GPU version of ORB slam. I just wish it had USB OTG suppport, so I could plugin a webcam on the go.

I arleady downloaded the deb files, but I am trying to create a repository of gentoo package ebuilds, so people can start from scratch, and get a working build. that is harder than extracting the deb files. Also in gentoo you have to install the headers or nothing you build wil know how to use it. it is slow work, but getting there.

 

[ZeroFX]

Switchroot posted this on twitter, for people that dont use it:
Failed to fetch tweet https://twitter.com/switchroot_org/status/1140278584638103554

 

[Qubarf]

Then why isn't he releasing it already. Just fix the issues as they come up
(kidding )

 

[M7L7NK7]

How are the GameCube emulators on Android compared to Linux?

 

[Gameboyandwatch]

I'm trying to download some stuff but after just a few MBs are downloaded my WiFi stops working. This isn't my router, because I'm posting this from my computer, which is working fine. It's just my switch. It worked fine on my hotspot but that was awfully slow. Is there something I did wrong? It worked fine earlier but now it's not.

 

[Qubarf]

I'm trying to download some stuff but after just a few MBs are downloaded my WiFi stops working. This isn't my router, because I'm posting this from my computer, which is working fine. It's just my switch. It worked fine on my hotspot but that was awfully slow. Is there something I did wrong? It worked fine earlier but now it's not.

Go to terminal and paste this whenever that happens, should fix it:

sudo service network-manager restart​

 

[Gameboyandwatch]

Go to terminal and paste this whenever that happens, should fix it:

sudo service network-manager restart​

Still not working. Infact my Chromium download didn't even start downloading until I opened a webpage. It got to about 1.8 MBs then the download speed slowly dropped until it reached 0B and came to a standstill.

 

[EpicLPer]

Switchroot posted this on twitter, for people that dont use it:
https://twitter.com/switchroot_org/status/1140278584638103554

I really hope SwitchRoot won't become the next Smea of the Switch community... We all know how long that took back in the Wii U days...

 

[Qubarf]

who's smea

 

[Refriger8tor]

who's smea

Smealum, a dev who I only knew for his 3DS stuff