L4T Ubuntu - A fully featured linux on your switch

De4dm4sterBR · Apr 28, 2019

i'm really really sad i can't even go trough the setup process. Tried everything, but after select the L4T confing on Hekate all i get is a black screen, wich stays forever or reboot to RCM again. if someone manage to fix it, i'll be very greatefull.
Anyway, thank you @bylaws for you work!

bylaws said:
What is your sdcard model

You can ssh in and fix from there

You can do that by tapping the 4 squares in top right and selecting show.

@bylaws

My sd card is a SANDISK ULTRA microSD UHS-I CARD 64GB, wich is white and grey with red letters on the white side and white letters on the grey side.

Deleted User · Apr 28, 2019

So much fun with the switch

Keep up the good work!

DiscostewSM · Apr 28, 2019

Very nice. I have some questions though.

Do you have to have a separate SD card, or can you use the same one used for Horizon but with separate partitions (ext4 for Linux, fat32 for Horizon)? If the latter, can Linux access the fat32 partition? Was wondering if it would be possible to be able to tell each OS (Atmoshere CFW Horizon and Linux) to reboot to the other, where it makes a note of what OS to boot into, then reboots to RCM to autoboot to the selected OS. That way folks wouldn't have to manually go through Hekate to select where to go. I know with the Atmosphere CFW and with the Kosmos Toolbox, you can select from different Kekate profiles on reboot (straight into Hekate, stock Horizon, CFW Horizon, etc). If such a thing could be done with this Linux build, then that would be perfect.

xbmcuser · Apr 28, 2019

Will wine (windows emu) work on here or is that intel only?

pLaYeR^^ · Apr 28, 2019

What’s about battery issues? Will the battery percentage be false when you go back to horizon?

thealgorithm · Apr 28, 2019

As far as I know. hekate per payload boot resets battery controller, so there will be no issue with battery de-sync

The Real Jdbye · Apr 28, 2019

StarGazerTom said:
Gotta love having setup all your software and files, only for kodi to take over once you reboot your computer. Every time I login, it autoboots Kodi.

Awesome. Few hours down the drain there.

I think you can use Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to a terminal. Works in some distros anyway.

Deleted member 457158 · Apr 28, 2019

I was surprised when I put it in the dock that it outputted in 4k on my 4k tv. I was shocked because the Switch usually only outputs in 720p. really interesting.

Xolono · Apr 28, 2019

SvenDeadlySin said:
Hey, you have Twitter or something to DM? I can put together a zip for you to try. I use my switch as a media center basically. So the whole dead screen thing sucks!

Think you could drop one by my way?
I've tried multiple SD cards, and can't get past setup since no on screen keyboard appears

It'd be much appreciated
Xolono69

Shrike · Apr 28, 2019

Super sweet.

Can you use the joycons as mouse, or do you need a additional one?

Can you use the usbc slot (with converter) to use keyboard and mouse?

Thanks in advance

DiscostewSM · Apr 28, 2019

HughNeutron2018 said:
I was surprised when I put it in the dock that it outputted in 4k on my 4k tv. I was shocked because the Switch usually only outputs in 720p. really interesting.

I think the dock's HDMI version is 1.4, which can support 4k, but at max 30 Hz.

bylaws · Apr 28, 2019

DiscostewSM said:
Very nice. I have some questions though.

Do you have to have a separate SD card, or can you use the same one used for Horizon but with separate partitions (ext4 for Linux, fat32 for Horizon)? If the latter, can Linux access the fat32 partition? Was wondering if it would be possible to be able to tell each OS (Atmoshere CFW Horizon and Linux) to reboot to the other, where it makes a note of what OS to boot into, then reboots to RCM to autoboot to the selected OS. That way folks wouldn't have to manually go through Hekate to select where to go. I know with the Atmosphere CFW and with the Kosmos Toolbox, you can select from different Kekate profiles on reboot (straight into Hekate, stock Horizon, CFW Horizon, etc). If such a thing could be done with this Linux build, then that would be perfect.

You can, but it takes some fiddling. You'll need to take the second partition from the image and put it on the second partition you created on the sdcard. Then copy over files from partition 1 in image to partition 1 on sdcard

xbmcuser said:
Will wine (windows emu) work on here or is that intel only?

pLaYeR^^ said:
What’s about battery issues? Will the battery percentage be false when you go back to horizon?

It'll be correct

Shrike said:
Super sweet.

Can you use the joycons as mouse, or do you need a additional one?

Can you use the usbc slot (with converter) to use keyboard and mouse?

Thanks in advance

1.no 2.no but maybe if it's a y cable

TemTW12 · Apr 28, 2019

sorry if this sounds completely stupid but is there going to be a chance of something like this working with another more light weight distro such as Xubuntu?

uyjulian · Apr 28, 2019

TemTW12 said:
sorry if this sounds completely stupid but is there going to be a chance of something like this working with another more light weight distro such as Xubuntu?

Install Xfce and select that desktop environment when logging in.

switshgam0r · Apr 28, 2019

Can I emulate a switch in Ubuntu?

YaYPIXXO · Apr 28, 2019

Woah this is awesome

uyjulian · Apr 28, 2019

switshgam0r said:
Can I emulate a switch in Ubuntu?

Yes, using Yuzu

xbmcuser said:
Will wine (windows emu) work on here or is that intel only?

Intel x86 Win32 programs will work in Wine will work if you use Qemu. However, the speed is not impressive!

Hangover is a project to thunk x86 Win32 programs with native (arm64) code to improve performance. However, compatibility is not as high as with upstream Wine. Its project page can be found here: https://github.com/AndreRH/hangover
Evenicle 2 uses functions that have not been implemented in thunked code, so it currently doesn't run using Hangover.

Xolono · Apr 28, 2019

Not sure if it's my end only, but when using it in the dock, and after changing the resolution, the picture ends looking as if it's been "corrupted"

bylaws · Apr 28, 2019

Xolono said:
Not sure if it's my end only, but when using it in the dock, and after changing the resolution, the picture ends looking as if it's been "corrupted"

Replug hdmi

uyjulian · Apr 28, 2019

Xolono said:
Not sure if it's my end only, but when using it in the dock, and after changing the resolution, the picture ends looking as if it's been "corrupted"

Check your display that it supports 59.9Hz at the resolution you are seeking properly

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