Hacking Wii Linux now with WIFI!

[Screemer]

have fun: http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/MINI:KernelPreviewThree

 

[Bninja1v]

Sounds Awesome.

 

[piratesmack]

hell yeah!. gonna try to install slackintosh on my wii now

 

[speendash]

Awesome !

so thats mean if my wii is conect to the net by wifi i can now use net with linux , right ?

and for flash application? firefox can be instal ?

what about wallpaper for desktop ?

sorry to many question ^^ maybe there is a FAQ ?

 

[computerboy]

I don't think Firefox works with that amount of RAM (64 mb I think)

 

[Midnightzak]

Can someone give a run down of what this will actually allow the general user to do? What linux applications that are worth having will be capable of running on the Wii using this?

I apologize ahead of time as I am less than a Linux novice, and thanks for any details you can post!

 

[fishears]

This is a REAL breakthrough. Well done & thank you to all involved!

 

[emupaul]

would be cool if it ran quickly, maybe one day it will.

 

[UranusKiller]

Nintendo GameCube
IBM PowerPC, 486 MHz
ATI graphics
24+16 MB of RAM
8 cm optical drive
(optional) 10/100 Ethernet
Nintendo Wii
IBM PowerPC, 729 MHz
ARM SoC
ATI graphics
24+64 MB of RAM
12 cm optical drive
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
USB
As they are "computers" with decent RAM and a good CPU, it makes sense to port Linux to these platforms.
Linux can be used:
to use a GameCube/Wii as a thin client
to use a GameCube/Wii as a multimedia terminal
to use a GameCube/Wii as a tiny PowerPC-based server
as a runtime environment for homebrew development
The GameCube Linux Project is in constant development. You are welcome to contribute!

 

[fishears]

Can't find root device mmcblk0p2.... What did I do wrong? I'm booting from mini....

Scratch that. I'm being a dork. I had it on the wrong SD card (not partitioned for Linux)

 

[emupaul]

could we mod probe dvd drives connected to the usb ports?

 

[kLiNiKaL]

holy shizzle

this is by far the most interesting thing to happen to the wii in weeks

time to go play

 

[WiiThoko]

Been waiting for this since I first found out about Wii Linux

 

[chA1nBull3t]

Oh god I've been waiting so long for this. Can't wait to play around with this!

 

[s3phir0th115]

I'm glad to see that people are actually taking advantage of bootmii's lower level code.

Perhaps there will be a version of Gentoo created for the Wii, much like there is for the Xbox 1. (Well, Xbox360 too, but it's extremely annoying to get running.)

 

[muzz]

I believe the bliight linux image is gentoo based

 

[WiiThoko]

I can't get it to work. It hangs at some sonics ssid thing (can't remember exactly what it was)

 

[Justin121994]

Can someone post a video of it running please???? Or a tutorial on how to get it running.

 

[kLiNiKaL]

i now have full flash running using a light weight gecko browser...

am still playing and adding repo's etv.. but am really getting into this am gonna try and see if i can remaster something useful for linux newbies

 

[muzz]

Easy: http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/WL:Wifi_Configuration

If you need help with setting up an running environment here is the easiest method for those not wanting to search and learn more:

http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/WL:whiite-linux-installer

@wiiThoko

Make sure you're trying to get wifi under mini not IOS

Extra features of MIKE p3 when running under mini (vs IOS)

* EHCI (USB 2.0) is supported
* Increased I/O bandwidth for SDHC, USB 1.x and USB 2.0
* Additional 11 MB of RAM are available
* Internal WLAN is supported