Hacking Wii Linux now with WIFI!

[Beini]

Am I the only one having problems with WIFI not working after a while of inactivity? Or is this a feature?

Using Arch userland if that matters.

After booting I can connect with SSH to the wii just fine and network is ok. But After some time of inactivity I can't connect with ssh anymore. I need to physically run something like "ping google.com" on the wii and after that I can connect to it just fine. Like the wlan would suspend or something

 

[kLiNiKaL]

hey Beini, this doesnt seem to be a userland issue..since i'm using debian and still getting the same problem i thought i was just being a dumb pot head and missing something, i even considered not smoking no more weed tonite, lol now i know am not alone i'll smoke on, maybe i might have a stoner moment and fix the bug

 

[Mangofett]

Does Wii linux support output past 640x480?

 

[Beini]

hey Beini, this doesnt seem to be a userland issue..since i'm using debian and still getting the same problem i thought i was just being a dumb pot head and missing something, i even considered not smoking no more weed tonite, lol now i know am not alone i'll smoke on, maybe i might have a stoner moment and fix the bug

Good to know it's not just me. And that you can smoke more now. I added ping to crontab so it runs every 15 minutes, maybe it works as workaround till it's fixed.

 

[sjones900]

Woot!

I've been looking into installing the latest version of linux available for wii... called Archii.

Check it out here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wii_Tutorial

heres a vid too!

 

[goku21temp]

i now got xwhiite 0.2 running ...

it works with the kernel that came with it but with the new kernel mike3 it oly draws 50x480 in the middle of the tv ...

has anyone a fix for this? which working images do you guys have there ?

can I now, that my sd card is configured just delete everything off the ext partition and just untar another tar.bz (bliight, archii) into it ?

 

[kLiNiKaL]

yeah you can just add files to the ext2 partition on your SD and load from there.

so far i've got openbox, with wicd for wifi and epithany web browser....i'm searching for a more lightweight option, although the new 3.5.2 firefox supports open video with no need for external flash plug-in which may prove to be the cleanest option.

either way i'll have something to show for my efforts tomorrow. as am going to watch SummerSlam...and if your not down with that i got 2 words for ya!!!!

 

[goku21temp]

Ok,

i´ve ran into problems ,

with xwhiite 0.2 it only rendered a small stripe in the middle of the screen.

with archii i couldn´t get network up and running

now installing bliight , then to bed ...

 

[pm_41]

Now we need a how-to!

 

[nIxx]

It's really not that difficult (well if you actually use Linux).
You can just extract any of these (http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Linux) distros to the root of your ext3 partition. How you create the partitions and so is explained here http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/WL:whiite-linux it's always the same except of the fs package you use then you copy this (http://sharebee.com/ea20b8c8) files on the SD Card these are the libs and the wifi firmware.
For the firmware follow this http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/WL:Wifi_Confi..._firmware_files (don't forget the configuration) and the rest of the files are all installed with dpkg -i and then restart if everything is right you should see a message that wlan was activated while starting linux.

PS: Well i would just wait until everything is really finished

 

[Midnightzak]

You know its awesome when I know this is an epic achievement yet have no idea how to use it... I really need to mess around with Linux someday...

 

[computerboy]

Ok,

i´ve ran into problems ,

with xwhiite 0.2 it only rendered a small stripe in the middle of the screen.

with archii i couldn´t get network up and running

now installing bliight , then to bed ...

I have exactly the same problem and still haven't figured it out

. I bet it's something simple

 

[goku21temp]

It's really not that difficult (well if you actually use Linux).
You can just extract any of these (http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Linux) distros to the root of your ext3 partition. How you create the partitions and so is explained here http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/WL:whiite-linux it's always the same except of the fs package you use then you copy this (http://sharebee.com/ea20b8c8) files on the SD Card these are the libs and the wifi firmware.
For the firmware follow this http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/WL:Wifi_Confi..._firmware_files (don't forget the configuration) and the rest of the files are all installed with dpkg -i and then restart if everything is right you should see a message that wlan was activated while starting linux.

PS: Well i would just wait until everything is really finished

#thats epic ... gonna try this... thanx

 

[fishears]

I'm stuck! I didn't think I was a dick but maybe I was wrong...
Can someone please point me in the right direction? I've got a fat32 part with hbc, mike, bootmii etc and an ext3 part with xwhiite0.2 fs... If I launch the old 2.6.27b elf it boots xwhiite just dandy but if I boot the mike elf from bootmii I get this:

mmcblk0p2 is where the root fs is but do i really need to tell the kernel that?
PS I'm not a complete n00b, I've been running linux for over a year

 

[computerboy]

I had the same thing when I forgot the ext partition then made an ext partition on 2nd partition (the first one being fat32)

 

[fishears]

Thanks for the reply but I definitely have an ext3 partition:

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdd: 3999 MB, 3999268864 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 486 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00041d2b

ÂÂ Device BootÂÂÂÂÂÂStartÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ EndÂÂÂÂÂÂBlocksÂÂ IdÂÂSystem
/dev/sdd1ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 3ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 225ÂÂÂÂ 1791247+ÂÂ bÂÂW95 FAT32
/dev/sdd2ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 226ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 486ÂÂÂÂ 2096482+ÂÂ83ÂÂLinux

 

[goku21temp]

Thanks for the reply but I definitely have an ext3 partition:

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdd: 3999 MB, 3999268864 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 486 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00041d2b

ÂÂ Device BootÂÂÂÂÂÂStartÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ EndÂÂÂÂÂÂBlocksÂÂ IdÂÂSystem
/dev/sdd1ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 3ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 225ÂÂÂÂ 1791247+ÂÂ bÂÂW95 FAT32
/dev/sdd2ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 226ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 486ÂÂÂÂ 2096482+ÂÂ83ÂÂLinux

from gc-linux wiki, don´t know if that helps :

Root device name changes

The same MIKE p1 binary can run under mini and under IOS. However, if you plan to run MIKE p1 under IOS you need to make sure that the kernel command line is modified to reflect the proper root device, as the name is different in each case:
Environment Root Device
mini /dev/mmcblk0p2
IOS /dev/rvlsda2


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ok i´ve tried now mikep1 and p2 and as it seems it always only renders a small stripe of the desktop when started from mini ... the ios-kernel boots up fine and shows full desktop...

 

[fishears]

Thank you. "Where's the kernel command line?" is the next question, since we're not using grub or lilo I'm clueless. Also, why isn't anyone else having the same problem?

 

[Screemer]

maybe it's a dump question but it would still be interesting to know:

Does Wii linux support output past 640x480?

 

[goku21temp]

Thank you. "Where's the kernel command line?" is the next question, since we're not using grub or lilo I'm clueless. Also, why isn't anyone else having the same problem?

i dont know either ...

i grabbed my tarball from here http://www.tehskeen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9777 (the first link works)

but as i stated it won´t help you much because it only renders a few lines horizontal when started from mini , and then you can´t see the desktop.

sucks ...