Wii Linux (XWhiite 0.2) with working WiFi tutorial

hojnikb · Mar 11, 2010

Could somebody post a working version of Fuse for Etch ?
Becouse i just can't start it properly and thus no NTFS support for me.
Can ntfs r/w support could be enabled in some other way (maybe if someone recompiles the MIKE kernel with ntfs included)

hojnikb · Mar 18, 2010

fishears said:
Here's the "cube" driver compiled for Lenny if anyone wants it. Just extract to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ after you've upgraded X but before you startx

I've not done a full dist image yet because I forgot to remove all the build stuff so it's massive.... Gnash plugin confirmed working with Iceweasel in Lenny
If anyone wants a basic dist image of this then I might pursue it, otherwise I'm going to get on with putting the apps I want on there.

Could you post your tarball of your linux distro ?
i just cant get x to work ... and i dont want etch ether...

Thx

freddofrog · Mar 19, 2010

fishears said:
Here's the "cube" driver compiled for Lenny if anyone wants it. Just extract to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ after you've upgraded X but before you startx

I've not done a full dist image yet because I forgot to remove all the build stuff so it's massive.... Gnash plugin confirmed working with Iceweasel in Lenny
If anyone wants a basic dist image of this then I might pursue it, otherwise I'm going to get on with putting the apps I want on there.

If its at all possible to post an image that'd be great I'm just going round in circles its doin my head in!

hojnikb · Mar 19, 2010

freddofrog said:
fishears said:

Here's the "cube" driver compiled for Lenny if anyone wants it. Just extract to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ after you've upgraded X but before you startx

I've not done a full dist image yet because I forgot to remove all the build stuff so it's massive.... Gnash plugin confirmed working with Iceweasel in Lenny
If anyone wants a basic dist image of this then I might pursue it, otherwise I'm going to get on with putting the apps I want on there.

Click to expand...

If its at all possible to post an image that'd be great I'm just going round in circles its doin my head in!

Yeah, like i said.If possible upload your tarball somewhere.

hojnikb · Mar 23, 2010

Anyone ?

geegee · Mar 24, 2010

hojnikb said:
Anyone ?

I guess not?

hojnikb · Mar 25, 2010

Now i've managed to somehow run debian etch with x running! Running LXDE fine but i dont know how do i set up wiimote as mouse.I did installed cwiid and configured it for ir sensor but it seems that sensor bar is not working at all.... Is there anyway to fix this so it will work like in xwhiite 0.2 ?

snikerz · Mar 25, 2010

You need to enable the sensor bar through starlet-gpio:

http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/WL:starlet-gpio

hojnikb · Mar 25, 2010

Great, ill give it a try.
If it works then i just have to figure out how to enable all this on startup..

hojnikb · Mar 26, 2010

When i've enabled sensor bar via gpio the "mouse" works now.But i dont know how to make this work automatilly upon boot.Anyone knows how to do this ?

fishears · Mar 29, 2010

sorry guys - been busy with other stuff
when i first got it working i offered to tar it but there were no takers - now i have all my apps and personal stuff on there...
here's how to compile your own copy of the X driver under any distro:

First, after you've upgraded, make sure you're in the terminal (you should be anyway cos X won't start)
Enter the following

Code:

apt-get install cvs
cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/gc-linux loginÂÂÂÂÂÂ
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/gc-linux co -P xf86-video-cube

That will have installed CVS and got you the latest source of Nuvalo's driver. Then get the build requirements (you might have to install gcc as well):

Code:

apt-get install module-init-tools pkg-config xserver-xorg-dev x11proto-randr-dev libxrandr-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-fonts-dev

Now, if you're happy with the standard 640x480 screen mode you can skip editing and go straight to compiling (below). If you want to be able to enter ANY values for width/height to make the display fit your screen better then you need to edit the /xf86-video-cube/src/cube_driver.c
I used nano to do this.

Code:

cd xf86-video-cube/src/
nano cube_driver.c

At line 951, "return false", change to "match = TRUE" as indicated below:

Code:

if (width == 640 && ((height == 480)||(height == 576)))
ÂÂ{
ÂÂÂÂmatch = TRUE;
ÂÂ}

ÂÂif (!match)
ÂÂ{
ÂÂÂÂxf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ "Selected width = %d and height = %d is not supported by cube/wii
\n", width, height);
ÂÂÂÂ//first we allow the Xorg to start up no matter what resolution is given...
ÂÂÂÂmatch=TRUE; //* THIS IS THE CHANGE (used to read "return false;" )

ÂÂ}

Then right near the end of the file (lines starting from 1162 -> 1170)

Code:

static void
CUBERefreshAll(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
{
ÂÂBoxRec box;
ÂÂbox.x1 = 0;
ÂÂbox.x2 = pScrn->currentMode->HDisplay; //* CHANGE THIS!
ÂÂbox.y1 = 0;
ÂÂbox.y2 = pScrn->currentMode->VDisplay; //* CHANGE THIS!
ÂÂCUBERefreshArea(pScrn, 1, &box);
}

After this, compile the driver:

Code:

cd ..
./configure && make && make install

The driver installs itself to wrong location, so:

Code:

cp /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/cube_driver.* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/

Then just edit your xorg.conf (if you need to). I use these settings to get fullscreen on my 32" 16:9 LCD - 640x460 works well for me:

Code:

Modeline "pal_50" 23.72 640 656 720 800 460 577 580 593 -HSync +Vsync

That should be that. startx...

credit goes to Wiibewfan4 for his findings - i've fixed some errors in the original...

hojnikb · Mar 29, 2010

Great, too bad you can't post your tarball, guess i was too late ;(. I'm still having trouble getting NTFS to work as some modules in /lib/modules are missing and i dont know how to compile them from 2.6.32 kernel.
If anyone knows how to setup ntfs correctly, write here

I want to use it as a torrentbox with my external hdd but i dont want to format it to something else just becouse this kernel cant support ntfs.FAT32 would be ok without 4gb limit

hojnikb · Mar 29, 2010

Maybe if someone could put ntfs into mike 5p kernel, that would be great ...

freddofrog · Mar 29, 2010

Thanks for the detailed instructions fishears great stuff!

I just have one problem at the moment tho. When upgrading to lenny i lose power to the usb keyboard about halfway thru while restarting services. I just have to press enter but can't do it! Any ideas?

fishears · Mar 29, 2010

freddofrog said:
Thanks for the detailed instructions fishears great stuff!

I just have one problem at the moment tho. When upgrading to lenny i lose power to the usb keyboard about halfway thru while restarting services. I just have to press enter but can't do it! Any ideas?

I had that one time with my wireless KB - I used a wired KB the next time.
When I upgraded I first changed the dist name in sources-list to "lenny" from "etch". Then did an update followed by an upgrade. Then I did a dist-upgrade. Pretty sure that's the sequence I used and I was able to use the KB all the way through. HTH

edit: I just remembered, I sometimes have lost the KB when in X and to get around this I call up the OSK using the wiimote/mouse... the USB KB always comes back on reboot

hojnikb · Mar 29, 2010

Is there a gui app for debian that could run a command at startup or something like Startup folder in Windows ?
I just dont like messing around with txt files... I want my gpio sensor bar to be up and wiimote driver working... It works manually but i need mouse and keyboard to do it ... ;(

hojnikb · Mar 29, 2010

Now i was able to startup Sensor bar with some tuturial but wminput is not so happy; when it starts it says that bluetooth is not available, soo i have to somehow figure out how to start this command after the bluetooth initializes... but i atleast sensor bar is working ....

fishears · Mar 29, 2010

hojnikb said:
Now i was able to startup Sensor bar with some tuturial but wminput is not so happy; when it starts it says that bluetooth is not available, soo i have to somehow figure out how to start this command after the bluetooth initializes... but i atleast sensor bar is working ....

Keep trying. Whatever you find will be useful to us all!

hojnikb · Mar 31, 2010

Now i kinda managed to get wiimote working automaticlly, which is great.
But still messing around with fuse and ntfs.Damn that sux.

freddofrog · Apr 2, 2010

Big thanks to you fishears I have upgraded to lenny and have xfce running. Took a while! But now I have a strange problem. When trying to run apps (iceweasel vlc etc) I'm getting segmentation fault error every time. Guess due to memory problems. Any ideas how to fix this?

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