Homebrew Wii U Linux

[lordelan]

Wow, 4 new pages here? (although one page is PSX off topic stuff haha).

@Billy Acuña: Thanks for those amazing screenshots. I'm so hyped for this project!

lol I had to do a browser exploit and reinstall Haxchi, I don't know what I did but it didn't like me editing Haxchi's pathways

Changing the sd:/haxchi/config.txt does nothing.
For this to be patched in your actual Haxchi game you first need to re-run the installer, just as you did.

 

[LaPingas]

ok so i've successfully installed both xorg and lightdm i think since i could connect with my phone, but not ldxe since i had to go
now when linux is booting it shows for a brief second the login page and after that just a line in the top left like computers and it's stuck there

anybody?
i think i'll just write a clean image again and install everything in one session, i guess it kinda made something to corrupt, highly suspicious though

 

[lordelan]

anybody?
i think i'll just write a clean image again and install everything in one session, i guess it kinda made something to corrupt, highly suspicious though

Did you try starting the xserver from the command line already?

Try startx.

 

[LaPingas]

Did you try starting the xserver from the command line already?

it doesn't even give me the frames to do it (lol this sentence kinda reminds me of a copypasta) ;-; just immediately to the flashing line

 

[lordelan]

it doesn't even give me the frames to do it (lol this sentence kinda reminds me of a copypasta) ;-; just immediately to the flashing line

And on the flashing line you're not able to enter any commands like startx?

 

[LaPingas]

And on the flashing line you're not able to enter any commands like startx?

not at all but now it gave a different results.. same flashing line, pressed a key on the keyboard like always and it gave me some lines. i'll capture it just a sec

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my b wrong image.. wait a sec
edit: now it's fine

 

[lordelan]

not at all but now it gave a different results.. same flashing line, pressed a key on the keyboard like always and it gave me some lines. i'll capture it just a sec

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my b wrong image.. wait a sec
edit: now it's fine

Mmh that looks like the GamePad output although it's your TV/monitor obviously.
Maybe @CompuCat can help you.

Tbh I'd try starting over again. That involves getting fw.img, kernel und rootfs image set up again from the beginning.

 

[LaPingas]

Mmh that looks like the GamePad output although it's your TV/monitor obviously.
Maybe @CompuCat can help you.

Tbh I'd try starting over again. That involves getting fw.img, kernel und rootfs image set up again from the beginning.

yeah that's what i thought to do at first but i think i'll still wait for an answer. it's not that long but tbh i'm more interested to slove this issue without literally starting all over again, for experience & knowledge and also it might happen even after installing gui stuff again

 

[Loller06]

So, actually i was successfull to get a lubuntu ppc img, only thing now is that it doesnt boot with the current boot.cfg, but when i use the custom one, it doesnt boot and hangs on (with usb plugged!). please help me!


[loader]
default=lubuntu

[profile:lubuntu]
name=Lubuntu SID
kernel=sdmc:/linux/dtbImage.wiiu
cmdline=root=/boot/initrd.img rootwait

 

[M7L7NK7]

Changing the sd:/haxchi/config.txt does nothing.
For this to be patched in your actual Haxchi game you first need to re-run the installer, just as you did.

Nah I went in with ftpiiu everywhere and changed it in it's actual folder

 

[kfrfansub]

I'm so hyped by this project. Can someone put a video with the GUI working to see how it looks like plz ?

 

[CompuCat]

@LasPingas, @lordelan: ignore the spinlock recursion message, that's a known bug. It's harmless, just prints out a stack trace on the screen. Linux is still working. EDIT: I might ask you for some debug logs later, we're trying to gather info to solve the bug...

@kfrfansub: I can probably get a quick capture once I've got access to my Wii U again. I'm quite busy nowadays, though, so it might be a bit.

EDIT 2: for clarity, the GamePad shows output from linux-loader before Linux is booted. As soon as Linux boots, the TV will show output from Linux instead.

 

[LaPingas]

@LasPingas, @lordelan: ignore the spinlock recursion message, that's a known bug. It's harmless, just prints out a stack trace on the screen. Linux is still working. EDIT: I might ask you for some debug logs later, we're trying to gather info to solve the bug...

@kfrfansub: I can probably get a quick capture once I've got access to my Wii U again. I'm quite busy nowadays, though, so it might be a bit.

EDIT 2: for clarity, the GamePad shows output from linux-loader before Linux is booted. As soon as Linux boots, the TV will show output from Linux instead.

Well it doesn't let me do anything, I try to click a letter on the keyboard and nothing happens. It only responds when I press shutdown on the console

 

[CompuCat]

hmmm, that's quite odd. Can you take a video of what happens when you get the bug? When it happens, proceed as if none of the bug lines ever occurred (i.e. if it happens in the middle of a line, keep typing the rest of your command and hit Enter like nothing ever happened).

 

[LaPingas]

hmmm, that's quite odd. Can you take a video of what happens when you get the bug? When it happens, proceed as if none of the bug lines ever occurred (i.e. if it happens in the middle of a line, keep typing the rest of your command and hit Enter like nothing ever happened).

I'll try tomorrow morning (10pm here) with my low quality phone back cam I hope it'll be fine

 

[CompuCat]

Just make sure the text is legible. If you have a capture card, please use it-it'll help wonders.

 

[LaPingas]

Just make sure the text is legible. If you have a capture card, please use it-it'll help wonders.

no capture card. the quality is shit but i got a different result this time which basically end with an error so i guess there's more indication to what is wrong now.

 

[CompuCat]

Looks like your root filesystem got corrupted. You'll have to re-image your USB drive and try again.

 

[Loller06]

@CompuCat is it possible to configure boot.cfg for booting a device with an unique uuid?

 

[Loller06]

Actually, i want to share with everyone the .img files for flashing it on usb. They are lubuntu and gentoo for ppc, so compatible with wiiu linux! i have tested them, they doesnt want to start, idk why, but if anyone wants to solve the issues i would really like to know what my mistakes were: gentoo: https://mega.nz/#!5tVxxLSL; lubuntu: https://mega.nz/#!ZxkTBarA