Homebrew Wii U Linux

[kokoski]

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[CompuCat]

@Zhongtiao1 Whoa, seems I missed this! Sorry about that!

linux-wiiu isn't actively being developed right now; we're focusing on a few other projects at the moment. We'll be sure to let you know when new developments come up, though!

 

[Zhongtiao1]

@Zhongtiao1 Whoa, seems I missed this! Sorry about that!

linux-wiiu isn't actively being developed right now; we're focusing on a few other projects at the moment. We'll be sure to let you know when new developments come up, though!

Thanks! I actually used wii u linux as my main pc for a week when my old pc broke (this was before the "next" branch) and it worked well with xfce just a bit slow, but libreoffice worked which was all I needed at the time.

I'm looking forward to hardware acceleration when we can get KDE going!

Thanks for the update!

 

[Gunstorm]

@Zhongtiao1 Whoa, seems I missed this! Sorry about that!

linux-wiiu isn't actively being developed right now; we're focusing on a few other projects at the moment. We'll be sure to let you know when new developments come up, though!

 

[smileyhead]

@Zhongtiao1 Whoa, seems I missed this! Sorry about that!

linux-wiiu isn't actively being developed right now; we're focusing on a few other projects at the moment. We'll be sure to let you know when new developments come up, though!

You didn't say anything.

 

[kokoski]

I have an Ubuntu box that came with my kiosk, it has a bunch of demos and client updates and I had been discussing how to unlock it in another post. I think I've got access. Is any of this unique and can any of this data be of use to this project?

 

[CompuCat]

@smileyhead ? Not sure what you mean by that.

@kokoski Sorry to get back to you so late; I would love to speak further! Could you contact me privately? https://compucat.me/about for contact info.

 

[smileyhead]

Not sure what you mean by that.

By what? Quote posts instead of tagging people.

 

[CompuCat]

I suppose that's the proper way to do things on forums heh, forgive my obsessive nickping habits

Ironically, speaking of quotes, I mis-read your initial quote, ha! I thought you were replying "You didn't say anything" directly to *me*, rather than Gunstorm, heh Sorry about that!

 

[Gunstorm]

I suppose that's the proper way to do things on forums heh, forgive my obsessive nickping habits

Ironically, speaking of quotes, I mis-read your initial quote, ha! I thought you were replying "You didn't say anything" directly to *me*, rather than Gunstorm, heh Sorry about that!

sorry all for that xD i just tryed post a sad emoji with my smartphone but seems not worked xD

 

[Deleted User]

Thanks to the kernel efforts here, the Void Linux PPC userland runs quite nicely on the Wii U! I threw in i3-gaps and Arc-Dark for good measure, but here's hoping SMP and GPU acceleration eventually makes it in.

 

[Gunstorm]

Thanks to the kernel efforts here, the Void Linux PPC userland runs quite nicely on the Wii U! I threw in i3-gaps and Arc-Dark for good measure, but here's hoping SMP and GPU acceleration eventually makes it in.

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Whoa great news

 

[QuarkTheAwesome]

small update for y'all: we've been working away on the rewrite-4.19 branch, which tracks the LTS releases of the kernel - should be supported until Dec 2020.

Right now it supports *most* of the same things the older releases did, except for an attempt at wifi (never worked anyway) and linux-loader's boot.cfg (will be added soon, assuming we don't try something else for a bootloader). There's also a bug that stops USB storage and flash drives from working.

Exciting things include:
- Stable, supported kernel (4.19.60) and not a random -rc
- All USB buses, including the front ports and the internal one the Gamepad is hooked up to (we may have to disable that one)
- Linux actually notices when you hit the power button

 

[HarveyHouston]

This seems very well done; I would like to try it if it won't lock me out of my Wii U. I'm afraid to try Wii U specific homebrew, but if it's confirmed safe, I may give it a go.

After all, the firmware is actually based on Linux, so it makes sense to run Linux on here.

 

[uyjulian]

> the firmware is actually based on Linux
Where did you get that idea from?

 

[HarveyHouston]

Where did you get that idea from?

Nintendo themselves, as well as other places. Here are a few sources regarding Nintendo Consoles and Linux.

Free Open source Software: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/oss/
Switch running BSD: http://nintendotoday.com/nintendo-switch-linux/
Wii U actually uses MULTI, but the game console OS can run and debug embedded Linux: https://ghs.com/products/MULTI_IDE.html
NES Classic runs Linux: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/nintendo-nes-classic-single-board-pc-linux
While the Wii uses IOS, it is suspected to have a Linux kernel (check the file structure for clues!): https://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/IOS

 

[laharl22]

When i load Fw.img with cfw booter and the bootable USB it return to Wii u menu whats wrong?

 

[CompuCat]

@laharl22 What version of HBL are you running? CFW Booter (and all ELF homebrew, for that matter) doesn't boot properly on HBL 2.0

 

[laharl22]

@laharl22 What version of HBL are you running? CFW Booter (and all ELF homebrew, for that matter) doesn't boot properly on HBL 2.0

I have the 2.1 hbl i need to downgrade this?

 

[laharl22]

It work now but how to setup the keyboard in fr on QWERTY im missing for enter the command for refresh the key source