Homebrew Wii U Linux

[ItsAshleyFTW]

Try su instead.

I tried “su startx” and it says, “No passwd entry for user ‘startx’”

 

[lordelan]

I tried “su startx” and it says, “No passwd entry for user ‘startx’”

Ah of course. Su is "switch user".
Try "su root" and hit "root" as pw.

 

[ItsAshleyFTW]

Ah of course. Su is "switch user".
Try "su root" and hit "root" as pw.

I’m already signed in to “root.”

 

[lordelan]

I’m already signed in to “root.”

Then just "startx"

 

[ItsAshleyFTW]

Then just "startx"

It says, “startx:command not found”

 

[Deleted-351540]

It says, “startx:command not found”

That would be because X isn't installed. I read on Reddit that the GUI doesn't work. Your stuck at a command line, which is where your at. Congrats.

 

[ItsAshleyFTW]

That would be because X isn't installed. I read on Reddit that the GUI doesn't work. Your stuck at a command line, which is where your at. Congrats.

I hope they release a GUI soon.

 

[lordelan]

For anyone interested:
Here's a small zip that you just need to extract to your SD root.
It's a variation of the CFW Booter from wiiubru
@pwsincd I also submitted that via the form on your wiiubru appstore. Dunno if that's alright. I found it useful.

That would be because X isn't installed. I read on Reddit that the GUI doesn't work. Your stuck at a command line, which is where your at. Congrats.

That's what I was afraid of.
Could you point me to that reddit post nonetheless? They seem to be more active than we are here.

 

[Deleted-351540]

That's what I was afraid of.
Could you point me to that reddit post nonetheless? They seem to be more active than we are here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WiiUHacks/...se_linuxwiiu_a_port_of_linux_4116_to_the_wii/

 

[pwsincd]

For anyone interested:
Here's a small zip that you just need to extract to your SD root.
It's a variation of the CFW Booter from wiiubru
@pwsincd I also submitted that via the form on your wiiubru appstore. Dunno if that's alright. I found it useful.


That's what I was afraid of.
Could you point me to that reddit post nonetheless? They seem to be more active than we are here.

yeah i ve seen this , cheers....

 

[rw-r-r_0644]

You can install xorg (and lxde/any x desktop light enough), but not on the current precompiled kernel.
It currently uses fbdev, which is...not exactly fast.

Spoiler: Explanation

There are some changes needed to remove screen tearing in a secondary branch that are going to be merged soon, and if you are going to install xorg I highly recommend doing that from an usb ethernet adapter/wifi dongle (unless you want to download some gibs at 56Kbps trough internet over bluetooth); to use a network dongle it needs to be enabled in the kernel, we may add some ethernet adapters drivers sometime, but we are currently trying to get internal wifi working.

 

[DarthDub]

Can't wait for a GUI!

 

[Billy Acuña]

Hope one day this could run a special version of Gnome Shell. One can dream

 

[Gunstorm]

good news are comming https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu/merge_requests/2

https://www.reddit.com/r/WiiUHacks/...wiiu_a_port_of_linux_4116_to_the_wii/dudhbfe/

Gonna edit this every now and again with progress updates.

• 2018-02-17: rw committed a fix for some of the graphics caching issues we were having, meaning that Xorg now runs without graphical corruption! \o/

 

[ItsAshleyFTW]

good news are comming https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu/merge_requests/2

https://www.reddit.com/r/WiiUHacks/...wiiu_a_port_of_linux_4116_to_the_wii/dudhbfe/

Does that mean there will be a GUI for Linux on Wii U soon?

 

[Deleted User]

Does that mean there will be a GUI for Linux on Wii U soon?

I hope so.

 

[lordelan]

good news are comming https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu/merge_requests/2

https://www.reddit.com/r/WiiUHacks/...wiiu_a_port_of_linux_4116_to_the_wii/dudhbfe/

Fantastic! Since I've got Linux running I'm excited for any news now!

 

[cucholix]

It's great that it supports usb hub, I have both my wireless mouse/keyboard, and my Wii U formatted HDD out a single usb slot on Wii U!

 

[lordelan]

If it supports Xserver, WiFi and touch input that would be sooo awesome! Especially with Anbox (google it) although it would most likely lag.

 

[cucholix]

If it supports Xserver, WiFi and touch input that would be sooo awesome! Especially with Anbox (google it) although it would most likely lag.

Also you can partition a SD with ext4 as rootfs, it requires a special kernel tho, it comes handy if you are running out usb slots