Dynebolic, Has anyone gotten this to work ? Options

[Wickedonealso]

i burned the iso to the cdrw and boot it up but it just sits at the starting kernal......... text
what am i doing wrong ? went to site but no information

TIA ...........................
Wickedone




Xbox v1.1
Tsop x2 4977
Innovation VGA Box
40 gb

This post has been edited by Wickedonealso: Aug 11 2003, 09:50 PM

[lagend64]

If you have download the alpha 5 version and burned it on a CDRW it should boot on your modified xbox according to the site.

It isn't working with my xbox. I tried it with a CDR (my Ed Debian is bootable from CDR) and that isn't working either.

I hope someone made it work an shares it with us.

[cdjstyle]

i got it working on my xbox (burned to cd-rw), but after it got to a certain point in the booting process, it started displaying in PAL! grr... My TV only displays NTSC... another problem... i can't get my keyboard and mouse working on it, so even when i can stabilize the picture, i can't get anything to happen, so the screen just stands there... *slams head against wall*

help meeee!

[D-Back]

Yea I can get to the gui and then it switches to pal mode which makes it useless for me. My keyboard and mouse work in it but unfortunately I cant see what im doing in the gui and cant make any changes.

[FUCKMICROSOFT]

i just downloaded the entire cd and now i guess for nothing... oh well, just 1 question 4 u guys, did u guys recompile the iso with an xbox iso program, or just burn it straight off the iso given, cause i dont know what to do with the iso... i feel like it isnt ready to place into my xbox....

[mgarris]

I downloaded the newest ISO and burned it to CDR. Evox displays it as a game, but when I either boot from CD or load .xbe after default, it freezes on the line "loading kernel". Boxplorer displayed the entire contents of the CD so I know its not missing anything. I have also tried copying it to the HD and loading it and using MSDash to open it, but the same results. The only thing I could think of is maybe it requires F: partition to extract the kernel, and I have my F: disabled. I'll try enabling it and see. Also will check if it boots my PC. Could just be a bad image.
Using X2.4976 on V1.1 with Samsung

[kcorno]

Anybody know how to use XTERM ? I got this from
http://dynebolic.org/manual-in-development...c-a1060.en.html

Running on XBOX
how to burn and run a dyne:bolic for XBOX game consoles
In order to have a CD that is bootable on XBOX you must check the DVD reader you have on your xbox. Some older models can only boot REWRITABLE CDs.

If you have a NTSC tv connected then you can have some problems on your visualization at boot - just open an XTERM and write :

[d:b] ~ # xbv -NTSC -auto 640 480 12.00 9.00 [Enter]
to have it fixed.

I hope you enjoy using those beasts for something more useful than what they are made for: after all XBOX is about a CHEAP pentium celeron 733, 8Gigs of harddisk and nvidia chipset everywhere; dedicated to everybody who loves reusing hardware leftovers.

XBOX support was hacked by Smilzo also thanks to the great work the Xbox-linux project is doing

[cdjstyle]

i wish the guys who released this (BTW, a new iso is available today...) offered 2 versions... 1 for PAL and one for NTSC... that would make it better... but i still don't get why it starts out in NTSC and then goes into PAL...

on other notes... I think XTERM stands for x terminal... a window you'd bring up in the X gui for linux.... can anyone elaborate on this?

as for booting the disc on a pc, mine gets to the screen where it says to press Enter to continue, and then my screen goes blank

This post has been edited by cdjstyle: Aug 15 2003, 07:52 AM

[dj_fintan]

I might have some answers for you guys, XTerm is X Terminal or simply 'x' yes that is the terminal screen in Linux which you can bring up at any time. For NTSC users simply enter the command above.

For those with the problem of 'starting Kernel.....' and then it freezes well don't worry you have not downloaded a bad image, I contacted some of the people behind dynebolic on IRC and it seems that this is a bug being worked on at the moment, it seems newer Xboxes (mine is 1.2) wont boot at the moment and hopefully a fix is only a few days away. Keep an eye on their website for updates.

[mgarris]

I downloaded the newest ISO available (8-15-03) and now it boots past the loading kernel screen to an all white screen. Was able to boot it to my PC however (both ISO releases). I extracted a copy of the 8-13-03 release and was looking at the files and I noticed one thing that seemed strange.
In the "home.tgz" file (For those who aren't familiar with linux extensions, it is basically the linuz version of a zip file. Stands for Tar + GZip.)
there is a folder called "Default". Inside this folder is a file called "WMRootMenu". Starting at line number 393 is the default configuration settings:
(
CONFIG,
(language, EXEC, "db-launch lost-in-babylon"),
(nesting, EXEC, "db-launch taschino"),
(network, EXEC, "db-launch nettante"),
(
modem,
EXEC,
"db-xterm 'PPPCONFIG :: modem configuration' db-launch pppconfig"
),
(printer, EXEC, "db-launch phoenix http://localhost:631/"),
(screen, EXEC, "db-launch xf86cfg"),
(windowmaker, EXEC, "db-launch wmprefs"),
("XBox PAL", EXEC, "xbv -PAL -auto 640 480 9.0 9.0"),
("XBox NTSC", EXEC, "xbv -NTSC -audio 640 480 12.00 9.00")
)

The command line for NTSC settings appears to have a typo. "xbv -NTSC -audio 640 480 12.00 9.00".

Is this possibly the root of the problem requiring people to manually type this command in XTerm?

[smashly]

I just finished dl'n Dynebolic Version 1.0 beta ...loads fine on 9 PC's I've tried at work(work = internet cafe)...looking forward to trying it on the Xbox when I get home. (pal xbox v1.1).

Edit:-> Nope doesn't load on my Xbox v1.1 pal. I tried a few differant bios to see if that be the prob. But Dynebolic just hangs at the loading kernal...
Shame I was looking forward to using it on Xbox after trying it on 13 PC's and 9 out of that 13 worked a treat. Not bad for stick it in and go.

Edit:-> Well I finally got to try Dynebolic on a V1 pal Xbox...Yep it rocks ...until I had to give the xbox back...doh , so many things I didn't get to try and play with. I look forward to updated releases of Dynebolic that support newer versions of xbox.

This post has been edited by smashly: Aug 23 2003, 06:10 AM

[Valver]

I too downloaded the 1.0b ISO and burned it OK to a CDR (my Xbox reads off them fine)

The ISO boots the three PCs I've tried it without problems, but like other posters here, on the Xbox it begins to boot, I get the Linux loading text and then it hangs after a few progress dots at the kernel.

I also have a v1.1 Xbox (modded with a Xecutor 2 pro and the latest BIOS)

On a PC the OS looks really nice with loads of features. And I like the idea of no proper install being required to run it. Just a shame it wont run for a lot of people on their X-boxes.

Deffinately going to keep my eye out for any updates...

[dj_fintan]

I'm waiting for this too, think Ill have a look at in now in my PC, I really want it on XBox though :-(

[chilin_dude]

Why are people so lazy?
Look in the damned documentation

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Running on XBOX how to burn and run a dyne:bolic for XBOX game consoles In order to have a CD that is bootable on XBOX you must check the DVD reader you have on your xbox. Some older models can only boot REWRITABLE CDs. If you have a NTSC tv connected then you can have some problems on your visualization at boot - just open an XTERM and write : [d:b] ~ # xbv -NTSC -auto 640 480 12.00 9.00 [Enter] to have it fixed. I hope you enjoy using those beasts for something more useful than what they are made for: after all XBOX is about a CHEAP pentium celeron 733, 8Gigs of harddisk and nvidia chipset everywhere; dedicated to everybody who loves reusing hardware leftovers. XBOX support was hacked by Smilzo also thanks to the great work the Xbox-linux

[dj_fintan]

Wouldn't consider myself lazy considering I contacted the guy who wrote the distro and he informed my that it DOESNT run on newer Xboxes ! and yes I did read the documentation.