Wow.im so glad to hear theres a 1.6 work around.im gonna get a copy when its avaliable on source forge ^^. thank you very much for continuing developement.

DjSnake. Yea it will be updated when xdsl 0.6 has a full release, and Keo gives me the details I need to edit the site.

Extremely Nice Work Steve!

This is easily the best version out of Xbox-Linux.

So far everything is running extremely smooth.

That helps a little.

http://i30.tinypic.com/k1c5fp.jpg

Left side is almost ok now, with some strange pixels 5px wide, but right is still far away from right edge of panel.



Xfree86 destroy my picture! Black bars all over the panel, I can’t read anything! I had to delete files, and install from cdrom again.


help please!

the display is soo much better now!

oh the choices!

no more blurries!

wow!

I've not tried the new build but you are saying the bluriness that has plagued Xdsl has gone?

Is it by default in 0.6 RC1 or are you using some program?

I upgraded to both displays by way of the rightclick/upgrade menu,and think xorg is a little better cause the fonts are bigger bolder.

I'm on a hi-def tv finally after all these years, but only using s-video for my xbox, and yes Almost all the blurriness is gone. crisp and clear finally!!!

even without uprading the blurriness seems to be mostly gone, but the upgraded display settings make the fonts clearer.

I just downloaded the rc2 version, and havnt upgraded yet, as I didnt scroll down far enough before I clicked to download
but will probably do that tomorrow.

Thx Steve...AWESOME JOB!

I'm getting all squares for text too. I tried to delete it all and reinstall the newest one from mydsl, but cant delete the directory opt/wine/bunch of numbers... I tried as root, and still says permission denied.

I went ahead and installed rc2 and WINE works now with notepad,regedit,and a few other little stupid apps I tried... but win rar wont run, it will install, but wont run after that...dunno... no matter as I am gonna go get the linux version when I need it, I had it working before command line only.

zver hi,
Just adjust your geometry settings in /home/dsl/.xinitrc. the numbers correspond to width x height +x +y. I've even put the instructoins below the values in the file. I know comming from windows can be a bit of a shock, because in linux you will need to go into the files instead of using gui's. But you'll get used to it. It looks like you just need to decrease the x value by say 8. If you have a keyboard you can close the display by pressing ctrl,alt,backspace and restart by typing startx. This way you dont have to keep rebooting to check your screen size.

Master Refeed,
Thanks.
You will find winrar/wine works fine for xfree86 and xfbdev. Xorg gives a pixmap error, so maybe xorg needs a bit more work. I was hoping scuba might take a look at it. I used to use winrar to extract iso's, but from rc2 you only need to double click them in emelfm and they will mount using the linux command, so you can copy the contents where you like.

apt-get install rar unrar will install the command line rar utility.


2 questions.

linneighborhood goes in and out, I can connect to my video/audio shares in Vista... but everytime I try to copy to/from, or even stream videeo/audio it locks up and have to reconnect?
any idea? this didnt happen before.


Do you know if there is any chance of ditching the 2 gig filesize limitation?

Friedgold said back in the day it was because of the version of busybox they went to in 2.0... but the first xdsl could be installed up to 4 gigs. Not only will xdsl not install bigger than 2000 mb's, but cant handle a file larger than this.

but other than these two things man... I'm loving it!

stevewal - sure ill have a look at it when i get a chance. i cant really do anything with it, as i bought a second router today to connect to the xbox but then my DSL modem died so im on my ISP's crappy emergency dial-up for the time being so i have no internet connection on the xbox (even if i used ICS, it would be painfully slow. took me 20 minutes to download 4mb before ) and cant really do much. i should be back up and running in a few days. im still in the process of turning the xbox into a dedicated linux xbox (on that note, does anyone know where i could get some extra RAM for it in Australia?) so its not all perfect yet.

Master Reefed - as for a temp 2GB filesystem work around, you could use a native install which will allow it to use as much as you want

Thanks for the bug report Master Reefed. I downloaded linneighborhood, but I've never used it before and would have to read all the stuff on setting it up. Also I hav'nt got the passwords for the pc. It would be helpful if you could give me the errors your getting, so I could look into it. I'll also have a look at busybox, maybe I could update it.

Hi scuba. I thought I had a set of ram chips, but I could only find 3 and one had a leg broken off. The best guy to try is perplexer. He's in the U.S, but he's usually got some chips, and should get to you in a few days. 128mb certainly makes xdsl fly along.

Thx for the replies guys.

Scuba... the filesize limitation is within XDSL, going native doesnt affect it. I'm not talking about having more space within the loopback really, I want to be able to create an image bigger than 2 gigs... and this is not possible in XDSL. Heres what Friedgold said way back when.


http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=528886

and as far as linneighborhood goes Steve... there isnt much to setting it up, just basicly put in your pc's info and away ya go. I dont even have a password, so I just enter the domain (workgroup) and user (dsl). leaving the password space empty.
Its working for streaming a little better and I havnt changed anything, about every 3rd song, it will freeze for 30-60 seconds, which makes moving files bigger than 5 megs nearly impossible... luckily I have XBMC for this for now...just a quick reboot away.

ah so your after the bigger file limitation support. for the time being, you should be able to update busybox yourself. i updated it when i was working on the 2.6 kernel so i know it will work with it

well i brought a new modem today but have now realised that the D-Link DIR-615 does not support wireless bridging (even though its advertised that it does) and doesnt work with DD-WRT firmware either. so i just ordered a LinkSys WRT54GL which i know supports WDS and DD-WRT firmware. so now ive got an extra $100 router that i have no use for, and probably cant return. i have the worst luck with things like that

so now i have a DSL connection on my PC, but still no DSL connection on my xbox so im going to have wait a few more days for my order to arrive

After I installed this distro.My xbox goes to a desktop and freezes or I dont have anyway to move the curser.I have a usb adapter so I can plug in a keyboard and a mouse but they dont seem to respond.It also does this when I launch dynebolic.I am new to linux so I dont know what the problem is.Any help to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

wireless keyboard/mouse by any chance? IIRC, they can cause problems.

if there not wireless, just try re-connecting them (no need to restart), wait a few seconds and see if you can move the mouse, then press control-alt-Backspace to see if the keyboard works (should send you to a black screen with a command prompt). if both those things do nothing, open up XBMC or something that can use keyboard/mouse and test if they work in there. if they dont work in XBMC either, it may be the usb adaptor

you can also try an xbox controller to see if that will work.

also, to determine if XDSL is freezing or not, have a look at the stats on the right side of the desktop. it should show the up-time there and will update every 5 seconds. if the up-time changes then its not freezing

Well it is not freezing.It just will not use the keyboard or mouse or dvd dongle.It did use however the controller which I did not think it would because it is not original and I was under the impression only original controllers worked.I can not see the vitals you told me to look for because the screen is oversized a little.

I dont see why the keyboard or mouse does not work.They work with xbmc.

Does the keyboard and mouse go to the same controller port? I had a similiar problem once and solved it by splitting the keyboard and mouse to go to different ports. Somehow the port doesn't supply enough power for both devices.

i dont think its a power problem, but that is a good point and doesnt work in that situation.

i had 2 usb ports connected to one ports usb pins on the motherboard, and i could only use one usb port at the time. if since split them into two controller ports and it works fine.

i also use an apple keyboard that has a 2 port usb hub inside it, which i can plug a mouse and a usb stick into and have all three work fine so im not sure what it is

I tried both by themselves and they still did not work.The only one that works is the controller.I am going to try to install the ports manually and see if it makes a difference.I will let you know after the install if it made an impact.Also the bios I am using is cromwell 2.40.The keyboards I have tried are made by emachine and IBM and the mouse were microsoft and compaq.

are they wireless?

no

Hi, i have only Naki Xbox Spiderman Wireless Controller and it's not working in xdsl ... This controller is working in all games and dashes, but not in xdsl. What i'm doing wrong ?
Logitech usb mouse is working without any problems.

R.

Logitech "Elite" multimedia keyboard works well
HP wired/ball 3 button scroll mouse works well

XBOX orriginal controllers work
Mad Catz 20$ wireless from walmart works well
Pelican controllers with the extra white and black button on the shoulders DOES NOT work!

i think if a certian xbox controller wont work, its because its not added to the kernels xpad driver. if you can, find out the device ID for these controllers and ill try to add them to kernel 2.6

I got the ports but I have not installed yet for a couple reasons.
1-A bought a little hub because that was the cheapest route.It has 4 ports no external power supply and one pigtail.Should I leave it as 4 and install it?Will this cause problems?I thought I read somewhere a long time ago it would and I cant find where I read it.There is tuts explaining how to wire a hub so I assume somehow some have got it to work. I think I have conflicting info.So I figured it would be better to ask now than cuz later.I am skillful enough to wire it up individually if need be.
Which way is the best way?

Also when I do the screen fix it works great it is slightly off centered but nothing to complain about.But when I reboot the system my TV cant output the signal and I have to reboot to the other bank of the tsop boot off 5035 delete the linux install and copy a fresh install on and install it again.Why is this happening?Do you have to disable before you exit?

run088, Hi.
I'm not sure whats happening when you use the 1.6 fix. It wont affect your booting ur xbox, because it it's not implimented untill x starts. I'm guessing you may have a problem with your bios. Are you shutting xdsl down properly?

Master Reeefed, I was wondering if you had an old copy of xdsl, before the 2gb disk limitation came into being. I want to look at the install scripts. I've made a loopback install of 2.5 G, but it's not being recognised when xdsl tryes to boot. Busybox is updated in this version, so we can make lager installs, but something is going wrong, which I hav'nt managed to figure out yet.

Cheers
Steve.

Hi, I got this id's with this wireless gamepad on PC (winXP) - VID_062A&PID_0021 (Generic USB Hub) and VID_062A&PID_0030 (XBOX Game Controller)


R.

I cant get my mind around on what is going on with the mouse and keyboard. The adapter I am using is brand new and it works on xbmc but not linux.It is called a KMA mouse and keyboard adapter I got it from a mod here named Alex548.

The screen fix is now not working it says I need to do a loopback or native install.I did the loopback install from the apps but it still says that my install is frugal.

If I have the adapter plugged in when I start the system linux will not load it gets small dots on the screen and never leaves the cromwell 2.40 screen.

run088
Hi,
I'm not sure what is happening with your keyboard/mouse either. I'm guessing that the xbmc drivers are more up to date than xdsl's.

Are you sure you have a loopback or native install? You may have installed one but are booting into the frugal install. The xbox1.6 fix script looks for the directory /ramdisk to see if you have a frugal install, which should not be there if you have a loopback install. If for some reason you made the directory /ramdisk, then delete it and the 1.6 fix will work.

I found if I went to the folder I put in for the install and delete the lines of the cfg file that were there from the start.And left the lines that the program wrote on the cfg file.It boots up fine lets me do the fix and boots twice as fast.
Still have not figured out the keyboard or mouse.
Or what the swap file is or does.I have not told it to make it because I didnt know what it was and it does seem to run without it.

How do I automatically apply flicker filter settings at startup with Xfree86 as the window manager?

I want to initiate this command at startup:



I can apply the setting just fine but when rebooting XDSL, the flicker filter reverts back to default aka blurry.

Do I just add the above command to bootlocal.sh?

yes you can add the command to bootlocal.sh and it will run the command just before xfree86 starts


the swap file is basically the same thing as windows page file. its virtual memory, so i would recommend you use it

SteveWal, i ordered 5 sticks of RAM from Perplexer (one spare in case i screw up the installation) which should arrive next week, and my new router should arrive monday so i should be able to start work on it again soon

good luck for the ram upgrade scuba. How many have you done? I did 2, one took me 20 mins and the other took 3 weeks lol (after I realised I was using corrosive flux!).

I found 0.21 which was the first without large file support,... but I'm sure I have it somewhere.

it was only the first few version, x-dsl.org/wiki/Changelog

"Version 0.21

* Based on Damn Small Linux 1.1
* Loopback install script now restricts size to 2GB, as larger values were causing problems"

Hi Master Reefed,
If you can find it and upload the cd to a filesharing site it would be great. I asked keo about the 2gb limit, and he gave me some tips, but as yet it remains unsolved. So far I've sucessfully created loopback installs up to 4gb. Only problem is the ird-loop.gz wont recognise it and says there is no loopback file. And I really don't know why this is.

i havnt installed any before. not sure if i should use my heatgun or soldering iron or a mixture on both. both my soldering irons are cheap and have medium tips (i cant find replacements that fit either). also need to get some flux online (there are no local stores that sell it)

scuba.
Personally I'd use rosin flux and a 15watt iron with a fine tip. But I've never used a heat gun.

The heatgun is good for removing the chips.I use it to take ram off bad boards.I take a 30 gauge wire and strip it bare then I run it under the legs of the chip in a way so it is supported all the way around and then I leave a good 4 to 6 inch slack on both ends.Then I apply a little rosin flux as already suggested over the pins on the chip it does not take to much but it does heat the solder up quicker depending on the amount used and I take the 2 ends of 4 to 6 inch wire in one hand I take the heatgun in the other hand and I blow the heat around the pins while gently pulling up on the 4 to 6 inch wire until it easily comes away from the board.
I found this method did the least amount of damage to the chip trying to take it off an old board.If done correctly the pins will line up just as good as they were when purchased new.

I do all my ram upgrades with a soldering iron.I use 25w to 30w iron when I do mine.I find that the lower heat makes it very hard to use solder braid with it makes it want to stick to the board which could cause trace issues if you accidently pull it away when it is stuck, it also requires you leave the iron on the board for longer periods of time because it does not melt the solder to quick.But this is all opinion some people prefer 15w while others perfer 25-30w.The people who prefer the 15w usually contend that the heat is more than enough and the 25-30w is just to much of a chance for you to mess something up.It is something many people have debated but neither side has conceded.I think it all has to do with what is more comfortable for you.Some work better with the low heat some work better with the high.
The best odds you got to complete the mod is use whatever heat you are use to dealing with when you have done other repairs to the xbox.The feel you have for the heat is important and only you know that answer.

As far as the install.I read somewhere that 1 hour a chip is what you should try to do.Not to try to get it done any quicker.I found when I applied this rule I actually got the mod done quicker.Patience is what this mod is all about and it is the reason so many have failed.

A good magnifying glass is also mandatory to have.The easier it is for you to see the easier the mod becomes. If you can get something that does not require you to hold it and still allows you to work and look at the same time it will be easier to do.

Also looks can be deceiving pins can look and feel connected but may not be.So make sure you get each one to stick good the first time or it might take hours to find.After I tack down the corners when I got it lined up I do one side at a time then take out the exacto knife and check each pin.If there is any movement at all it needs to be ran over with the iron again.

The hardest part is lining the chip up.The solder on the board is humped and the chip dont like to sit on it correctly.A little flux on the board before install will make it a little easier to line up but dont use to much it will cause more problems than it is worth if it is to thick.And you dont need any solder for the install there is more than enough solder on the board for the chips to be installed.Just apply the iron to the top of the pin and push it into the pad away from the chip.You will see the solder get wet and run over it.

And watch for the little resistors around the chip.

One last thing make sure to watch for the little resistors around the chip.

Did I mention to watch for the little resistors around the chip?

i was thinking of just using a heatgun to set the chip in place and run the soldering iron over it to make sure theres no bridges. but thats why i got a spare stick of RAM, just in case i screw up, learn by trial and error.

i probably wont be using any flux, as its just a pain in the ass to get here. i know it makes the job much easier but ive replaced ANA chips on the 360 with ease so it should be roughly the same, just more pins to work with

thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated

If its that much of a pain in the ass as long as you will pay I will send you some as long as it is not illegal to send. It could not cost that much to send from U.S. it dont weigh much and it only cost 3 to 5 dollars here at the store.And it will be well worth your while.Unless that heatgun is something fancy the road your going to go down just got increasingly more difficult than it really needs to be.I dont know much about the 360 I have no interest in it or the other systems.But I have done alot of work to other kinds of motherboards that are twice as small as well as my fair share of the ram upgrade mod itself and I will say without any special tools this mod is not an easy task.And by eliminating the rosin soldering flux which is going to make the solder heat up quicker and bond better this job would be a nightmare to do like that without this material.You will most likely run into alot of dry joints by doing it that way.

thanks for the offer but its ok. im always up for the challenge and the harder something is, the more likely im to get it done as ill get at it till its complete instead of getting bored and leaving it half done.

the heatgun i have is actually a butane torch soldering iron with variable temps. its designed for this kind of thing and works very well for it as well.

This is a 360 ana chip. i havnt counted but i think its roughly around the same amount of pins, and ive done my fair share of replacing the ANA chips so its not like i have no experience in doing these. i just decide not to use a soldering iron.

ill try one chip with my butane torch and if i struggle too much, ill look in to getting some flux and do them with a soldering iron.

good news, i got my wrt54gL router today, but im having trouble bridging it to my router so i havnt got it up and running yet

I just wanted to say thanks to stevewal for working on this.

Works great on my v1.1 xbox albeit with a green screen as I have a 2+3 vga cable (suppose that's a limitation of the xromwell bios).

Makes me wonder why I have a power hungry dedicated web/file server!

Just to see if I could I installed the intel fortan compiler and compiled some computational physics code from uni that's designed to run across 100s of processors.

It ran flawlessly!

(ok it's a little slow )

I did manage to nuke it tho by updating to current sources and getting into dependency hell.

Your skills are up to par you should be fine.These chips look no harder than the ones you have already did.If you use the torch be weary of the mcpx chip I learned that lesson once before trying to reflow some ram chips on a board.It is the only board I ever toasted out of the hundreds Ive rebuilt over the last couple years.I do recommend the flux.It makes the job so much easier.

SteveWal - would it be possible for you to host XDSL somewhere else? your link sent me to the right place, but it tried to create some bad cookie on my PC which my firewall blocked before it could. not sure what the cookie would of contained, but AVG detected as bad and blocked the whole site.

a second attempt went fine though

Hi,
Scuba, I'm using that site, cuz it's the easiest one to use without waiting for the download to appear. I'll try to find a different site though.

I've just got around to having a look at the bug in LinNeighborhood , as posted by Master Reefed. Well I must admit, that i've got a bit of a mental block when it comes to samba. Anyway, I hit a few buttons and my shared folder came up on my windows xp pc. I've been playing music and vids off windows, and now downtime with the link. So it's working perfectly for me. It might just need a couple of changes in the smb.conf to stop the link resetting. Or maybe it's a problem with windows vista or the router. Anyway I'm thinking there is a simple solution.

The other thing I was looking at was the 2gb loopback limit. Well I've tryed everything to make the linuxrc recognise the larger file. There doe'nt seem to be anything in the linuxrc to stop this and all the files in the minirt are up to date. So I'm completely stumped. If anyone has any ideas on this then please let me know, and I'll look into it. For now I will leave it for xdsl 0.7 barring someone else solving it.

I've decided to to add flash player 7 to the flash download script, because I don't want to get sued. I dont think I can include flashplayer as default in the distibution because adobe doesn't allow hosting. So I'm keeping it so you have to dowload from there site before flash can be used. I think mephis has flash installed as default, but I'm not sure what agreement they have with adobe.

I've also tidyed up some of the download scripts and got rid of the error messages (though some I've sent to dev/null, that did'nt seem to affect anything).

Also I've added tips to the dock, and made a shutdown button for those not seeing it on the menu. I've added a change password screen on first boot for loopback/native, for security. I've also sorted out some fonts and got rid of a major error with unc apps.

So I will be posting rc3 soon, and hope this will be the final one, unless we have a breakthrough on the loopback filesize.

Cheers,
Steve.

sounds great stevewal, keep up the good work.

i would help you out with those problems but its really not something i have experience with, and i wouldnt know where to start.

i started working on a 2.6 kernel again the other night (got tired waiting for my RAM), and i cant even get passed the xromwell screen will trying to boot a 2.6 kernel now. i really dont know whats wrong. i might go back to an earlier install to check my method, but i think i did everything correct.

will you be planning on working on XDSL 0.7 after finishing up here?

I guess I will be doing some work on xdsl 0.7, after 0.6 is finnished. Unless I suddenly have a major change in my priorities. I've also now got full control of xdls.org, though I hav'nt made any changes yet. It's all starting to seem a lot of work instead of a bit of fun lol.

Hopefully your 2.6 kernel when it's done can be added to xdsl 0.7.

I'm thinking of maybe adding gnash instead of flashplayer to xdlsl if I can get it compiled for gtk1. This licensing is a bit of a pain.

I tried adding the command to the bootlocal.sh file but the settings aren't being applied when XDSL is loaded.

Any idea why?

I edited the file with Beaver and can confirm the changes were saved.