Hi,

Below is the release candidate for xdsl 0.6.

Please give it a go.
It runs pretty smoothly. Any bugs can be poted in this thread.

XDSL0.6rc1.iso

To use burn to a compatible cd/dvd and put in you xbox. To install to hard drive, it it booted, go to eight click menu -> tools, and select the install type you want. Most people will use loopback with a 60mb swap file.

If you want to install by ftp then extract using winrar in windows or suitable mount command in linux and transfere files across a using instructions in the ftp_readme.

If you already have xdsl installed then dowload the file, then issue the following command from the terminal.
[/code]perl -i -ne 'if( $. == 1 ) { print "iso;iso;sudo mkdir %d/ISO 2>/dev/null && sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 %f %d/ISO\n",$_; } else { print; } ' /home/dsl/.emelfm/filetypes
Then go the emelfm file manager and double click the file. A folder will appear called "ISO" with the contents of the disk. copy these across to make a frugal install according to the readme. If you already have a frugal install then just replace your E:/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX the new knoppix file.

The code on the above post should have been:-

very nice work indeed.

i just submitted this for a news item, hopefully it will be up there soon

Thx scuba.

Well I found a couple of bugs that I accidently created while repairing something else.
so I've posted a new release below. Any way here it is:-


Xdsl0.6rc2

thanks, sounds great - will have to give this release a try soon. xdsl has always worked very well. just wondering if this release will make its way to sourceforge.net?

Excelent NEW that XDSL is developing for a loooong time waiting!
Previous XDSL v0.5 version did not have Finnish keyboard "drivers", does this has?
Does it have Firefox 2x / Opera 9x?

In my opinion. ALL mail & printer servers etc mem consuming services can be taken out. Pure FAST browsing is needed with Flash9 support.

that's great!

Outstanding! I've been running a loopback install of XDSL for about as long as it's been around, and it's awesome to see that Xbox1 stuff has not been forgotten completely.

Does this version have support for the digital audio out?

Neat, I'll give it a whirl when I get some time

Very nice! Keep up the good work.

Can this be used to run the Linux version of Unreal Tournament?

Has it fixed the overscan problems for xbox v1.6? I know that was more of a hardware issue in the previous addition.

I already have a loopback install of XDSL on my XBOX. How can I update it? Do I just replace the KNOPPIX file?

Awesome work stevewal! Good to see there is still some xbox1 development

Hi,
Just to answer a few questions.

Yes it will be posted on sourceforge once any bugs are taken care of.

I'll have to get back about the Finnish keyboard drivers.
The right click menu has an xdsl upgrades option. You will find firefox 2gtk2 dowload option there.
Flash 9 is now supported, again look at the xdsl upgrades menu.
opera can be dowloaded using the mydsl tool from the testing repository.

Alsa sound is now supported (xdsl upgrades menu) I'm not sure if this is digital sound but I'm guessing it is.

I'm not sure what specs you would need to run unreal tornament. I'm guessing there would not be enough memory, particularly as you would need to run it under wine.

The 1.6 overscan problem can be fixed by using the xdsl upgrades menu -> xbox 1.6 screen fix.
This is a quick fix for many 1.6's depending what type tv/monitor is being used. It doesn't work for all 1.6's however. You can always cofigure xfree86 or xorg, if you know what your doing (both on the upgrades menu).

You can't exactly update an xdsl loopback install. But you can make a newl frugal install by following the first post on this thread, then make a new loopback install from there.

cheers
Steve.

I would like to confirm that on a 1.1 xbox all upgrade scripts worked, flash player works, mydsl extensions are working, java works, firefox 2.0 works, xorg and xfree86 are both working. Xine movie player is working, and so is the email client, ftp client, emelfm and install scripts. The rc2 version is running very stable as far a I can tell.

I only ran into two bugs:
1. When I was installing Xfree86 the download froze and I had to restart it, but this may just be related to server load.
2. The Ram usage could be as high as 99%, and the swap will only be 1%.

hey i found 1 bug this morning on x-dsl i tried to install winrar and it worked but for the words and numbers it just showed squares. (it does this for any program) it showed the words and numbers fine the old x-dsl

Congratulations SteveWal, front page news. although there's been a bit of news today so it got pushed down but still a great achievement none the less. Seems to be quite popular too.

AFAIK, digital sound will not work as i believe it will only work with a 2.6 kernel which is being worked on atm so hold tight and hopefully there will be one soon.



the first bug would just be a server overload or a disconnection on your end.

the second seems strange, how big is your swap set to? is this within Xorg (ie, did you upgrade to Xorg)?



in terminal or in Emelfm? make sure you have the correct fonts and correct language

I tried it with a 64, 128 and 256mb swap for some reason the most it filled was 3% tops when the ram is completely filled. I used xorg at first, but later removed it and the problem was still there, even after rebooting. It's strange, does it happen with your setup? I am using a loopback system. I will try 0.7 alpha and see if this is bug is existent.

Hi, I installed flash player 9 with xdsl upgrades but some sites still ask you to download flash like ebaumsworld. Also liveleak.com videos play with sound but there is no video. I tested flash player with youtube and nothingtoxic.com and that works fine.

Any ideas?

Also I'm using an old 27' CRT TV and all corners of the screen are cut off and text is very hard to read at any resolution. Is there any way to clear that up a bit?

scuba156

its the applications that have squares on them can you plz check yourself if this happens to you, cuz all i did was install xwine.dsl and then ran winrar or bittornado and they bolth shows squares. im using x-dsl 0.6rc2 on a loopback install

Hi,
I can confirm winrar and bittornado working fine under wine. All fonts showing.
You no longer need xwine, I think this is the problem. Just download wine0.9.22.dsl from the mydsl system repository and install you window apps using this. I also tested under xfree86 and xorg. Xfree86 is fine. in xorg bitornado is fine but I got some pixmap errors in winrar. Maybe I should say xorg is experimental as it has had the least amount of testing.

misfits138, Flash 9 needs to be run from firefox2gtk2. You can get this from the upgrades menu, then right click on the firefox icon. The stock firefox only runs flash 7. If you are using an xbox hd cable for your crt tv then you should be getting a good clear picture. You can try increasing your font sizes for your apps. I always have firefox on 15 minimum. Try right click menu -> desktop -> styles -> xbox-minimal for menu larger fonts. If you've got overscan issues try the xbox 1.6 screen fix, if the dimensions are wrong you can easily adjust them in the /home/dsl/.xinitrc1.6.

Thx for the info on the sound Scuba. When you get the 2.6 kernel running I'll either include it in xdsl 0.7, or put it on the wiki for download.

OK I'll check out the ram/swap usage now.

hi,
I've tryed to replicate the ram/swap problem, but I can't. It's working fine for me in both loopback and native. Can anyone else replicate this and describe how they did it?

realjobe
Yes I can confirm that this version of xdsl also does not contain the fin keyboard drivers. I think you can use something like xkeycaps.dsl from the dsl system repository.

I'm not sure how to use xinitrc1.6. I right click desktop, go to run program, and when i select xinitrc1.6 and try to run it nothing happens.

New problem... I've had to reinstall xdsl 3 times already because of this. Seems to happen at random but I'll try to run xdsl loopback install and during start up i'll get this error

"xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error."

and I have to reinstall xdsl to get it working again.

Sorry the full error is...

Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

thx stevewal i guess xwine.dsl was old cuz it works now with the wine0.9.22.dsl thx again it helped me alot now i can say there is no more things wrong for me thx for the x-dsl update

edit it, dont run it



have you tried removing '/tmp/.X0-lock'?

what Xserver are you running? the default, XFree86 or Xorg?

I don't know how to... I don't have a keyboard so I can't type during boot up.

I upgraded to XFree86.

without a keyboard, theres not much you can do really unless you ssh into the xbox

did you install anything else before it?

I reinstalled xdsl and this time ypgraded the display with xorg.
Now I just need to know how to prevent it from happening again.

Hi,
Sorry about the wrong information, but the finnish keyboard drivers do exist (öÖäÄ厧 Iäm using xdsl right now). just select fi-latin1 instaed of fi. If this doesänt work, issue the command dumpkeys and try again.

Thanks for fielding some of these questions scuba
I am thinking the display problem might lie with using the i.6 screen fix which uses two displays along with xfree86. Maybe I can write that in the screen fix install script as the geometry can be adjusted in xfree86 anyway.

Update: I tryed to replicate the display problem but could not do it, it all worked fine. misfits138, could you talk me through the steps you took to get the error, then I will do the same and hopefully get the same error.

Cheers Steve.

Oh one more thing I spotted a bug. The directory /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts should be named Type1 . Then you get lots of nice fonts in firefox 2 and flash 9.

Well it happend last night with xorg too. Is the 1.6 screen fix on by default? I never enabled it last night.

I'll reinstall xdsl later on and see if I can get the error by doing specific things but it seemed to happen at random.

ive seen the error before as thats the error i use to get while trying to get Xorg to run, i just cant remember IF i fixed it or how.

and no, the 1.6 screen fix isnt enabled by default

Just an update on that whole Ram/swap problem. After installing xFree86, the swap quickly filled to about 10-20% usage (on a 64mb swap) in just a few seconds. It seems as though when I was using Xorg, or just stock display drivers, the swap couldn't fill. I guess xFree86 must've fixed, or broke something.

I reinstalled but this time no display upgrades. No error yet but we'll see.

Ok I got the error again without upgrading the display and this time I got it the 3 rd time I booted up the fresh install.

I got this Xbox maybe 3 months after release and it has a matrix modchip.

I put xdsl on the xbox via ftp to partition E. The res is set to 800x600. I then do a 600mb loopback install on the F partition with a 300mb swap file.
I boot the loopback install in 640x480 and upgrade firefox2 + the program it needs to run... forgot the name, sound, flash 9, and enable 1.6 display fix.
I restart my xbox and xdsl 3 times (pushing the power button on the Xbox to exit xdsl) and the third time I get the error.

thats most likely your problem, your not exiting XDSL correctly, which leaves behind any .lock files and can corrupt files too. you MUST turn the xbox off by doing a right click on the dashboard and selecting exit, or by typing 'sudo halt' at a command line.

I have a problem.
As you can see here
http://i31.tinypic.com/inadqo.jpg
Picture is little off the screen (left).

I am using Xbox 1.5, Microsoft HDTV cables (component), and 720p Panasonic plasma. 2 questions:
1. How can I center picture
2. How can I set 1024*720 resolution in 16:9 mode (1.25 horizontal pixel aspect ratio (withc is native plasma resolution))

Tnx!

I've yet to try the new Xorg based xdsl but you'll need fbset http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=418428

Hi,
You could also just adjust your tv. I just hit the auto adjust button on my monitor and it usually centers. Also try xfree86, it is easier to play with the gometry than xfbset. Oh also you could try the 1.6 fix, you need to get rid of the border option and adjust the geometry in /home/dsl/xinitrc1.6.

to get the right geometry values, open any app and expand it to take up the whole screen. Then move it around by grabbing the top bar. you will see the geometry values appear on the screen when you do this, which you can write down. This can save a lot of time.

zver:
try these geometry values in /home/dsl/.xinitrc1.6 line 10



Then run xbox1.6 screen fix

oops, that should have been

epsxe emulater for linux doesnt run on xdsl 0.6rc2

nevermind i found out how to run it

Stevewal, ldotsfan,
Tnx for help! But I am completely noob for linux! This is first time I have seen linux, and I don’t know what to do to correct picture. Can you write small step by step tutorial? Tnx!

dominater01
Did you have to do something different to normal to get espexe working on xdsl0.6rc2. Could you share what you did for future reference.

well i forgot to read right and execute dumb me sorry i did it along time ago so i forgot how to run it i thaught i had to just double click and it would run.

I'm a big fan of x-dsl, please update the website : X-DSL Website


is Firefox 3 installed on this distrubution? thanks