mugre1975 can i have the info on installing x11 and ....

i want to know how do you install x11 and fluxbox on debian lenny i look for the maroga tut but still i need linux and i perfer not install linux pc or through a disk like ubuta on because i will not have internet because i use usb wireless which needs a software that i do not have so pleze assist me by the way i used the whiite linux instaler plus i have 4.0 U

I did the whole installation using Ubuntu Live CD (it boots from the CD, no installation needed, no alteration to your PC whatsoever)
You should give that a go, it's pretty simple, download the CD image from Ubuntu's web site, burn it, and boot from it.
Then choose "Try Ubuntu" and you're off, from then on follow the tutorials to partition your SD and get your Wii Linux running.

X11 and Fluxbox installation must be done from within Wii Linux (once you have it running)

Get Whiite running and I'll try to lead you from there on

Cheers

yeah i can not try ubauta becase when i got my computer disk drive he only put in a reader and not a burner but i get the same resault with the whiite linux installer it partion my card and install it all at one ez step so i have whiite debian 5.0 on my wii so when ever ur ready



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2010 05:09AM by supermegamanxl.

oh for the first i ment i had whiite just can not figure how to install X11 and fluxbox desktop

Fair enough, let's start

First of all, you must have a wifi connection running and your wireless card must be properly configured (if you haven't run it yet, run /root/whiite-ez-wifi-config to configure it)

1) Let's fix a bug that comes with Whiite, type:

chown -R man /usr/share/man

2) Do an initial update of the system, type:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

(confirm all changes pressing Y when asked to)

3) Install missing libraries:

apt-get install x-window-system-core

(follow the instructions on screen and confirm all changes)

4) Install Fluxbox:

apt-get install fluxbox

(follow the instructions on screen and confirm all changes)

5) Install X11:

apt-get install xserver-xorg-core cvs build-essential xterm hal module-init-tools pkg-config
xserver-xorg-dev x11proto-randr-dev libxrandr-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-fonts-dev
x11-xserver-utils xinit

(this is a single command line, type the whole thing on your terminal and press Enter, be extremely careful with the names!)

6) Compile video drivers (don't know if this step is really necesary, I did it anyway):

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@gc-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gc-linux login

(It will prompt you for a password, just press enter)

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@gc-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gc-linux co -P xf86-video-cube
cd xf86-video-cube
./configure && make
make install
cp src/.libs/cube* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers

(each one of this lines is a different command line, press Enter after each one of them)

7) Edit configuration file "xorg.conf"

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Search for the "Device" Section, delete the whole section and replace it with:

Section "Device"  
      Identifier    "WII/Gc Card"  
      Driver        "cube"  
EndSection  
  
Section "Module"  
      Load    "dbe"  
      Load    "ddc"  
      SubSection  "extmod"  
             # Option    "omit xfree86-dga"  
             # Option    "omit XFree86-VidModeExtension"  
     EndSubSection  
     Load        "freetype"  
     Load    "dri"  
EndSection  
  
Section "Screen"  
      Identifier    "whiite"  
                Device        "WII/Gc Card"  
                DefaultDepth    16  
                Subsection "Display"  
                          Modes       "640x480"  
                EndSubsection  
EndSection

(Press Ctrl + X to access the menu, select Save, and confirm with Y)

8) Test the X11:

Type X and press Enter
(if you see an "x" on your screen, which moves with your mouse, everything is properly installed, press Ctrl + Alt + Backspace, to exit)

9) Edit Xsession, type:

nano /etc/X11/Xsession

After the line that says "exit 0" at the end of the document, add the line:

xterm

(Press Ctrl + X to access the menu, select Save, and confirm with Y)

10) Type:

startx

And enjoy :)


You can add features opening an xterm window (search for it on the Fluxbox menu bar) and using apt-get install, make sure you have the needed repositories set up in your /etc/apt/sources.list file

Cool features:
System information: Conky
Browser: Iceweasel
Messenger: Pidgin
Media player: xine-ui

Search Google on how to install them

Cheers!

P.S.: This tutorial is based on The_Marioga's, in spanish date april 20th, 2010: [next-gen-corp.es]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2010 04:56PM by mugre1975.

i did it but it said no screen so xorg faild

Did you install everything?
You didn't get any weird messages?
Have you checked the names of the packages you installed? They have to be the exact same thing (case sensitive) or it won't work.
Where does it fail?
Please provide more info so that I can help

it says fail to load module "cube" it say module does not exist 0
no driver avaiable

fatal server error
no screen found i get rid of device and typed it what u have show so iam confuzzle

i type in everything correct for apt get mabey i edit the xorg wrong do i get rid of everthing or just the device section
it fails when i type x



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2010 07:40PM by supermegamanxl.

Did this part go well?

6) Compile video drivers (don't know if this step is really necesary, I did it anyway):

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@gc-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gc-linux login

(It will prompt you for a password, just press enter)

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@gc-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gc-linux co -P xf86-video-cube
cd xf86-video-cube
./configure && make
make install
cp src/.libs/cube* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers

(each one of this lines is a different command line, press Enter after each one of them)


It seems like you had a problem compiling the video driver, try repeating the process from there on.
Have in mind that the wireless adapter tends to self disconnect, I don't know why.
What I did was to manually disconnect and reconnect the wireless adapter after each time I used the net (i.e.: using apt-get)
The way to do that is, disconnect:

ifdown wlan0

And then reconnect it:

ifup wlan0

i am going to try starting over i will let u know when i am done

i froget te set up my locales and they were failing i some stuff



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2010 09:45PM by supermegamanxl.

That shouldn't be the problem, anyhow set them up!

dpkg-reconfigure locales

And while you're at it, check out:

dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

(sets your timezone)

dpkg-reconfigure consoledata

(sets your keyboard layout)

i figure much because it said fail to set up locales

hey i figure it out but how do u get the wii remote to work as the mouse



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/30/2010 10:42PM by supermegamanxl.

I've no idea.
Never tried it...

Ok Listen to this...

I followed EVERY line written on this guide. My first time everything went Fine

the only problem was to configure the video driver with the file nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf , I've never CODED so there was something wrong with syntax.

I screwed up the all thing!

I decided to install all from the beginnig,but....

Now i can't find anymore the f***king file with nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

All Blank and when i write the code lines and then try to SAVE
the editor says the file doesn't exist...

I tried 3,4 times always the same problem

WHAT?S WRONG??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Easy

Bad thing about all linux stuff for us begginers (I also don't know squat about coding) is that if you screw up one letter, one single caption in any of the lines the thing won't work.
Most likely you're mistyping the file's name, which is case sensitive and should be call for exactly as described in the tutorial.
If you found it once and were able to edit it, then you should be able to do it again, beware the old commands feature (using the up arrow), it's very handy but if you messed up a name each time you reuse that command you'll be making the same mistakes.
try writing this:

cd /etc/X11

And then

dir

Or

ls

you should be able to see the xorg.conf file you're looking for.
If nothing works... Well, there's always the simplest solution of them all: Start all over again, and I don't just mean this tutorial but the whole whiite linux installation.
Cheers!