Ubuntu 14 Nintendo Wii
This repository contains images of Ubuntu 14 for the Wii. Downloads are found to your right (on desktop).
About The Project
Trying to bring newer versions of Ubuntu to the Wii has been a project of mine for the last few months. Many trial and errors. This versions actually build somewhat off of Wii-Linux-NGX But this version uses the same bootloader with a different kernel, a newer one. And it also boots Ubuntu 14 instead of Debian 8.
Kernel branch used was "Stable 3x". Originally used the "rebased-v3" Kernel but things where broken.
How to Install (Homebrew Needed!)
In the download section you will find a .img file. That file will two partitions: a fat32 partition and a ext4 partition. The fat32 partition will contain the Linux loader for the Homebrew Channel.
Just flash this image to an SD Card (2GB or more needed!)
TO RUN OVER USB, YOU MUST RECOMPILE THE KERNEL! https://github.com/neagix/wii-linux-ngx#building-the-kernel
(Baedit does not work)
How To Boot
You will load up the homebrew channel to see its empty, thats normal. Simply press the home button and click "Launch BootMii" That will instead load a bootloader known as Gumboot. More on Gumboot here. In order to select a different item in gumboot you MUST have a gamecube controller plugged in. But, thankfully it will auto boot in 30 seconds.
Gumboots Options are a little different then shown (Image is for last version) But it will still boot to the Stable kernel by itself after 30 seconds.
You will see an errors have been found at / dialog, im no pro, so I did most likely mess something up, but press I on a keyboard to ignore this and continue to boot.
Login
user- ubuntu
pass- ubuntu
Wi-Fi Config
Please download the "Whiite-ez-wifi-config" when you download the .img file and you will need to get that file over to your wii. If you cant get the file over to the Linux filesystem, you will have to do "sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces" and add your wifi informantion manually.
If wlan0 gets stuck on DOWN, this is an issue with wpasupplicant. Please downgrade to the .DEB provided in repo. This will allow you to connect to wifi and upgrade to a stable version of wpasupplicant.
Known Issues and Fixes
Going to be testing and using this a lot until a newer kernel is built. I will post any issues I find below and how to fix them if possible.
-libc6 package is an unstable version, In order to properly install and upgrade things you MUST downgrade libc6 with aptitude to version 2.19-0ubuntu6.
-More packages happen to be unstable, thankfully aptitude can help you solve that problem and downgrade them (even in batches) just keep requesting a new solution until one includes downgrading the packages causing problems.
-Sometimes on reboot WLAN0 will not connect by itself (after setting up wifi for the first time). To fix that just so the command "sudo ifdown wlan0" and then "sudo ifup wlan0". If the command hangs and goes on forever press Crtl+C, Most of the time it already has an IP address and is UP but this is a bug. Use the command "ip addr" to verify.
Contact
Contact me at wiibuntuhelp@gmail.com I will always try to help if I can and have the time to do so.
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