V0.4 is causing video corruption when exiting ftpii channel forwarder

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install ftpii channel forwarder
2. Run forwarder
3. Exit forwarder

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expect to see normal return to Wii Menu but I get video corruption on the
lower 1/3 of the TV screen. The corruption does not crash system and does
successfully return to the system menu.

What version of priiloader are you using? On what ios/system menu?

v0.4 on IOS70 4.2U

Do you have any IOS patches installed? (if so which ios and what patch?)

IOS36-v3351 - Fakesign, ES_Identity, Nand
Hermes v5 202,222,223,224 - Fakesign, ES_Identity, Nand
Wanikokow v19 249,250 - Fakesign, ES_Identity, Nand

See attached Syscheck report from Dop-Mii V12 for full report.

What are your wii system menu settings

TV Resolution - Standard TV 480i
Widescreen Settings - Widescreen (16:9) but have also tried Standard (4:3)

I noticed this problem when moving from 0.3b to 0.4. The problem does not 
exist on 0.3b. I have attached the wad to install ftpii channel forwarder.

Thanks for all your hard work...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gsoud...@cox.net on 12 Apr 2010 at 7:06

Attachments:

• DOP-Mii-Report.csv
• Ftpii-GSFT.wad

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thank you for providing me with the forwarder channel. lets see if it happens 
on my side.

also, you say the system menu boots correctly; do i take it the corruption 
disappears
then?

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 7:10

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looked fine on my 4.2e system :/
i also have 16:9 as video settings...

i also wonder why it would touch the screen while the video isn't init while 
doing
autoboot/return to :/

Edited in : if you mean the green bar that appears and disappears fast ; then 
thats a
common thing that i can do something about i think...

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 7:23

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Hi daco65,

Thanks for the speedy response.  Everything boots correctly.  The corruption is 
the 
green bar of snow that displays briefly at the bottom when exiting ftpii and 
returning 
to the system menu.  Can you fix this problem?  Thanks for your support...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 12 Apr 2010 at 9:37

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ill look if i can make it disappear . this is an "issue" ive had like...forever
ill try and see if i can get it to go away

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 13 Apr 2010 at 5:16

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Hi daco65,

I was wondering if there is any progress on the green bar thing?  I realize 
that it is 
not a show stopper but it sure is annoying.  I am not having this trouble with 
any of 
the other forwarders that I use.  However I can not help but wonder if this 
problem 
will occur for forwarders that other folks use.  Thanks again for your 
support...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 15 Apr 2010 at 6:30

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it isn't even forwarder related afaik
its related to priiloader having the video init and then starting system menu.

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 2:23

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Hi daco65,

Sorry to bother you again about this issue. Do you think it is going to be 
possible to 
make the green bar disappear?  You say it is not forwarder related but it is 
the only 
one that I have this problem with.  I have tried other forwarders for ftpii but 
they do 
not work for usb.  Thanks for your support...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 25 Apr 2010 at 3:36

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i have it with anything asa i start system menu from priiloader

also, from what i can tell i have no idea how to remove it or why its there. 
would be
nice to know what rev started it...

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 25 Apr 2010 at 4:03

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The problem started for me when I upgraded from 0.3b R48 to 0.4 R78. I am sure 
that 
there are other revisions but I am unable to download them.  If you provide me 
with the 
links for the other revisions I would be glad to test and pinpoint the exact 
revision 
the problem occurs.

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 25 Apr 2010 at 4:20

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i know it started somewhere between rev 48 & 78
but thats still 20 revs in  between :/

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 25 Apr 2010 at 4:42

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Thats ok by me.  I will install them one by one until the problem occurs.  Just 
provide 
me with the links.  Not sure how you would want to send them.  Probably do not 
want to 
post them here.  What do you think?

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 25 Apr 2010 at 4:56

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78 - 48 = 20?

Original comment by o...@4u.net on 1 May 2010 at 12:27

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what?
no

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 1 May 2010 at 9:16

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Comment 13 in reply to comment 11

Original comment by o...@4u.net on 2 May 2010 at 8:36

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i know i made a small mistake ;)

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 2 May 2010 at 9:51

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Hi daco65,

Sorry to bug you again about this issue.  I guess you do not want my assistance 
with 
isolating the release where the problem occurs?  I am curious about a comment 
you 
made "i have it with anything asa i start system menu from priiloader".  I am 
assuming that your are referring to launching titles from priiloader?  I tested 
all 
of my forwarders using "Launch Title" and find that I am getting different 
results 
than launching them from the System Menu.  Here are my forwarders and the 
results...

WiiMC(WIMC) - No video problem.
WiiXplorer Channel(WIIX) - No video problem.
FTPii Channel(GSFT) - Video problems starting and exiting app.
Mplayer CE(GSMP) - No Video Problem.
WiiFlow(WFJO) - Video problem starting but no problem exiting app.

I find it interesting that FTPii forwarder only has the problem on the way out 
when 
launching from the system menu but has the problem on the way in as well when 
launching from the priiloader menu.  The same applies for my WiiFlow forwarder 
in 
that the problem does not occur at all from the system menu but occurs only 
when 
starting up from the priiloder menu.

Based on these results I must conclude that the video problem is forwarder 
specific.  
Would you agree?  Perhaps I do not understand your statement.  Please advise.  
Thanks 
for your support...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 8 May 2010 at 8:22

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no i meant that i have the green bar every tiem i start system menu from the
priiloader menu. i have yet to know why its there tho :/

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 8 May 2010 at 8:59

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I see now what you are saying.  I also confirm the green bar when launching the 
System 
Menu from the priiloader menu.  Interesting thing with my results with the 
forwarders 
behaving differently when launching from priiloader and the System Menu.  
Anyway my 
offer still stands to test the releases and isolate when the problem started.  
Thanks 
for your support...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 8 May 2010 at 11:04

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Issue 85 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 9 May 2010 at 11:45

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good news, it should be fixed soon :)

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 13 May 2010 at 10:58

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That's great news daco65! Thanks for fighting the battle on this one.  I will 
look 
forward to testing it.

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 13 May 2010 at 12:04

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Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 15 May 2010 at 8:23

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code committed . please confirm if its fixed

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 16 May 2010 at 7:42

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Hi daco65,

I would love to test this out but how do I get R88 to try?  Do I have to 
compile it 
myself?  I do not have the dev kit installed and am unfamiliar with compiling 
the 
source.  Could you please attach a compiled dol so I can test it?  Thanks...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 16 May 2010 at 9:37

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there is a wiki explaining how to compile in windows...

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 17 May 2010 at 5:03

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Daco65 I see that you attached an Installer dol for the person that reported 
issue 75.  
Why will you not give me one?  I am not trying to be a developer and install 
devkit and 
compile source code.  I know you have R88 already compiled so can you please 
attach a 
copy of the installer dol?  Then I will test this issue as well as issue 86 
that I 
reported.  Thanks for all your work and support...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 17 May 2010 at 5:47

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Ok I had a look at the wiki.  I do not even own a copy of Visual Studio 2008 or 
Visual 
C++.  I an asking nicely to please attach a compiled installer.dol for R88.  
Thanks for 
your support...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 17 May 2010 at 12:32

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Whatever you tried to do to fix this has caused major issues, I am getting 
rolling 
screens every now and again.

Original comment by o...@4u.net on 17 May 2010 at 12:32

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rolling screens? :/ all i did to try and fix this was shut down VI (video 
interface)
when booting system menu...
mind being more specific when and such?

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 17 May 2010 at 2:21

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Daco,

I am confused here.  The release that is available in Issue 83 displays in 
priiloader 
as version R85M.  When I test this release I find that the green has 
disappeared when 
launching the System Menu from the Priiloader screen.  However the green bar 
still 
appears when exiting the FTPii forwarder.  I really need R88 to see if the 
forwarder 
problem has been fixed.  I am also currious about the rolling screens that is 
reported.   
I can test this too if I have the latest release...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 17 May 2010 at 4:30

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then im guessing the green bar is part of the FTPii forwarder and not priiloader
cause i seriously had no issues here and it can't be priiloader cause it 
completly
deinits VI before booting system menu so you dont see the green bar :/

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 17 May 2010 at 4:46

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Daco,

I feel as if you are not understanding my posts.  As I stated the release I 
have is 
R85M downloaded from Issue 83.  Are you saying that this is in fact the latest 
release?  I believe that R88 is the latest.  The changes you made to fix this 
problem 
were not included until R88 right?  So my test for the green thing are not 
valid with 
version R85M.

Secondly the FTPii forwarder does not have this issue with 0.3B R48.  The 
forwarder 
has not changed only Priiloader has changed.  I will ask you again to please 
attach a 
compiled installer for R88 so I finally test the forwarder issue with the 
latest 
version R88.  Thanks...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 17 May 2010 at 5:03

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the one i posted in issue 83 has the changes rev 88 has so it should be the same

and the green bar is gone for me ... :/

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 17 May 2010 at 6:05

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Now we are getting somewhere.  Ok so I see that the green video corruption has 
been 
fixed when launching the system menu from the priiloader menu.  However the 
green bar 
still exists when exiting FTPii when launched via the forwarder that I sent 
you.  Are 
you saying that you have the FTPii forwarder installed and that the problem has 
gone 
away for you when you exit FTPii after launching from the forwarder?  Please 
advise...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 17 May 2010 at 7:31

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i never had the green bar when exitting from ftpii or its forwarder channel 
(which
just boots ftpii from SD afaik)
but i thought it was the same as the one i got from booting sys menu...

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 17 May 2010 at 8:18

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Just thought I would also mention that I ran the tests using Launch Title that 
I ran in 
Comment 17 again with the new release R85.  The results were the same. Video 
problems 
exist for FTPii and Wiiflow forwarders.

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 17 May 2010 at 8:21

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Daco please refer to comment 3 by you.  You mention the green bar in that post. 
 Now 
you are saying that you never were able to reproduce it?  Then how did you know 
that 
the green bar was the problem I was referring to regarding the FTPii forwarder?

The problem does not occur when launching FTPii from Homebrew only when exiting 
the app 
after launching it from the forwarder. Please test this again to reconfirm.  
Could you 
also try testing it by launching the forwarder via Launch Title from the 
Priiloader 
Menu.  Thanks... 

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 17 May 2010 at 8:33

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cause i was thinking the green bar i had would prob be the same you had
which ends up not true. ill try the forwarder (again >_> ) tonight to see if i 
really
dont get it (last time i didn't :/ )

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 18 May 2010 at 4:56

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I was wondering if you had any luck reproducing this problem?

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 19 May 2010 at 4:54

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i dont. as before i see no green bar at all

all i got (and only when using 60hz mode instead of 50hz , which is your 480i) 
is a
VERY small bar which wasn't there by priiloader (priiloader didn't start yet) :/

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 21 May 2010 at 4:13

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about rolling screen ...

When exit to system menu from HBC and screen blacks and Priiloader start to 
launch 
system menu I get two green lines in the middle of the screen, 1 long, 1 short, 
the 
short line is the sysmenu botton and the long is sysmenu top and then when 
sysmenu 
is displayed the colours are wrong and the screen is rolling.

Display settings are 60Hz 480p Widescreen.

Original comment by o...@4u.net on 23 May 2010 at 12:27

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can you check what rev started it? :/

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 23 May 2010 at 2:46

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Hi daco65,

Well I can only assume that the reason that you do not get the green bar is a 
result 
of different system menu versions.  You are running 4.2e and I an running 4.2u. 
 I 
can reproduce this problem on two dirrerent systems that are both running 4.2u. 
 If 
anyone one else running 4.2u reads this message then please test this forwarder 
to 
see if you have the problem.  Can anyone please compile the latest ftpii as a 
dol 
instead of an elf?  If so then I will create another forwarder for ftpii.  I 
have 
tried to create one using the elf and can not get it to work.  Thanks...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 24 May 2010 at 4:03

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you know there are elf to dol converters right?

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 24 May 2010 at 4:31

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Yes but none of them work.  The converters were designed to convert older elf 
files 
that stopped working after HBC 9 came out.  Apparently the old elf's were 
compiled with 
an older version of DevkitPPC and stopped working after HBC 9.  So if the elf 
works 
currently then converting it will break it.  Can you compile the Ftpii source 
into a 
dol for me and I will use it to create a new forwarder?  It would be greatly 
appreciated so we can move on from the issue.  Thanks...

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 24 May 2010 at 6:42

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r88

Original comment by o...@4u.net on 25 May 2010 at 3:35

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r88 started that ? 

wtf man, why dont i have all these issues D:

Original comment by dac...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 3:52

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o...@4u.net,

I am curious what version of system menu are you running?  Also would you mind 
testing 
the ftpii forwarder for the green bar?  It would be most appreciated.

Original comment by gsoud...@cox.net on 26 May 2010 at 1:34

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@gsoud...

I am using 41E and do not have any green bar when exiting from ftpii, but I 
have 
gone back to r85 until daco can resolve the rolling screen issue, because a 
small 
cosmetic glitch is better than a rolling screen ;)

Original comment by o...@4u.net on 26 May 2010 at 5:35