[BETA] Official beta test issue thread for new SVN builds

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Well guys I am opening a beta issue thread as I need some users to test the new 
revisions. I am unable to test all the things I write because of the lack of 
time mostly. It would be great if some people could take that task off me.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dimok...@googlemail.com on 5 Aug 2012 at 7:26

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Let's start with the revision 235. I want to do a new "release" revision as the 
last one was quite some time ago but for that I need to at least make all the 
features that were working in R212 in the new revisions as well. It would be 
great if some people could run through the application's feature list and 
report back on what is still not working, what is bugged/broken and what needs 
to be changed badly.

I'll always post a compiled version of the revision for those people that don't 
know or don't want to compile themselve.

Here is R235:
http://www.mediafire.com/?s493j8d2ps6ksy8

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 5 Aug 2012 at 7:36

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A feedback if nothing is broken and everything works fine is also welcome 
(though I can't believe that everything is working fine :P). That way I would 
know that someone was testing ;).

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 6 Aug 2012 at 5:53

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1.copying many files at once after selecting with 1 or holding 1 then pressing +
You get prompted to copy just 1 file not all files
the copying process works fine though.

2.File editing (txt files) is very hard, select then press + then you get lost, 
why not add OS-keybord and allow editing on the fly without pressing + and 
having the empty line

3.wad installation is missing - I know about legal issues but come on, that 
would be great :)

Original comment by ate...@gmail.com on 7 Aug 2012 at 8:43

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Thanks for testing but:

1. This was the case already in the older revisions, but you are right it would 
be better if it would say something like "Copy/Paste x files?"

2. The text editor was like that in the older revision as well and needs a 
complete overwork. Until I got everything back to at least as good working as 
in R212, this is put back. I will start working on it afterwards. For the USB 
keyboard support, well I wanted to add it but I don't have one to test it :P. 
But it's planned at least.

3. Nope not going to happen, sorry. There are enough tools for that.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 8 Aug 2012 at 6:56

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Thanks Dimok

I tried to copy a 32MB file from my PC to my HD (Fat32) but its freeze R235. I 
could hear the background music but the apple did not respond, was still turned 
on.

I have on 2 suggestion for it.

Directory Tree and List view without details. Similar to Windows 3X File Manager
http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/system/managers/filemanager/win311fw.pn
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Original comment by pmagnu...@gmail.com on 9 Aug 2012 at 8:28

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That's a known issue with IOS58 + USB2.0 for me. ´This problem happens only on 
write and is pretty random to me on IOS58.

Try the same procedure with d2x or Hermes IOS as boot IOS (in boot settings) 
and there will be no freezes. I can not do anything about it from WiiXplorer as 
it's some layer before WiiXplorer that's causing it (somewhere in libogc).

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 9 Aug 2012 at 9:40

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Besides you get about 40-70% better speeds with d2x or Hermes IOS on USB then 
with IOS58 :P.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 9 Aug 2012 at 9:49

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A weird problem, whenever I browse my sd:\Wiiflow\Cache folder I get an extra 
empty folder: http://i47.tinypic.com/svrrtk.jpg

this was present in 234 too

Original comment by ate...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2012 at 4:12

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That probably means your file system is corrupted. Try running chkdsk /f on 
windows on that SD.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 10 Aug 2012 at 8:17

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Thanks, chkdsk /f solved the issue!
:P

Original comment by ate...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2012 at 8:49

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I'll keep an eye on this thread for test DOLs. Haven't pulled out the wii in a 
good month, so i'm itching for some new test builds!

Original comment by spe...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2012 at 4:33

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Hi, in r212 the input for classic controller, and gamecube controller are not 
completely working I think, for example it's not possible access to 
files/folders properties from these controllers (even when the config for 
buttons is correct), only with Wiimote.

Original comment by cucho...@gmail.com on 19 Aug 2012 at 9:36

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@cucholix, you are not suppose to report in this thread that there is something 
not working with r212 but make a seperate issue.

This issue is meant to be used as a ongoing report issue for the nem beta 
revisions.
Like Dimok clearly stated in the first post in this issue.

Original comment by e.van.de...@gmail.com on 19 Aug 2012 at 10:55

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Whenever I try to mount a standard wii game disc the browser stays focused on 
the sd card. This issue was not present in r212.

Original comment by davisnat...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 5:19

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Ok, I will take a look. It was working the last time I tried it though.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 23 Aug 2012 at 10:52

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If the SD Card is write protected, and you delete and make a new directory, the 
file list delete the file or make the new dir even if they are not made on the 
SD card(this bug, only for files, was present in the previous revision).

Note that I opened a bug report on makdir 

http://devkitpro.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3219

Original comment by olimpier...@gmail.com on 28 Aug 2012 at 2:27

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Using IOS 58, my USB key is not properly read. This bug was present also in the 
previous version. Strange characters appear in the name of the dirs and if you 
try to browse the screen is corrupted.

This USB key is properly read by libfat using fatinitdefault();

Original comment by olimpier...@gmail.com on 28 Aug 2012 at 2:33

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To your first bug:
This seems to be libfat so yeah reporting it on devkit is the right way.

To your second bug:
What is an USB key? You mean an USB stick? The function fatInitDefault() is 
only an overload for the function that I use in WiiXplorer. I very much doubt 
it has to do with the way WiiXplorer mounts the drive as any other FAT32 
partition with a proper MBR on the device works fine. If your device is mounted 
then it should work exactly the same way as with fatInitDefault() otherwise 
something is wrong in libfat and if it's not mounted then it's another bug. 
Since it seems that it is mounted for you and you say that you get weird 
characters in dirs/files I would say it's a corrupt partition and you should do 
chkdsk /f as aterro in the above comments or reformat it.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 28 Aug 2012 at 3:30

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To the first bug, sorry the exact sentence was:

If the SD Card is write protected, and you delete a file or make a new 
directory, the file list does not show the file anymore or show the new dir 
even if these changes are not really made on the SD card(this bug, only for 
files, was present in the previous revision).
I don't think it is completely a libogc issue. You would better check.

To second issue, I meant a usb stick. The chkdsk /f does not show any error in 
the partition. 
Actually, the program properly works with other usb devices (disks) but not 
with this usb stick.

Original comment by olimpier...@gmail.com on 28 Aug 2012 at 9:43

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I think you are right. The first issue is a LIBFAT issue. I have the same 
problem in FBZX Wii

Original comment by olimpier...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2012 at 10:40

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To first:
WiiXplorer does not just "make up" new files and dirs. This is done inside the 
libfat. My guess is that it's the caching that holds the "new" dirs/files which 
it just can't flush out to the device and therefor it's only in memory and not 
on the SD.
There is nothing really WiiXplorer can do, except to check for writable device 
and prohibit all write apperations to that device from the beginning but I 
don't think it's necessary. The caching shouldnt hold things it can't flush to 
device. The filesystem lib should do a better job in that as it is done on 
every known PC/MAC OS.

To second:
If this bug only affects one USB device then it is the IOS+USB handle 
implementation in it that isn't working with that device. It's a layer below 
WiiXplorer and not fixable from WiiXplorer alone. Try a different IOS maybe it 
will help you. d2x or Hermes cIOS work very good.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 29 Aug 2012 at 10:41

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To the first:
I came to the same conclusions as yours.
In wii fbzx i decide to insert this code:

FILE *f;

f=fopen("/test4783.txt", "w");

if (f == NULL) write_protection=1; //Impossible to open file

if (fclose(f)==EOF) write_protection=1; //Impossible to close file

if (write_protection) {msgInfo("SD card is write protected. Can't 
continue",3000,NULL);exit(0);}

unlink("/test4783.txt");

That's to say to exit the program in case of write protected sd card.

To the second:

I tried both Hermes (V5.1) and d2x-v7 with the same negative results.

Original comment by olimpier...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2012 at 9:52

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I had not noticed this build had been posted.  I'll start using it tonight and 
will report on any bugs I find.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 27 Sep 2012 at 1:13

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I've been giving it a spin and have to say it's pretty impressive.  I love the 
nand explorer feature.  
One thing I noticed, and I don't know if it is on purpose, but I can't seem to 
write anything to the real nand.  When I try to write a ticket to the ticket 
folder I get the "some items could not be copied" error message.  I've tried 
using IOS's 36, 58 and d2x-v8b49-base56.  If it is on purpose for security 
reasons, then perhaps the "Paste" function should be taken off the context menu.
If I should be using a different IOS for this to work, please let me know.  If 
you want me to do specific tests, let me know as well.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 28 Sep 2012 at 2:36

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This is on purpose. I think you are right and it makes sense to remove the 
paste button there.
No specific tests required. I just wanted people to test all of wiixplorers 
features to see if all is working as before and is not broken. If that's the 
case then i will make the last revision as the current "release revision" and 
go on with new features/improvements.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 28 Sep 2012 at 6:30

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OK, I see.  I kind of wish I could write to the nand with it, but I understand 
your reasons.  People would undoubtedly be bricking their Wii's and coming here 
to whine.
So far, everything I've done with this build has worked nicely.  I like the 
bolder look of the fonts and how fast the browsing had become.

It's nice to see you are still working on it.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 28 Sep 2012 at 11:37

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Channel loading seems to have a problem.  With the old 212 build, I could load 
RawkSD (installed as full channel on real nand) and the Homebrew Channel from 
the channel launching menu but now I get a black screen in both cases with your 
latest build.
As before, I'm using IOS 58 for booting.  
Did the channel launching method change?

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2012 at 3:22

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I should add:
- RawkSD does not work either when launching as an app
- If the Wii is not connected to the Internet, WiiXplorer crashes into a 
command prompt during the initial loading screens

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2012 at 4:13

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Could you take a look at the channel launching feature, if you are still 
working on Wiixplorer?  Something has changed in the way channels and apps are 
loaded and some of them now failed that used to work flawlessly.  Riivolution 
is another example of an app that fails to launch, both as app and as channel.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 3 Nov 2012 at 1:12

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Is this project still alive? Dimok has been quiet for a while. 
Also, i was wondering if somone could make an elf compile of the last stable 
version of this. It would be helpfull to those who are screwing about with 
wiimode on their WiiU's.

Original comment by cheatfreak47 on 20 Nov 2012 at 7:04

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you can compile it yourself, its very simple. all it requires is devkit and an 
svn client

Original comment by spe...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 7:06

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There is  a link to the latest build at the top of this page...

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Hey, sure i can take a look into the channel launching. I dont think i changed 
anything there but i will look into it as soon as i got some free time again.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 21 Nov 2012 at 4:32

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Thanks.  It's good to hear from you again.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2012 at 4:36

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To sumamrize:

- RawkSD and Riivolution do not launch, either as channels or as apps (neither 
is too important but it could point to issues with other apps)
- The HBC channel does not launch as channel, instead I have to use the home 
button menu to return to the HBC
- When the Wii is offline, Wiixplorer crashes upon starting

Best regards.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2012 at 4:39

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Well here you go. Try this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/?szcaa3s26c3bgpt

If it works fine i'll check it in.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 21 Nov 2012 at 7:55

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You have fixed the channel launcher and there are no more crashes when a 
network is not detected.  Thank you very much.

However, the app loader still has some kind of problem.  I can not launch the 
following applications, neither from the start / app menu nor by browsing to 
the dol and clicking on it and selecting Wii Homebrew (I assume they both use 
the same method):
- RawkSD
- Riivolution
- Genplus G

Regards.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2012 at 9:49

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I just re-checked r212 and confirmed that both RawkSD and Riivolution launch a 
apps, but not GenPlus GX, so they may fail for different reasons.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2012 at 3:53

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Well not all applications are compatible maybe. Though it could be that those 
applications are dollz3 compressed. I added support for dollz3 launching. If 
that doesn't help then i can't do anything about it sorry.

See if this works. If nothing is broken i will upload this file to the download 
section:
http://www.mediafire.com/?92u3ws7wmwsa8cc

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 22 Nov 2012 at 7:19

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That fixed GenPlus GX.  I think RawkSD and Riivolution don't work due to 
draconian AP measures but it doesn't really matter.  Those are dead 
applications anyway.
I think Wiixplorer is fine the way it is.

Thanks a lot.

Original comment by meparr...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2012 at 10:31

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Hi

I posted this here http://code.google.com/p/wiixplorer/issues/detail?id=503 but 
this thread might be more appropriate as I'm using r236.

I have a HDD partitioned with a NTFS partition followed by a FAT32. WiiXplorer 
r236 (run from SD via Homebrew Channel) only sees SD and NAND, no USB, although 
USB GX Loader can access and play games from the FAT32 partition just fine.

Selecting "Remount all devices" shows a screen that indicates 5 devices are 
detected (it seems to be looking for up to 35 as it shows x/35 where x 
increase) but it still only shows SD and NAND afterwards. When loading, it 
shows it's using IOS202.

Original comment by dangermo...@gmail.com on 6 Dec 2012 at 11:41

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You could try a different cIOS. I would suggest you use the same that you use 
on USB Loader GX (I guess it's a d2x cIOS), as the USB device handle code is 
the same on WiiXplorer. Meaning it should work with the same cIOS exactly the 
same way.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 7 Dec 2012 at 3:32

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Thanks. I just had another go and it defaulted to 80 for some reason, which 
does show both partitions on my USB HDD :)

Unfortunately it still doesn't show my USB stick in the other port, which I 
need to copy files to the HDD from. I could get by putting the files on the SD 
card for now though, as WiiXplorer does list that as well.

I note the "Use both USB ports" setting but I was unable to toggle that and 
it's stuck on Off.

I did try changing the cIOS as well. It's a bit confusing as when I clicked on 
the default 80, it just opened a keyboard window so I had to delete the 80 and 
enter 58 manually. After I rebooted though, clicking on the 58 cycled through 
various settings (202, etc but no 80). After rebooting with 202 I think, again 
it gave me the keyboard when clicking on it, so I was able to change it back to 
80 that way. How would I enter a d2x cIOS?

Original comment by dangermo...@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2012 at 4:52

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The setting "Use both USB ports" only works on a d2x cIOS. It will not work on 
a Nintendo IOS like 80 with WiiXplorer. The use of both USB ports is also still 
experimental and not well tested by me yet.

It's weird though why there is such a confusion on the IOS settings. It should 
always give a keyboard and not cycle anymore. I guess there is still some bug 
in it.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 13 Dec 2012 at 7:51

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OK, understood but what should I enter to use the d2x cIOS? I have v7 installed 
at the moment but will upgrade to v8 or 9 soon. I tried copying from SD but it 
was going about 135k so had to give up. Probably down to the slow card but I 
have several decent USB sticks not so much SD.

Original comment by dangermo...@gmail.com on 13 Dec 2012 at 12:30

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Most people install the d2x cIOS into IOS slot 249. That's the one you probably 
want to use but I don't know where you installed it to. Furthermore the use of 
both USB ports is only possible with at least v9 of d2x as far as I remember.

Original comment by dimok...@googlemail.com on 13 Dec 2012 at 1:13