Homebrew [Release] Linux for the 3DS

[Nemos59]

can you still play 3ds games with linux installed? I want to make sure before i install.

yes you can, it's the same thing for GodMode9, and any other things like that.

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

can you still play 3ds games with linux installed? I want to make sure before i install.

Unless you manually force it to boot every single time (which means you know what you're doing), you have to hold START when powering on to boot into Linux.

 

[Nemos59]

By the way, where can I have the latest build of 3DS Linux?

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

By the way, where can I have the latest build of 3DS Linux?

If you want a working copy, stick with @xerpi's now. If you want the latest unstable one, check back a few posts.

 

[Mik4Z]

Hello, i'm new and i'm very interressing by 3DS Linux. I would like to know if the wifi driver has been write, there is lot of message and release, i'm lost. What the most advanced kernel ? And someone have repair Weston (click) or replace him by a best graphical interface ? I have lot of question x) I wwant just a fonctionnal linux with graphical interface and most advanced driver. I don't know to explain better my demand.

PS: Sorry for my english i'm French --'

 

[Nemos59]

Hello, i'm new and i'm very interressing by 3DS Linux. I would like to know if the wifi driver has been write, there is lot of message and release, i'm lost. What the most advanced kernel ? And someone have repair Weston (click) or replace him by a best graphical interface ? I have lot of question x) I wwant just a fonctionnal linux with graphical interface and most advanced driver. I don't know to explain better my demand.

PS: Sorry for my english i'm French --'

J'suis aussi français tkt.
I don't think the wifi driver has been written so far, but someone actually updated Linux to one of the latest kernel (if I remember correctly) (there's actually no releases, you need to compile them manually). xerpi's Linux has Weston (not been updated for quite some time), but the keyboard function isn't working and the console cannot be opened for whatever reason. To activate Weston and have a Graphical Interface, type ./start-weston.sh

Edit: If you need more infos, ParzivalWolfram is updating xerpi's Linux, and he's adding a bunch more features.

 

[Mik4Z]

It seems to me that the mouse click don't work because xerpi didn't code it
And I like linux but i'm not ready and i don't have the determination to compile the kernel (I heard that to add packages in kernel).
If ParzivalWolfram read this, please update Weston or replace it for a good GI.
Otherwise, i think waiting that he released an update or i ask him to compile the kernel.
(PS: Si tu veux passer PV Nemos pas de soucis)

 

[Mik4Z]

seeing that 3DS Linux is the alone OS to be run, we assign all cores of 3DS (2 cores for 3DS/2DS or 4 cores for n3DS/n2DS)
while distinguishing the old and new models at startup. Such for ram (128 Mo Old and 256 New), i understand the actually build don't use all cores (2 for new 2DS /3DS, idk for old) and ram ( 16 or 32 Mo, if I remember).
After i'm not a specialist in compilation and driver coding (but i want to become a programmer)

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

seeing that 3DS Linux is the alone OS to be run, we assign all cores of 3DS (2 cores for 3DS/2DS or 4 cores for n3DS/n2DS)
while distinguishing the old and new models at startup. Such for ram (128 Mo Old and 256 New), i understand the actually build don't use all cores (2 for new 2DS /3DS, idk for old) and ram ( 16 or 32 Mo, if I remember).
After i'm not a specialist in compilation and driver coding (but i want to become a programmer)

I'm using a device-detection system that is unused in Xerpi's builds to select specific device features based on the model. I'm planning on using Xorg instead of Wayland/Weston.

Progress has been slow due to school, issues with my laptop, my laptop being as old as it is, etc. I hope to get SD read/write running by the summer.

 

[Xeddius]

I'm glad to see some progress has been made and I'm looking forward to the next build! I'm willing to test whenever any new builds become available.

 

[Her]

lol, I can't believe how far 3ds homebrew has gotten

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

god, devkitPro's community is cancer.

https://github.com/devkitPro/buildscripts/issues/38

I got my issue locked for trying to get help simply due to mentioning that I don't want to add another package manager in passing, and they escalated THAT instead of the issue, prompting me to again say (this time more aggressively) that i'm not going to switch managers and that I still need help... and was locked.

EDIT: i'm now banned from making issues, yaaaaaaaay

 

[uyjulian]

Maybe it's time to give up?

I really don't like the way the devkitPro maintainers are acting, but I like the idea of a user using one method that is easy to assist with, rather than other obscure/undocumented methods that may or may not work.

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

Maybe it's time to give up?

NEVER GIVE UP
NEVER GIVE IN
...for a period of more than 12 hours for sleep, that is.

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

Heads up -- new tester12 build incoming!

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actually scratch that I ran out of memory trying to boot on an N3DS.
Still, prep for it. It's happening soon!!!

EDIT: turns out the zImage was 81MB, which is too big to fit at all in memory on old models, and too big (after decompression) to fit AND allow Linux to run on new models. Time to strip it down, I guess...

 

[j0rv4r]

god, devkitPro's community is cancer.

https://github.com/devkitPro/buildscripts/issues/38

I got my issue locked for trying to get help simply due to mentioning that I don't want to add another package manager in passing, and they escalated THAT instead of the issue, prompting me to again say (this time more aggressively) that i'm not going to switch managers and that I still need help... and was locked.

EDIT: i'm now banned from making issues, yaaaaaaaay

most of linux troubleshooting forum are horrible... thats why everybody use windows instead

 

[Pickle_Rick]

most of linux troubleshooting forum are horrible... thats why everybody use windows instead

That's github and ubuntu questions is fine

 

[j0rv4r]

That's github and ubuntu questions is fine

sounds good then

 

[ParzivalWolfram]

NEW RELEASE!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oqq3HS6pIjefusMgp32uEXT2-ZajSnoj

Thanks to the combined efforts of both @Wolfvak and I, Linux 3DS has been restructured to more closely resemble desktop Linux distros. (This project would be dead without them, HUGE props!)

Changes include:

• SD/NAND support finally fucking works
• RAM usage is lower and N3DS-based hardware can use 128MB of RAM, more than the O3DS' 32MB (memory is halved due to requiring a RAMdisk for initramfs)
• Swap is now supported
• SD/NAND speeds are up to 4MiB/s, being fast enough to use swap
• Chainloading new images is now possible, so you can easily build your own images and chainload them

Most of these changes are due to @Wolfvak's work, i've done some work into image chainloading after we cracked SD/NAND.

Instructions for use:

• Extract the "linux/" folder and "img.ext4" files to the root of your SD card, overwrite all prior files.
• Load the FIRM from the old build (get it from the first post in this thread if you don't have it)
• After Linux boots, do "sh switch.sh".
• BUG: Due to a typo in switch.sh, you must manually run command "exec switch_root /chroot /bin/sh". switch.sh does set everything up for this, however.
• You should see one or two lines and be given back to the shell. Run "sh fixdev.sh" to repopulate /dev, then mount the SD card (/mnt/sd), NAND (/mnt/nand, may fail due to bugs needing ironed out), persistent storage (/home), and SD partition 2 as swap (if present and correctly formatted).

Known bugs:

• switch.sh has a typo preventing automatic chainloading of "img.ext4".
• fixdev.sh should mount persistent storage before NAND and swap, as sometimes the NAND doesn't show up as having any partitions and, if so, breaks out of the script before persistent storage can be mounted
• Xorg in the supplied "img.ext4" is broken, and fluxbox hangs the machine if started.
• initramfs isn't fully unloaded, meaning we lose a couple extra usable KiB of RAM.
• Writing a large amount of data to the SD card at once hangs the machine

 

[Nemos59]

I don't find the underscore on the keyboard... I'm not able to run command "exec switch_root /chroot /bin/sh"