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Once a Wii has booted Linux, you have 60 minutes to log on with the credentials below before it times out.+The Debian release comes with a lot of news, only available if you boot using the kernel that comes with that package. '''You will need a USB keyboard to use this release.''' If you are able to boot with it and login, you will stop in a command line where you can navigate through the filesystem, and execute some applications. Here are some things that you can do:+
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+There is an mp3 sample in the /root directory. You can play it if you type:
− mp3-decoder Synapse-Stealing_Science.mp3
[[Wii-Linux]] turns a Nintendo Wii into a quiet and energy efficient PowerPC-based Linux system. This page details useful and interesting things for beginners to do on a Linux PC.
[[Wii-Linux]] turns a Nintendo Wii into a quiet and energy efficient PowerPC-based Linux system. This page details useful and interesting things for beginners to do on a Linux PC.
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+If you cannot see the prompt (off the screen), you suffer from TV Overscan. Please launch the correct ELF for your video mode.
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+Note: For technical reasons you must launch Linux from [[bootmii]] for Wi-Fi to work.
== Logging in ==
== Logging in ==
−First thing you want to do once a Wii has booted Linux, is log in. You have 60 minutes to log on with the credentials below before it times out.
−*For debian-etch-4.0+whiite-0.1:
+*For debian-etch-4.0+whiite-0.1 (and debian-lenny-5.0+whiite-1.10) :
Username: root
Username: root
Password: whiite
Password: whiite
−*For Proof of Concept builds:
+*For Proof of Concept builds (deprecated):
Username: root
Username: root
Password: cube
Password: cube
−'''You will need a USB keyboard to use the PoC builds and/or whiite.'''
+== General Linux Usage ==
+While running whiite-linux, your Nintendo Wii acts as a standard Debian system.
+Linux uses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS_)], it's a very different layout from Windows.
+Type "ls" to list files in the directory.
+Type "cd [DIRECTORY_NAME] '''c'''hange '''d'''irectory.
+Go to, /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/sbin and type "ls". These are the programs you can use from the terminal. Type man [PROGRAM_NAME] to bring up the manual for those programs.
+Quickest way for a beginner to safely shutdown a Linux system is to type "halt" or "poweroff". Alternatively press and hold the reset button or press CTRL-ALT-DEL on the attached keyboard.
+Refer to http://www.debian.org/doc/ for more information on how to operate a Debian system.
+== Setting up Wi-Fi ==
+Once logged in you will probably want to get Wi-Fi working. Ensure the kernel ELF file was launched from MINI (bootmii installed in boot2 or replace /bootmii/ppcboot.elf for autostart on Wii poweron). The best kernel ELF file at the moment is [http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/MINI:KernelPreviewFive MIKEp5].
+Go to the /root directory. Type ./whiite-ez-wifi-config
+Follow the prompts. Press UP/DOWN directional keys and SPACE to set the encryption type and ENTER the rest of the way.
+Hopefully your are now connected to your Wi-Fi Access Point and the Internet!
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== Play MP3s ==
== Play MP3s ==
mp3-decoder <mp3 file>
mp3-decoder <mp3 file>
−You can also use this:
You can also use this: