[lernatix]

Video unavailable.

Anyway, while I am in pure awe of your skills, I still await the day we can just install from DVD however, at least it sounds like the .img file limitations are lessening. This might even tempt me to give Debian another shot. But I doubt it. :P

[josvadolla]

Thanks for a nice update! I tried compiling the mesa driver myself but did not quite succeed

Anyway, I were hoping we could use it to watch videos, but I still get pink vertical lines on the image while watching in fullscreen...

[mr puffin]

Originally Posted by lernatix Video unavailable. Anyway, while I am in pure awe of your skills, I still await the day we can just install from DVD however, at least it sounds like the .img file limitations are lessening. This might even tempt me to give Debian another shot. But I doubt it. :P

my personal opinion is give debian another try
if i use and linux distro i swear by debian based systems myself







and as for making a swap usb wouldn't it be just as beneficial to make a swap.img rather than taking up a usb (sacrifice HDD space for a USB slot since i only have 2)

make swap in directory (change "count=" to desired size in MB 1024=1gb) also change /swap.img to /location/of/your/choice/swap.img (directory you want it it)

example of 1gb swap on root

# sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap.img bs=1024k count=1024

then format it (mkswap)
# sudo mkswap /swap.img

enable swap (swapon)
# sudo swapon /swap.img

then edit /etc/fstab with editor of choice (nano, gedit, leafpad)
# sudo gedit /etc/fstab

add "/swap.img none swap sw 0 0" at end without quotes


i'm not a major linux user (mac user) but from what i see is there is really no difference of using an img rather than a USB pretty much just

-MrPuffin
PS: don't mind me i'm just trying to look smart lol

[allyourbasekris]

I feel like I'm missing something, but I keep getting a kernel panic when trying to mount a fat32 formatted external usb drive. I've got this on all the versions of Debian or Ubuntu I've tried, is this a problem with Asbestos or am I just really stupid?

I know fat32 is odd but I'm using the ps3 to download newsgroup files including music and video files so I would like to be able to play them back through on the ps3 itself hence the fat32 format.

I'd love some help, I'm a fairly confident linux user but this has me stumped.

[madshaun1984]

Th reason I suggested using a swap device rather than an img is the ps3's hdd gets pretty backlogged without a swap, and adding the swap as another file for the hdd to read/write, would likely juyst slow things down even more.

As it is the way I have set this up, it runs as OtherOS did speed wise, has the same ram issues, but works just aswell.

As for the fat32 issue with the usb, you may need to add the device in /etc/fstab before it will mount. Google for adding a fat32 usb to the automount list.

[snock]

Originally Posted by allyourbasekris I feel like I'm missing something, but I keep getting a kernel panic when trying to mount a fat32 formatted external usb drive. I've got this on all the versions of Debian or Ubuntu I've tried, is this a problem with Asbestos or am I just really stupid? I know fat32 is odd but I'm using the ps3 to download newsgroup files including music and video files so I would like to be able to play them back through on the ps3 itself hence the fat32 format. I'd love some help, I'm a fairly confident linux user but this has me stumped. Read more: http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php...#ixzz1EggCyWIV

I have tried to load Debian from a USB stick in fat32 for home with no problem creating an ext4 partition. It's brutal how slow that is even more otheros.

It could use ps3vram?

Originally Posted by http://psubuntu.com/wiki/PSUbuntuGPU Enabling ps3vram Open up a terminal window run the following commands: sudo mkswap /dev/ps3vram sudo swapon -p1 /dev/ps3vram swapon -p1 means sets the priority higher than the hard drive swap, so Ubuntu will leave the hard drive alone until all other memory is used. Now lets see if that worked by using another command: swapon -s

I remember when I used otheros noticed that a lot, thus using a graphical environment light as lxde, in terms of sound I guess I will be here to stay ..

Great job you do, I have wanted to see xbmc running on the PS3 but for now is a slow xD, sorry for my English I'm Spanish, Thanks

[allyourbasekris]

Originally Posted by madshaun1984 Th reason I suggested using a swap device rather than an img is the ps3's hdd gets pretty backlogged without a swap, and adding the swap as another file for the hdd to read/write, would likely juyst slow things down even more. As it is the way I have set this up, it runs as OtherOS did speed wise, has the same ram issues, but works just aswell. As for the fat32 issue with the usb, you may need to add the device in /etc/fstab before it will mount. Google for adding a fat32 usb to the automount list.

Yeah, tried adding it via fstab already as /dev/sda1 /mnt/media/fat vfat user,rw,exec 0 0
All seems ok until I need to access the mountpoint then, blam system freezes.

[madshaun1984]

/dev/sdd1 /mnt/media/usb fat32 user,rw,exec 0 0

Try that (if you use the far right port on your usb, if your using the left change sdd1 to sdd2.

If you have a slim sda1 or sda2.

The left usb port may even be sdb1 (or on a fat ps3, the second to right port would be sde1).

I'll fire up my ps3 in a sec see if I can fix it.

The line

/dev/sdd1 /media/usb vfat user,rw,exec 0 0

worked for me, but not if the usb is removed/reinserted while asbestos is running,

Start Asbestos with your usb drive in the port you want, then edit /etc/fstab with the line above, editing it for your devices port (as detailed above).

Then save and exit fstab, and type sudo mount /dev/sd** (changing ** for your device).

You may have an issue unmounting the drive, but it will at least now be accessable on the ps3.

You'll also need to restart to swap usb drives

[allyourbasekris]

Originally Posted by madshaun1984 /dev/sdd1 /mnt/media/usb fat32 user,rw,exec 0 0 Try that (if you use the far right port on your usb, if your using the left change sdd1 to sdd2. If you have a slim sda1 or sda2. The left usb port may even be sdb1 (or on a fat ps3, the second to right port would be sde1). I'll fire up my ps3 in a sec see if I can fix it. The line /dev/sdd1 /media/usb vfat user,rw,exec 0 0 worked for me, but not if the usb is removed/reinserted while asbestos is running, Start Asbestos with your usb drive in the port you want, then edit /etc/fstab with the line above, editing it for your devices port (as detailed above). Then save and exit fstab, and type sudo mount /dev/sd** (changing ** for your device). You may have an issue unmounting the drive, but it will at least now be accessable on the ps3.

Thanks for all your help will test in the morning and let you know how I got on.

[vaalir]

ok, now for the swappy goodness.. i hope? but need a little help here...
i did:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/1024Mb.swap bs=1M count=1024
then
sudo mkswap /mnt/1024Mb.swap
browsed to my mnt folder and put that file on my fat formatted (via ubuntu, hopefully fat32, didn't say..) USB drive.. since onwards in the how to i found it said "ok, now to mount the swap file!" but i stopped before that. only did what i said earlier in the post.
i have to redownload your image(s) since they were on a laptop that i was going to format and reinstall (in progress ATM)
but am i good to go now?
sudo gedit /etc/fstab then the relevant port?

if i get no reply in time, i'll ofc just try it hope for an answer! thanks for the image\how-to so far!