stuck at first boot script

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sord_fish
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stuck at first boot script

Post by sord_fish »

hello all,

I've got a bit of a problem and as i'm a bit of a linux noob i dont know what to do.
Im stuck at the first boot script were you have to copy the word.
there doesnt seem to be a moving cursor and i cannot do anything :cry:

i'm using a gamester xpad

my install was from ftp i extracted the home distro.rar to E and the gentoox bios loads the linuxboot.cfg.

i've run magic from ssh, that took all morning.

any help will be apreciated :D
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Post by medivh »

Do you havea regular Xpad, and have you tried that?
Your pad might not be supported yet.
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sord_fish
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Post by sord_fish »

unfortunately i dont :cry:
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Post by sord_fish »

well did a quick search found that the vendor id and what not aren't in the bios :cry:

this is the info that should be put in xpad.c

idVendor: 0x0E4C
idProduct: 0x1097
Radica Gamester Controller

i'm a super linux noob so i havent got a clue how to compile a cromwell cvs

so any help would be great :D
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Post by nobspangle »

If you edit the file then do

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cd /usr/src/linux
make oldconfig
make modules modules_install
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Post by sord_fish »

I spoke to Shallax on irc the other day he fixed it via magic :lol:

thanks anyway
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