Install Ubuntu 7.10 from the Gentoo LiveCD
gnome Issue Resolved
WARNING: This script will WIPE your Xbox 360 internal harddisk (/dev/sda) and install Ubuntu 7.10
If you have XeXmenu or another dashboard homebrew on that drive, you will loose it all: Follow these instructions only if you understand what you are doing.
I new boot disk that would allow the booting of a USB harddisk would ease the risk of ruining your 360 harddrive.
ubuntu_gutsy.sh will create two partitions. 1 GB swap on sda0 and the rest of the disk as a root-filesystem on sda1. Run the script as root from the Gentoo LiveCD v2. You will need a DHCP-server on your network for this script.
How do I run it?
Click “Application > Accessories > Terminal” and type the following commands:
sudo su
wget http://file.libxenon.org/free60/linux/script/ubuntu_gutsy.sh
sh ./ubuntu_gutsy.sh
Reboot the 360 when you are told. Boot with http://file.libxenon.org/latest_kern, supply correct “root=” parameter via kboot.conf (*kboot currently only supported via xell-reloaded-testing builds), boot the kernel/system and login as root. You will be asked to set new password. The rest of the installation will start automatically. The download is about 600Mb. After a while it will ask you to setup the screen resolution, select 1280x768 with the space bar. If the display is garbled use 1024x768.
After it has finished installing and has rebooted into gnome open a new shell by typing Ctrl+Alt+F6 or Ctrl+Alt+F1 and type,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Then follow the instructions below.
1. Attempt to autodetect video hardware? > No
2. X Server Driver: Xenonfb
3. Generic Video Card > Enter
4. Video card’s bus identifier: Press enter for default
5. Amount of memory: Press enter for default
6. Use kernel framebuffer device interface? > Yes
7. Autodetect keyboard layout? > Yes
8. Keyboard layout: us
9. XKB rule set to use: xorg
10. Keyboard model: choose your rule set based on the options
11. Keyboard variant: leave blank if you’re in the U.S.
12. Keyboard options: Leave as default
13. Mouse Protocol: ImPS/2
14. Emulate a 3 button mouse? > Your choice
15. Xorg server modules: Default
16. Write default Files section to configuration file? > Yes
17. Attempt monitor detection? > Yes
18. Use generic monitor if it doesn’t detect it.
19. Video modes to be used by the X server: 1280x768 (1024x768 if garbled)
20. Method for selecting the monitor characteristics: Medium
21. Monitors best video mode: Choose what’s best for your monitor.
22. Write monitor sync ranges to the configuration file? > Yes
23. Desired default color depth in bits: 24.
After that go back to gnome by typing Ctrl+Alt+F7.
Reboot X by typing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
(If Java is required, do not install the one in the default repository as it is broken, to attempt to install it http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1116368 , or simply install this http://3dslice.net/downloads/PrimeGen/ibm-j2sdk1.6_1.6.0_powerpc.deb )
ubuntu_gutsy.sh #!/bin/bash
# set the date to anything except 1/1/1970 since this causes issues
# time is now also set after first boot by .bashrc script below
date -s 1/1/2009
# if /dev/sda is mounted then paritions get wiped by dd but sfdisk fails!
swapoff /dev/sda1
umount /mnt/ubuntu
# partition and mkfs hdd (all data is lost!)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
sfdisk /dev/sda << EOF
,124,S
,,L
EOF
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda2 bs=512 count=1
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda2
mkswap /dev/sda1
sync; sync; sync
swapon /dev/sda1
# setup paths
mkdir /mnt/ubuntu
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/ubuntu
cd /mnt/ubuntu
mkdir /mnt/ubuntu/work
cd /mnt/ubuntu/work
# download extract and run debootstrap
wget ftp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/old-images/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.3build1_all.deb
ar -xf debootstrap_1.0.3build1_all.deb
cd /mnt/ubuntu
zcat < /mnt/ubuntu/work/data.tar.gz | tar xv
export DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=/mnt/ubuntu/usr/lib/debootstrap
export PATH=$PATH:/mnt/ubuntu/usr/sbin
debootstrap --arch powerpc gutsy /mnt/ubuntu ftp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/old-images/ubuntu/
# create needed files on hdd
echo Falcon > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/hostname
cat > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/fstab << EOF
/dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
EOF
cat > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/network/interfaces << EOF
iface lo inet loopback
auto lo
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
EOF
cat > /mnt/ubuntu/etc/apt/sources.list << EOF
deb ftp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/old-images/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
EOF
#Change root-pwd inside chroot
chroot /mnt/ubuntu echo "root:xbox" | chroot /mnt/ubuntu /usr/sbin/chpasswd
cp /mnt/ubuntu/root/.bashrc /mnt/ubuntu/root/.bashrc.orginal
# create .bashrc script on hdd
cat >> /mnt/ubuntu/root/.bashrc << EOF
date -s 1/1/2009
passwd
mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.24.3
touch /lib/modules/2.6.24.3/modules.dep
apt-get update
apt-get install ntp wget -y --force-yes
apt-get install ubuntu-desktop -y
echo "AVAHI_DAEMON_START=0" > /etc/default/avahi-daemon
/etc/init.d/networking restart
cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/
wget -O xenosfb_drv.so http://file.libxenon.org/free60/linux/xenosfb/xenosfb_drv.so_gutsy
cd /etc/X11/
wget http://file.libxenon.org/free60/linux/xenosfb/xorg.conf
mv ubuntu.conf xorg.conf
cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/
mv libfbdevhw.so libfbdevhw.so.bk
wget -O libfbdevhw.so http://file.libxenon.org/free60/linux/xenosfb/libfbdevhw.so_gutsy
rm -r -f /work/
echo "" > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom
sed -i 's/AllowRoot=false/AllowRoot=true/' /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
rm /root/.bashrc
mv /root/.bashrc.orginal /root/.bashrc
/etc/init.d/gdm start
EOF
# done
echo "Base installation completed."
echo "To finish the installation: Reboot and load the kernel with correct root= params."
echo "The install may take up to two hours, depending on your internet connection"