Thank you so much for your help. I Think maybe the issue is that the dmenu.ini is missing from the uploaded PS1 starter pack at the start of this thread. I can't seem to locate the DSTwo Linux by itself either.
Homebrew How to play PS1 games on your DS(i) (DSTWO required)
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Ah yes, sorry, I hadn't thought of that but since it's just a PS1 pack it must be in autoboot (understand only one app) and therefore there must not be the complete distribution in the archive, it doesn't matter, you can still find it in the limbo of the forum and incidentally I must have an archive somewhere on an old hard drive.
I just checked if the archive links contained in certain posts were still valid and that is the case, so to find that, I invite you to browse the entire DSTwo Linux topic and particularly the posts of @VatoLoco and @zfreeman , you will find what you are looking for, for my part if I have time during the week I will try to locate the archive that I took at the time on filerip
DSTWO Linux Beta1.0 topic :
https://gbatemp.net/threads/dstwo-linux-beta1-0-release.339028/
Thank you, I have downloaded from this pack: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ildk4td9t1l9y74/DS2_SD_ROOT.7z
I copied to the Root of my SD, but get a penguin and black screen. I have tried 3 different SD cards. I have tried different formatters and it just doesn't work. I have purchased another SD from Amazon. This is so annoying.
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Thanks all for your help. I have tried 5 different formatting programs. 6 different micro SD cards. I have made sure my DSTwo is updated to the latest format. It's so annoying, and the thing is the same SD cards work absolutely fine on the Ismart MM DS Linux (the same dingux port, but for the Ismart MM). It just freezes at the penguin stage and I have no idea why.
Check if dmenu.ini is not corrupt. Go to /local/dmenu and try to open dmenu.ini. If you see strange characters inside, retransfer the one inside my .rar archive. If the the file is not corrupt, then I do not see why it does not workThanks all for your help. I have tried 5 different formatting programs. 6 different micro SD cards. I have made sure my DSTwo is updated to the latest format. It's so annoying, and the thing is the same SD cards work absolutely fine on the Ismart MM DS Linux (the same dingux port, but for the Ismart MM). It just freezes at the penguin stage and I have no idea why.
Ok, I think I found a solution, I just tried it on two 32GB SD cards and it worked on both.Thanks all for your help. I have tried 5 different formatting programs. 6 different micro SD cards. I have made sure my DSTwo is updated to the latest format. It's so annoying, and the thing is the same SD cards work absolutely fine on the Ismart MM DS Linux (the same dingux port, but for the Ismart MM). It just freezes at the penguin stage and I have no idea why.
For your information, I have several DSTwo and DSTwo+ and on one of them, I had exactly the same problem, as besides that I still had a functional DSTwo Linux installed, I did not push the tests, sorry for misleading you with the solution of the dmenu.ini file because for this problem in particular the solution of changing the dmenu.ini file does not work (in other cases it works but not in this case)
So to summarize, in the case where after the appearance of the penguin you get a black screen, it is very likely that the problem comes from the formatting.
To solve it, it's very simple, you don't need the particular formatting program, the Windows one does the job very well, you just have to choose the "default size allocation" option when you format your micro sd and not another size option, don't use a micro sd larger than 32GB and it should work.
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I just reformatted my sd card, I was tinkering with CZDoom to run some pwads which don't work with DSDoom SVN, so I used moonshell to copy/paste some files from my ds lite (understand in avoiding going through my PC and taking my SD card out of my DSTwo) and by doing this, moonshell corrupted my SD card, anyway, to come back to the subject, I had to reformat my SD card again from my PC this time and I confirm that for the third time, by formatting the card by setting the default allocation size option with windows, it works, 3 tries, 3 positive results
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Because co-pilot doesnt even show up on my pc. Not in the taskbar, not in the start menu search, and the option in settings to turn it on and off in the taskbar is not even displayed. -
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Being able to disable copilot is not an opinion. lol. its a fact that it can be disabled.
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People can dislike Windows all they want. But I will call out the over-exaggerations, misconceptions, half truths, and lies about it.+2
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Tired of the entire "BUT BUT BUT WINDOWZ SPYWARE!!!" thing too, when the same people give out tons of their personal info to plenty of other companies but say nothing about it.+2
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@RedColoredStars, Companies do the exact same thing with other companies as well, so it's not just Microsoft. There are 3rd-parties like 'data brokers'.
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I'm 52 years old and one of my jobs in life was marketing research. Im well aware. I've been online for around 30 years. Everyone and their grandmother already has my personal information. One more having my email address isn't ruining my life or even effecting me in any way whatsoever.+1
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In fact. I freely give info. Stuff like gasoline apps, to save $, grocery apps, lots of cash back from rakuten, etc. etc.+1
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$300 back last year from Rakuten for allowing them to track my purchase. I'll take the money for them to know I bought a bunch of stuff for my cat and some video games. lol
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And for people to say things like "But I use all fake info". No, they don't. lol. They use fake info for all of their banking and online shopping? Fake shipping address, fake payment info? lol
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Fake name, address and payment info for internet service, etc? lol. Ill say it again. Everyone freaks out about OMG WINDOWS!! But crickets on anything else they do.
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Other windows stuff people complain about hypocritically too. Like "But but but Windows bundle junk apps!!!!" Yeah?? So do many Linux distributions. Dont like it? Use one without them. Same with windows. Either find a pre-made version without the bundled stuff, or very easily make your own installer with what you want and do not want.+1
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I agree with all above! Microsoft made a biggest mess with us and everyone! I wish Microsoft company should be fired then lost it. LOL+1
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I dont like the stuff added either. I have zero use for copilot or recall. But I also just simply disable it and move on.+1
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MS is funny. Insider programs for both Windows and Xbox, where they listen to absolutely none of the insider feedback and just do what the fuck they want. lolol
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MS is funny. Insider programs for both Windows and Xbox, where they listen to absolutely none of...