Swap Trick Without Swapping.

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Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.

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EDIT: What M0 command, this is my mgetty command:

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sudo mgetty -D /dev/tty0 -m '"" ATM0'


And this is the kill all command:
do this,

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 sudo mgetty -D /dev/tty0 -m '"" AT'
. And is that exactly what you are typing? because the "tty" is your device name from gnome-ppp. Mine is /dev/ttySHSF0 Also, that one options file in the mgetty folder should be options.(device name). Make sure that file is specific to the device name from gnome-ppp.
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Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.

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brourke228 wrote:

Code: Select all

EDIT: What M0 command, this is my mgetty command:

Code:
sudo mgetty -D /dev/tty0 -m '"" ATM0'


And this is the kill all command:
do this,

Code: Select all

 sudo mgetty -D /dev/tty0 -m '"" AT'
. And is that exactly what you are typing? because the "tty" is your device name from gnome-ppp. Mine is /dev/ttySHSF0 Also, that one options file in the mgetty folder should be options.(device name). Make sure that file is specific to the device name from gnome-ppp.
Alright, I will check for my device name.

EDIT: My device's name is:

ttySHSF0

I will edit everything to be for that one.

Thank you.

EDIT2: I got it to make that noise and the DreamCast was trying to connect but it said invalid username/password. I used the ones for the guide, I am going to see what they are.

EDIT3: I got the username and password sorted out, now it gets stuck at the Modem Connecting part on the DreamCast

EDIT4: It hung at the Modem Connecting Screen then went back to dialing then gave an invalid username/password error.
Last edited by TeamXlink on Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:27 am, edited 1 time in total.

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What does the log file say when you are trying to connect?
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Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.

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It worked!

It turns out the command to do the password in the guide sets the wrong password, but it is now working in PlanetWeb!

Now all I need to do is attempt Quake 3 Arena

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Congratulations ! Glad you got it sorted out.
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brourke228 wrote:Congratulations ! Glad you got it sorted out.
I like Linux, I wish it was as compatible as windows, but then again, most of the programs I use are free.

EDIT: Now to see if Quake 3 and the server list works.

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soul21 wrote:Ya, I went through all this crap too, never got it working. Pretty much every time I Try and do anything with linux its a horrible mess and a complete pain and waste of time where it should just be as easy as point and click, but its not even close to that easy.

Never used a mac for anything before but this seems to be the easiest thing I have ever done on any computer / OS, and it works great too.
Linux is never as easy as point and click. It is much different from windows, but that doesn't mean its worse. Just like when you used your very first computer, which I'm guessing was windows. It can be very frustrating until you get used to it. The main issue with linux though IMO is the lack of software support and drivers for some devices. But seeing as how it is all open source and the OS itself is free you really can't complain too much.
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Re: Swap Trick Without Swapping.

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brourke228 wrote:
soul21 wrote:Ya, I went through all this crap too, never got it working. Pretty much every time I Try and do anything with linux its a horrible mess and a complete pain and waste of time where it should just be as easy as point and click, but its not even close to that easy.

Never used a mac for anything before but this seems to be the easiest thing I have ever done on any computer / OS, and it works great too.
Linux is never as easy as point and click. It is much different from windows, but that doesn't mean its worse. Just like when you used your very first computer, which I'm guessing was windows. It can be very frustrating until you get used to it. The main issue with linux though IMO is the lack of software support and drivers for some devices. But seeing as how it is all open source and the OS itself is free you really can't complain too much.
Yeah that is true, for me, its just the lack of support for Linux, most of the World uses some form of Windows, which means most of the software runs on windows, but thankfully, a lot of free software, is open source and multi platform.

At the moment my Audio phone cord isn't working, it came undone and it won't work I have tried so many times, sometimes it works then when I tape it up it stops, all of the wires are wired correctly, and it won't give a dial tone at all.

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You should solder the wires together when you splice the audio cable into your phone line if you haven't already. That way you won't have to worry about it falling apart and it will also have a more solid connection.
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brourke228 wrote:You should solder the wires together when you splice the audio cable into your phone line if you haven't already. That way you won't have to worry about it falling apart and it will also have a more solid connection.
I would but I don't know how to solder.

I have a really really cheap soldering gun, that is probably a fire hazard, but I don't have any solder for it.

The twist wires thing is done on a lot of my cords.

My ethernet cable broke in the connector, it was a Cat5e Cable, and I twisted the wires together with a dollar store cable, but the Cat5e cable is about 20 feet the dollar store one is less then 4. My other ethernet cable is the same cable spliced and twisted back together like the rest.


I think I got this working this time, I used a good cable for the audio part, But unfortunately that makes my whole sound thing useless. But I think it finally works again. But the Phone cable part of it is a dollar store cable anyways.


EDIT: Hooray! It worked, and the server list works!
Last edited by TeamXlink on Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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