[mythtv-users] XBOX .19 install - softmod

[Joel Ostheller]

Okay guys, you have me completely confused.... According to this link

http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/Software_Method_HOWTO

             "The Software Method takes advantage of a flaw in the Microsoft
dashboard to make your Xbox Linux-compatible. Unfortunately this flaw has
been fixed in newer
               versions of the dashboard. *A Dashboard version of 4920 or
below is required.*http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/Xebian_HOWTO"

Yet you guys have said you have "modded your xbox" (in a discussion about
running mythfrontend on an xbox) with the following link which lead me to
belive that this was the steps I should take in that link to modify my xbox
to run Xibian and mythfrontend.

http://biline.ca/xbox_uxe.htm

Now I have already followed some of the steps in that link (ie... i updated
my dashboard before install... now im greater then 4920 which the first link
said was bad... doh!) My xbox version is either a 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3. can this
http://biline.ca/xbox_uxe.htm give me the "softmod" I need to install Xibian
and run mythfrontend? will i still be able to run my xbox games? thanks for
your help

On 3/14/06, Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com> wrote:
>
> Phill Edwards wrote:
> >> can someone give me some tips on how best to softmod?
> >>
> >
> > This worked for me - http://biline.ca/xbox_uxe.htm
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> That guide is pretty much exactly what I did. A comment on the hardware
> side, it's way more economical to make your own USB to Xbox cable, I got
> a cheap cable from a game rental store (I think it was $4) and used and
> old USB cable I had lying around. What it allowed me to do is make the
> cable to hook the Xbox controller up to the computer, but I also used
> the Xbox side of the cable to wire in a USB hub into the Xbox so I can
> use a USB keyboard with Linux. Makes life a lot easier...
>
> Tom
>
>
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