Gecko 1.9.3RC

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brkirch released a RC of Gecko 1.9.3:

I have made some small modifications and fixes to the Gecko OS code, if you have System Menu 4.2 then please try this and let me know if there are any issues:
Gecko 1.9.3 RC

Old post by me:

Well.. after the most recent changes.. this is Gecko 1.9.2b - I added the b simply because it is no real new version.. more-so an SVN based bugfix version thanks to changes in System Menu 4.2

What's new:

Gecko 1.9.2b (r13)
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What's New:

Link edits:
-cIOS use temporarily disabled - System Menu 4.2 ships with IOS249 stubs which make Gecko OS crash
--> workaround: try to get an old IOS35 or 36 using Dop_IOS
-homebrew channel ID changed from HAXX to JODI (HBC 1.05)
-widescreen and alpha channel backgrounds possible

Brkirch edits:
-Fix code for loading dol/elf files
-Change 002 error prevention method for channels
-Add the selected hook to the channel patcher
-Added workaround for ES_Identify issues in newer IOS revisions

Download: http://usbgecko.googlecode.com/files/Gecko192b.zip

[Fred]

Good Job.

[Themissinglink]

Hi, Great update, but how come you took off adding codes to wii ware games?  I've been spending hours the last couple of days trying to get megaman 9 to work again?  so yeah? Any chance i will be able to apply codes to wiiware codes again?  not trying to complain or anything just a little anxious

[Link]

Hi, Great update, but how come you took off adding codes to wii ware games?  I've been spending hours the last couple of days trying to get megaman 9 to work again?  so yeah? Any chance i will be able to apply codes to wiiware codes again?  not trying to complain or anything just a little anxious

Umm.. that wasn't done by me... I removed IOS249 support - what exactly is happening over there?
WiiWare and VC support should be in as long as you have a trucha compatible IOS35 or IOS36!

[Themissinglink]

Ok but yeah, i need help downloading those files,  here is the story, I tried with 1.9.2  1.9  1.9.1.0   and a couple of others before what you uploaded today, and i got the message " error loading channel lists"  Now with this new one i don't have have that option at all.  On my Sd Card i have Cheatmanager, codedownloader,codes,fce,genplusgx,homebrew_browser,loadmi,ocarina,smsplus,snes9xgx,vbagsx,wiicm,  getco 1.07b and now the new one you just put up.  I tried downloading dozens of different stuff. And so if you could please tell me how to get that back up, you have no idea how much relief i will have, So what are the files and how to i get them if i have't been to the sites already

[Link]

Ok but yeah, i need help downloading those files,  here is the story, I tried with 1.9.2  1.9  1.9.1.0   and a couple of others before what you uploaded today, and i got the message " error loading channel lists"  Now with this new one i don't have have that option at all.  On my Sd Card i have Cheatmanager, codedownloader,codes,fce,genplusgx,homebrew_browser,loadmi,ocarina,smsplus,snes9xgx,vbagsx,wiicm,  getco 1.07b and now the new one you just put up.  I tried downloading dozens of different stuff. And so if you could please tell me how to get that back up, you have no idea how much relief i will have, So what are the files and how to i get them if i have't been to the sites already

You do not have the "Load Channels" menu? That means your IOS is unable to hook to channels.. if you used a cIOS before to do that.. cIOS support has been disabled in that relase, as cIOS loading crashes it on 4.2!

[Themissinglink]

I'm a little autistic so you'll have to expain with this CIos does, i have tried to put a couple of those things on, i believe it was the 36, tried to open it nothing.  And I do have 4.2 System firmware, your saying there's absolutly no way i can put codes on wiiware games now? as in, i gotta save up and get a earlier wii?

[Link]

I'm a little autistic so you'll have to expain with this CIos does, i have tried to put a couple of those things on, i believe it was the 36, tried to open it nothing.  And I do have 4.2 System firmware, your saying there's absolutly no way i can put codes on wiiware games now? as in, i gotta save up and get a earlier wii?

cIOS normally gets installed if you prepare your Wii for playing backups. Or if you try to play DVDs on the Wii. Nothing too bad about it. Just cIOS use is killed with Wii System Menu 4.2 . What you can try though:

get http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Dop-IOS

If it can work on your Wii which is probably unlikely thanks to 4.2 - use it to download IOS36 version 1020 (old version). That one will allow you to play VC and WiiWare games!

[Themissinglink]

Ok Thanks alot, I'll give it a shot, and if you are around later i might post more up, if i can PM you it would help much better.  I'm also talking to another use who says he uses 1.07b  wiibrew.org has dozens up? Which would you suggest there?
Post Merge: October 05, 2009, 12:13:50 AM
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cIOS normally gets installed if you prepare your Wii for playing backups. Or if you try to play DVDs on the Wii. Nothing too bad about it. Just cIOS use is killed with Wii System Menu 4.2 . What you can try though:

get http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Dop-IOS

If it can work on your Wii which is probably unlikely thanks to 4.2 - use it to download IOS36 version 1020 (old version). That one will allow you to play VC and WiiWare games!
[/quote]

So on the screen between versions 2 and 7, which one should i click on? are you meaning i can download IOS directly from HBC?


Post Merge: October 04, 2009, 11:16:14 PMSo on the screen between versions 2 and 7, which one should i click on? are you meaning i can download IOS directly from HBC?

Post Merge: October 04, 2009, 10:39:07 PMSorry again, it looks like i just tried version 8 from the link on the wii, the screen came up really black  guess it won't work

[justin28]

So this version is compatible with 4.2e and do the sd cheats still work.(for wii games).

[Link]

So this version is compatible with 4.2e and do the sd cheats still work.(for wii games).

Yes!

Sorry again, it looks like i just tried version 8 from the link on the wii, the screen came up really black  guess it won't work

I can only assume that Dop-IOS also uses IOS249 to install IOSes.. IOS249 was simply destroyed by 4.2 so as of now you're out of luck. Reenabling cIOS support in Gecko 1.9.2 would also make it go black screen for you!

[Romaap]

Sorry again, it looks like i just tried version 8 from the link on the wii, the screen came up really black  guess it won't work

I can only assume that Dop-IOS also uses IOS249 to install IOSes.. IOS249 was simply destroyed by 4.2 so as of now you're out of luck. Reenabling cIOS support in Gecko 1.9.2 would also make it go black screen for you!

Dop-IOS mod lets you choose wich IOS it uses IIRC.

[Hiroshi Mishima]

Ah, a new revision to 1.9.2 is out. I'll give this a try. Similar to Themissinglink, I was unable to get Load Channel to show up when I ran anything except 1.9.0.1, so I'll see if this helps me. Because I'm getting "Error Loading Channel" even though I have a 1st gen Wii and it only went to 4.0. I've run the Truch Restorer, as well, so we'll see if this works.

[WiiPower]

On Gecko 1.9.2b, your IOS36(not IOS35) has to allow you to do ES_Idenitfy, which only IOS36v1042(which does not work on new Wiis!) and a patched IOS36 do. If you are able to patch your IOS36, you can just install a cIOS and continue using the regular Gecko OS versions.

Or to put it more clearly: If you want Ocarina on VC/WiiWare, get a cIOS and use the old versions. If you only want disc games, this version is for you.

[Hiroshi Mishima]

Actually, last time I tried Ocarina it didn't give me Load Channel options either, like Gecko 1.9.2. However, Gecko 1.9.2b DID give me Load Channel, and it actually worked... except when I went to try using Megaman9 (with or without codes) it would go to some error screen that mentioned dumps. I'll have to see if I can try Ocarina again after I patched cIOS the other day.

This stuff can get really confusing with having to go back and forth between versions, but I'm slowly making sense of it.