seanius.net/ blog/ 2008/ 11/   (experimental) ps3 packages for debian

when not being distracted by other uses of the system, i've managed to spend some more time on packaging some more stuff that's useful on a debian ps3. namely:

the last of which i think will be of the most interest to some folks, as it provides an spu-based xvideo extension, which brings back the possibility of playing HD videos etc on the ps3.

now if you're interested in checking out these packages, read on, starting with this:

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ZOMG WARNING!!!1!!ONE!!

THESE ARE EXPERIMENTAL BLEEDING EDGE PACKAGES.

I MAKE NO GUARANTEE WHETHER THESE PACKAGES ARE PROPERLY BUILT, WILL INSTALL, WILL WORK, WILL NOT DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM, WILL NOT CRAWL OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM AND MAKE LONG DISTANCE PHONE CALLS WHILE EATING THAT SNACK YOU WERE SAVING IN THE FRIDGE, ETC.

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okay, so now that we've disposed with that formality, i'm glad if you're interested and still here :)

so... where were we? oh yes.

put this in your sources.list:

deb http://people.debian.org/~seanius/ps3-experimental-packages sid main

source packages are also available if you want to poke around or backport the packages to etch or ubuntu or something else wierd like that:

deb-src http://people.debian.org/~seanius/ps3-experimental-packages sid main

now, if you have a properly configured system, you should get a warning:

Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://people.debian.org sid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY CA78CB3E6E76D81D
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

but i promise this key is valid, and mine. but hey, you don't have to take my word for it :)

sudo apt-get install debian-keyring
gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg --export --armor CA78CB3E6E76D81D | sudo apt-key add -

then you can install the packages... assuming you want the xorg video driver:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-spu

and update the appropriate Device entry in your xorg.conf, so that the normal fbdev is commented out and instead you use the spufbdev driver. example:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
        Driver          "spufbdev"
        Option "ShadowFB" "false"
EndSection

and then

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

(or the equivalent if you're using something else). that's it!

more packages may trickle in here as well, at least until and they find their way into debian proper. i'm also in contact with the upstream authors of this stuff, and they're generally very responsive, so let me know if you have any problems.

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