I didn’t think we’d ever get a web browser running in DSLinux, but I was proved wrong when phestar compiled retawq for DSLinux.
DSLinux has beaten Nintendo/Opera by releasing the first web browser for the DS.
Photo of my DS viewing slashdot:
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February 27th, 2006 at 1:57 pm
zOMG! we beated Nintendo!
February 27th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Omg, very awesome news!
Congratulations to all involved!
February 27th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
I noticwed the thread that involved it a while back, nice to see front page details now
February 27th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
ZOMG!!!, How can i get my hand on it?
February 27th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Excellent work. Now I must get a flash cart!
February 27th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
any body got this to work?
February 27th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
I think that photo of the DS viewing Slashdot should have this in the headlines
February 27th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
This is great! I have a wireless router, Windows ME, a Linksys Wireless router with WEP enabled, so is there any way I can use this?
February 28th, 2006 at 1:56 am
OMG… I love you…
February 28th, 2006 at 2:24 am
Nightly Build?
February 28th, 2006 at 4:28 am
You don’t need the nightly build for this one; it’s already downloadable here:
http://www.dslinux.org/index.php?showtopic=1296&hl=
February 28th, 2006 at 5:56 am
ok is there a .nds file?
or do you have to make it yourself?
I have a GBAMP and i just wanna surf
February 28th, 2006 at 8:45 am
Actually there was a working homebrew browser released a few days before this.
February 28th, 2006 at 10:23 am
@Vegetable: Any more details? I haven’t seen anything yet.
February 28th, 2006 at 10:28 am
Amazing! Things are going to happen so fast, thanks tt the scene’s work, that turning your DS into a vital appliance will soon be possible.
Congratulations, guys, keep up the great work!
February 28th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
does this work with nintendo wi fi??? as I have no other way to get my wi fi at the moment
February 28th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Great news…
Keep on guys…
Where we can find more pics of the browser?
February 28th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
I want it! Well Done!
February 28th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
look at the forums, it is there.
how to use it (for gbamp/sc/m3)
put retawq in /usr/bin
type retawq in dslinux
commands:
crtl+g=goto url
crtl+Q=quit
February 28th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
Well, that’s such a great job and a fantastic new!
Now, it should be great adding a simple assistant for iwlist/iwconfig/dhcp… Without stuff like the magic tab autocompletition writing it all everytime you want to connect is quite horrible.
I have something written as a bash script that uses dialog menus at http://oswax.sourceforge.net
Of course, for implementing it in dslinux it should be simplified, but as an idea for doing it easy, I think this information can be usefull.
Contact me if I can help in anything. I’ll do my.
Also an rss reader such as snownews could be great.
Excuse my poor English, but hope you understood.
May the source be with you.
February 28th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
I have been having trouble getting onto my AP with dslinux/wifi. Neither static nor dynamic seem to work. But I am not getting any errors which would help me track down the problem.
iwconfig nds channel 11 essid linksysz key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ifconfig nds 192.168.1.2 up
route add default gw 192.168.1.1
Then when I try
ping 192.168.1.1
I get:
No response from 192.168.1.1
When I just type “ifconfig”, I see that the RX bytes and TX bytes are all greater than 0. (e.g. TX 406 bytes, RX 20.5 KiB).
Any idea on how to diagnose this?
Also, a couple of times, DSLinux has just restarted, kicked me back to the login prompt. For example, after another wifi connection failure, I did:
# cat /sram/wifi.sh
cat: /sram: Unknown error 2
#
Welcome to
DSlinux
Any pointers would be appreciated!
FlyingSquirrl
March 1st, 2006 at 1:32 am
does it work with dialup? grand job!!!! now just gotta buy a pass me…. I guess yall try to get pics working next. Idea: howabout a collaspable keyboard? press a button for it to go in or out
March 1st, 2006 at 3:50 am
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March 1st, 2006 at 12:38 pm
@Kenny-What do you mean by putting retawq in user/bin?
March 1st, 2006 at 12:40 pm
Also, can anybody tell me the login and password. I used to have it, but I lost it. Do I need it to run this internet browser?
March 1st, 2006 at 5:31 pm
wow there, so you mean, you can browse the web without having to telnet?! You mean just by using the wifi like the nintendo/opera software would do it?!!! If so, OMG! lol
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:09 am
I’ve gotten DSLinux to run retawq, and it shows that screen at the top of this page, but where do i go from there? How do I enter URLs?
March 2nd, 2006 at 6:09 am
Shadow: You can use the help in the DS Linux wiki page. I think help for retawq is up already.
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:37 pm
It’s not up their yet.
March 2nd, 2006 at 1:23 pm
http://www.dslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Using_DSLinux#Surfing_the_web_with_the_retawq_web_browser
March 2nd, 2006 at 5:18 pm
It’s fun! I send this msg from my DS! Good job and thanks for all! {ps: excuse my bad english, i’m french}
March 3rd, 2006 at 3:54 am
How can I get this? Is it downloadable somewhere?
March 17th, 2006 at 12:15 am
http://retawq.sourceforge.net/
g - to type a URL
h - to vist the home URL
m - equal to right-click menu
I have been running this on my Linux desktop machine (Don’t yet have a DS), to test out how web pages look at 64×32 characters (DSLinux screen size?) .
March 17th, 2006 at 12:17 am
ah, I just noticed the wiki link.
March 24th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
um.. a bit confused about ds linux i can some one explain what it is. maybe a brief outline pls. i have a gba movie placer and a cf card and i want to get on the internet with it. i got a nintendo wifi adapter some 1 pls pls pls pls psl help.. yours sincierly Noob!
March 26th, 2006 at 11:38 am
dsko má větší display než 64 na 32
March 26th, 2006 at 11:40 am
sorry,it was in my language…
Nds have bigger display than 64*32
(sorry for my english,but i’m from Czech republic and i’m 14 years old)
March 26th, 2006 at 11:49 am
can i see pistures in retawq?
March 26th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
pictures???
March 26th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
in which program is dslinux programmed?
May 25th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
i have a nds can someone tell me how to get this on my nds please
May 25th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
http://www.dslinux.org/wiki/Information_Trail
June 30th, 2006 at 8:58 am
i keep getting a message saying can’t lookup host or something like that when i run the browser it works but gives this message when tring to open url. any help appreciated.
June 30th, 2006 at 10:28 am
http://www.dslinux.org/wiki/Using_DSLinux#Setting_up_DNS
October 4th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
A great start, but too bad this is text only. Some people are mentioning a port of Firefox (Minimo) but I think Konqueror may be a more realistic target. Konqueror Embedded http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror_Embedded does not require X windows of any sort, compiles into a static binary, and can support Flash version 4.
Imaging a graphical browser on the DS with Flash. Beating Nintendo to that would really be cool!
October 10th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
Looks cool but i cant get it to work on my ds can someone please help me!!!!
October 10th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Please ask on the forum.
http://www.dslinux.org/index.php?showforum=4
January 7th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I can’t run DSLinux on in iDeaS!
January 7th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
DSLinux stopped working in iDeaS when we changed toolchain.
It’s iDeaS fault, so there’s nothing I can do about it.
January 12th, 2007 at 3:25 am
can someone please teach me how to use linux, i have a 1 gig CF and max media dock
January 12th, 2007 at 11:03 am
If the Wiki doesn’t help, ask on the forum.
February 19th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
i need to get it to work 4 the mmd/mmp with 512 mb help plz zomg plz plz help me , i spent literally 10+ hrs working on makin it work plzplzplz
February 22nd, 2007 at 3:37 am
It Doesnt work on the Max Media Dock/Browser with Dantels cards.
And could you make a Max Media Verison of this browser and make it a standalone .NDS File?
December 23rd, 2007 at 8:58 pm
It’s DATEL. Not DANTELS!
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:57 am
i got okiwi and bunjaloo on my games n music (theyre both nds web browsers) and they both wont let me connect to wifi but i can with my games that arent homebrew is this because they dont work on datel stuff either and do any of you know a ds web browser that does work on datel?
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 am
cory: This is a blog for DSLinux. Have you tried using retawq in DSLinux?