Tutorial for getting Kai to run on WRT54G with HyperWRT

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:17 am

You may find it useful, you may not.

There is information here on how to install Kaistation firmware, how to install Kai on a WRT54G with HyperWRT (and other firmwares) and how to install Kai on a Linux box by itself.

There are also links from this site to my own site that has information in greater detail. Necessary files are being hosted on this site so I need everyone to go through this site to mine so they get their share of the "pie" so to speak.

You may see this posting on other sites a I'm going to post it on a couple of places today.

http://thoalex.greatnow.com/

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:14 am

Thanks for the tutorial. I'll see if this may do the trick since I'm not getting much help from my other posts. I have a question though. What exactly is going on below?

wget http://thoalex.greatnow.com/kaid.1 -O /tmp/kaid.1
wget http://thoalex.greatnow.com/kaid.2 -O /tmp/kaid.2
/bin/cat /tmp/kaid.1 /tmp/kaid.2 > /tmp/kaid
wget http://thoalex.greatnow.com/kaid.conf -O /tmp/kaid.conf
chmod 755 /tmp/kaid
/tmp/kaid -d -c /tmp/kaid.conf

I'm just curious. Also, can I replace that website with the address of my xbmc web server?

fyi: some of the links on the page don't work

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:57 am

andyd @ Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:14 am wrote:

Thanks for the tutorial. I'll see if this may do the trick since I'm not getting much help from my other posts. I have a question though. What exactly is going on below?

Sorry, I should have commented my code. (Bad Developer! Bad!)

# Download file kaid.1 from http://thoalex.greatnow.com
wget http://thoalex.greatnow.com/kaid.1 -O /tmp/kaid.1

# Download file kaid.2 from http://thoalex.greatnow.com
wget http://thoalex.greatnow.com/kaid.2 -O /tmp/kaid.2

# Concatenate the downloaded binary files together and
# create the binary /tmp/kaid
/bin/cat /tmp/kaid.1 /tmp/kaid.2 > /tmp/kaid

# Get the kaid.conf file
wget http://thoalex.greatnow.com/kaid.conf -O /tmp/kaid.conf

# Make the binary /tmp/kaid executable
chmod 755 /tmp/kaid

# Run the binary /tmp/kaid with the configuration file /tmp/kaid.conf
/tmp/kaid -d -c /tmp/kaid.conf

Quote:

I'm just curious. Also, can I replace that website with the address of my xbmc web server?

Ummm.. not positive as I haven't used the XBMC webserver that much. But if you can download files off of it then yeah, no problem. If you go that route I recommend getting the MIPS version of Kai from the TeamX site and putting the full binary up there and modifying my script (I think with my comments you should be able to figure out what to do, if not let me know and I can help.

Quote:

fyi: some of the links on the page don't work

Eeek! Which ones? The ones to http://mysystem.evasive.com? That explains why I'm not in the search engines yet.

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:02 am

Alright.. links are fixed..

%@#%#@ cox cable.

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:20 pm

So the first two lines are getting a split kaid file and then combining them? I'm going try use XBMC webserver for this and just want to be clear on what I'm actually changing Smile

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:25 pm

Yes, exactly. Go back to the http://thoalex.greatnow.com site. I made another script for using your own website.

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:18 pm

nice...I'm going to try that now and see if I can get it working properly.

btw. Appreciate the extra help you have given Smile

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:44 pm

wget http://YOURWEBSITE/YOURPATH/kaid -O /tmp/kaid.1
wget http://YOURWEBSITE/YOURPATH/kaid.conf -O /tmp/kaid.conf
chmod 755 /tmp/kaid
/tmp/kaid -d -c /tmp/kaid.conf

Should the first line be just "kaid" not "kaid.1"?

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:52 am

Yes.. sorry about the typo.

I fixed the webpage too.

Kai Regular Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 80 Location: Canada

Thanks man this tutorial looks idiot proof! I'll give it a shot when I get a chance.

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:16 pm

Thanks...been up since Tues Smile

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:02 pm

Cool! I have a new site up that simplifies the script. Assuming it stays up that will be the one that I will maintain (try to keep the latest kai on)

http://www.websamba.com/thoalex/kaid.html

The other one is still there though.

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:07 pm

Im really new at this flashing stuff, and im positive i qualify as a n00b... But i followed the guide fairly well.. I got the HyperWRT and flashed it, and then i put the script in the startup thing.. Now what do i need to do to start Kai up on my xbox? Also, you dont need a pc if you do this right? Because my PC is wirelessly connected to my WRT54G

edit... I tried runnin it wit XBMC, i put the engine ip as my router's ip (192.168.1.1) but its still not working.. any help guys?

Thanks Guys
-TNHitokiRi

Kai Regular Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 103

Hera also the same problem.

The engine won 't start on the router !!!

Kai Beginner Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 39

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The engine won 't start on the router !!!

Error messages?

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:38 pm

I´ve got the same problem. Can´t get Kai to start on my router. Tried both startup scripts from your sites, from my site and from xbox web. Nothing happens. Is there a way to check if the startup script is executed on the router? I´am using a WRT54GS, from Germany.

Kai Beginner Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 39

If I have the router set to use HTTPS for administration, it always stalls when I try to use WGET to launch Kaid. With it set to HTTP, it works fine.

Kai Regular Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 81

Dear Alex

I am thinking about buying a WRT54GS to be able to play in xbox without needing to power on the PC!

What I need to make to put kaistation and to configure it in the router?

Thanks
Almir

thoalex @ Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:17 am wrote:

You may find it useful, you may not.

There is information here on how to install Kaistation firmware, how to install Kai on a WRT54G with HyperWRT (and other firmwares) and how to install Kai on a Linux box by itself.

There are also links from this site to my own site that has information in greater detail. Necessary files are being hosted on this site so I need everyone to go through this site to mine so they get their share of the "pie" so to speak.

You may see this posting on other sites a I'm going to post it on a couple of places today.

http://thoalex.greatnow.com/