Aurora freezes up when trying to access "Settings" option

[Dragon192 0]

I checked it and the top of the filles does look the same.

 

Anyway, i think we've managed to locate the problem, i deleted the freestyle plugin from the plugin directories of both FSD and Aurora,

 

rebooted my console and it stopped freezing up. 

 

It seems to be working fine now.

I tried to work with it for about a day and other than one forced reboot during a game encountered no problems. 

I noticed in Aurora that when i check the dash info in the plugin line it says ???... is it ok ? is it safe to work with it that way ? 

Also when i browsed the settings there was one setting that defines the freestyle plugin to launch at startup, should i undo that setting or leave it as it is ?

Furthermore, what is this plugin for ? is it really needed ? is it safe to work without it in FSD and Aurora ? and if  it is needed, is there any workaround

we can try to make it work ?

 

If not, can i replace it with another plugin that will fulfill its functions ?

Sorry but i'm not really an expert on these kind of stuff, my knowledge is kind of lacking, an explaination would be appreciated.

Thanks. 

[Swizzy 2084]

Sure, the reason it shows "???" is because it doesn't know what version the plugin is (since it's not available)

You can leave it as-is, it won't make a difference as it fails to load a plugin that's not there and continues anyways... (just logs the error that's it)

The plugin is used for LiNK and/or screenshots for example... unless you plan on playing games on LiNK it's not really needed

We can try to figure out what the crash is caused by, but it's not particularly easy... it could be a collision with something else running on your system for whatever reason or it could be something entirely different... hard to say...

[Dragon192 0]

Got it, thanks for the explaination.  

 

Is LINK the current online method or is there a different one used in Aurora ?

 

Anyway, i would still like to play online and take screenshots from time to time, and stuff like that, so isn't there anyway to make the plugin work ?

 

and if not, isn't there any other plugin i could use to replace the "default" freestyle plugin, that will function the same as it does ?

 

Anyway, i would still like to try and figure out what the crash is caused by, if it's ok with you,  for the plugin and in order to prevent future problems that

 

may occur because of it. 
 

Thanks.

 

P.S - when you said the top of the files, you meant the top of the text in the files right ? because it does look about the same.

Anyway, thanks for all the help, it is really appreciated.  

[Swizzy 2084]

LiNK is used with both FSD and Aurora, there's a new version in development tho; LiNKv2 which will ONLY be supported by Aurora, at which point support for the current LiNK system will be dropped (when it's all finished and released)

We'd have to look into the crash offset of the plugin in order to find what the cause is for the crash in order to help you, and right now i don't have the time to spend to track it down =/

Yes, when i said the top of the files, i meant the top of the callstack textfiles

[Dragon192 0]

Oh, i understand.

Anyway, you still haven't answered my question, is there anyway to make the plugin work, other than looking at the offset, and if not, is there an

 

option to use a replacement plugin in the meantime, which will function the same, or is the "default" freestyle plugin the only plugin availible ? 

 

It's unfortunate you don't have the time to work on it right now, i'll try and figure things out by myself for the meantime, any suggestions would be

 

appreciated.

 

I'd be happy if you could check this out for me when you're availible, and update me on what you found, maybe you could PM me or something...

 

thanks.

 

On another note, i'm still not able to run the 3.16 Dashlaunch Installer, as i stated in one of my previous posts, still getting an error message.

Do you know of any way to fix this issue ? 

Anyway, thanks for all the help, i really appreciate it. 

[Swizzy 2084]

Without looking at the offsets it's impossible to know what causes the crash, you've already tried what we usually recommend to try and fix the issue; Replace all data, start clean

There's no replacement for the FSD Plugin at this time, and no other plugin have the same features the FSD Plugin does

What error are you getting when running the Dashlaunch 3.16 installer? perhaps you are running one of the unofficial kernel stuff? or perhaps you have a dashlaunch plugin which messes things up? (both of those could also cause issues with the FSD Plugin actually) I would recommend that you read the tutorial linked in my signature below and follow it, that way you'll rule out kernel issues out of the equation

[JamanMas 0]

HI.

I have this issue as well (luckily I did not start a new thread regarding this problem).

Same problem; going to "Settings" (pressing Start button) crashed/froze the console and I have to reset. Previously using FSD3 with latest kernel for Jtag system.

I used Dashlaunch 3.16 to shortcut the Aurora dash by holding X button, rather than make it as default and I tried lauching Aurora from internal to external HDD from FSD, still the crashed happens.

Also have tried different version; 0.4b and 0.5b and still the same.

Possible that I have to fresh install the FSD3 first to get rid of plugins?

 

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I cleaned up the plugin file, but not the whole FSD file dash, and the froze happened. I assume that there might some leftover plugins setting or other things that I don't know and have not clean up, So, could it be that cause?

[Swizzy 2084]

HI.

I have this issue as well (luckily I did not start a new thread regarding this problem).

Same problem; going to "Settings" (pressing Start button) crashed/froze the console and I have to reset. Previously using FSD3 with latest kernel for Jtag system.

I used Dashlaunch 3.16 to shortcut the Aurora dash by holding X button, rather than make it as default and I tried lauching Aurora from internal to external HDD from FSD, still the crashed happens.

Also have tried different version; 0.4b and 0.5b and still the same.

Possible that I have to fresh install the FSD3 first to get rid of plugins?

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I cleaned up the plugin file, but not the whole FSD file dash, and the froze happened. I assume that there might some leftover plugins setting or other things that I don't know and have not clean up, So, could it be that cause?

Everything aurora related is in the aurora folder...

Please show us you launch.ini using spoiler tags as there may be things there causing problems aswell

Sent from my SM-G903F

[Dragon192 0]

I understand.

Well, i guess i'll have to wait until you have the time to work on it... thanks anyway.

Regarding the Dashlaunch issue, when i try to open the 3.16 Installer, it throws me off to the Microsoft dash and shows up this 

error message : "The game couldn't start, try downloading the game again, for more help visit www.xbox.com/support". 

Tried with FSD, Aurora and Xex Menu and got the same result.
 

I don't know what unofficial kernel you are referring to, as far as i know my kernel is official, i just downloaded the proper NXE version and updated

 

my kernel to it.

 

I don't have any dashlaunch plugins running, you looked at my launch.ini log yourself, there were no plugins loaded. 

I browsed your tutorial, when i updated my kernel i did exactly as it says, incluiding Simple Nand Flasher, only with J-Runner, which is integrated

with xeBuild as far as i know. 

[Swizzy 2084]

Where did you download it from? and what name did it have?

The official packages never have a kernel version in the name, they're simply "xeBuild GUI 2.##" or "xeBuild 1.##", JRunner have auto-updating (within the application itself)

Anything specifying version in the filename such as 17489 is most likely a unofficial patchset, which can lead to all kinds of wierd issues...

The current versions of these tools are xeBuild GUI 2.097 and xeBuild 1.16, Dashlaunch is at 3.16, anything older then that is going to be unofficial (if it's updating to the latest kernel for you) and should not be trusted

Generally when you get the error you mentioned, it's because of a bad plugin for Dashlaunch or a bad download/transfer, possibly even bad patches...

[JamanMas 0]

This is what in my launch.ini in my HDD.

 

; launch.xex V3.0 config file
; parsed by simpleIni http://code.jellycan.com/simpleini/
; currently supported devices and paths:
; internal hard disk Hdd:\
; usb memory stick Usb:\
; memory unit Mu:\
; USB memory unit UsbMu:\
; big block NAND mu FlashMu:\
; internal slim 4G mu IntMu:\
; internal corona 4g mu MmcMu:\
; CD/DVD Dvd:\ (not recommended to use this one)
; buttons can point to any xex, or any CON with default.xex in it on any of the above devices
; note that Right Bumper is ALWAYS default to return NXE
; if you want to assign an additional one, use the path Sfc:\dash.xex ie:
; BUT_A = Sfc:\dash.xex


; all comments and fields in this file are optional, you can remove anything you don't need
; sorry for any double negatives
; njoy, cOz

; example entry
; Default = Hdd:\FreeStyle\default.xex
[Paths]
BUT_A = Hdd:\Aurora 0.5b\Aurora.xex
BUT_B =
BUT_X =
BUT_Y =
Start =
Back =
LBump =
RThumb =
LThumb =

; Default is what loads when you hold no buttons
; leave this blank if you want NXE as default
Default = Hdd:\FSD\default.xex

; at boot time, default can be overridden based on how the console is turned on
; if you start with wired/wireless/IR guide button, this item if existing will be used instead of default
; note that the Guide item is ALWAYS overridden by option: remotenxe = true
Guide =

; if you power on with the button on the front of the console (or the power button on a remote if remotenxe is not set to true)
; this item will be used instead of default
Power =

; if set, going to system settings from HUD will run this app, override with Right Bumper
Configapp =

; if set, this will be run as a title before any other option occurs, does not get circumvented by held buttons or default
; guide/power opts are processed after this; intended for a short video player to allow replacing bootanim
Fakeanim =

; by default this only dumps to UART, setting a file here will cause unhandled exception info to be dumped
; as text to a file. Same path restraints as the quick launch buttons.
; if exchandler is set to false, this option does nothing.
; note that this uses the first drive of the class found, so if you use usb: and have more than one usb device
; it may wind up on any of the usb devices depending on which was enumerated first. The path for the file is only
; checked on boot, so the device must be present at power on and at crash time for this to be effective
; ie: dumpfile = Usb:\crashlog.txt
Dumpfile =


; example plugin entry
; plugin1 = Usb:\plugin\aplugin.xex
[Plugins]
plugin1 =
plugin2 =
plugin3 =
plugin4 =
plugin5 =


; these options are never used directly by dash launch but serve to give the configuration program
; a place to keep these values; note that things like ftp and udp servers are only running while installer is running
[Externals]

; if true, the configuration application will start a FTP server (user/pass: xbox)
; if not present default is FALSE
ftpserv = false

; if ftpserv is true, this is the port that will be used by the FTP server
; if not present default is 21
ftpport = 21

; if true, the configuration application will start the xebuild update server
; if not present default is FALSE
updserv = false

; if true, the configuration application will start in launch mode instead of options mode
; if not present default is FALSE
calaunch = false

; if true, temps in installer and in guide (shuttemps option) will be shown in fahrenheit instead of celsius
; if not present default is FALSE
fahrenheit = false


[settings]

; if true, brining up miniblade in NXE and then pressing Y will cause launch.xex to relaunch for you
; note you must release Y button then press desired QuickLaunchButtons after or use default item
; if not present default is TRUE
nxemini = true

; if true ping limit will be removed for system link play (thanks FBDev!)
; if not present default is FALSE
pingpatch = true

; if true header license bits will be patched for addon content (00000002 type content)
; if not present default is FALSE
contpatch = false

; if true header license bits will be patched for xbla content (000D0000 type content)
; if not present default is FALSE
xblapatch = false

; usually used in combination with contpatch/xblapatch or when XBLA is run extracted instead of from a container, spoofs replies from XamContentGetLicenseMask
; if not present default is FALSE
licpatch = false

; Normally when a fatal error occurs the xbox will just freeze, setting this to false will cause a reboot or powerdown
; setting to TRUE will also disable the unhandled exception filter which tries to intercept recoverable unhandled exceptions with exit to dash
; if not present default is FALSE
fatalfreeze = false

; when fatalfreeze is set to false, setting this to true will cause the box to reboot, setting it to false will instead have the box shut down
; note that this option does NOTHING when fatalfreeze is set to true
; if not present default is FALSE
fatalreboot = false

; setting this to true will cause the box to reboot (soft reboot) the way it was intended to
; on jtag ONLY set this to true if using blackaddr's reboot fix for SMC, else on reboot you will get E71 and corrupted dash/video/etc settings
; if not present default is TRUE
safereboot = true

; when set to true, it is possible to hold RB when launching a game to have the region that the game gets from xam spoofed
; if not present this is set to FALSE
regionspoof = true

; when regionspoof is true, you set your region here in hex preceding the value with 0x, for example devkit would be region = 0x7fff
; if not present but regionspoof is set to true, this is set to 0x7FFF
region = 0x7fff

; when set to false, ejecting a dvd video or game returns you to your default item, set to true to auto exit to NXE
; if not present this is set to FALSE
dvdexitdash = true

; when set to false, using the exit item in an XBLA game returns you to your default item, set to true to exit to NXE arcade menu
; if not present this is set to FALSE
xblaexitdash = true

; when set to true, using miniblades system setting options will not exit to NXE
; if not present this is set to FALSE
nosysexit = false

; when set to true, miniblades will not appear... ever (requested as child saftey measure)
; note that using this option overrides everything in dash launch that relies on miniblade exits to function
; if not present this is set to FALSE
nohud = false

; when set to false, xbox will be capable of finding system updaters
; if not present this is set to TRUE
noupdater = false

; when set to true, dash launch will put all debug strings out to uart
; if not present this is set to FALSE
debugout = true

; when set to false, dash launch will not attempt to handle last chance unhandled exceptions
; if set to false, exceptions will also not be dumped to the dumpfile
; if not present this is set to TRUE
exchandler = false

; if set to true, this will block the console from resolving LIVE related dns
; if not set this value will be TRUE
liveblock = true

; if liveblock is set to true, this will block the console from resolving all MS related dns
; setting this to TRUE will also block apps like freestyle from accessing things like cover images
; *** note that if NO INI is present for launch.xex, this is set to TRUE
; if not set this value will be FALSE
livestrong = false

; when set to TRUE the X (guide) and power button on IR remotes will cause the xbox to boot to NXE instead of default item
; note that powering on with the windows/start button automatically goes to NXE's media center now regardless of how this is set
; if not set this value will be FALSE
remotenxe = true

; when set to TRUE all USB drives will be polled at hddtimer intervals for the file "alive.txt" in their root
; if the file exists, it will be recreated and 16 random bytes written to it on each poll which should keep drives from spinning down
; if not set this value will be FALSE
hddalive = false

; in seconds, the interval between when USB devices will be polled for "alive.txt" file
; if not set and hddalive is set to TRUE this value will be 210
hddtimer = 210

; attempts to disable popups related to signing in, like "live is blocked" and similar
; !! WARNING OTHER THINGS DO USE THIS DIALOG AND DETECTING THAT IT'S A LOGIN DIALOG MAY NOT BE PERFECT !!
; !! to sign into live profiles other than auto signing on boot you MUST accept the 'check live for updates' dialog BEFORE enabling this option !!
; if not set this value will be FALSE
signnotice = false

; when you hold guide button to shut down xbox, normally the 'cancel' option is selected
; setting this to TRUE will cause the shutdown option to be auto selected instead
; !! WARNING OTHER THINGS DO USE THIS DIALOG AND DETECTING THAT IT'S SHUTDOWN DIALOG MAY NOT BE PERFECT !!
; if not set this value will be FALSE
autoshut = false

; when you hold guide button to shut down xbox, normally a dialog comes up
; setting this to TRUE will cause the console to shutdown instead of show a dialog
; !! WARNING OTHER THINGS DO USE THIS DIALOG AND DETECTING THAT IT'S SHUTDOWN DIALOG MAY NOT BE PERFECT !!
; if not set this value will be FALSE
autooff = false

; 14699+ has native http functions, but you are forced to be logged into use them
; this patch removes that restriction, set to false to disable it if you have any problems
; if not set this value will be TRUE
xhttp = true

; when tempbcast is set to TRUE the raw temp data from smc will be broadcast over UDP at temptime second
; intervals on port tempport
; if not set this value will be FALSE
tempbcast = false

; if not set this value will be 10
temptime = 10

; if not set this value will be 7030
tempport = 7030

; when set to TRUE all titles will have the insecure socket privilege
; if not set this value will be FALSE
sockpatch = false

; when set to TRUE dash launch will not erase launchdata before launching a quick launch item
; if not set this value will be FALSE
passlaunch = false

; when set to TRUE various functions will be spoofed to make firmware think it's connected to LIVE
; this does not compensate for the fact that it cannot contact LIVE servers
; setting this to TRUE forces liveblock to TRUE
; if not set this value will be FALSE
fakelive = false

; when set to TRUE network/cloud storage options should not show up in disk dialogs
; if not set this value will be TRUE
nonetstore = false

; when set to TRUE a snapshot of the console temperature data will be displayed in the console shutdown dialog (displayed when guide button is held)
; !! WARNING OTHER THINGS DO USE THIS DIALOG AND DETECTING THAT IT'S SHUTDOWN DIALOG MAY NOT BE PERFECT !!
; enabling this option disables autooff
; if not set this value will be FALSE
shuttemps = false

; when true, any devkit profiles on the console will not appear as corrupt and can be used
; any changes such as saving games or getting achievements will resign the profile with the current/retail keyvault
; this seems not to affect glitch/jtag dev crossflash, but could affect these profiles on true devkits
; if not set this value will be FALSE
devprof = false

; when true, system link data will be encrypted for communication with devkits
; if not set this value will be FALSE
devlink = false

; when true dash launch will perform automatic disk swapping
; WARNING!! do not enable if you use FSD or swap.xex for this !!
; if not set this value will be FALSE
autoswap = false

; when true, disables kinect health pseudo video at game launch
; if not set this value will be TRUE
nohealth = true

; when true, disables dash locale setup screens when settings already exist
; if not set this value will be TRUE
nooobe = true

; when true dash launch will automatically enable fakelive functionality only during official dash and indie play sessions
; if not set this value will be FALSE
autofake = false

; if some titles benefit from fakelive, add them here - only 10 may be listed
autofake0 = 0x00000000
autofake1 = 0x00000000
autofake2 = 0x00000000
autofake3 = 0x00000000
autofake4 = 0x00000000
autofake5 = 0x00000000
autofake6 = 0x00000000
autofake7 = 0x00000000
autofake8 = 0x00000000
autofake9 = 0x00000000

; when true and autofake is enabled, contpatch will be enabled for community games only
; this option will be ignored if autofake is not enabled
; if not set this value will be FALSE
autocont = false