DidJiX 1.1 is ready

The new release of DidJiX is up!

You can follow all the changes from the DidJiX repository but, to summarize, the main change is the usage of the kernel mode setting.

Always about the kernel which is now in 3.7.9, the kernel module for the Hercules DJ Console Mk2 is included in this release of DidJiX. You may have to manually load it if udev don't do it automatically.

If you experience problems with this new video mode, you can always start DidJiX in vesa mode at boot prompt. I would appreciate your feedback on this topic.

Download it, try it and mix...

Hercules DJ Console Mk2 with DidJiX 1.0

The use of this console requires the presence of specific kernel module that is not included in DidJix... This module is now available here.
Size: 49Ko - Sha1: fc47258b30e0ddcabf107eb7ff9a259213f6a0ab

• Download and save the DidJiX.1.0.hdjmod.pkg.tar.xz package on the second partition of your DidJiX removable media, where there's all your musics.


• Start DidJiX, open a terminal over Mixxx with Win t keys, install the downloaded package with pacman, load the specific kernel module,
  
    cd /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/
    pacman -U DidJiX.1.0.hdjmod.pkg.tar.xz
    modprobe hdj-mod
  
  


• Close the terminal with Ctrl d keys and try your Hercules DJ console...


• If all is good, change the DidJix behavior to automate all. Open a terminal over Mixxx and run these commands to change your .xinitrc script,
  
    echo pacman -U /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/DidJiX.1.0.hdjmod.pkg.tar.xz \
    >> /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/.xinitrc
    echo modprobe hdj-mod >> /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/.xinitrc
  
  

Next release of DidJix will try to include this module... Thanks to Gimmeapill for his work on hdjmod.

Note that the package can be downloaded directly from DidJiX...

  dhcpcd
  cd /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/
  wget https://bitbucket.org/patatetom/didjix/downloads/DidJiX.1.0.hdjmod.pkg.tar.xz

Mixxx features

Mixxx is open source digital DJing software with a lot of features: find them here...

At least 2Gb

If you decide to install DidJiX on removable media like a memory stick or an usb key, it must have a storage capacity equal to or greater than 2Gb. Otherwise, DidJiX initialization will fail...

Sound card

The computers on which you run DidJiX generally offer a single sound card and so, you can't make pre-listening with headphones...

Simply add an external usb sound card

and configure Mixxx to use it.


Setting the mixer for this new sound may be necessary... Most external USB sound cards should work without any problem.

Keep the historic of Mixxx

The history of Mixxx is stored in ~/.mixxx and therefore in the memory. This is why, whenever you turn off DidJiX, all your games and scores are lost.

To change this behaviour, follow these steps.

• Open a terminal over Mixxx with Win t keys,
• run these commands to change your .xinitrc script,
  
    echo "[ -d /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/.mixxx ] || cp -a ~/.mixxx /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/" \
    >> /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/.xinitrc
    echo "rm -rf ~/.mixxx" >> /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/.xinitrc
    echo "ln -s /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/.mixxx ~" >> /mnt/Mixxx/Musics/.xinitrc
  
  
• close the terminal with Ctrl d keys and quit Mixxx with Ctrl q keys,
• at prompt, restart Mixxx with Ctrl c keys or reboot DidJiX with Enter key

My old laptop as DidJiX...

You have an old laptop and you want it to be your DidJix system, without using an other media... It is possible, and easily, with DidJix! If DidJiX can be installed on an external hard disk, it can be installed on an internal.

• First, download the lastest DidJiX iso image from the download page,
• burn iso image onto a cdrom disc,
• boot the cdrom from your old laptop and test it with DidJiX,
• quit DidJiX with Ctrl q keys,
• switch to the second console with Ctrl Alt F2 keys,
• install DidJiX on the laptop hard disk with the next command,

  cat /dev/sr0 > /dev/sda


/dev/sda is supposed to be the internal hard disk of your old laptop: data on this device will be overwritten!
• switch back to the first console with Ctrl Alt F1 keys,
• press Return key at prompt to power off,
• power on the laptop and, before booting, eject the cdrom.

That's all! DidJiX is now on your old laptop!