Solution to "Loading GUI String Table...FAILED"

[suram884]

There are two problems. First is the CR/LF characters, as dlanor noted. To solve this one simply download the program called UltraEdit32. Use that to edit your config.dat file. When you open up config.dat, it was ask you if you want to convert the file to DOS, select YES. It will only make it display the file properly but will not convert the file. When you click save, the file will be saved in UNIX format, which is how we want it. Add the two hdd lines at the end. But, before you save it you need to do one more thing...

myPS2 interperts the LF character as the end of the line, so you need to add an extra empty line at the end of the file. Position the cursor at the end of the last line and press enter. Just click save and you're all set.

Also, I've noted that some people have empty lines between their config parameters. One such person is darkarmyofone. (I had to point you out since you were complaining about it so badly) myPS2 thinks that it's at the end of the file if it encounters an empty line. So do not leave empty lines between parameters.

Here is a visual:

[firehawk]

I'm currently using Vim to edit the configuration files. It does not ask to convert or anything like that, just add the lines and save. But Vim is not easy to use, you'll have to try it out for a while to get use to it.

[darkarmyofone]

i wasnt complaining, i was trying to get help. dont make examples out of people unless its needed. and it wasnt in this case. thanks.

[darkarmyofone]

anyways, i understand what your saying, but i cant seem to get ultra edit 32 to do what your asking. ive tried and tried many different things. i was wondering if you could post a predone config.dat using my partition names... i would appreciate it. if not thats alright. but i still aim to conquer this obstacle

[wallacee]

try notepad2 over at

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

it has the correct line formattings in it

[Neocronicum]

None of your points apply to the config.dat i created for darkarmyofone's system but it still didn't work. So there has to be some other problem in his case.

[darkarmyofone]

i got ultra edit 32 to do exactly as u posted in the first post. i opened it, it asked me if i want to change it to dos. i did. i went and removed my line spacing. i also placed that blank line at the end just like you told me too. and then clicked save. and i still get the same error at the same spot... should my partition be pfs0 or +MYPS2 i guess in theory according to MYps2 those partitions are the same. it used to show up as pfs0, but when myps2 v1.1 or 1.2 came out they corrected it to display the real name "+MYPS2" so im now confused as to what i need to do now. i no longer have faith that my partition names are arranged correctly in my config.dat

my HD has the one partition on it that everyone else with MYPS2 has, pfs0 AKA whatever you named it, in my case +MYPS2. and DIRECTLY inside of that partitions root directory, like RIGHT when you open it is a folder called MYPS2. and that folder contains all of the Myps2 v1.2 shit, skins, fonts, myps2.elf, you know what i mean.

so it should be like

hdd_boot_part = hdd0:+MYPS2
hdd_boot_path = /MYPS2/

or

hdd_boot_part = hdd0:+pfs0
hdd_boot_path = /MYPS2/

or

hdd_boot_part = hdd0:+PFS0
hdd_boot_path = /MYPS2/

"not sure if its pfs0 or PFS0, im pretty sure its lower case.

any suggestions as to how i should write those two lines... or is the way i had it the way it should be? the first of the three examples is the way i have it and was told to write it.

i also checked to make sure that every single skin and media file for Myps2 was accounted for on my HDD "took FOREVER" but its all there in the proper places. so i know the integrity of the files are ok. the fucking think just wont load them... this is weird, can someone with a WORKING config.dat post it on here, like one that allows you yourself to launch myps2 from the hard drive. i'd like to compare it to my non functioning config.dat that i created by following this tutorial.

thnx guys.

[suram884]

It is suppose to be like:

hdd_boot_part = hdd0:+MYPS2
hdd_boot_path = /MYPS2/

There might be a problem with having the partition and folder the same name. My myPS2 folder is located in a partition I created named +ELFs, and I also have a +MYPS2 partition which is empty right now, but I will fill it up with some media later.

My config looks like this:

hdd_boot_part = hdd0:+ELFs
hdd_boot_path = /myPS2/

On a side note, pfs0 is not a real partition. It is just a reference that gives easy access to the current mounted partition.

[Neocronicum]

Originally Posted by darkarmyofone

this is weird, can someone with a WORKING config.dat post it on here, like one that allows you yourself to launch myps2 from the hard drive. i'd like to compare it to my non functioning config.dat that i created by following this tutorial.

The one that attached to my post in the other thread did work for me. I created a partition and folder structure based on your description of your system and it all worked just fine. Perhaps you should try and delete your current partition and recreate it.

[darkarmyofone]

im going to try changing the name of my myps2 folder to APPS and see if that works. if that doesnt work. im going to delete and recreate the partition. this is rediculous lol. i bet its something wrong thats right under my nose. theres no way ive dont this wrong. its been tried like well over 100 times and im knoledgable to the subject. lol, thats luck for ya.

thanx for the suggestions guys. im trying em out as i type.

[darkarmyofone]

status report: FAILURE


i tried both of the fuggested methods. neither worked. i cant figure it out lol. im sure future versions of MyPS2 will accomodate such problems. i guess i could wait.. :-\ but someone did say they got my scenario to work... any chance u could re create it and send me the config.dat to compare and troubleshoot mine?

my partitions name is +APPS now

and the folder containing myps2 v1.2 is "MYPS2" located in the root of the +APPS partition. just like b4, but with different names. no luck

Ok so the fix worked i edited the lines with ultraedit and it got past the GUI String Table FAILED. However now its at the Welcome to myPS2 screen and it says Please wait while the program is loading. It just sits at this screen now and does nothing. What can be the problem now?? Im trying to run myps2 1.2 from the HD. here is my current config.dat file, don't mind in the config file:

scr_adjust_x = 0
scr_adjust_y = 0
scr_mode = 255
scr_screenshot = 1
scr_path = host:/
tbn_caching = 1
tbn_cache_path = pfs0:/THUMBCACHE/
net_enable = 1
net_ip = 192.168.0.10
net_netmask = 255.255.255.0
net_gateway = 192.168.0.1
net_dns = 0.0.0.0
ftp_enable = 1
ftp_port = 21
ftp_anonymous = 0
ftp_login = myPS2
ftp_password = myPS2
radio_cache_list = 0
lang_file = english.xml
lang_charset = ISO-8859-1
skin_name = default
time_timezone = 60
time_dst = 0
hdd_boot_part = hdd0:+FILES
hdd_boot_path = /MyPS2 2.1/


i do have an extra line under my hdd_boot_path so thats not the problem and also where it says hdd_boot_path = /MyPS2 2.1/ because on my HD i saved it in the folder titled that, i know its 1.2 it was my mistake so dont pay attention to that. Any help is greatly appreciated thanks!

Hello,

here is my perfectly working config file content.

hdd_boot_part = hdd0:+MEDIA
hdd_boot_path = /MYPS2/

and the net configuration is as follows:

net_enable = 1
net_ip = 192.168.1.7
net_netmask = 255.255.255.0
net_gateway = 192.168.1.1
net_dns = (my ISP'dns ip address)

the rest of the file is the same as standard.

I had the same problem as you before, here is what I changed:

1_ Put ALL the files/directories that come with myPS2, i didn't include the content of the "docs" directory before, and maybe that was the problem
2_ I created the folder MYPS2 all caps without a space on my ps2 partition
3_ Used Ultraedit and even Notepad2 to be sure the config.dat is ok
4_ Connected my ps2 to my LAN each time I made a test.

Here is my working samba.xml
<shares>
<share>
<name>Share1</name>
<path>smb://MULTIMEDIA-PC/TEST/</path>
</share>
<share>
<name>Share2</name>
<path>smb://MULTIMEDIA-PC/MUSIC/</path>
</share>
</shares>

To make Samba work perfectly, i had to
1_ Disable netbios over tcpip on my PC (but now i can't see the other computers of my workgroup )
2_ Create the lhmosts file whith my computer's ip address and put it on the memory card (not on the harddisk)
3_Once i had MyPS2 run on my HD, I went on the configuration menu, and set the workgroup to my lan's workgroup. then restars ps2/myps2.

Hope this will help you, good luck !

Silvio6

[urmele]

I had the same problems and finally it works out for me.
The only thing which i've done was to delete the content from the +MYPS2/
[because i had a complete backup from the elf file with all the folders in it and
i'm not sure if this may cause problems when i start the prog from MC]
folder on my 120GB Maxtor HDD (i couldn't delete the whole folder with ULaunch).
After that i created a folder called MYPS2/ on my MC (no special signs and all capital letters).

Then i copyed this:

boot/
fonts/
language/
logs/
shoutcast/
skins/
MYPS2.ELF
CONFIG.DAT
samba.xml

into it, and voula,it works (but don't ask me why).

[dlanor]

Originally Posted by urmele

I had the same problems and finally it works out for me.
The only thing which i've done was to delete the content from the +MYPS2/
folder on my 120GB Maxtor HDD (i couldn't delete the whole folder with ULaunch).

Of course you couldn't, because hdd0:/+MYPS2/ is not just a folder.
It is a partition, so no commands intended to modify normal folders will affect it.

Best regards: dlanor

[urmele]

Originally Posted by dlanor

Of course you couldn't, because hdd0:/+MYPS2/ is not just a folder.
It is a partition, so no commands intended to modify normal folders will affect it.

Best regards: dlanor

It would be nice if you could also delete or create partitions on a HDD with
ULaunchELF, do you know a good program which i can use for it?

By the way, i also have a exact copy from MYPS2 in a subfolder from my HDD,
but i don't think this has anything to do with my working copy on the MC.

[dlanor]

Originally Posted by urmele

It would be nice if you could also delete or create partitions on a HDD with
ULaunchELF, do you know a good program which i can use for it?

Most people use the 'DMS HDD Format' tool. You can find it on any serious PS2 site (including this one of course). Just make sure to get the 48-bit version if you have a disk larger than 128GB. And avoid the ancient version 1.0 (You need v1.1).

By the way, i also have a exact copy from MYPS2 in a subfolder from my HDD,
but i don't think this has anything to do with my working copy on the MC.

If the copy on MC is the one you launch, then it rules, but there are many different ways of using this stuff.

In my own tests I launch MyPS2 from HDD (not the +MYPS2 partition), without having any copy on MC, but that requires slightly different configuration.

Btw: Removing the +MYPS2 partition entirely is not a good idea if you intend to keep using the program, though you may want to remove it in order to replace it with one of different size.

Best regards: dlanor

[urmele]

Originally Posted by dlanor

Btw: Removing the +MYPS2 partition entirely is not a good idea if you intend to keep using the program, though you may want to remove it in order to replace it with one of different size.

Best regards: dlanor

Thanks for your fast reply.
I have a 120GB Maxtor, so i'll try to use the normal version of HDFormat 1.1.
As for the MYPS2, i wish i could view JPG's with ULE or SMS, so i could delete
it, but as long as it doesn't work with my favourites, i'm stuck to it.

Have a nice day!

[shuichinz]

this doesnt work ive tried and tried too boot off the harddisk

im using a DMS4 lite.

boot from HDD devo mode it boots to here.

ive tried so many different areas to put the gui in.

ok so heres whats going on.

i have my files in "