Re: New F11 for the XO-1 build 5-timezones
by Yioryos Asprobounitis
--- On Sat, 8/15/09, Yioryos Asprobounitis <mavrothal(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Yioryos Asprobounitis <mavrothal(a)yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: New F11 for the XO-1 build 5-timezones
> To: "James Cameron" <quozl(a)laptop.org>
> Cc: "Paul Fox" <pgf(a)laptop.org>, "OLPC Testing" <testing(a)lists.laptop.org>, "OLPC Development" <devel(a)lists.laptop.org>, "Fedora OLPC List" <fedora-olpc-list(a)redhat.com>
> Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 3:52 AM
>
>
> --- On Sat, 8/15/09, James Cameron <quozl(a)laptop.org>
> wrote:
>
> > From: James Cameron <quozl(a)laptop.org>
> > Subject: Re: New F11 for the XO-1 build 5-timezones
> > To: "Yioryos Asprobounitis" <mavrothal(a)yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "Paul Fox" <pgf(a)laptop.org>,
> "OLPC Testing" <testing(a)lists.laptop.org>,
> "OLPC Development" <devel(a)lists.laptop.org>,
> "Fedora OLPC List" <fedora-olpc-list(a)redhat.com>
> > Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 2:33 AM
> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 02:30:56PM
> > -0700, Yioryos Asprobounitis wrote:
> > > One strange thing I notice looking for localtime
> files
> > with mc and
> > > hitting Edit by mistake (the first time :) is
> that
> > both /etc/localtime
> > > or /etc/avahi/etc/localtime said "converting from
> Mac
> > format" when
> > > opened for editing. Is this normal?
> >
> > Since /etc/localtime is a binary file, which means
> not
> > text, then it is
> > expected that accidentally editing it may trigger
> parts of
> > an editor
> > that are designed to recognise strange text files.
> >
>
> OK thanks.
> Please disrigard the previous mail about timezones.
> After reinstalling os5 and doing an ntpdate -b, timezones
> change and display correctly
> (rtcwake without the --utc option remains problematic
> though less erratic)
> Sorry.
>
Well, I'm really confused about this. The time and timezone was OK in the XO after reinstalling the original syncing and through several reboots or shutdown/restarts (without network connection). After few hours off (charging) the time is all messed up again. The hwclock has the correct time. The /etc/localtime file after the binary content keep saying "EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0" (the original setting of this build) no matter what timezone you select in the control panel. Even if you copy the correct timezone file to /etc/localtime the time does not change and is still wrong. Selecting another timezone in the control panel changes none of the /etc/localtime, /etc/avahi/etc/localtime and /etc/adjtime but the time does change (always wrong time). Which file does the control panel changes?
Test case: 'ntpdate -b' the XO and set a timezone. The time is correct but the
/etc/localtime file shows something different.
Let the XO off for some time (o/n) check the time _without_ an ntp update and network connection, the time is 4 hours ahead of the correct time. hwclock time remains correct.
/etc/localtime, /etc/avahi/etc/localtime and /etc/adjtime content does not change with timezone changes but time does (right or wrong).
Is it designed to default to some specific timezone without a network connection? And if yes what about when kids have the XO at home probably without a network connection? Can you have correct time without network?
14 years, 8 months
What level Sugar Activities on F11 ?
by Mikus Grinbergs
I asked once before, but got no answer:
| When the XO-1.5 on F11 software is eventually deployed (e.g.,
| installed by the factory), what level of Sugar will it provide ?
I just installed 'write-66.xo' on a Parrish XO-1 build on my XO-1.
It failed to launch, because its python code could not find any
module called 'toolbarbox' (to import classes from).
I see that the recent SoaS3 build (which has a preliminary Sugar
0.86) provides a 'toolbarbox' module - but Sugar 0.84, which is what
the Parrish XO-1 builds have, does not. What I want to know is
whether it would be worthwhile for me to sooner or later try out
'write-66', or whether I should plan to do my XO Activity testing
only with 0.84-compatible Activity versions.
Please:
Is XO-1.5 software expected to run Activities marked "for 0.86" ?
Thanks, mikus
14 years, 8 months
Re: F11 for XO1 - Fonts
by Daniel Drake
2009/8/7 Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu(a)sugarlabs.org>:
> But not all text is rendered with that default font size.
Do you have examples?
> I was asking you about how we can get there, IOW which is the
> suggested technical plan.
>
> We have today a solution that allows scaling the size of the text in
> all of Sugar, so it can adapt to any display. You point out that this
> approach has a downside as text whose size is specified in points
> won't have the same physical size in different displays.
>
> I'm asking you what do you propose to fix that (doing so in a ticket
> and/or feature page may be better).
OK, I'll give it some thought. Probably just making a gconf setting
would be the best approach, and that's also what GNOME does.
Daniel
14 years, 8 months
New F11 for the XO-1 build 5
by Steven M. Parrish
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1
http://dev.laptop.org/~smparrish/xo-1/builds/
Added Typing Turtle & Words activities, added to favorites as well. Added ntp,
ntpdate to base OS.
Create custom .asoundrc file for TamTam
here are the file differences since os4
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All normal warnings apply. This is development code. Please report any
issues you may have.
Steven
=====================================================
Steven M. Parrish
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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14 years, 9 months
Another F11 build for the XO-1 has been released
by Steven M. Parrish
I have released a new build of F11 for the XO-1 named OS4
You can find it at.... http://dev.laptop.org/~smparrish/xo-1/builds/
This new build includes the addition of the ImageViewer, Physics and Jukebox
Activities, an update to the Write Activity, and the kbdshim and powerd
packages.
I have also included the md5sum for the .img and .iso
Keep in mind this is a full OS image and installing it will result in the loss
of all data on your XO-1.
The usual cautions apply: this is development code, there will be
bugs. Installation instructions: use copy-nand to install os4.img with
os4.crc.
=====================================================
Steven M. Parrish
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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irc.freenode.net: SMParrish @ #fedora-kde, #fedora-devel, #fedora-olpc, #sugar
14 years, 9 months
What level Sugar Activities on F11 ?
by Mikus Grinbergs
When the XO-1.5 on F11 software is eventually deployed (e.g.,
installed by the factory), what level of Sugar will it provide ?
My reason for asking is that some Activities now available on the
SugarLabs website are marked "for 0.86". Although I only have
XO-1s, if there are some Activities which will not be supported by
the 2009 OLPC release (1.5), then I might as well limit my testing
on F11 to supported-in-2009 Activity versions (e.g., to 0.84).
Is XO-1.5 software expected to run Activities marked "for 0.86" ?
mikus
14 years, 9 months
New F11 for the XO-1 build 5
by Steven M. Parrish
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1
http://dev.laptop.org/~smparrish/xo-1/builds/
Added Typing Turtle & Words activities, added to favorites as well. Added ntp,
ntpdate to base OS.
Create custom .asoundrc file for TamTam
here are the file differences since os4
-atlas-sse-3.8.3-4.fc11.i586
+atlas-sse-3.8.3-7.fc11.i586
-coreutils-7.2-2.fc11.i586
+coreutils-7.2-3.fc11.i586
-cups-libs-1.4-0.rc1.12.fc11.i586
+cups-libs-1.4-0.rc1.14.fc11.i586
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All normal warnings apply. This is development code. Please report any
issues you may have.
Steven
=====================================================
Steven M. Parrish
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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14 years, 9 months
Re: [Sugar-devel] SoaS-for-XO-1 image
by Martin Dengler
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 03:53:21PM +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:02:31AM +0100, Martin Dengler wrote:
> > From that process I will get:
> >
> > soasxoXX.iso - iso9990 file system (for use with livecd-iso-to-disk)
> > soasxoXX.img - for ...
> > soasxoXX.crc - ... copy-nand'ing
> > soasxoXX.plc - ... NANDblast'ing
> > soasxoXX.removable.img.tar.lzma - for dd'ing to a removable device
>
> These seem to be there already.
Yup.
> > soasxoXX.tree.tar.lzma - for untarring, hacking, and re-tarring as you
> > want to do
>
> This is the one I want.
>
> Can you post announcements somewhere of new snapshots?
Once I've ironed out the process, sure. For now you can see the
package and size deltas using the obvious *-changes.txt files, and
I'll reply to this thread when I get a new build out.
Martin
14 years, 9 months
Re: [Sugar-devel] SoaS-for-XO-1 image
by Martin Dengler
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 02:44:12PM +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 09:10:17AM +0100, Martin Dengler wrote:
> > And to disable permanently, remove/comment this line from
> > /home/olpc/.xsession :
>
> It seems that jffs2 is a hard format to edit. mtdram refused to load
> with a total_size of 650M.
>
> Martin, can you provide the same image in some non-jffs2 format like
> compressed ext3?
Yes, soon. In the meantime, this is a compressed tar file with one
sparse file in it that is a set of partitions, the one member of which
is an ext3 filesystem:
http://people.sugarlabs.org/~mtd/soas-xo1/soasxo50.removable.img.tar.lzma
...which is a mouthful to describe but useful to use like:
cat soasxoXX.removable.tar.lzma | lzma -dc - | tar xf - -O - > /dev/sdX
... in order to get a 4GB removable drive (subject to the dangers of
re-partitioning said drive[1]) with a ext3 partition for booting on an
XO-1. Right now one has to edit its olpc.fth appropriately so it
boots from the USB/SD device one is using, but I will be rebuilding an
image with a better olpc.fth soon now that I've got a key OFW tip.
From that process I will get:
soasxoXX.iso - iso9990 file system (for use with livecd-iso-to-disk)
soasxoXX.img - for ...
soasxoXX.crc - ... copy-nand'ing
soasxoXX.plc - ... NANDblast'ing
soasxoXX.removable.img.tar.lzma - for dd'ing to a removable device
soasxoXX.tree.tar.lzma - for untarring, hacking, and re-tarring as you
want to do
I hope to merge the build changes necessary to soas's main git repo so
we can get similar artifacts out of SoaS3 builds soon.
I can do something similar for F11-on-XO-1 if that's interesting to
the F11-on-XO-1 people.
> I'd like to make some changes like this and add some
> activities before I NANDblast the image out.
Let me/us know how it goes.
> Thanks!
Martin
1. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device
14 years, 9 months
