Great! Thanks for the updates, S Page! Michael, Scott, I believe the incorrect warning message that you are trying to load a build that isn't secure on a secure machine has been a bug for the last couple of builds. I wrote it up: 7265 ( http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7265).
Thanks, Kim On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:12 AM, S Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Stone wrote: > > Dear world, > > > > I'm pleased to announce that our first signed release candidate for the > > 8.1.1 bugfix release is now available for downloading and updating. > > Please help test it by > > I did, it basically worked fine with some minor glitches (marked ==> > below). Thanks! > > > > > 1. Procuring activities if you need them. See the release notes for > > details. > > (I had updated my G1G1 to 703 a few weeks ago. For some reason > installing the G1G1 activity pack from my USB flash drive didn't work > for me and I had used Bert's script to install.) > > > 2a. olpc-update -f candidate-708 && reboot > > D'oh, first time I didn't use the -f option. `olpc-update > candidate-708` displayed > > Trying irsync_pristine update from > rsync://updates.laptop.org/build-candidate-708 > ... > Verifying update. > Contents manifest failure at line 383 > Last file examined: localtime > > (Maybe that's why you said use -f.) > > Then it went on to > > Trying irsync_dirty update from > rsync://updates.laptop.org/build-candidate-708 > - Creating contents for existing tree. > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/sbin/olpc-contents-create", line 90, in <module> > ... > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/.... utils.py, line 100, in mkdirobject > entry['h'] = mkhashes (file(fullname), read()) > MemoryError > > so I pressed Ctrl-C. > > Entering > # free -m > printed > Mem: total 232, used 227, free 5, shared 0, buffers 0, cached 48 > > ==> Should update instructions suggest that users first stop running > activities, or is this python "MemoryError" just an artifact of not > using the -f "skip incremental update attempt" flag? > > Anyway, I retried using `olpc-update -f candidate-708` as instructed. > It printed: > > WARNING: You seem to be attempting to download an unsigned > development build, but you don't have a developer key. This will > probably fail. > > ==> Is that warning expected since you said "signed release candidate" ? > > but it updated fine anyway. > > My laptop restarted three times, the last one brought me into Sugar. > > Home view > little guy > About this XO displays > Build update.1 708 > Firmware: Q2D16 > Serial Number: CSN748011C2 > > > ==> Maybe "About this XO" should say "8.1.1" and/or "candidate" instead > of "update.1" part, otherwise looks fine! > > > please help update the > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_8.1.1_Software_Release_Notes > > I reorganized it a bit to focus first on changes from Update.1, and > tweaked other referenced pages. > > HTH, XO FTW, BBL, > -- > =S Page > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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