** Reply to message from DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 07 May 2008 21:22:27 -0700
> Is 703 so far an improvement over 656? Enough that you recommend it? We've had few problems with 703( update.1 ). Basically, a couple of times the sleep mode hickuped but unplugging and reconnecting power jumped it out of sleep mode. the only other issue has been with the touchpad getting jumpy sometimes after having it on for a few hours but I think that happened with 656 too. > I see there is a fairly recent firmware update (Q2D14 / 2008-03-13). > Have you tried that? > Do you know how I can tell the what firmware version I now have installed? There's a file in the filesystem that'll tell you that but I can't recall what it is off hand. I do remember it had a unique name right off of root. But with 703 you now have a menu item off your home icon to tell you all that stuff. And usually the firmware comes in with the update now so I have been using the newer firmware too. > What does the Developer Key get you over not having one? The developer key enables alternate booting mechanisms and probably other stuff related to bitfrost and appication development. I've got XUbuntu on an SD card that'll boot when I've got the SD card installed. And it's pretty quick too. I heard that Microsoft didn't have as much to do with adding the SD slot as was thought. The flash controller was kinda slow and when another chip was added to improve the speed, adding the SD was included and also included a fast I/O system for the SD. I've only got a 15Mb/s SD card but it's pretty quick or atleast it seems quicker than the XO's builtin flash. > What kind of encryption, if any, have you tried with either 703 or Xubuntu? none > I had WPA2 working after I updated to 656, but since I installed a > WRT54GL recently, I can't connect to my network anymore. I can still do > it with my Asus laptop so I know the LAN Wifi works okay at least with a > IPW2200 chip. The previous AP was a Netgear WG602v3 which worked fine > with the XO. The default WRT54GL interferes with the mesh( 802.11s ) the XO uses. I've heard you might need to flash it with the open source firmware so you can turn of the WRT54GL's 802.11s stuff. Something to do with poor implementation of 802.11s and the XO's version of the 802.11s implementation. Check out the laptop.org wiki to find out the specifics. Doug -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
