Re: [OT] struggles installing builds
I would like to debug these problems. Find me on IRC - /server irc.oftc.net /join #olpc-devel . Instances of devices that exhibit such problems are valuable for discovering where delays are needed. If would be nice if devices conformed to the published timing requirements, but alas, many do not. Adding long delays in a lot of places just in case extends the boot time for the usual case where a child is booting from NAND, so there is a tradeoff. Mikus Grinbergs wrote: I now have several SD cards. OFW will successfully use *one* of them as a source of images. With the other SD cards, OFW gets stuck trying to write to nand from an image on the SD card. [My Linux system reads/writes all these SD cards with no problem.] I now have several USB sticks. OFW will recognize *one* of them, as a source of images. With the other USB sticks, OFW doesn't even recognize that they are plugged in. [My Linux system reads/writes all these sticks with no problem. If I remember correctly, so does the regular OLPC software, once the OLPC is up and running.] I *wish* that the OFW were more tolerant of the (timing?) tolerances of the portable storage devices users might plug in. mikus ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: New joyride build 1506
I have no idea. I only added squeak-vm-3.9-12olpc5.i386.rpm to my joyride repo. I double-checked the ChangeLog, don't know what's wrong. Oh, maybe two log entries must not have the same date? I'll change one, let's see if this unbreaks it. - Bert - On Jan 5, 2008, at 4:58 , Michael Stone wrote: Why did Etoys drop back to version 60 and why were etoys and squeak-vm removed? Thanks, Michael On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:30:03PM -0500, Build Announcer Script wrote: http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build1506/ +Etoys-60.xo -Etoys-74.xo -etoys.noarch 0:2.3.1870-1 -squeak-vm.i386 0:3.9-12olpc4 ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: loss of wireless after joyride-1496 update
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 22:09 -0800, Dan Krejsa wrote: Attached are the output from 'iwlist scan' and dmesg. 'quibble' is the router I'm trying to connect to. It's a netgear WPN824v2. After collecting these logs, and making another unsuccessful attempt to connect to quibble (i.e. clicking on quibble's icon in the neighborhood view, waiting for it to stop blinking; winds up with no white outline), I ran 'iwlist scan' again. Then I went back to the neighborhood view and lo and behold, I was connected to quibble. This sounds like GUI confusion to me. First you say it didn't connect, and then you say it did. Please, use 'iwconfig' and 'ifconfig' to confirm for sure whether you were associated to the AP. And don't rely on Legacy IP -- run an RADVD dæmon advertising IPv6 addresses, which will be much more reliable at giving you addresses whenever you're associated. If NetworkManager really is failing to associate, I'd like to see debug logs from the driver while it does so. First, enable debugging by: echo 0x6184 /sys/module/libertas/parameters/libertas_debug Then, run 'dmesg -c' to clear the kernel's log buffer. Then make the attempt to join the network, then run 'dmesg somefile' to store the log buffer again. And mail the log to me, along with 'iwconfig' output showing the current state of the device. If you can repeat the process to show me both a working and a failing attempt to join the network, that would be useful. Thanks. -- dwmw2 ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
New joyride build 1510
http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build1510/ -Pippy-16.xo +Pippy-17.xo --- Pippy-17 --- * Spanish translation is fixed, thanks to Sayamindu! -- This email was automatically generated Aggregated logs at http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/joyride-pkgs.html ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: New joyride build 1509
Hi, perhaps updates.l.o is without disk space again? -bash-3.2# olpc-update -rfvv joyride-1509 Downloading contents of build joyride-1509. @ERROR: unknown module 'build-joyride-1509': Command '['/usr/bin/fakeroot', '-i', '/home/upserv/builds/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/fakeroot.state', '-s', '/home/upserv/builds/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/fakeroot.state', '--', '/home/upserv/upgrade-server/extract-build.sh', '/home/upserv/builds/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tmp', '/home/upserv/builds/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/root', '/home/upserv/builds/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/build.tar.bz2', '/home/upserv/builds/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/contents']' returned non-zero exit status 2 rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1383) [receiver=2.6.9] Could not download update contents file from: rsync://updates.laptop.org/build-joyride-1509/contents I don't think the requested build number exists. Tomeu On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 04:00 -0500, Build Announcer Script wrote: http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build1509/ -rainbow.noarch 0:0.7.5.11.20080104git6c25f7-1.olpc2 +rainbow.noarch 0:0.7.6-1.olpc2 -sugar-presence-service.noarch 0:0.65-0.30.20071127git5650e153bd +sugar-presence-service.noarch 0:0.65-0.31.20080103git76984f3f28 -- This email was automatically generated Aggregated logs at http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/joyride-pkgs.html ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: loss of wireless after joyride-1496 update
On Sat, 5 Jan 2008, David Woodhouse wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 22:09 -0800, Dan Krejsa wrote: Attached are the output from 'iwlist scan' and dmesg. 'quibble' is the router I'm trying to connect to. It's a netgear WPN824v2. After collecting these logs, and making another unsuccessful attempt to connect to quibble (i.e. clicking on quibble's icon in the neighborhood view, waiting for it to stop blinking; winds up with no white outline), I ran 'iwlist scan' again. Then I went back to the neighborhood view and lo and behold, I was connected to quibble. This sounds like GUI confusion to me. First you say it didn't connect, and then you say it did. Please, use 'iwconfig' and 'ifconfig' to confirm for sure whether you were associated to the AP. And don't rely on Legacy IP -- run an RADVD dæmon advertising IPv6 addresses, which will be much more reliable at giving you addresses whenever you're associated. If NetworkManager really is failing to associate, I'd like to see debug logs from the driver while it does so. I;ve seen my XO 'connect' to a mesh node, at which time all the other nodes disappear entirely. If I highlight the connected node and select 'disconnect' the other network nodes show up again after a few min. David Lang___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
New joyride build 1511
http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build1511/ -Etoys-60.xo +Etoys-74.xo +etoys.noarch 0:2.3.1870-1 +squeak-vm.i386 0:3.9-12olpc5 --- etoys.noarch 2.3.1870-1 --- * fixed QuickGuides * fix UTF8 path names * bigger font for text chat * fix kedama translations --- squeak-vm.i386 3.9-12olpc5 --- * fix KedamaPlugin2 (exports where not listed) * fix show-source key * fix SEGFAULT in OggPlugin * add RomePlugin w/ Pango support * fix drag-n-drop * remove Mpeg3Plugin --- Etoys-74 --- * fixed QuickGuides * fix UTF8 path names * bigger font for text chat * fix kedama translations -- This email was automatically generated Aggregated logs at http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/joyride-pkgs.html ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Localization (translation) questions?
Where is the best place to ask localization questions? I am creating an activity for pre-literate children. Two questions come to mind. 1. I will have sound entries that will need to be translated. How do the translators want this to be laid out for them. 2. Since some images may not be meaningful/appropriate universally, How do locallators want this to be laid out for them. Maybe this is all described somewhere. If so could someone point me in the right direction. Thanks. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Localization (translation) questions?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent Loobey wrote: 1. I will have sound entries that will need to be translated. How do the translators want this to be laid out for them. Translators are not voice-actors. There is no infrastructure in place for recording speech in many locations and collecting it. There is no network of registered native speakers with appropriate recording equipment. These things would be valuable, but they do not yet exist. 2. Since some images may not be meaningful/appropriate universally, How do locallators want this to be laid out for them. Translators are not graphic artists. The existing localization tools are text-only, so you will have to build your own localization system for other items. Because sound and images are very subjective, localization must be a conversation between yourself and experts in the target language and culture. The localization list is a good place for that. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHf7lsUJT6e6HFtqQRAiItAJ9dpvpACs5Rxsq4EVYLf5q0rCy1wwCZAWuj LCvzJe1k8JZVEfw9X6cRyqs= =xyLN -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Localization (translation) questions?
Hi Kent, The localization list would the place you are looking for http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization Cheers, Sayamindu On Jan 5, 2008 10:27 PM, Kent Loobey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is the best place to ask localization questions? I am creating an activity for pre-literate children. Two questions come to mind. 1. I will have sound entries that will need to be translated. How do the translators want this to be laid out for them. 2. Since some images may not be meaningful/appropriate universally, How do locallators want this to be laid out for them. Maybe this is all described somewhere. If so could someone point me in the right direction. Thanks. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings] ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Battery capacity in screen hardstatus line hint
Hi,
In case this is of use to anyone, I've put the battery capacity in my
xo screen instance's hardstatus line with this tiny script screenrc
change:
-- /home/olpc/bin/olpc_screen_status.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Author: Martin Dengler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# idea from http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00322.html
# based on battery info from olpc-logbat
#
B_INFO=/sys/class/power_supply/olpc-battery
while true
do
CAP=`cat $B_INFO/capacity`
echo b:$CAP%
sleep 60
done
--
screenrc change:
-- /home/olpc/bin/.screenrc
# run command forever and assign most recent output to string escape %1`
backtick 1 0 0 /home/olpc/bin/olpc_screen_status.sh
# the ...%1`... part at the end is the important part
hardstatus alwayslastline %{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y} %m/%d
%C%a %1`
--
I'd be interested to know how to get at the ambient temperature sensor
mentioned in section 2.4.1 of the CL1 hardware design specification
PDF. I've had a look around /sys/class but nothing's jumped out at
me.
Martin
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Re: Localization (translation) questions?
Kent Loobey writes: I am creating an activity for pre-literate children. Two questions come to mind. 1. I will have sound entries that will need to be translated. How do the translators want this to be laid out for them. 2. Since some images may not be meaningful/appropriate universally, How do locallators want this to be laid out for them. Me too, for Tux Paint. (now you know why Tux Paint is so big) Tux Paint identifies 74 languages by code: af ar be bg bo br ca cs cy da de el en en_gb en_za eo es es_mx et eu fi fo fr ga gd gl gos gu he hi hr hu tlh id is it ja ka ko ku lt lv ms nb nl nn nr oj pl pt_br pt_pt ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv sw ta te th tl tr twi uk ve vi wa wo xh zh_cn zh_tw When loading a sound, it looks for a file name like this: %s_%s.ogg, basename, lang For some things, simply pass a filename to gettext. This is a good method for mostly-universal symbols that need a few exceptions. I seem to have 904 translated stamp sounds, as follows: 10 *_el.ogg 10 *_es.ogg 10 *_ja.ogg 10 *_ko.ogg 10 *_nn.ogg 10 *_tw.ogg 72 *_nl.ogg 177 *_fr.ogg 595 *_ca.ogg That means 65 languages without translated sounds, and only 3 with translations beyond the digits. (Help!) ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: loss of wireless after joyride-1496 update
Hi David Richard, David, I'll try your debugging tips next time this occurs, thanks... Re. the IPv6 RADVD daemon, I don't think the Netgear router supports that, so I'd have to use another machine; I'll consider it. Richard, yes, the WPN824v2 is pre-N; the current firmware version is V2.0.10_1.2.17. (I think incorporates the current and former firmware versions. I upgraded the firmware to 2.0.10 after receiving your mail. I did see the problem once with the new router firmware as well as the old, but after several attempts the XO did associate and get an IP address from the router's DHCP. I'll try to add some notes to the wiki page.) Thanks to both of you for your suggestions! - Dan On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 11:11 +, David Woodhouse wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 22:09 -0800, Dan Krejsa wrote: Attached are the output from 'iwlist scan' and dmesg. 'quibble' is the router I'm trying to connect to. It's a netgear WPN824v2. After collecting these logs, and making another unsuccessful attempt to connect to quibble (i.e. clicking on quibble's icon in the neighborhood view, waiting for it to stop blinking; winds up with no white outline), I ran 'iwlist scan' again. Then I went back to the neighborhood view and lo and behold, I was connected to quibble. This sounds like GUI confusion to me. First you say it didn't connect, and then you say it did. Please, use 'iwconfig' and 'ifconfig' to confirm for sure whether you were associated to the AP. And don't rely on Legacy IP -- run an RADVD dæmon advertising IPv6 addresses, which will be much more reliable at giving you addresses whenever you're associated. If NetworkManager really is failing to associate, I'd like to see debug logs from the driver while it does so. First, enable debugging by: echo 0x6184 /sys/module/libertas/parameters/libertas_debug Then, run 'dmesg -c' to clear the kernel's log buffer. Then make the attempt to join the network, then run 'dmesg somefile' to store the log buffer again. And mail the log to me, along with 'iwconfig' output showing the current state of the device. If you can repeat the process to show me both a working and a failing attempt to join the network, that would be useful. Thanks. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
A jabber hosting offer...
I've just received my, er, my son's XO, and he's ecstatic with it, enjoying fiddling with Python programs and other tidbits. I've heard that the Jabber 'chat' functions are disabled on the US XO's, mostly because the existing jabber hosts can't really take the load of all these machines going out. I have machinery and bandwidth available for setting up a dedicated, fairly powerful machine specifically to run Jabber for the OLPC community. I have no problems building, configuring, installing, and maintaining the machine in a colo facility in Bedford, MA. I'll donate the hardware and time to make it work, if it'll benefit the project. I'm looking at a dual-Xeon 2.8 gig Ubuntu Gutsy box (1U) with a pair of mirrored drives. The facility has multiple peered connections (it supports a series of VOIP servers), and is well managed. I have experience running jabber servers, and sysadminning. Would this be of benefit to the community? Please let me know. I can be reached on jabber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] , or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] is fine too. I'm also (obviously) on the devel list :) Thanks. I do want to contribute to the project in any way I can... -dbs ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Copy-on-write for develop
I'm doing some initial thinking about how I want the Develop activity to work. I'd like it to start out with write access to a shallow (file-linked) copy of the activity's whole directory, and then if there are any writes, start up source control. I'm not an expert on file systems, though, so I don't know how easy this scheme is. Is copy-on-write link breaking supported on JFFS2? I google the ideas and I get a lot about the JFFS2 internals, which do support COW, but nothing about whether that's accessible outside the OS. Does anyone know if it is possible for Sugar to support something like this? That is, if it there's any way - either file-system-native or through some strap-on - to safely hand a link to a process so that (either magically or manually) it can replace the link with a local copy if needed, but it CANNOT modify the original file? Jameson ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Copy-on-write for develop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jameson Chema Quinn wrote: Does anyone know if it is possible for Sugar to support something like this? That is, if it there's any way - either file-system-native or through some strap-on - to safely hand a link to a process so that (either magically or manually) it can replace the link with a local copy if needed, but it CANNOT modify the original file? In the interest of simplicity, why not just use UNIX permissions and simple editor logic? The activity's files are all read-only to non-root. Just read them into the editor. If the user makes a change, save it as a new file, with appropriate permissions. - --Ben -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHf/jvUJT6e6HFtqQRAnYPAKCiyVMRO2rDe4siwawHHWVbJZ2cAgCfU/Zl 1HE75g3A511FFNRUMX64wCo= =EoxS -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. -ffm On Jan 5, 2008 3:58 PM, Tom Hannen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages, made by user Star... Can someone go in and clear them quickly? Tom ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: A jabber hosting offer...
Walter Bender wrote: While we have ideas about how to scale up the jabber interface, it has also always been the idea that local communities (schools, neighborhoods), communities of interest (book clubs, chess clubs) etc., would run their own servers. The more the merrier at this stage. We probably need a better forum for advertising them. In any case, there are instructions in the wiki: go for it. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ejabberd_Configuration My wife and I were talking about this earlier, and going 'community' seems to be the better choice. I'll probably set something up in the next week or two specifically for Boston-area (mostly my social circles, but I suspect it'll expand) groups. Do I simply use the sugar-control-panel -s jabber j1.olpc.stonekeep.com or the like to point the XO's to my server? And they'll come up as active / neighborhood users? Thanks... -dbs ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: A jabber hosting offer...
While we have ideas about how to scale up the jabber interface, it has also always been the idea that local communities (schools, neighborhoods), communities of interest (book clubs, chess clubs) etc., would run their own servers. The more the merrier at this stage. We probably need a better forum for advertising them. In any case, there are instructions in the wiki: go for it. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ejabberd_Configuration -walter On Jan 5, 2008 3:28 PM, Dave Belfer-Shevett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just received my, er, my son's XO, and he's ecstatic with it, enjoying fiddling with Python programs and other tidbits. I've heard that the Jabber 'chat' functions are disabled on the US XO's, mostly because the existing jabber hosts can't really take the load of all these machines going out. I have machinery and bandwidth available for setting up a dedicated, fairly powerful machine specifically to run Jabber for the OLPC community. I have no problems building, configuring, installing, and maintaining the machine in a colo facility in Bedford, MA. I'll donate the hardware and time to make it work, if it'll benefit the project. I'm looking at a dual-Xeon 2.8 gig Ubuntu Gutsy box (1U) with a pair of mirrored drives. The facility has multiple peered connections (it supports a series of VOIP servers), and is well managed. I have experience running jabber servers, and sysadminning. Would this be of benefit to the community? Please let me know. I can be reached on jabber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] , or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] is fine too. I'm also (obviously) on the devel list :) Thanks. I do want to contribute to the project in any way I can... -dbs ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Walter Bender One Laptop per Child http://laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: New joyride build 1511
On Jan 5, 2008, at 23:28 , Marcus Leech wrote: Build Announcer Script wrote: http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build1511/ -Etoys-60.xo +Etoys-74.xo +etoys.noarch 0:2.3.1870-1 +squeak-vm.i386 0:3.9-12olpc5 --- etoys.noarch 2.3.1870-1 --- * fixed QuickGuides * fix UTF8 path names * bigger font for text chat * fix kedama translations --- squeak-vm.i386 3.9-12olpc5 --- * fix KedamaPlugin2 (exports where not listed) * fix show-source key * fix SEGFAULT in OggPlugin * add RomePlugin w/ Pango support * fix drag-n-drop * remove Mpeg3Plugin --- Etoys-74 --- * fixed QuickGuides * fix UTF8 path names * bigger font for text chat * fix kedama translations -- This email was automatically generated Aggregated logs at http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/joyride-pkgs.html ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel Something is wrong with the server, methinks. I haven't been able to olpc-update from joyride-1503 to joyride-anything. I get some errors, followed by I don't think the requested build number exists. The build is actually okay, but the update server seems to have run out of disk space again. - Bert - ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
ffm wrote: User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. Don't they ever learn that vandalism is pointless with a wiki because it can be undone faster than it was done? Thank you for fixing it. -- \___/ |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ \___\ One Laptop Per Child - http://www.laptop.org/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Free OLPC for someone who needs it
I've got a free OLPC for someone who needs it. It works fine. I got it via the buy-one-get-one program. I'd prefer to give it to a developer or someone who can actually make use of it. Or, I could just send it back to the OLPC Project and let them reformat and redistribute it. Even better is if someone with the OLPC Project could tell me of someone they know who needs one, and I'll ship it out. My location is Arizona, United States. Otherwise, send me an email telling me what you plan to do with it and display some of your contributions or other involvement in the project. Convince me that you're worthy and not just going to pawn it off on ebay after a month. -- # Jesse Molina # Mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Page = [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 # Web = http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Free OLPC for someone who needs it
A couple of extra things... I won't decide for a couple of days, so until I've responded to the list, it's still available. I'll go through whatever replies I get on Monday or Tuesday my localtime. You don't need to give me your mailing address or anything until later. I've only got one. If you want to apply for an XO from OLPC directly, there is info on how to do so here; http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_Program#How_to_apply_for_an_XO Jesse Molina wrote: I've got a free OLPC for someone who needs it. It works fine. I got it via the buy-one-get-one program. I'd prefer to give it to a developer or someone who can actually make use of it. Or, I could just send it back to the OLPC Project and let them reformat and redistribute it. Even better is if someone with the OLPC Project could tell me of someone they know who needs one, and I'll ship it out. My location is Arizona, United States. Otherwise, send me an email telling me what you plan to do with it and display some of your contributions or other involvement in the project. Convince me that you're worthy and not just going to pawn it off on ebay after a month. -- # Jesse Molina # Mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Page = [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 # Web = http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Fwd: Free OLPC for someone who needs it
Re: Moodle.org http://moodle.org/, TrustInEducation.org, CroquetConsortium.org, and InSTEDD.org pilot testing, and community partnerships with my associate * Budd E. MacKenziehttp://www.trustineducation.org/budd.html * (1-925-299-2010) founder of TrustInEducation.org in Lafayette, CA Trust In Education is the creation of neighbors who banded together and resolved to make a difference. At first there were five. Now the project moves forward with the support of hundreds, too numerous to list. Based on OLPC roadmap (OLPC News: Does One Laptop Per Child + *Moodle* = Education?http://www.google.com/url?sa=tct=rescd=1url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olpcnews.com%2Fuse_cases%2Feducation%2Flaptop_moodle_education.htmlei=wN12R--sJaWEpATSoK1tusg=AFQjCNGBe0n5i435T0vCaKOAwlL4TjjMAAsig2=v7U0Zt0H6uur2J5Fs4PQMgand * OLPC XS installation - MoodleDocshttp://www.google.com/url?sa=tct=rescd=13url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.moodle.org%2Fen%2FOLPC_XS_installationei=dt92R5qBKJzQpgTZpIFrusg=AFQjCNE7dM2GG-O4BZ0oQdxQ1BgAif4Liwsig2=mAQb-oflfvkSHlbL6fhO1Q *), the free OLPC looks like an opportunity for giving to TrustInEducation.org, including the TeleHealth Moduleshttp://wiki.laptop.org/go/TeleHealth_Moduleand database http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Telehealth_module_database (in early development). Since Jesse Molina only has got one, you might want to apply for an XO from OLPC directly, there is info on how to do so here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_Program#How_to_apply_for_an_XO Let me know how I can help. All the best, -- John Deneen * *Imagine:* - *Food Force2* for the XO (See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Food_Force_2). Progress includes artwork (builds and villagers); next, the game model need more work to get a playable game. The code is in his public_git folder ( https://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/murielgodoi/foodforce2;a=summary). Please contact Muriel if you'd like to help. This game is under development. The objective is to enable the village to escape poverty, ie to develop nutritional self-sufficiency and beyond subsistence farming - *Cow power*: Arjun have completed documentation of the project (See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cow_Power). The page details the current design and the proposed mechanical design. He is hoping to get feedback from the community on the proposed mechanical design before moving forward in the implementation of the changes. - *100x Video Microscope* - OLPCWikihttp://wiki.laptop.org/go/Microscope $100 (now $200) laptops have potential to transform education in world's poorest countries. Watch Mary Lou Jepsen http://www.joeinc.tv/bio/bio.htmdemo of the $1 Video Microscope (three plastic lenses in plastic housing) as a laptop accessory for diagnosis of HIV/AIDs, TB, and malaria. Another possible example is a handheld device connected to a TV. Warch 3 min. YouTube - 200x EyeClops TV * Microscope* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqQfTjJLVZY based on: - Jan 2007 - OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS: INSTRUMENTATION - Next-generation cytometers think outside the boxhttp://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/282675/12/ARCHI/none/Feat/OPTOELECTRONIC-APPLICATIONS:-INSTRUMENTATION---Next-generation-cytometers-think-outside-the-bo Shapiro believes that, depending on the complexity of the desired application, it may be possible to use an even less-complex light source: the LED. In various experiments he and his colleagues have shown that it is possible to do single-molecule measurements with an LED-illuminated system and CCD detectors (see Fig. 3) - Handhelds for Health http://handheldsforhealth.org/ based on the importance of the mother villager: Oct. 26, 2006 - Lab -on-a- chip devices for global health: Past studies and future Opportunities ( PDF http://mfgh.org/Chin_LOC_article.pdf) - OLPC planetariumhttp://howdy.physics.nyu.edu/index.php/OLPC_planetarium The OLPC http://laptop.org/ is the best platform ever devised for electronic support of by-eye astronomical observing. It is a low power device that can be mechanically powered by the user; it has an reflected-light mode in which it does not contribute to local illumination (so the observer can read the display with a red flashlight and it won't compromise dark adaptation), and it is light and rugged. Planetarium software is, in many ways, the killer app for the OLPC. It provides support for the real-world and zero-cost educational activity of observing the sky at night, but it also provides a fun activity center for students to explore the behavior of the night sky and the stars and planets it contains. Many important educational activities can be built around (or discovered within) a rich planetarium software environment. - TurtleArt Mandelbrot XaoS http://wmi.math.u-szeged.hu/xaos/doku.php is an incredible program that lets you explore fractals by zooming in and out in real time. Galleries
Re: A jabber hosting offer...
Dave Belfer-Shevett wrote: I've just received my, er, my son's XO, and he's ecstatic with it, enjoying fiddling with Python programs and other tidbits. I've heard that the Jabber 'chat' functions are disabled on the US XO's, mostly because the existing jabber hosts can't really take the load of all these machines going out. I have machinery and bandwidth available for setting up a dedicated, fairly powerful machine specifically to run Jabber for the OLPC community. I have no problems building, configuring, installing, and maintaining the machine in a colo facility in Bedford, MA. I'll donate the hardware and time to make it work, if it'll benefit the project. I'm looking at a dual-Xeon 2.8 gig Ubuntu Gutsy box (1U) with a pair of mirrored drives. The facility has multiple peered connections (it supports a series of VOIP servers), and is well managed. I have experience running jabber servers, and sysadminning. Would this be of benefit to the community? Please let me know. I can be reached on jabber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] , or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] is fine too. I'm also (obviously) on the devel list :) Thanks. I do want to contribute to the project in any way I can... -dbs ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel Some other people have suggested local Jabber servers, and I agree with them. What I think would be really wonderful would be if someone could make a LiveCD that would boot up as a Jabber server for XOs! It's a real bear to configure one, and a LiveCD would make it feasible for communities to do it. I've been on the xochat.com server from time to time, and there are sometimes so many people you can't really meet anyone. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
In the community spirit of wikis and controlling spam., some thoughts come to mind. If the wiki spam gets so bad, that it it takes important time from others How about the idea of turning on 'email confirmation required' on new accounts, and/or account required to make edits ? (or at least, not logged in users can only edit some Talk: and own user page??) -- :-) ... Errr... I mean... -Iain On Jan 5, 2008 2:39 PM, Bernardo Innocenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ffm wrote: User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. Don't they ever learn that vandalism is pointless with a wiki because it can be undone faster than it was done? Thank you for fixing it. -- \___/ |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ \ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: A jabber hosting offer...
If we are going to have small local communities instead of one big one, the we need to be able to contact multiple jabber servers, because there will be communities organized by: age groups language xo activity geographic region curriculum topic and many more the chances that all the communities a student wants to participate in are unlikely to all be on the same server. If we have large communities on big presence servers we will need more advanced to filter My Neighborhood to show only the individuals we are currently interested in. Reading the Human Interface Guidelines in looks like multiple groups are supposed to be supported, but for now it looks like we only have one group Friends. And it looks like currently the only filtering we have is pattern matching based on nickname. Or is there more there that I have not figured out yet. On Jan 5, 2008 9:39 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Belfer-Shevett wrote: I've just received my, er, my son's XO, and he's ecstatic with it, enjoying fiddling with Python programs and other tidbits. I've heard that the Jabber 'chat' functions are disabled on the US XO's, mostly because the existing jabber hosts can't really take the load of all these machines going out. I have machinery and bandwidth available for setting up a dedicated, fairly powerful machine specifically to run Jabber for the OLPC community. I have no problems building, configuring, installing, and maintaining the machine in a colo facility in Bedford, MA. I'll donate the hardware and time to make it work, if it'll benefit the project. I'm looking at a dual-Xeon 2.8 gig Ubuntu Gutsy box (1U) with a pair of mirrored drives. The facility has multiple peered connections (it supports a series of VOIP servers), and is well managed. I have experience running jabber servers, and sysadminning. Would this be of benefit to the community? Please let me know. I can be reached on jabber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] , or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] is fine too. I'm also (obviously) on the devel list :) Thanks. I do want to contribute to the project in any way I can... -dbs ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel Some other people have suggested local Jabber servers, and I agree with them. What I think would be really wonderful would be if someone could make a LiveCD that would boot up as a Jabber server for XOs! It's a real bear to configure one, and a LiveCD would make it feasible for communities to do it. I've been on the xochat.com server from time to time, and there are sometimes so many people you can't really meet anyone. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Drew Einhorn ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
