[IAEP] ANNOUNCEMENT XSCE 0.3 Final Release
After three months of hard work and three weeks of working out the kinks in the release process, XSCE 0.3 is ready for its final release. We went conservative this release. Emphasis on stability meant less time for new features. * XSCE now runs on the XO-1.5,XO-1.75 and XO-4. * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services. * XSCE runs on the XOs' current OS 13.1.0 (we discovered some wrinkles with 13.2.0 which push its use off to the next release) * Moodle is Back! * Content filtering via openDNS.com * Script for formatting of SD cards, and integration into system for content storage and memory extending swap file (does not work on XO4's) Grab an XO-1.5, XO-1.75 or a XO-4 to give XSCE 0.3 give a whirl: http://schoolserver.org/0.3 If you are just getting started with XSCE we suggest using the instruction at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installingto install your first server. Once you are through the install, a good second step is to work your new server though it’s paces by doing the smoke test at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Testing Monster thanks to everyone who spent months of springtime work -- traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make this community product real. George Hunt ___ support-gang mailing list support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Customization Sticks fails on 13.1.0 12.1.0 for XO-1
Thanks Kevin, I think choice 2 is the best given the current situation. I've never done an OOB build, I don't have any secured XO-1.0 laptops to verify the signing process. There's an extreme urgency to meet a Wednesday deadline, and I've got some other priorities to deal with before leaving, and cannot spend 100% of my time learning what I need to know. I think choice 1 would be a better choice, if I had more time and confidence with regard to OOB and signing images. George On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Kevin Gordon kgordon...@gmail.com wrote: Adam: Assuming secured laptops: Choice 1, make the build on a stick using OOB with signatures. Choice 2, a two step reflash process: use a regular build stick for the desired OS for the reflash. After the OS is flashed, remove the stick then reboot. Now, reinsert the stick which *already* would have to have a little script that you have written yourself, (which you then you run from terminal). The script could manually anarchive the contents of the bundle directory and place them in the right folders, and set the permissions. I'm sure George or Jerry can whip up a script that meets your specific need pretty quickly. Be careful your bundles contain the right version of the sugar activities for the version of the OS, there are issues using old .xo with F17+, and only install the supplemental ones, not ones already installed via the initial default re-flash. If unsecure you don't need signatures for Choice 1, and the build process is a little cleaner. Cheers KG On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Holt h...@laptop.org wrote: As we're leaving to a 250 XO-1 deployment in Haiti within days, George Hunt I were fine-tuning Nick Doiron's Haiti customization stick of 19 Sugar Activities ( http://sugarlabs.org/~holt/haiti-shalom-activities-2011-2012/ ) only to discover http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customization_stick no longer works on Release 13.1.0 and 12.1.0. Attached Screenshot JPG shows Customization Stick failing on 13.1.0, also transcribed here: Traceback (most recent call last): File /init, line 32, in do_in_child try: work() File /init, line 53, in unpack_bundles lout(['/bin/mkdir', '-p', v]) File /process.py, line 118, in lout raise CalledProcessError(ret, cmd) CalledProcessError: Command '['/bin/mkdir', '-p', '/sysroot/home/olpc/.bootanim']' returned non-zero exit status 1 Bundle installation complete; powering off in five seconds. Release 12.1.0 shows the same error, *falsely announcing Bundle installation complete.* Is this resolvable? We'd rather not, but we'll revert to Release 11.3.1 if nec, the last OS where http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customization_stickworks. Screenshot of success (on Release 11.3.1) attached to illustrate normal working behavior. (Showing a new activity installing every second or few as desired, scrolling one per line, right before powering off...) All tips appreciated, cheers thanks! -- Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net ___ Devel mailing list de...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ support-gang mailing list support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] FW: OLPC Projects/VideoEditing and Video Edit
Caryl, Robert, et al, This seems to be a project worth supporting. I'm not sure that my skills are up to the task. But I'd like to explore further what is needed and whether there are others who would be willing to fill in the pieces which I am missing. I have programmed in various languages for 20 years, am retired. Have taught myself python, and been working on a samba-based network client for the XO. At this point I've learned how to use glade to do quick gtk layouts, and become familiar with sugarizing an activity. I ran into difficulty debugging c and c++ packages using gdb on an XO. I still have lots of things I don't know how to do to be efficient in debugging. I'd be interested If Robert could say a little more about what is needed. Is the code posted? Or could you package it and send it to me? I'm on vacation in California for the next two weeks, so may not respond immediately. I'll be back in NY and more available after Aug 4. George Hunt On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi All, Here is a great opportunity for someone to pick up where Robert left off and contribute something really useful, fun, educational, practical, and wanted for the XO and SoaS. Robert is willing to advise and help anyone who wants to pick up this project to get a Video Editing Activity into Sugar. See details in our correspondence below. Chao! Caryl -- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:43:20 -0400 Subject: Re: OLPC Projects/VideoEditing and Video Edit From: rm...@cornell.edu To: cbige...@hotmail.com Hello Caryl, My work on the project has stalled. When I left off last year, a gstreamer glitch was causing OGGs from the XO camera to freeze the system, which compounded with performance issues stalled the project. There's a good chance that that particular problem has been resolved, and I too would love to see a video editing activity on the XO. I'm not sure how much work I'll be able to do, but I am definitely available to advise and help out how I can. If a volunteer is interested, I would imagine a good deal could be done in porting an existing free video editor (pitivi is what I tried due to the similarities in its toolkit and that being used for sugar) to the XO interface. Keep in touch, Robert On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.comwrote: Hello, I am a member of the OLPC Support Gang and am mentoring a project that wants to use simple video editing on the XO as a part of their activities. I see that both of you were working on this last year, but that nothing has been posted on the wiki about it for several months. What is the current status of your projects? Is anyone working on them now? What was the state of the projects when you last worked on them? Is it something that one of our volunteer programmers could bring to completion? There is really a lot of interest in having a simple video editing Activity for the XO and Sugar. At this point, folks are just suggesting a lot of substitutes such as Turtle Art and Google Docs presentations. But, of course, what you folks were working on would be far better. Let me know what is happening! Thanks, Caryl Bigenho, OLPC Support Volunteer ___ support-gang mailing list support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
