HI,
Actually, what we did is plug in the AC adapter (running from an
inverter powered
by a 12v car battery). The point is that the reflash was ok and the
firmware update
is automatic the next time the AC adapter is plugged in. Interestingly,
at the other
school this also worked when the laptop was getting power from an
individual solar panel via a lead with a standard OLPC power plug.
Tony
On 07/20/2013 05:08 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote:
On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 07:33 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote:
Hi,
We had this experience in Lesotho where we were rarely working directly
from the mains. However, if the firmware is not installed, the message
will appear on each subsequent boot. I am not sure that the battery
charge is an issue. The firmware installs when the laptop detects that
it is running from an AC adapter.
Tony
I have a olpc.fth file that defeats the mains AC check provided the
battery has 50% charge or more and installs the newer firmware when
present on the usbkey. Only works on unlocked XOs, hit me up if your
interested.
Jerry
On 07/20/2013 05:13 AM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote:
When reflashing to one of the newer builds; i.e., 12.1.0 or newer, be sure to
use a fully charged battery and a plugged in power adapter when reflashing. The
new builds will upgrade the firmware automatically if the battery is fully
charged. If it is not, during the end of the reflash process it will say
something like "cannot get new firmware" continuing to update with old
firmware. If you are not watching the screen you might not see this.
And, I always check the system date and reset it (from the root terminal per
instructions on the Fix ClockWiki page) before reflashing. That has solved the
"stuck on the grey dots" problem.
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