Re: Why can't i access /dev/dsp or /dev/snd on my XO

2008-01-20 Thread victor
What you say does not make any sense to me. The MIDI standard is *one* of many, and in fact the poorest of them all. Besides Csound is probably the most used computer music language with composers of Computer Music and its score an integral part of it. But it is not the only way that can be used

Re: Why can't i access /dev/dsp or /dev/snd on my XO

2008-01-20 Thread victor
Perhaps you are referring to the language rather than the API, when you say it is ghastly. The API is quite neat. I don't have any problems with the language, but some people don't like it. Perhaps you might be interested in looking at the things I am doing to integrate Csound to Sugar a bit

Re: New update.1 build 682

2008-01-20 Thread Olly Betts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DatabaseVersionError: Flint version file /media/2FD2-5097/.olpc.store/index/iamflint is version 200709120 but I only understand 200706140 This will be because the Xapian package was accidentally updated to 1.0.4 recently, then your database was updated with this

Re: New update.1 build 682

2008-01-20 Thread david
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Olly Betts wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DatabaseVersionError: Flint version file /media/2FD2-5097/.olpc.store/index/iamflint is version 200709120 but I only understand 200706140 This will be because the Xapian package was accidentally updated to 1.0.4 recently,

Re: Why can't i access /dev/dsp or /dev/snd on my XO

2008-01-20 Thread victor
It's not a matter of trying to get a non-standard format across. Not all; it is a matter of supporting more possibilities. Besides, as I pointed out, MIDI will play alright on Csound, even if it is a poor way of conveying musical data. But hey, if MIDI looks damn good to you, it is worthless

Re: New update.1 build 682

2008-01-20 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Ok, the problem is that by mistake some unstable builds had a too new version of xapian. We reverted to the known-good older version but it cannot read the indexes created or modified by the later version. Just do this in the terminal with the SD card mounted: mv /media/2FD2-5097/.olpc.store

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread Jameson Chema Quinn
I know that we're supposed to all be developers here, and know how to change the firmware in our sleep; but it would be great to include a link to instructions. I searched the wiki - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual_Firmware_Install is worse than useless, and

OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Bryan Duff
After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based builds. Running `glxgears -fullscreen` I get ~25 fps. Compared to Ubuntu which gets 65 fps, this is rather poor. I think the Ubuntu performance shows that 3D (albeit simple 3D) is very possible and worthwhile. I've tried the

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread Mitch Bradley
Jameson Chema Quinn wrote: I know that we're supposed to all be developers here, and know how to change the firmware in our sleep; but it would be great to include a link to instructions. I searched the wiki - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual_Firmware_Install is worse than useless, and

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread ffm
On Jan 20, 2008 1:07 PM, Mitch Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jameson Chema Quinn wrote: I know that we're supposed to all be developers here, and know how to change the firmware in our sleep; but it would be great to include a link to instructions. I searched the wiki -

Re: New update.1 build 682

2008-01-20 Thread david
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Ok, the problem is that by mistake some unstable builds had a too new version of xapian. We reverted to the known-good older version but it cannot read the indexes created or modified by the later version. Just do this in the terminal with the SD card

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread Jameson Chema Quinn
Simple. Put the manual install instructions in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual_Firmware_Install and then, in each relnotes page add {{:Manual_Firmware_Install}}, which will include the text of that page in the one it is as a template in. If you want to be even cooler, in

Re: Why can't i access /dev/dsp or /dev/snd on my XO

2008-01-20 Thread imm
Sorry all - this thread re got me riled, I have to jump in on Victor's side here... On 20 Jan 2008, at 10:18, Albert Cahalan wrote: I know every developer wants to believe that their own file format is a standard (and a good one too!), but come on now. I went looking for stuff that supports

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread Mitch Bradley
Jameson Chema Quinn wrote: Simple. Put the manual install instructions in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual_Firmware_Install and then, in each relnotes page add {{:Manual_Firmware_Install}}, which will include the text of that page in the one it is as a template in.

RE: Testing the Wireless driver changes

2008-01-20 Thread Ronak Chokshi
After downloading the firmware, the ARM is told by the boot2 to jump to a specific location of the internal memory. If the firmware is not downloaded, the boot2 starts the grab the firmware from the Flash and jumps to the same location of the internal memory once that is done. The flash tool does

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread ffm
On Jan 20, 2008 6:46 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AC not present Am I missing something here? I also downloaded q2d09.rom.{sha1,md5,asc} to the same place just in case, but it didn't make a difference. Plug in the AC adapter to the wall. -ffm

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: ok flash n:\boot\q2d09.rom Reading n:\boot\q2d09.rom Got firmware version: CL1 Q2D09 Q2D Checking integrity ... AC not present Duh. I just realized this is referring to the fact that its not plugged into mains power rather than anything

Re: XO wireless firmware, etc.

2008-01-20 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Jan 20, 2008 10:10 AM, RHS Linux User [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have been following XO for some time. I see you are looking for someone to help with open firmware for the Marvel chipset. Indeed. Have you looked at the Wiki page on the effort?

Re: Update.1 testing

2008-01-20 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Mitch Bradley wrote: Jameson Chema Quinn wrote: Simple. Put the manual install instructions in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manual_Firmware_Install and then, in each relnotes page add {{:Manual_Firmware_Install}}, which will include the text of that page in the one it

Project Hosting Application: Lab

2008-01-20 Thread Nicholas A. Sinnott-Armstrong
I have a significant majority of the base code written for Lab and plan to get at least a working standalone version within the next few weeks. 1. Project name : Lab Activity 2. Existing website, if any : None as of yet 3. One-line description : A scientific analysis and interface

jabber for non-wireless XO ?

2008-01-20 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
I don't have any wireless. I do have a wired ethernet connection to a LAN (which in turn uses a proxy to reach the internet). Even when I specify in sugar-control-panel the name of a real server, my XO is not accessing jabber (the field in olpc-netstatus is shown blank). I believe my proxy

Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, There should be no particular reason why Ubuntu would have better *software* GL rendering performance than Fedora, although hardy ships with gcc 4.2, which could make a big difference. glxgears opens a window, but the software rendering performance will depend not just on that

Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Bernardo Innocenti
Bryan Duff wrote: After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based builds. Running `glxgears -fullscreen` I get ~25 fps. Compared to Ubuntu which gets 65 fps, this is rather poor. One last thing: I'm very curious about this disparity: could you please provide more details?

Re: OLPC and GLX

2008-01-20 Thread Bernardo Innocenti
(please forgive minor mistakes as I was in a hurry and I had no time to double-check some of the facts reported below. Feel free to point out corrections, of course). Bryan Duff wrote: After compiling in mesa source to get GLX working on the FC7-based builds. Running `glxgears -fullscreen` I