New joyride build 2639

2009-01-31 Thread Build Announcer v2
http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build2639 Changes in build 2639 from build: 2635 Size delta: 0.00M -hwdata 0.220-1.fc10 +hwdata 0.222-1.fc10 -- This mail was automatically generated See http://dev.laptop.org/~rwh/announcer/joyride-pkgs.html for aggregate logs See

New joyride build 2639

2009-01-31 Thread Build Announcer v2
http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build2639 Changes in build 2639 from build: 2635 Size delta: 0.00M -hwdata 0.220-1.fc10 +hwdata 0.222-1.fc10 -- This mail was automatically generated See http://dev.laptop.org/~rwh/announcer/joyride-pkgs.html for aggregate logs See

Re: Q2E30, Candidate-25 and DebXO don't play nice

2009-01-31 Thread James Cameron
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 08:14:36PM -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote: Add dcon-unfreeze visible to olpc.fth before the final boot command. Fixed in debxo for future builds. We're using dcon-unfreeze in the /boot/olpc.fth in the target filesystem, and visible in the filesystem of the install-to-NAND

Re: [Testing] Notes from an impromptu 8.2.1 Release Mtg.

2009-01-31 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/1/30 Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net: It created a new version of /home/olpc/.sugar/default/nm/networks.cfg which differs from the old one only in time stamps and in having the bssids field filled in. Sounds like a pretty critical difference. I would recommend not using wpa.sh, or at

Re: OLPC where to go development advice.

2009-01-31 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/1/31 Mikus Grinbergs mi...@bga.com: [And if I stop Network manager, the XO manages to 'vanish' the *hardware* device to which I would be assigning my static-address communications interface.] A little OT, a hint for you: I think you need to learn about more about interface state. By

Re: [Testing] Notes from an impromptu 8.2.1 Release Mtg.

2009-01-31 Thread Hal Murray
OK. Next thing for you to try. Delete networks.cfg again, per Martin's instructions. Reboot, note that your AP has a padlock. Enter password until connected successfully. That's the state I'm currently in. networks.cfg was generated by typing in a password.

Re: OLPC where to go development advice.

2009-01-31 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
But I have *not* been able to assign a static ip address when a real network was involved - Network Manager intervenes and destroys whatever setup I've configured. [And if I stop Network manager, the XO manages to 'vanish' the *hardware* device to which I would be assigning my

Touchpad problem

2009-01-31 Thread Tiago Marques
I don't know if this is the best place to post this but, since it seems a software problem, it may be a better idea then asking to get my XO repaired. I bought my XO this christmas, by Amazon's UK G1G1, which arrived at the beginning of the month. Almost already as I started using it, I noticed

Re: Notes from an impromptu 8.2.1 Release Mtg.

2009-01-31 Thread genesee
Wifi is fine and dandy now that I updated to build staging-25 and firmware Q2E30. Weird seeing 'pretty boot' again. Sorry I never filed a ticketI'm ashamed to not know if my AP is WEP or WPA, (it's a cable modem-router-thingy SMC model SMC8014WG-SI)...how can I find out? For myself, I

Re: OLPC where to go development advice.

2009-01-31 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/1/31 Mikus Grinbergs mi...@bga.com: I do realize that 'ifconfig' only shows interfaces that are up -- and that it is 'ifconfig iface up ip-addr' that would be used to configure a static ip address (and bring iface up). The problem was that when I tried to assign a static address, the

Re: [Testing] Notes from an impromptu 8.2.1 Release Mtg.

2009-01-31 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/1/31 Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net: /var/log/messages is 63K. 644 lines, 328 from NetworkManager. Should I send it as email or put it someplace or ??? Probably best to upload somewhere and put a link here. Bear in mind that it is lost every reboot, so if you did not already take a

Re: Touchpad problem

2009-01-31 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/1/31 Tiago Marques tiago...@gmail.com: Almost already as I started using it, I noticed that sometimes the touchpad would be irresponsive. I may use it for hours without having a problem but, when it happens, it usually doesn't start working again soon. Which OS version are you using?

Re: [Testing] Notes from an impromptu 8.2.1 Release Mtg.

2009-01-31 Thread Hal Murray
Probably best to upload somewhere and put a link here. http://www.megapathdsl.net/~hmurray/tmp/messages.11 It also contains the info from when I poked my icon and it worked. That starts at 08:49. I inserted a few blank lines at that point to separate it from the booting stuff. -- These

Re: AMD to stop working on Geodes (Carlos Nazareno)

2009-01-31 Thread Jordan Crouse
Edward Cherlin wrote: National Semiconductor, which bought the line from Cyrix. I edited several of the pin- and register-level manuals for various chips for them more than ten years ago, and updates of my work are still online on the AMD Web site. OLPC has educated AMD on how to use the

[Server-devel] XS Moodle design issues

2009-01-31 Thread Dan McGuire
As I said in my previous email, I think you might be trying to do too much engineering upfront. Here's a couple of thoughts for you to consider. 1. Topics-style course format, geared for a year-long: As a classroom teacher I would rather you not arrange the format for me. I find the topics