Re: [Sugar-devel] Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)

2012-12-12 Thread RJV
in enhancing the existing learning experience and to this regard, I am concerned about the complete picture of enabling a hand-held device to the optimum performance and therefore, this question. 2. Second you totally on the second. Regards, RJv On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Nagarjuna G. nagar

Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)

2012-12-11 Thread RJV
Hi, We are planning to port Sugar on Android and are faced with these options: 1. Sugar as an application on Android. 2. As a platform on top of the Linux platform. Can the Sugar build be used to create an app bundle to deploy to the app store? Are there any licensing issues? On 2., can

Re: Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)

2012-12-11 Thread RJV
Thanks, Martin. Btw, where did you deduce the name Rajiv from? :) RJv On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.comwrote: Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that has the main features of Sugar shell -- Regards, *Ravichandran J.V

Re: Porting Sugar on Android (Ice cream sandwich)

2012-12-11 Thread RJV
11, 2012 at 3:12 PM, RJV jv.ravichand...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Martin. Btw, where did you deduce the name Rajiv from? :) RJv On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: Implement a shell -- replacing the standard Android shell -- that has

Re: Video (panned fast) goes for a toss

2012-12-02 Thread RJV
a more capable video capture device. Please file a ticket so we can keep track of this issue with you. Jon On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:38 PM, RJV jv.ravichand...@gmail.com wrote: Chris, Here is another Video shot with the XO on my Google Drive with no-pan-shoot. Here is the link

Re: Video (panned fast) goes for a toss

2012-12-02 Thread RJV
trying to keep it in sync. It is just not able to do that and is thrashing trying to figure out where to keyframe and sync at. Jv On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 6:41 PM, RJV jv.ravichand...@gmail.com wrote: Jon, So, if you use mencoder and encode it with some other video encoder like a wmv or mpeg4

Re: Re: Re: [Sugar-devel] [TRANSIENT ISSUE] 3G-Modem not being recognised

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
As Jerry mentioned, the trick is to uncheck Power Management option under the Power options of the laptop. Otherwise, the scenarios outlined by Ajay can be reproduced. It seems the power supply to the USB ports do make a difference. Regards, Ravichandran J.V. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:52 PM,

Re: Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
Hi, This looks like a great activity to me. I am unable to find what kind of telescopes (in India) can be used and help to this effect on the downloads page as a Readme would be very helpful. Has anybody used a physical telescope with this activity and what type? Thanks for any response. Jv

Re: Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
have a collection of Moon test images I should really go upload to the wiki soon... Will look out for them! I am sure I would like to help in anyway if I can with this! :) On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Gary Martin garycmar...@googlemail.comwrote: Hi Jv, On 23 Nov 2012, at 11:57, RJV

Re: Re: Re: [Sugar-devel] [TRANSIENT ISSUE] 3G-Modem not being recognised

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
that as a separate problem now. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 05:20:45PM +0530, RJV wrote: As Jerry mentioned, the trick is to uncheck Power Management option under the Power options of the laptop. Otherwise, the scenarios outlined by Ajay can be reproduced. It seems the power supply to the USB ports

Re: Re: Re: [Sugar-devel] [TRANSIENT ISSUE] 3G-Modem not being recognised

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
the system. XO 1.75 - 3.1, 12.1, 0.96, Build 21, Regards, Jv On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:28 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:14:41AM +0530, RJV wrote: Hi James, I agree that the frame icon for the modem may not be present if power managament

Re: Re: Re: [Sugar-devel] [TRANSIENT ISSUE] 3G-Modem not being recognised

2012-11-23 Thread RJV
at 10:46 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:31:16AM +0530, RJV wrote: Thanks, James/Tony. But that works, too, fine. The mobile icon plus the frame presence is ok. So you have tried but cannot reproduce the problem identified by Ajay, where the icon does

Re: [TRANSIENT ISSUE] 3G-Modem not being recognised

2012-11-20 Thread RJV
Yes, Ajay, it does happen the way you describe so what I do is make sure that I have the device plugged in before starting the XO otherwise, you need to restart the XO for it to recognize the device or you need to switch desktop and upon returning back to Sugar, the device would be recognized. Jv

Re: [Sugar-devel] [TRANSIENT ISSUE] 3G-Modem not being recognised

2012-11-20 Thread RJV
On the same topic, is anyone experienced with 3G connectivity on XO 1.5? Will it work? 3 G works fine with 1.75, 12.1, 0.96, Build 21. Regards, Jv On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Jerry Vonau je...@laptop.org.au wrote: On 20 November 2012 19:33, Ajay Garg a...@activitycentral.com wrote:

XO 1.5 and 3G connectivity

2012-11-20 Thread RJV
Hi, Has anyone used 12.1, 0.96, Build 21 on XO 1.5 and the second part of the query is, does a 3G data card work on 1.5? Anyone with experience, please share. -- Regards, Ravichandran Jv http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com ___ Devel mailing list

Re: XO 1.5 and 3G connectivity

2012-11-20 Thread RJV
? On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 01:04:19AM +0530, RJV wrote: Hi, Has anyone used 12.1, 0.96, Build 21 on XO 1.5 and the second part of the query is, does a 3G data card work on 1.5? Anyone with experience, please share. -- Regards, Ravichandran Jv http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com

Re: XO 1.5 and 3G connectivity

2012-11-20 Thread RJV
who has used it. On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:51:55AM +0530, RJV wrote: Thanks, Jerry. James, it is a pre-emptive question. This may have to be tried on multiple XOs so had to be sure before purchasing them. I will update once it is done. Thanks. Regards, Jv On Wed, Nov

Re: Renaming the Telescope activity to Scope

2012-11-19 Thread RJV
On the downloads page, the text seems to suggest a camera - This mode allows the user to view the live image stream from the camera. Furthermore following controls and settings can be set in this mode: * Capture the image * Change camera settings like Exposure, Brightness, Contrast etc. * Delay

Re: [POSSIBLY BROKEN FEATURE] Do 3G-Modem connections work in http://build.laptop.org/13.1.0/os5/xo-1.75/31005o2.zd ?

2012-10-13 Thread RJV
I am not sure about 13.1 but this download worked for me - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/12.1.0#XO-1.75 on 0.96 Sugar XO 1.75 C2 Build 21. Jv On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Ajay Garg a...@activitycentral.comwrote: Kinda raising the priority of the issue. Just want to know, that

Re: Best way to use SD card to increase XO-1 space

2012-10-12 Thread RJV
, RJV jv.ravichand...@gmail.com wrote: Ok :) On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Roshan Karki ros...@olenepal.orgwrote: On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:40 AM, RJV jv.ravichand...@gmail.com wrote: What is your problem in upgrading? Problem with your network bandwidth? Some non technical reason

Re: 3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-10 Thread RJV
XO 1.75 C2 Build 21 0.96.2 Q4D17 wvdial.rpm It is ok for now. Thanks for all. Jv On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:03 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 07:40:30AM +0530, RJV wrote: I think there is a mobile like icon that showed up after switching back to Sugar

Re: 3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-10 Thread RJV
Yes, figured that after going through the documentation! Thanks again! Jv On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:57 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 05:59:37PM +0530, RJV wrote: XO 1.75 C2 Build 21 0.96.2 Q4D17 wvdial.rpm It is ok for now. Thanks for all. Okay

Re: SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

2012-10-09 Thread RJV
acknowledge you felt hurt. I ask that you please re-read Mikus mail with greater care, starting with the assumption that Mikus is trying to communicate despite the apparent barrier of word meanings. On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 07:42:27PM +0530, RJV wrote: Mikus, I am sorry, too, that you found it SO

3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-09 Thread RJV
Jerry, Configured the modem through Sugar but although the USB stick gets recognized, the autorun is not invoked and also tried a few commands from the terminal but could not make it work. I tried by switching to the Linux env In the Lnux env., the system says Autorun recognized...(not

Re: 3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-09 Thread RJV
Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 20:02 +0530, RJV wrote: Jerry, Configured the modem through Sugar but although the USB stick gets recognized, the autorun is not invoked and also tried a few commands from the terminal but could not make it work. Can you plug in your 3G

Re: 3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-09 Thread RJV
at 08:48:49PM +0530, RJV wrote: Jerry, Yes the 3G card is detected correctly. When I switch to GNome, it says so and the Autorun detected. want to run it? with the button confirming that it is detected plus the airtel folder confirms it. I will try to see if I can post the log

Re: 3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-09 Thread RJV
at 04:19:18AM +0530, RJV wrote: James wrote: This means the 3G USB wireless modem has not been switched out of USB storage mode into modem mode. Cool! Makes sense now. the USB mode switch utility might be used. How? I don't know yet, because I'm waiting to see your response

Re: 3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-09 Thread RJV
wrote: On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 05:25:32AM +0530, RJV wrote: [...] What I wanted to know was the interface between Sugar and GNOME. Your GNOME also provides a middle level that Sugar uses. helps in that direction. There are many interfaces between Sugar and GNOME, and they would

Re: 3G USB Dongle usage

2012-10-09 Thread RJV
I think there is a mobile like icon that showed up after switching back to Sugar aside from the Connected round icon because when I removed the usb, the icon vanished so probably that icon has a Connect option. Certain adapters are supported by OLPC OS. I don't have the list handy. Thanks, I

Re: SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

2012-10-08 Thread RJV
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Mikus Grinbergs mi...@bga.com wrote: On 10/07/2012 10:44 PM, RJV wrote: why I posted this is to know whether one reflashes all the time or is there a more graceful way of getting XO back on Sugar through Linux? I'm sorry - you and I are on completely

Re: SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

2012-10-08 Thread RJV
. Jv I can help you with this part, my 3G dongle is 100% working but on OLPC-AU images so there might be some small differences here. On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 19:42 +0530, RJV wrote: Mikus, I am sorry, too, that you found it SO

Re: SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

2012-10-08 Thread RJV
that are needed when I use the 3G dongle on a Windows box please read it as *that are not needed Regards, Jv On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:12 PM, RJV jv.ravichand...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jerry, Is this a response to my question? If yes, mine is a XO 1.75 C2 and since I am new to Sugar and OLPC

Re: SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

2012-10-08 Thread RJV
Thanks, Jerry, i need to unplug the dongle now and use it on the XO...will let you know of the results. Thanks, Jv On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 21:12 +0530, RJV wrote: Hi Jerry, Is this a response to my question? If yes, mine

SD Card bug? XO 1.75 (Repeat post)

2012-10-07 Thread RJV
Bug? A SD card, with a .Rpm file, crashes the XO whereas any external device should only be used as a booting device if there is a boot image in it or is this an assumption in XO? I re-flashed the XO but the Linux installation needs to be re-done. Thoughts or any past experiences, anyone, on

Re: Best way to use SD card to increase XO-1 space

2012-10-07 Thread RJV
What is your problem in upgrading? Problem with your network bandwidth? Jv On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Roshan Karki ros...@olenepal.org wrote: We have around 4000 XO-1s deployed around the country but we are still stuck with Sugar .82.1 . We do have upgrade plan but not anytime soon. Our

SD Card bug in XO 1.75

2012-10-06 Thread RJV
Bug? A SD card, with a .Rpm file, crashes the XO whereas any external device should only be used if there is a boot image in it. I re-flashed the XO but the Linux installation needs to be re-done. Thoughts or any past experiences, anyone, on this? -- Regards, Ravichandran Jv