Re: plz test Build 802 + Firmware Q2E41 = Candidate Release 8.2.1

2009-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: Clean installed on 2 XOs here (Peru/Spanish 1xB4, and US/English 1xXO-1). All went fine, no new issues to report. Working fine with WEP AP connections (full activity update via control panel), but haven't re-tested on

Re: Battery recovery issues

2009-05-01 Thread Richard A. Smith
Emiliano Pastorino wrote: Richard, I've just received a box with 60 faulty batteries inside, so I'll be playing with them for the next few years... :) I did a bat-recover on one of them for about 18 hours and I noticed this: When I run watch-battery, it still says No battery. I did a

Re: I2C bus assignments

2009-05-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
I have a bad feeling about swiping the CRT I2C. It kind of leaves a needless landmine for video driver authors who would prefer to unify their code (XO and non-XO hardware) as much as possible. Suppose a video driver attempts E-DDC. Is it going to confuse some non-compliant I2C device or actually

2PM EDT Friday: BRIEF Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting)

2009-05-01 Thread Holt
In 15min from now! Join us reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects today 2PM EDT, Boston Time: http://forum.laptop.org/chat Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * New Libraries! http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries * Which projects might

Re: CL1B power distribution

2009-05-01 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:51 PM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org wrote: All of our LEDs are dual (one on the inside and one on the outside). Instead of running these in parallel, and throwing away the extra voltage, I run them in series directly from the battery voltage (ever notice that

Re: CL1B power distribution

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
John Watlington wrote: the LED trick has the advantage of not requiring a change to the case, just a single additional drive pin to be able to run it as a detector. And where would you place said detector LED, without modifying the case ? While we're bikeshedding this to death, I'll put

Re: CL1B power distribution

2009-05-01 Thread david
On Fri, 1 May 2009, Jameson Quinn wrote: I like the idea, but wouldn't light transmission inside the case, from the other LED's, screw this up? possibly, how much leakage is there between the LEDs? David Lang (btw, wikipedia says more light = faster backwards discharge) Heck, the two

Re: CL1B power distribution

2009-05-01 Thread david
On Fri, 1 May 2009, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: John Watlington wrote: the LED trick has the advantage of not requiring a change to the case, just a single additional drive pin to be able to run it as a detector. And where would you place said detector LED, without modifying the case ?

Re: Ambient light sensing via LED response

2009-05-01 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:38 PM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org wrote: I don't have time to take a look at this right now, but we have a A/D input to dedicate to this, if it helps work around the patent. We can talk to MERL if needed. I probably still know a handfull of people around

Re: [support-gang] 2PM EDT Friday: BRIEF Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting)

2009-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Aaron Hull guinartis...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry also not able to keep up recently.  Had a baby boy (7 lbs. 14 oz.) last week and have been wanting to get re-connected. But have been following the emails while catching up at work. Keep up the good work! Aaron

Re: [support-gang] 2PM EDT Friday: BRIEF Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting)

2009-05-01 Thread Aaron Hull
Sorry also not able to keep up recently. Had a baby boy (7 lbs. 14 oz.) last week and have been wanting to get re-connected. But have been following the emails while catching up at work. Keep up the good work! Aaron On May 1, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Holt h...@laptop.org wrote: In 15min

Re: Ambient light sensing via LED response

2009-05-01 Thread Nate Ridderman
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:28 PM, C. Scott Ananian csc...@laptop.org wrote: Oh, yeah, you should be able to wire the top side of the LED directly to the LED and measure the photovoltaic current directly; that's not patented: battery voltage Q1 | ---from

Re: Ambient light sensing via LED response

2009-05-01 Thread John Watlington
On May 1, 2009, at 2:28 PM, C. Scott Ananian wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:38 PM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org wrote: I don't have time to take a look at this right now, but we have a A/D input to dedicate to this, if it helps work around the patent. We can talk to MERL if

Re: Ambient light sensing via LED response

2009-05-01 Thread John Watlington
The back-bias voltage is a sensitive topic. If you could guarantee periodic clearing of the integrator, I could provide up to 10V or so. Otherwise, it should probably be limited to +3.3V. wad On May 1, 2009, at 11:59 PM, John Watlington wrote: On May 1, 2009, at 2:28 PM, C. Scott Ananian

Re: [Server-devel] ds-backup.py backup_url server check

2009-05-01 Thread Dave Bauer
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Dave Bauer d...@solutiongrove.com wrote: Thanks for the tips. I am testing with my XO. What version of browse.xo do I need that supports the magic cookies? Do I need to upgrade

Re: [Server-devel] ds-backup.py backup_url server check

2009-05-01 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dave Bauer d...@solutiongrove.com wrote: OK. If anyone else is interested, here is Browse-101 for 0.82 including the fix for http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8857 http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/py-activities/Browse-102.xo; That's Daniel's release. Look for a release