Re: creating your own templates in write activity
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 19:18, Manusheel Guptam...@laptop.org wrote: Tomeu, Hope all is well. We have been working on developing a template builder tool in write activity, and wish to have your pointers on certain features- 1. Text box - We realize that the text box tool is missing in the current write activity, and wish to develop it. We looked at abiwidget.h file closely, and it seems to us that there is no method (function) provided to add textboxes. We investigated deeper into the details, and arrived at an approach to develop the text box feature- a. Create a textbox class on the lines of tablecreator class- It seems that we need to work on 4 files: 1. OXML_Element_TextBox.cpp 2. OXML_Element_TextBox.h 3. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.cpp 4. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.h b. Use invoke_cmd method to insert Textbox. We are not very clear on what all arguments can be passed in this method, and their usage. Could you please direct us to a resource, which could be helpful in understanding this. I think Martin's answer has been very complete, are you already set on this one? I recommend you to send these questions to the abiword-devel mailing list where you will find Martin and the other Abiword developers: http://www.abisource.com/developers/ We also wish to ask you about the details of the code, which is used to enable menu selections in the advanced abiword activity. What do you mean by enable menu selections and advanced abiword activity? Also, could you explain what are you trying to accomplish? Thanks, Tomeu Thank you. Manu ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: hyperactivity...
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Sameer Vermasve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Are there any specific instructions on using hyperactivity (http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/daf/hyperactivity/) other than what's in the README? We plan on load testing a new school server specifically on the ejabberd side of things. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ejabberd_resource_tests Those are Douglas' notes. There may be additional notes in the server-devel archives... m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff So, I've tried using hyperactivity a few different ways. Case 1: XOs are in mesh. olpc-netstatus says Telepathy is using salut. Running 'python hyperactivity.py salut 10 30' shows a bunch of XOs in the neighborhood and shows activity in the terminal about creating tubes, creating activities etc. Case 2: XOs are connected to a school server and olpc-netstatus says Telepathy is using gabble. Running 'python hyperactivity.py gabble schoolserver.augusttown.uwimona.edu.jm 10 30' creates 10 accounts, but keeps saying that could not connect and it needs to remove an account. Then it gets stuck in some from of a loop and keeps spewing error messages. The other thing that's not clear from the readme is how to create a new gabble session. From the readme: == It's generally a good idea to run a new Gabble/Salut instance with hyperactivity. In a first console launch: $ eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax` Then get the address of the new bus $ env | grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-CDaCEn20fa,guid=e7699135806075af71752500479f1a86 You can now launch Gabble or Salut in this console. In a second console, define the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS variable before launch hyperactivity. $ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-CDaCEn20fa,guid=e7699135806075af71752500479f1a86 = I'm not sure how one launches Gabble or Salut in the console. Clarifications much appreciated. Will put up a wiki page once I figure it out. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
What should I do about the ISA PIT timer?
Hi Support Gang / devel@, I hae a Repair Center laptop whose one OFW test sometimes fails: The ISA PIT timer did not reach a count of 1. This happens about 2-5% of the time I run the selftest word from that device node in OFW (Q2E41): /pci/i...@f/ti...@i40. I can't find much on google about this error message or device node (though the 8th google result is an excellent translation of Gallus/ Roman Scenes in the time of Augustus). Anybody seen this before? Should I worry about it? Martin pgpqZgBZTkdHJ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] creating your own templates in write activity
Martin, Thank you for the pointer. Very helpful. We have been able to add the text box feature in the write activity. Regards, Manu On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Martin Sevior msev...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Manusheel, There is no specific pyabiword binding for insert textbox but your can use the following technique to access the abiword/src/wp/ap/xp/ap_EditMethods.cpp function that provide the interface to libabiword. do: self._abiword_canvas.invoke_cmd(insTextbox,,0,0) To invoke the GUI to insert a textbox. Cheers Martin On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Manusheel Guptam...@laptop.org wrote: Tomeu, Hope all is well. We have been working on developing a template builder tool in write activity, and wish to have your pointers on certain features- 1. Text box - We realize that the text box tool is missing in the current write activity, and wish to develop it. We looked at abiwidget.h file closely, and it seems to us that there is no method (function) provided to add textboxes. We investigated deeper into the details, and arrived at an approach to develop the text box feature- a. Create a textbox class on the lines of tablecreator class- It seems that we need to work on 4 files: 1. OXML_Element_TextBox.cpp 2. OXML_Element_TextBox.h 3. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.cpp 4. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.h b. Use invoke_cmd method to insert Textbox. We are not very clear on what all arguments can be passed in this method, and their usage. Could you please direct us to a resource, which could be helpful in understanding this. We also wish to ask you about the details of the code, which is used to enable menu selections in the advanced abiword activity. Thank you. Manu ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Availability of XO-1.5 ATest-2 machines
Hi, A small number of XO-1.5 A2 laptops has just arrived at OLPC, so it's time to start up the Contributors' Program for them! If you think you might be able to help us with hardware work, now would be an excellent time to write a mail with the following headers: To: contribut...@laptop.org Subject: XO 1.5-A2 laptop proposal letting us know what you think you could help with, mentioning any relevant work you've done in the past, and including your address and phone number for shipping. Some of the areas we'd love help with are: * Xorg driver bughunting * Kernel suspend/resume time measurement and optimization, ACPI integration, and driver work in general * Distro/packaging work that requires a machine We'll have a much larger set of beta-test machines available in the not so far future, so please don't be offended if we don't have enough machines to send you one from our small supply of alpha-test laptops. Thanks! - Chris. -- Chris Ball c...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Testing summary - 18 July 2009 Wellington, NZ
Testing summary - 18 July 2009, Wellington, NZ Who: Tim, Tabitha, Grant, Uli, Stella, Leah, Becs, Brenda, Callum, Dave, Sigi Putting dev keys in the last XOs to be updated. Updating builds from 767 to 802 on all XOs Trying soas-strawberry in virtual machines on other laptops. tested out chat with six XOs then added write activity but we could not see each others writing :-( though seeing each other in the frame in both activities. In the neighborhood view we are seeing each other but we keep appearing and disappearing. tried different XOs sharing the activity and this time it worked. tried adding picture, some XOs got picture, some XOs stopped sharing - seems we now have at least three versions of the truth. multiple cursors are flashing in different places on each XO. we are seeing different numbers of other XOs in activity in frame. write quit itself on two XOs. This does not seem to be impacting chat activity. we still sharing chat no worries. M_Stone requests openvpn experiment with us, on five XOs, so we be on same ethernet. Seemed like we could connect to vpn but then got stuck when pinging address M_Stone sent us. Could not access sample keys. Further information from m_stone. Happy to test further next week. Walter Bender requests tests of turtleart-55: found that on wiki.laptop you get version 44, on sugarlabs.org you get version 55 from the top right hand activities link but version 51 from the activities link in the middle of the sugarlabs.org page. Pop up windows is making it very difficult to install new activities as dialogue box appears in window behind, or does not appear at all. This is impacting how browse activity works too - if we cant close pop up (due to no close button sometimes and cant move window around) we cannot end the browse activity. It is further impacting in that the window is appearing to sit in front of frame and impacting other zoom views, e.g. going in front of neighbourhood view. Could not install activities on some XOs from sugarlabs site. Had to go. :-( More testing next week. Thanks everyone Tabitha ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Server-devel] /library partition
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Dave Bauerd...@solutiongrove.com wrote: I am not sure if there is any documentation: - pgsql-xs the postgresql database for Moodle (and any other Pg DB we might add :-) ) - users which I think are home directories for the registered XOs which will contain their backups. - xs-activation which holds crypto keys, activations and delegations. With the new xs-activation package it gets used quite a bit in deployments with delegated leases -- ie: with XSs that don't have an internet connection but still run a bitfrost-secured deployment. - xs-activity-server which stores .xo activities - xs-rsync - anything served via rsync. Right now that is only OS updates for the XOs. I believe the overall idea is that anything that is content goes in this directory as opposed to software or parts of the operating system. Exactly. In short, it's the 'data' partition, the one you want to backup, the one that wants a 1TB external disk, the one to mirror or clone. There is a bug in that /var/lib/moodle should be in /library. cheers, m ps: wiki material perhaps? -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] /library partition
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Dave Bauerd...@solutiongrove.com wrote: I am not sure if there is any documentation: - pgsql-xs the postgresql database for Moodle (and any other Pg DB we might add :-) ) OK. - users which I think are home directories for the registered XOs which will contain their backups. Yes, I see the backups from registered accounts. - xs-activation which holds crypto keys, activations and delegations. With the new xs-activation package it gets used quite a bit in deployments with delegated leases -- ie: with XSs that don't have an internet connection but still run a bitfrost-secured deployment. OK. Haven't toyed with this as yet. - xs-activity-server which stores .xo activities Now, this is interesting. How do the activities get pushed to the XOs? - xs-rsync - anything served via rsync. Right now that is only OS updates for the XOs. OK. So this would be the img file for an update? How does it get pushed? I believe the overall idea is that anything that is content goes in this directory as opposed to software or parts of the operating system. Exactly. In short, it's the 'data' partition, the one you want to backup, the one that wants a 1TB external disk, the one to mirror or clone. Got it. There is a bug in that /var/lib/moodle should be in /library. Thought so. cheers, m ps: wiki material perhaps? Yes, will create a page and add the items. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Share sugar objects on a standalone server
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Caroline, On 17 Jul 2009, at 23:35, Caroline Meeks wrote: Ack! I posted this to the wrong thread! Sorry :( Here are some ideas for use cases that we might want to think through. Off the top of my head • Teacher shares a file with a class • Teacher shares a file or lesson plan or student work sample with other teachers • Student shares with classmate for peer review • Student shares with teacher for assessment (need an easy way for teachers to see all students work) • Student shares with outside world • Student shares with school community • Teacher or student gets an activity for Sugar • Teacher or Student learns what is possible with Sugar from examples • Students or classes of students collaobrate to co-create projects All different, but it would be good if the end users felt there was some consistent logic to how they did these tasks which may well be related in their minds. Could you list how a teacher/student currently accomplishes each of these cases? I have my own guesses for most (I think most would usually involve a school Windows file server and share disk space, or just not be allowed from the school point of view), but wanted to see if you have a list of current approaches for these. At the GPA I think its not done at all. Kids use the computer lab for an hour a week and use a web site to play educational games. At LGF, they have macs and they have a web based class management system written by a programmer out in western MA. More or less like Moodle. I'm not sure how many of these use cases it supports. One high school I visited had a sign up in the computer lab reminding kids to email their work to themselves on their gmail accounts. My high schooler tends to use this technique also. Teachers sometimes have him email files to turn in assignments. I think in one class he used google docs. So I think email and web sites are the current way these tasks are done, in the rare instances they occur. I am copying Server Devel as I suspect our vision if for the XS will support many of these use cases. Regards, --Gary On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: Test case: 1) Create a new TurtleArt activity 2) Upload the new entry to the SL wiki using Browse 3) Use Browse to download the entry back to Journal 4) Resume it from Journal Thanks. That's something I missed. I'll add it to [[The undiscoverable]]. However, when I tried uploading a TA session, the Wiki said, .gtar is not a permitted file type. Did we change from .tar.gz to .gtar in the Journal, or something like that, but not coordinate properly? This should ideally work for all Activities, then folks can actually start creating and distributing content/activities directly using Sugar, for other Sugar users. +1 Regards, --Gary -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.org/worknet (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] /library partition
Sameer Verma wrote: - xs-activity-server which stores .xo activities Now, this is interesting. How do the activities get pushed to the XOs? via a USB drive. The format is described here: http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/martin/xs-activity-server.git/tree/README - xs-rsync - anything served via rsync. Right now that is only OS updates for the XOs. OK. So this would be the img file for an update? How does it get pushed? via USB drive. http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/martin/xs-rsync.git/tree/README and the pattern works for (at least) xs-activation too. Douglas ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] /library partition
I wrote: - xs-activity-server which stores .xo activities Now, this is interesting. How do the activities get pushed to the XOs? via a USB drive. The format is described here: Ah sorry, I misread. (swine flu). Via http, and it isn't perfect, because the XOs don't know to use it rather than the wiki page they default to. But the README link is still good: http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/martin/xs-activity-server.git/tree/README OK. So this would be the img file for an update? How does it get pushed? There is a script called olpc-update, but you need to mangle the XO's networking a bit to make it look on the schoolserver. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpc-update douglas ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
