Re: [OLPC-AU] hwclock accuracy

2011-01-26 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 15:30 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 06:09:02PM -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote: > > That actually makes things worse, try installing ntpdate and run it with > > the stock /etc/adjtime file, now the real time clock is set to localtime > > as that is the first t

Re: foot power

2011-01-26 Thread Carlos Nazareno
Hey guys. I haven't taken that much look into foot pedal chargers and do know what their internals look like -- I just remembered coming across the link I posted so I shared The efficient way to do a foot pedal powered generator would probably be to have a small weighted wheel spin as a dynamo whe

Re: [OLPC-AU] hwclock accuracy

2011-01-26 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 06:09:02PM -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote: > That actually makes things worse, try installing ntpdate and run it with > the stock /etc/adjtime file, now the real time clock is set to localtime > as that is the first time hwclock is run. > > http://osdir.com/ml/fedora-olpc-list/20

Re: [Sugar-devel] prevent screen rotation in a sugar activity?

2011-01-26 Thread Jon Nettleton
> > Is there really no way to know when the Record activity is "upside down" on > the 10.1.3 xo (and as a result xvimagesink in the wrong place)? > Your question is a bit unclear so here are a few scenarios and answers. If you are looking to query what the current rotation of the screen is then y

Re: Feature requests for 11.2.0 - seeking deployment and community input

2011-01-26 Thread Jon Nettleton
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:01 PM, John Gilmore wrote: >> Please post any ideas here, and they'll be considered when we come to >> plan which features we'll aim to include. > > Well, the obvious one is to actually implement the real idle suspend > that happens in between keystrokes, turning off the

Re: Feature requests for 11.2.0 - seeking deployment and community input

2011-01-26 Thread John Gilmore
> Please post any ideas here, and they'll be considered when we come to > plan which features we'll aim to include. Well, the obvious one is to actually implement the real idle suspend that happens in between keystrokes, turning off the CPU to save massive amounts of power, while keeping the scree

Re: [OLPC-AU] hwclock accuracy

2011-01-26 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 14:40 -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan > wrote: > > We've actually disabled the /sbin/hwclock --systohc in our latest > > build (probably to be released tomorrow). > > If you are spinning your own build, ensure ntpdate is in

Re: 11.2.0 Test cases

2011-01-26 Thread Hal Murray
greenf...@laptop.org said: > I am starting work on a set of test cases to use for the Fedora 14 x86 > (XO-1.0 & 1.5) 11.2.0 build. Neat/thanks. How about making a list of IO devices that are likely to be used with a XO and making sure they each get at least a quick test? It's probably worth

Re: 11.2.0 development build 6 released

2011-01-26 Thread Daniel Drake
On 26 January 2011 15:02, Daniel Drake wrote: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/11.2.0 > > http://build.laptop.org/11.2.0/os6 Forgot to mention, there are some small changes in XO-1.5 output. ZD files now include the target card size in the extension rather than the prefix part of the filename. e.g. os

Feature requests for 11.2.0 - seeking deployment and community input

2011-01-26 Thread Daniel Drake
Hi, OLPC recently announced the development of a major new OLPC OS release for XO-1 and XO-1.5: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/11.2.0 We are seeking feedback and ideas from the community for feature requests for the upcoming feature development stage. Feedback from other parts of the community is welc

Re: [Sugar-devel] prevent screen rotation in a sugar activity?

2011-01-26 Thread Erik Blankinship
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Bakhtiar Mikhak wrote: > The specific practical considerations on the XO to which I was referring > has to do with the documented bug with xvimagesink and UI rotations. Even > with the rest of the UI designed to handle rotations gracefully, this bug is > a show st

11.2.0 development build 6 released

2011-01-26 Thread Daniel Drake
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/11.2.0 http://build.laptop.org/11.2.0/os6 Fixed bugs: #10606 Virtual change sets XO-1.5 default resolution to 1200x1200 Most activities are back. Thanks for the feedback and bug reports so far. Daniel ___ Devel mailing l

Re: 11.2.0 Test cases

2011-01-26 Thread Daniel Drake
On 25 January 2011 15:17, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > I am starting work on a set of test cases to use for the Fedora 14 x86 > (XO-1.0 & 1.5) 11.2.0 build. > > Currently I am drafting a list of generic test scenarios we may wish to > consider testing.  That list is at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Test_