Solution for Unimplemented package interface procedure error on XO-1.5?
Hey everyone, while updating a bunch of XO-1s and XO-1.5s from the Lubuto Library Project here in Zambia today we ran into an XO-1.5 which displayed the following messages upon trying to do a secure reflash 12.1.0: Filesystem image found - Signature Valid Unimplemented package interface procedure A quick search on w.l.o turned up this ticket from 2010 ( https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10017). While it does say that the bug was fixed in subsequent versions it doesn't really provide a solution on what to do when the issue is encountered. Am I right in assuming that doing a separate upgrade of the firmware and then running the OS reflash again would address this? Or is there anything else I need to do? Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Cameras not working on XO-1s
Hi again, another issue we encountered during today's workshop session was that on 3~4 XO-1s the camera didn't work (all machines are running 12.1.0 with the associated firmware). The effect in Record is always the same: a grey still image. However when running the hardware self-test 2 of the machines passed the test even though the camera output on the display was total noise. With the other machine or two the self-test failed. Since I've never seen issues with the camera before I was wondering whether there was anything we could try beyond verifying that the camera connector is in place (as described at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Troubleshooting_AV#Errors_communicating_with_the_camera )? Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Solution for Unimplemented package interface procedure error on XO-1.5?
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Christoph Derndorfer christoph.derndor...@gmail.com wrote: A quick search on w.l.o turned up this ticket from 2010 (https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10017). While it does say that the bug was fixed in subsequent versions it doesn't really provide a solution on what to do when the issue is encountered. Am I right in assuming that doing a separate upgrade of the firmware and then running the OS reflash again would address this? Or is there anything else I need to do? That sounds accurate. If the machine is locked and you want to avoid the hassle of getting a dev key, take the file /bootpart/boot/bootfw.zip from a XO-1.5 12.1.0 machine and put it in the same place on the XO in question, overwriting the previous file. Then reboot the system with power attached (normal boot - don't try to reflash yet), it should auto-update the firmware. Daniel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Solution for Unimplemented package interface procedure error on XO-1.5?
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Christoph Derndorfer christoph.derndor...@gmail.com wrote: A quick search on w.l.o turned up this ticket from 2010 (https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10017). While it does say that the bug was fixed in subsequent versions it doesn't really provide a solution on what to do when the issue is encountered. Am I right in assuming that doing a separate upgrade of the firmware and then running the OS reflash again would address this? Or is there anything else I need to do? That sounds accurate. If the machine is locked and you want to avoid the hassle of getting a dev key, take the file /bootpart/boot/bootfw.zip from a XO-1.5 12.1.0 machine and put it in the same place on the XO in question, overwriting the previous file. Then reboot the system with power attached (normal boot - don't try to reflash yet), it should auto-update the firmware. Hey Daniel, thanks a lot for the quick reply and clarification. The way you describe sounds even easier than doing the regular USB firmware upgrade ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_firmware#Upgrading_using_a_USB_drive) which I was going for. Cheers, Christoph (still not finished with my studies, just in case you were wondering;-) -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Cameras not working on XO-1s
The firmware self-test of the camera does not fail every symptom, it can't tell if the image is good, that's up to you. Also, the firmware self-test does not use the camera in the same way that Linux can, so the symptoms can be different. If you need to diagnose beyond checking the camera connector, the next thing to try is swapping cameras. Please use electrostatic discharge precautions. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Solution for Unimplemented package interface procedure error on XO-1.5?
The way you describe sounds even easier than doing the regular USB firmware upgrade (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_firmware#Upgrading_using_a_USB_drive) which I was going for. I fail to see how what dsd suggests is going to be easier for you. With the usb drive you do one copy then just boot each machine with the usb drive plugged in vs having to copy that file into the right spot on every machine you want to upgrade. If the machine won't boot (like yours) then you have to do the copy using OFW and get the command line right every time. -- Richard A. Smith ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Solution for Unimplemented package interface procedure error on XO-1.5?
Yeah, but what Daniel said _sounds_ a lot easier than the Wiki procedure, because the Wiki procedure has grown to satisfy everybody who had a question about it. ;-) I didn't hear from Christoph that the machine wouldn't boot. If so, yes, the Wiki procedure is the only one to use. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Solution for Unimplemented package interface procedure error on XO-1.5?
On 01/30/2013 05:20 PM, James Cameron wrote: Yeah, but what Daniel said _sounds_ a lot easier than the Wiki procedure, because the Wiki procedure has grown to satisfy everybody who had a question about it. ;-) I didn't hear from Christoph that the machine wouldn't boot. If so, yes, the Wiki procedure is the only one to use. Sorry I had additional info not presented in original mail. I know they hang at 1 dot because I've been working with him for the last few days to try and get power logs off of the machines. -- Richard A. Smith smithb...@gmail.com ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Cameras not working on XO-1s
Hi Christoph, On 30 Jan 2013, at 20:02, Christoph Derndorfer christoph.derndor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi again, another issue we encountered during today's workshop session was that on 3~4 XO-1s the camera didn't work (all machines are running 12.1.0 with the associated firmware). Random FWIW, on my XO-1 B4 the camera stopped working (black screen). In this case, it was due to an overly short flat flex cable from the camera to the motherboard, where twisting pressure (opening/closing) on the case could pull the flat flex cable out of the socket enough to loose connection (I think movement of a usb key in one of the two right sockets could also trigger it). In my case sometimes slightly squeezing the case by the camera triggered the camera back into life for a short while. In the end I opened the unit up and firmly reseated the cable. It's been fine since then. This issue was subsequently fixed, but I'm not sure when. Regards, --Gary The effect in Record is always the same: a grey still image. However when running the hardware self-test 2 of the machines passed the test even though the camera output on the display was total noise. With the other machine or two the self-test failed. Since I've never seen issues with the camera before I was wondering whether there was anything we could try beyond verifying that the camera connector is in place (as described at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Troubleshooting_AV#Errors_communicating_with_the_camera)? Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: christ...@derndorfer.eu ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
video of XOs in the Amazon
Wikipedia pointed me to this excerpt from an upcoming film, web. It shows kids with XOs in the Peruvian Amazon creating on Wikipedia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPnH_rF9ksfeature=youtu.be Cheers, wad ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
[Server-devel] Finetuning XO backups to XS
Hi there, We are currently looking at OLPC France on a way to tweek and finetuning the backups of XOs on XS namely : -being to do the backup of XO at anytime from an interaction with the XO =using the rsync command from ds-backup.py with a XO already registered to the XS (ssh keys exchange validated) =being able to do this backup through a simple sugar actitvity (like a finish my class that does backup at using) that calls the rsync ? -being able to do backups of XOs from the XS =sshd is not installed/initiated on the XO so remote rsync is not possible, can we imagine a script from the XS after the first backup that allows xs-xo commands and backups ? Thanks for your support. Xavier/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Finetuning XO backups to XS
Are folks available to discuss backup/restore, WebDAV, squid, Puppet/pdsh, pathagar, dansguardian, Moodle during our presprint voice call expected Sunday or Monday 6PM NYC time? (much progress has in fact been made among attendees to the imminent Feb 6-11 http://schoolserver.org Toronto-area sprint, but a wider discussion on future requirements-vs-dreams would be really great..) On 1/30/2013 4:33 AM, Xavier Carcelle wrote: Hi there, We are currently looking at OLPC France on a way to tweek and finetuning the backups of XOs on XS namely : -being to do the backup of XO at anytime from an interaction with the XO =using the rsync command from ds-backup.py with a XO already registered to the XS (ssh keys exchange validated) =being able to do this backup through a simple sugar actitvity (like a finish my class that does backup at using) that calls the rsync ? -being able to do backups of XOs from the XS =sshd is not installed/initiated on the XO so remote rsync is not possible, can we imagine a script from the XS after the first backup that allows xs-xo commands and backups ? Thanks for your support. Xavier/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel -- Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net ! ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Hardware for Schoolservers (EDIT)
Thank you to all for your answers, we are going to order 2 of this units Aleutia X1 Server. http://aleutia.com/x1-small-low-power-server Regards -- German Ruíz On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 5:46 PM, German Ruiz germa...@opensuse.org.ni wrote: Hello everyone Sorry, last message was sent without finish. Just asking if anyone here knows about fanless server in the field, in any country, i was looking at the wiki[1], and the only information about hardware from this vendors [2][3], is in Afghanistan. We want to buy a few servers from this companies, to use in Nicaragua, but first i want to make sure that this ones works very good. Any suggestions? [1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Recommended_Hardware#Hardware_known_to_work [2] http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/fanless_computers [3] http://www.aleutia.com/products/ -- German R S ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel We use LogicSupply's SolidLogic LS-102 boxes in Jamaica. I use a FitPC-1 in Bhagmalpur, India for about 25 XOs. The FitPC2 pulls about 15W at the AC brick. The LogicSupply box pulls 25W to 26W and the FitPC-1 pulls 8W at the AC end. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ -- German R S ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
