Re: olpc.fth

2011-02-03 Thread James Cameron
cripts. Write your script to test for the tag being added. On XO-1.5, if you have multiple tags to add, you might avoid restart on each, see the source http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openfirmware/browser/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/via/initsmt.fth for a method that might be used in manufacturing. I'

Re: olpc.fth

2011-02-03 Thread James Cameron
n the stack before constant /ka d# 111 means decimal one hundred and eleven bytes. Increasing that value would increase the length of the tag value. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Google Art Project

2011-02-03 Thread James Cameron
ed this on 11.2.0 and it works in Firefox and in Browse. It didn't work in Firefox until Gnash was removed. In Browse, the white flash box appears asking you to click it to get it started. I'm not sure why Browse does that. Caryl, make sure you click. -- James

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Google Art Project

2011-02-03 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 09:34:52PM -0500, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > The yum/rpm uninstall probably cleans a bit more, and perhaps should be > run first to avoid the conflicting uninstall routines. Good idea, but no difference. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.

Re: Integrity checking of OS images

2011-02-07 Thread James Cameron
e is bad, please ask for help." The output is different for signed installs using deployment keys. References: 1. http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/openfirmware/browser/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/via/fsupdate.fth#L159 checks the hash, 2. git://dev.laptop.org/bios-crypto file zhashfs.c creates the ha

Re: turn off logs?

2011-02-07 Thread James Cameron
write it to filesystem only if the activity fails. ;-) -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: turn off logs?

2011-02-07 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 11:18:02PM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:57 PM, James Cameron wrote: > > Even with the buffered I/O, occasional writes will stall, resulting > > in activity code stall. > > In normal (!debug) mode logs are *tiny*. We ha

Re: [OLPC-AU] Integrity checking of firmware

2011-02-08 Thread James Cameron
layed and the SPI FLASH is unchanged. The purpose of this check is to prevent installation of accidentally corrupt firmware, which might brick a laptop. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop

Re: turn off logs?

2011-02-08 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 12:14:56AM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:06 AM, James Cameron wrote: > > the kernel has the right to convert the write into an > > effectively synchronous operation. > > I am not understanding... can you explain a bi

Re: turn off logs?

2011-02-09 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:54:30AM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:58 PM, James Cameron wrote: > > On XO-1.5 with 10.1.3 ... using "strace -ff -e write" against olpc-dm, > > followed by use of Terminal, Write, and StopWatch activities, fi

Re: [OLPC-AU] magic update usbkey

2011-02-09 Thread James Cameron
example contributed recently by the New Zealand test team. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [OLPC-AU] magic update usbkey

2011-02-09 Thread James Cameron
e will be instructive. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [OLPC-AU] magic update usbkey

2011-02-09 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 02:59:18PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 10 February 2011 14:45, James Cameron wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 02:07:00PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > >> A practical example of how this can be used: > >> http://d

Re: [OLPC-AU] magic update usbkey

2011-02-09 Thread James Cameron
a bit worse than Windows autorun :( Yes, but solving a "they don't want to use a command line" problem by giving them batch file access isn't much of a difference. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list D

Re: NANDblaster failing

2011-02-10 Thread James Cameron
using the wireless card in Linux, such as associating with an access point and then pinging for a few hours. Check the kernel logs (dmesg) for interesting output. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: OFW and journal recovery warning

2011-02-14 Thread James Cameron
firmware/browser/ofw/fs/ext2fs/sb.fth The filesystem is not actually clean. It has this bit set. However, there's different opinions on what "clean" is. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [OLPC-AU] WLAN failure in 20x XO-1.5s [WAS: Re: NANDblaster failing]

2011-02-14 Thread James Cameron
test with? > The serial numbers are: Make sure you talk to Martin about this. devel@lists.laptop.org tends to be focused on development discussions rather than deployment support. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailin

Re: Developer locking an unlocked XO

2011-02-14 Thread James Cameron
developer key to unlock it again. I can't imagine you wanting that. Inject your deployment keys first. The OLPC "master" keys will always be there if you use OLPC firmware. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: NANDblaster failing

2011-02-14 Thread James Cameron
match against the complaints from OpenFirmware. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [OLPC-AU] WLAN failure in 20x XO-1.5s [WAS: Re: NANDblaster failing]

2011-02-14 Thread James Cameron
rther analysis by Martin. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [OLPC-AU] WLAN failure in 20x XO-1.5s [WAS: Re: NANDblaster failing]

2011-02-15 Thread James Cameron
rted is ISO week 19 of 2010. I don't have the affected serial number range for the XO-1.5 WLAN ESD problem. I do have part of the range identified, but not the full range. That's why you should wait for Martin to respond. -- James C

Re: [BULK] XO 1.5 blackscreen

2011-02-15 Thread James Cameron
ht prevent booting once power is up. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: 10.1.3 image and Firmware q2e42

2011-02-16 Thread James Cameron
question is, the use of setolpckeys in our F11 build could be > dangerous or incompatible with the keyboard mapping based on HAL? I'm not sure. I think you should test it. Paul may have a response. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___

Re: [ANNOUNCE] XOpup-2.0

2011-02-21 Thread James Cameron
etween them based on hardware model property. I didn't think it was so important for OLPC OS, since the install file format is not common between XO-1 and XO-1.5. .img vs .zd -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Text-to-speech on the XO 1.5 with 10.1.3

2011-02-22 Thread James Cameron
The Sugar Speak activity provides a keyboard to speech function. The learner types words, then presses enter. The text is spoken. I'm personally not aware of a general purpose text to speech function for the rest of the Sugar user interface, but someone else may know of one. -- James Ca

Re: [Sugar-devel] Text-to-speech on the XO 1.5 with 10.1.3

2011-02-22 Thread James Cameron
ed. There appears to be some way to use Alt/Shift/S to deliver the current selection to a speech proxy via DBus, but it doesn't do anything for me on 10.1.3. sugar.git/src/jarabe/view/keyhandler.py -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ __

Re: XO 1.5 Display problem

2011-02-23 Thread James Cameron
ere is no screen data display, 5. removing the main battery and replacing it does not change the above. Give us a list of affected serial numbers. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Flash

2011-02-23 Thread James Cameron
(e) flash-plugin-10.1.102.65-release.i386.rpm (f) googleartproject.com Result: good. See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adobe_Flash especially the Installation sections for "Browse Activity", and "Firefox Browser (on GNOME)". The rest of the page isn't really

Re: XO 1.5 Display problem

2011-02-23 Thread James Cameron
should have been fixed, but that doesn't mean it will never occur. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [PATCH openfirmware] Add more info to device tree

2011-02-27 Thread James Cameron
eviously not present) /ofw/battery@0/compatible -> 'olpc,xo1-battery' (previously not present) Reviewed-by: James Cameron Tested-by: James Cameron -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [support-gang] [Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

2011-03-02 Thread James Cameron
ng Browse. The page didn't explain it properly, so I've updated http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity#SSID_Network_Name Have you yet tried Jon's suggestion of nmcli? He pointed you at http://blog.nixpanic.net/2011/01/connect-automatically-and-immediately.html -- Jame

Re: [support-gang] [Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

2011-03-02 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 01:05:59PM +1100, James Cameron wrote: > Have you yet tried Jon's suggestion of nmcli? He pointed you at > http://blog.nixpanic.net/2011/01/connect-automatically-and-immediately.html I withdraw that, nmcli is not present on 10.1.3. -- James C

Re: [Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

2011-03-02 Thread James Cameron
usted http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wifi_Connectivity#Hidden_Networks accordingly. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

2011-03-03 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 09:55:26PM -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote: > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 14:47 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 10:38:07PM -0500, Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote: > > > Both methods work within a session. > > > In GNOME, I can connect to th

Re: Memory replacement

2011-03-06 Thread James Cameron
boot from them. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

2011-03-06 Thread James Cameron
On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 11:29:09PM -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 15:34 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 09:55:26PM -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote: > > > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 14:47 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 02

Re: SDIO on external SD slot

2011-03-07 Thread James Cameron
here is more contention and packet loss in these areas, but haven't measured them personally. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Memory replacement

2011-03-09 Thread James Cameron
who created the .zd file can customize that partition table. This is true. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Memory replacement

2011-03-09 Thread James Cameron
h your assessment. It might easily be another defect, and not the card itself. If it were in my hands I would do more write testing on the internal card, using Tiny Core booted from USB. You might defer the surgery and instead use the external slot for a while. -- James Cameron http://quozl.li

Re: [OLPC-AU] Determining developer lock status

2011-03-09 Thread James Cameron
. You might also check the manufacturing tags using the Terminal activity, but you did ask for simplest, and you didn't say anything initially about your hit-and-miss experience. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list

Re: [OLPC-AU] Determining developer lock status

2011-03-10 Thread James Cameron
quot;Placement spec bad signature!". [2] 1. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nandblaster_for_XO-1#NANDblasting_a_Signed_NAND_Image_File 2. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nandblaster_for_XO-1#..._with_Game_Buttons -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ __

Review of sound card photogates

2011-03-10 Thread James Cameron
use of common tools like Audacity. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: XO-1 OFW occasionally has difficulty reading from my "permanent" SD card

2011-03-13 Thread James Cameron
he behaviour of your symptom. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-13 Thread James Cameron
y ... the delay is to allow time for the laptop to be reported to OLPC as stolen. The delay only occurs on the first request for the serial number. Subsequent requests after the delay generate instant response. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/

Re: XO-1 OFW occasionally has difficulty reading from my? "permanent" SD card [Devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 38]

2011-03-14 Thread James Cameron
dev /sd d# 60 to power-off-time The change is lost on reboot. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Calculating total power draw of XO

2011-03-16 Thread James Cameron
ive you a limit for how much power can be drawn. Why don't you pop down to Coles or Woolies and get an energy meter; $25 or so unit that plugs into the wall, you plug the appliance into it, and it tells you how many watt hours are consumed. Saw one in Coles the other day. --

Re: [OLPC-AU] copy-nand vs update-nand

2011-03-17 Thread James Cameron
viour, if I recall correctly. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [OLPC-AU] copy-nand vs update-nand

2011-03-20 Thread James Cameron
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 04:24:03PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 17 March 2011 18:21, James Cameron wrote: > > copy-nand is for unpartitioned jffs2 images. > > > > update-nand is for partitioned jffs2 images, or partitioned combined > > jffs2 and ubifs

Re: Mesh Potatos and OLPCs?

2011-03-23 Thread James Cameron
Saw it at linux.conf.au, thought it was a bit expensive per node and didn't take it further in OLPC. Liked the idea though. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/lis

Re: Mesh Potatos and OLPCs?

2011-03-24 Thread James Cameron
ready for use, though some assembly will be required. We don't have these pieces in our stable or development builds at the moment. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [support-gang] wifi problem with the XO

2011-03-28 Thread James Cameron
see if the wireless networks at school are shown. If they are not, then either they are not present, the wireless card may be faulty, or the antenna cable may be faulty. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.lapto

Re: [support-gang] wifi problem with the XO

2011-03-28 Thread James Cameron
l of XO? What operating system build? To adjust my instructions, you can either: 1. use OpenFirmware, at the ok prompt type ok scan-wifi or 2. stop NetworkManager before the scan: sudo service NetworkManager stop sudo ifconfig eth0 up sudo iwlist et

Re: [support-gang] wifi problem with the XO

2011-03-28 Thread James Cameron
work, the wifi light comes on, but > sleep I don't understand, sorry. If you mean iwlist or scan-wifi show the correct output, but ''my neighborhood'' does not, then it sounds like a Sugar problem. Check that the ''my neighborhood'' scre

Re: [support-gang] wifi problem with the XO

2011-03-28 Thread James Cameron
Sugar ... and therefore I would be able to conclude whether the hardware is working correctly. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: XO-1 hangs upon yum update in Gnome

2011-04-03 Thread James Cameron
usable and I have to do a hard power-off. > > Any tips? Expected, normal. See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Yum#Memory_Limitations -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Corrupt xo1.5 signed q3a62 bootfw file

2011-04-07 Thread James Cameron
it is fetched from [1] above or by rsync from build os860. The bootfw.zip file contains data.sig, which looks like signatures to me. Anish, check the keys on your laptop. Give more detail about this bad CRC error please? -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Interactive whiteboards

2011-04-13 Thread James Cameron
interactive whiteboard, I suggest learner laptop screen shared to teacher computer. VNC and the like. I can probably get access to an interactive whiteboard at my local primary school, but I don't have any USB2VGA adapter. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.o

Re: XO-1.75 RAM

2011-04-13 Thread James Cameron
the files. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: XO-1.75 RAM

2011-04-14 Thread James Cameron
writes were made over those 1500 hours to the SD card as a whole? (... not just the swap partition, since endurance of the card relates to total writes to the card). -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.or

XO-1.5 Q3A64 released

2011-04-14 Thread James Cameron
CI and USB changes, such as a fix for hot plug behind a hub, - fs-update can now properly handle .zd files that write MBR as last step. [1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q3a63 [2] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q3a64 -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ signature.asc D

Re: XO-1.75 RAM

2011-04-14 Thread James Cameron
ent willing to fork out an extra $15 per laptop for performance ... but others in my team might know. Sounds like a very nice card if one can afford it, and if the current batch persists in the same endurance and performance. -- James Cameron http://quoz

Re: XO-1.5 users: need your SD card data

2011-04-14 Thread James Cameron
Richard Jones suggests [2] that files with extents may not be handled. I'm not sure if that is a concern for olpc-os-builder images. References: 1. http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/uml/ 2. http://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-June/msg00019.html -- James Cameron http://

Re: SD cards and DATA_STAT_AFTER_ERASE

2011-04-18 Thread James Cameron
update timings with two of the Toshiba microSD cards here, I don't see any impact. QUOZL-S 8GB microSD os860.zd 4GB Q3A64Q, 13:53. QUOZL-S 8GB microSD os860.zd 4GB Q3A64, 13:59. QUOZL-T 4GB microSD os860.zd 4GB Q3A64Q, 14:01. QUOZL-T 4GB microSD os860.zd 4GB Q3A64, 14:09. -- James Cameron ht

Re: SD cards and DATA_STAT_AFTER_ERASE

2011-04-18 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 07:07:14PM +1000, James Cameron wrote: > Looking at : zblocks: in fsupdate.fth, the #image-eblocks value is > taken from the .zd file, and then used in a call to the erase-blocks > method, unchanged. Fixed in -r2190 and -r2191. -- James Cameron http://quozl.lin

Re: Bash scripts

2011-04-18 Thread James Cameron
the number of writes. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: XO-1.5 users: need your SD card data

2011-04-18 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 04:02:08PM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote: > On 15 April 2011 03:10, James Cameron wrote: > > G'day Daniel, > > > > As an alternative, consider identifying the unused blocks in the > > filesystem, and avoid including them in the .zd file. ?This

Re: XO-1.5 users: need your SD card data

2011-04-19 Thread James Cameron
0.makefs.sh is copy, with ext4 filesystem empty immediately prior. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Alternate proposed logic for fs-update unused blocks optimisation

2011-04-20 Thread James Cameron
ed out. The attached patch is to olpc-os-builder, unfortunately to an instance I had lying around gathering dust. Good enough for testing the idea. It's from 27th July 2010, but the change looks easy to apply to master. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ diff --git a/bin/zhashfs.c

Re: Alternate proposed logic for fs-update unused blocks optimisation

2011-04-20 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 05:18:50PM +1000, James Cameron wrote: > There is one small problem left to fix; Q3A64 fs-update displays an > error at the end because the total number of blocks written has not > agreed with the number of blocks specified at the top of the file. I > propose

[PATCH 1/2] zhashfs, detect fill pattern and suppress blocks in output

2011-04-20 Thread James Cameron
patterned, thus relying on the +fs-update card erase-blocks */ + +if (patterned) skip++; +} + +if (!skip) write_block(i, buf); fprintf(stdout, "\r%ld", i); fflush(stdout); -- 1.7.4.1 -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux

[PATCH 2/2] sd_card_image, create a psuedo-random pattern fill for use by zhashfs

2011-04-20 Thread James Cameron
fill.2mb >> $img; done +truncate --size=$image_size $img +rm -f $img.fill.2mb + /sbin/sfdisk -S 32 -H 32 --force -uS $img </dev/null @@ -41,4 +42,3 @@ for line in $(env); do fi done IFS=$oIFS - -- 1.7.4.1 -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/

Re: [PATCH 1/2] zhashfs, detect fill pattern and suppress blocks in output

2011-04-21 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 02:46:31PM +1000, James Cameron wrote: > +pname = strcat(argv[3], ".fill"); Whoops. Ignore this patch, another to follow. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.la

[PATCH] zhashfs, detect fill pattern and suppress blocks in output

2011-04-21 Thread James Cameron
buf); fprintf(stdout, "\r%ld", i); fflush(stdout); -- 1.7.4.1 -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [PATCH 1/2] zhashfs, detect fill pattern and suppress blocks in output

2011-04-25 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 08:44:13PM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote: > On 21 April 2011 05:46, James Cameron wrote: > > Allows the unused filesystem blocks of the image to be left out of > > the .zd file, resulting in a factor of two reduction in fs-update > > times on a typical b

Re: XO-1: Lid close/open

2011-04-26 Thread James Cameron
th #10402. Continue to investigate. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: XO won`t suspend sometimes

2011-04-26 Thread James Cameron
s/power/state echo "put resume hooks here" -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Testers wanted, fast fs-update of os860 (10.1.3)

2011-04-28 Thread James Cameron
e-skip-unused-blocks/os860-sparse.zd.rdiff-delta [4] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Quozl/fs-update-skip-unused-blocks -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Devel mailing list Devel@l

Re: [PATCH 1/2] zhashfs, detect fill pattern and suppress blocks in output

2011-04-29 Thread James Cameron
he warning issue. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [PATCH 1/2] zhashfs, detect fill pattern and suppress blocks in output

2011-04-29 Thread James Cameron
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:54:43AM +1000, James Cameron wrote: > If my testing today proves successful, I will be releasing Q3A65, which > will fix the warning issue. Q3A65 was released. I'm expecting Daniel to review and accept the patches to olpc-os-builder. They work fine for me

XO-1.5 Q3A65 released

2011-04-29 Thread James Cameron
red: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Quozl/fs-update-skip-unused-blocks#Existing_Builds Sparse .zd files work on Q3A62, Q3A63 and Q3A65. On Q3A64 there is a warning at the end of fs-update that can be ignored. Test reports welcome. -- James Cameron http://quozl.li

Re: 11.2.0 development build 18 released

2011-05-04 Thread James Cameron
written to the microSD card. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: zhashfs: write first block last

2011-05-05 Thread James Cameron
patch to zdextract in bios-crypto? Your change to zhashfs has broken zdextract. We don't use zdextract in the tool chain, but it was a surprise to find it no longer works correctly. zdextract does not yet handle sparse input correctly. I'd like to fix that, but not if you've a

Re: zhashfs: write first block last

2011-05-05 Thread James Cameron
laptops as they are unboxed. Total fs-update time would be a few seconds, depending on the degree of change. Laptops that come out of the box with the wrong image would trigger an exception for special treatment. fs-update must not erase for this to work. -- James Cameron http://quozl

Re: OS19

2011-05-15 Thread James Cameron
mail/devel/2011-April/031855.html by allocating a string from heap and writing into it. I see from 0d914934a0b4df62787ef6f1ab094821e5387cd8 that you've fixed it another way, by allocating a string from stack and writing into it. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___

Re: Replicating XO experience in a VM

2011-05-16 Thread James Cameron
If I were doing this, I would take an OLPC OS or your derivative, add a conventional Fedora kernel to /boot, then add and configure grub. If you have done that, tell us the result? -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list

Re: NAND recovery?

2011-05-16 Thread James Cameron
stalled os18, OK. Hmm. I wonder if that means that NAND partition corruption can only be cleared by a copy-nand and not an update-nand? Can you reproduce the corruption? -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@list

Re: Replicating XO experience in a VM

2011-05-17 Thread James Cameron
ffer to post the WIP patches stands. Was the initramfs conventional Fedora or was it derived from OLPC OS? -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Disabling prelink in software builds

2011-05-17 Thread James Cameron
. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ --- prelink.c.orig 2011-05-18 09:34:51.0 +1000 +++ prelink.c 2011-05-18 09:34:57.0 +1000 @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ DSO *dso = info->dso; if (! verify) -info->ent->timestamp = (GElf_Word) time (NULL); +info->ent-&g

Re: Prelink

2011-05-18 Thread James Cameron
r the object instantiation process (which happen > thousands of times an hour) is a bad trade-off. +1 -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Prelink

2011-05-18 Thread James Cameron
ink, a laptop to server transmission of the file segment hashes, and a server to laptop transmission of the changed block. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Prelink

2011-05-18 Thread James Cameron
stage into .img or .zd. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: 11.2.0 development build 19 released

2011-05-19 Thread James Cameron
should take that on. But fs-update will probably still outperform it. I'd be more inclined to *remove* the graphical feedback than try to fix it to meet expectations of installed base technicians. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: 11.2.0 development build 19 released

2011-05-20 Thread James Cameron
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 09:38:12AM +0200, Simon Schampijer wrote: > On 05/20/2011 12:29 AM, James Cameron wrote: > >On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 06:54:54PM +0200, Simon Schampijer wrote: > >>Hmm, the representation of the missing blocks and the 'Warning' at the > >

Re: 11.2.0 development build 19 released

2011-05-22 Thread James Cameron
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:06:58PM +0200, Simon Schampijer wrote: > On 05/20/2011 10:15 AM, James Cameron wrote: > >On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 09:38:12AM +0200, Simon Schampijer wrote: > >>On 05/20/2011 12:29 AM, James Cameron wrote: > >>>On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 06:5

Re: [Localization] Fwd: Updated 11.2.0 schedule

2011-05-22 Thread James Cameron
rch and report techniques, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Reporting_bugs#Harder_but_more_helpful:_Trac_with_care On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 09:02:48PM -0400, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > * The two main organizations within OLPC each have a test/QA engineer > helping them. James Cameron tends to focus mor

Re: [Sugar-devel] TurtleArt problems in Ubuntu

2011-05-22 Thread James Cameron
tainer of Luke Faraone. http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/t/turtleart/turtleart_98-1/changelog -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Disabling prelink in software builds

2011-05-22 Thread James Cameron
u help, especially with the prelink_timestamp_remover > approach? What am I doing wrong with libelf? I see you progressed beyond the problem with libelf, but I've no idea on the subsequent problem you got. I agree waiting for prelink upstream would be good. -- Jame

Re: new OLPC slackware 13.37 released (fwd)

2011-05-23 Thread James Cameron
fter 5 minutes > wait) > 9. the same USB now can be bootted on any pc That's interesting. You have a conventional PC kernel in /slak13 with an initrd /sdb1.gz, and the OLPC kernel in /boot/ ... a PC will use the MBR set up by lilo, and an OLPC will u

Re: new OLPC slackware 13.37 released (fwd)

2011-05-23 Thread James Cameron
e let me know if the latest OLPC will not harm my OLPC 1.0 so > that I can test it for you. I'd be happy to tell you. But first I need to know your installed firmware version (see above), and hardware serial number. (Because there are some very early hardware versions that cannot be s

Re: Installing powerd on earlier F11 builds

2011-05-24 Thread James Cameron
Does ohm wake on lid open? It's been so long ... -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

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