Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-21 Thread NoiseEHC
Hi! I just had a little time to try 852 on the XO-1 and there were some bugs I have found. I am not sure whether anybody will fix them ever but here they are nevertheless: 1. When the screen is rotated 180 degrees the PgUp and PgDn game keys are not rotated. 2. The control panel does not

Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-21 Thread James Zaki
Hi NoiseEHC, I dont know if there is a better place to note your feedback, but I'm glad you posted here. Am currently looking into the olpc forth programs, and this email has given me something to target for the time being. Cheers, James. 2010/9/21 NoiseEHC noise...@freemail.hu Hi! I just

Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-21 Thread NoiseEHC
5. Missed that the camera led blinks when the laptop is in a suspended state so probably something wakes up the laptop. But why does it touches the camera is beyond my understanding. On 2010.09.21. 16:02, NoiseEHC wrote: Hi! I just had a little time to try 852 on the XO-1 and there were

Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-21 Thread Richard A. Smith
On 09/21/2010 10:02 AM, NoiseEHC wrote: 3. There is something terribly wrong with suspend (most likely the EC code). Sometimes it just switches off the closed laptop. After I boot it there is plenty of power in the battery so it is not a low power situation. Thats by design. There is an auto

Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-21 Thread Hal Murray
noise...@freemail.hu said: 2. The control panel does not remember the unchecked state of the Radio On checkbox. Is the problem that it doesn't remember or that it gets things backwards? I remember getting confused in that area. To me, the description of the checkbox seemed backwards from

Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-21 Thread NoiseEHC
It is more problematic than that. 1. When the Radio is checked (on) after boot I see the 3 mesh networks and the XO-1 can see other access points. 2. When the Radio is unchecked (off) then I see neither mesh networks nor other access points. 3. Setting on-off seems to work and the checkbox

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-07 Thread Paul Fox
kevin wrote: On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:16:42AM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: James, I've noticed this when updating fully drained XOs. The power indicator blinks when plugged in, but upon reflashing, when the XO reboots, it won't apply the firmware because the battery is too low,

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-07 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:16:42AM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:10 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 06:12:56PM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: Ok. I MIGHT have found the culprit to my XO 1.5 firmware not updating issue. I noticed my

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-07 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 07:00:42AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: Would it be worth someones time to find a way to notify the user about this: That it is waiting to be plugged-in or for sufficient voltage before it completes the firmware upgrade. Worth it? Not sure. It is hard to see how many

Re: [Testing] [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-07 Thread John Watlington
On Sep 5, 2010, at 11:10 PM, James Cameron wrote: On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 06:12:56PM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: Ok. I MIGHT have found the culprit to my XO 1.5 firmware not updating issue. I noticed my laptop that's plugged in to a surge protector (the same surge protector that I used when

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-06 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:10 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 06:12:56PM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: Ok. I MIGHT have found the culprit to my XO 1.5 firmware not updating issue. I noticed my laptop that's plugged in to a surge protector (the same surge

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-06 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:16:42AM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: I've noticed this when updating fully drained XOs. The power indicator blinks when plugged in, ... Yes, that blink is the internal embedded controller starting up after having shutdown automatically due to lack of power. When you

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-05 Thread James Cameron
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 06:12:56PM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: Ok. I MIGHT have found the culprit to my XO 1.5 firmware not updating issue. I noticed my laptop that's plugged in to a surge protector (the same surge protector that I used when I updated the 1.5) , momentarily dimmed when I

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-03 Thread Cherry Withers
Hi James, Ok. I MIGHT have found the culprit to my XO 1.5 firmware not updating issue. I noticed my laptop that's plugged in to a surge protector (the same surge protector that I used when I updated the 1.5) , momentarily dimmed when I moved the surge protector with my foot. I just noticed that

Re: [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-02 Thread Cherry Withers
Thank you to everyone who worked on this! I'm working on aggregating information that I'm getting from the wiki pages into a step-by-step guide in preparation for our pilot in the Philippines. I have a few questions: In http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Firmware , it says Upgrading the

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-02 Thread Cherry Withers
Hi James, I didn't get your e-mail yesterday! Thanks for resending! That was most helpful. To clarify...yes, I used olpc-update not fs-update. I'd like to chase the root of this idiosyncrasy however I'm also in the midst of user testing for Squeakland (Etoys) and my priority is getting Etoys 4.1

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-02 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 05:06:30PM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: To clarify...yes, I used olpc-update not fs-update. I'd like to chase the root of this idiosyncrasy [...] I've just tested that olpc-update does cause a firmware update ... installed Q3A45, then installed build os303, on reboot

Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-01 Thread Bernie Innocenti
El Mon, 30-08-2010 a las 21:00 -0400, Chris Ball escribió: I'm very pleased to announce build os852 as the final 10.1.2 release build for XO-1 and XO-1.5 laptops. [...] Kudos! Shouldn't this go to devel-annou...@lists.laptop.org as well? -- // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/ \X/

Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-09-01 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 12:16:01PM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote: When I updated to the new Sugar [OLPC OS] release of 852, the Firmware stayed in its old version of Q3A36. Was external power connected at the time of a reboot? Only then will firmware be updated. If not, it's a bug, and I'll

Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-08-30 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, I'm very pleased to announce build os852 as the final 10.1.2 release build for XO-1 and XO-1.5 laptops. Here are its release notes: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2 Instructions for installing the release on an XO can be found at:

Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!

2010-08-30 Thread Chris Marshall
I would like to add my thanks to these folks for their hard work that has made possible some of the potential of the XO-1 laptop. My hope is that the updated OS will allow for further development of the Activities and Applications for the XO laptop. Thanks to all, Chris On 8/30/2010 9:00 PM,