Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 remember the unchecked state of the Radio On checkbox. 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. It happens regularly that after the XO-1 wakes up to reduce the back light brightness it cannot go to sleep again. I think that it is the EC code because the blinking power led sometimes has an erratic rhythm (with a closed laptop). 4. The geode driver still has the mode select bug described here: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2010-September/029875.html Not sure whether there was a point reporting this list though. Thanks, NoiseEHC On 2010.08.31. 3:00, Chris Ball wrote: 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: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2#Installation Many thanks to everyone -- testers, translators, documenters, developers and others -- who contributed to this release! As I mentioned when announcing that this release would happen, being able to release 10.1.2 for both XO-1 and XO-1.5 at the same time was enabled by a group of volunteers who created XO-1 Fedora 11 builds: our particular thanks to Daniel Drake, Bernie Innocenti and Steven M. Parrish for their work towards this release. - Chris. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 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 remember the unchecked state of the Radio On checkbox. 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. It happens regularly that after the XO-1 wakes up to reduce the back light brightness it cannot go to sleep again. I think that it is the EC code because the blinking power led sometimes has an erratic rhythm (with a closed laptop). 4. The geode driver still has the mode select bug described here: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2010-September/029875.html Not sure whether there was a point reporting this list though. Thanks, NoiseEHC On 2010.08.31. 3:00, Chris Ball wrote: 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: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2#Installation Many thanks to everyone -- testers, translators, documenters, developers and others -- who contributed to this release! As I mentioned when announcing that this release would happen, being able to release 10.1.2 for both XO-1 and XO-1.5 at the same time was enabled by a group of volunteers who created XO-1 Fedora 11 builds: our particular thanks to Daniel Drake, Bernie Innocenti and Steven M. Parrish for their work towards this release. - Chris. ___ 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
Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 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 remember the unchecked state of the Radio On checkbox. 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. It happens regularly that after the XO-1 wakes up to reduce the back light brightness it cannot go to sleep again. I think that it is the EC code because the blinking power led sometimes has an erratic rhythm (with a closed laptop). 4. The geode driver still has the mode select bug described here: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2010-September/029875.html Not sure whether there was a point reporting this list though. Thanks, NoiseEHC On 2010.08.31. 3:00, Chris Ball wrote: 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: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2#Installation Many thanks to everyone -- testers, translators, documenters, developers and others -- who contributed to this release! As I mentioned when announcing that this release would happen, being able to release 10.1.2 for both XO-1 and XO-1.5 at the same time was enabled by a group of volunteers who created XO-1 Fedora 11 builds: our particular thanks to Daniel Drake, Bernie Innocenti and Steven M. Parrish for their work towards this release. - Chris. ___ 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
Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 shutdown off at 4 hours of inactivity. If you don't want that then change the powerd config file. in /etc/powerd set config_MAX_SLEEP_BEFORE_SHUTDOWN to 0 which will disable that feature. It happens regularly that after the XO-1 wakes up to reduce the back light brightness it cannot go to sleep again. Please upgrade to the latest powerd (powerd 28) and see if your issue persists. http://dev.laptop.org/~pgf/rpms/olpc-powerd-28-1.fc11.i586.rpm (you will need the --force option to rpm to install the package) If it persists then please enable powerd tracing, recreate the problem, and then send the log file to p...@laptop.org and copy me please. You can enable powerd tracing by: sudo powerd-config =trace-on The trace log is in /var/log/powerd.trace /var/log is a ram filesystem so if the machine shuts down you will lose the trace. If you need it across a shutdown then edit /usr/sbin/powerd and change the LOGFILE= to somewhere disk based. Note: that the path to the logfile must exist. -- Richard A. Smith rich...@laptop.org One Laptop per Child ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 what it was doing. (But it did something and remembered what it was doing.) http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10317 -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
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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 shows the correct setting. 4. However if I make it unchecked (off) and restart then after booting I can see 3 mesh networks but no other access points. Closing and reopening the laptop scans no access points (I do this because there is a lack of 'rescan' button anywhere). If I manually switch the radio off then on it starts to work. So it seems that the disabled setting only disables the radio halfway on boot and the control panel sees it as a working radio... On 2010.09.21. 21:24, Hal Murray wrote: 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 what it was doing. (But it did something and remembered what it was doing.) http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10317 ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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, and will skip to booting into the new OS image. 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. Would this be OFW or OLPC OS work? i believe the user is already notified, with a warning in red, that the flash update has been skipped. but it's true that that warning isn't localized, and is relatively easy to miss (since the system keeps booting). the assumption is that the firmware will be updated the next time the laptop _is_ booted with two power sources, and that that laptop will function adequately until that time. it would certainly be possible to write a frame applet that that warned about this condition, by comparing the available firmware to the installed firmware. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 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 today. So I plugged in my XO 1.0 to a wall socket instead to update and both the Sugar and Firmware updated to the latest release build. Will investigate further with XO 1.5 when I'm ready. Excellent. Yes, you've found a potential cause alright. Most other non-XO laptops won't indicate the presence of external power if that external power is below par in some way, such as a bad connection in a surge protector. OLPC XO laptops are different, because they are intended to be charged directly from a solar panel as well. The difference means that an OLPC XO laptop may indicate with the power LED that it is connected to power, yet that power may not be sufficient to maintain the battery charge or upgrade firmware. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ 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, and will skip to booting into the new OS image. 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. Would this be OFW or OLPC OS work? -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux ==.| http://kevix.myopenid.com..| | : :' : The Universal OS| mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/.| | `. `' http://www.debian.org/.| http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-Unless I ask to be CCd,.assume I am subscribed._| ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
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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 people would be affected. I agree with Paul, it could be done as a Sugar frame device icon, or even a use of notify-send from a post-boot script. notify-send works fine for GNOME. Probably worth fixing Sugar's display of notify-send output though. ;-( It only displays an icon top right corner. 0.84. I wouldn't do it in OpenFirmware, it's already done there and still people don't read it. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Testing] [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 I updated the 1.5) , momentarily dimmed when I moved the surge protector with my foot. I just noticed that today. So I plugged in my XO 1.0 to a wall socket instead to update and both the Sugar and Firmware updated to the latest release build. Will investigate further with XO 1.5 when I'm ready. Excellent. Yes, you've found a potential cause alright. Most other non-XO laptops won't indicate the presence of external power if that external power is below par in some way, such as a bad connection in a surge protector. OLPC XO laptops are different, because they are intended to be charged directly from a solar panel as well. The difference means that an OLPC XO laptop may indicate with the power LED that it is connected to power, yet that power may not be sufficient to maintain the battery charge or upgrade firmware. Especially if it is a non-production XO-1.5. They had an interesting feature in that they will operate with a 7 to 9 VDC input, but don't recognize that they are plugged into external power. Cheers, wad ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 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 today. So I plugged in my XO 1.0 to a wall socket instead to update and both the Sugar and Firmware updated to the latest release build. Will investigate further with XO 1.5 when I'm ready. Excellent. Yes, you've found a potential cause alright. Most other non-XO laptops won't indicate the presence of external power if that external power is below par in some way, such as a bad connection in a surge protector. OLPC XO laptops are different, because they are intended to be charged directly from a solar panel as well. The difference means that an OLPC XO laptop may indicate with the power LED that it is connected to power, yet that power may not be sufficient to maintain the battery charge or upgrade firmware. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ 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, and will skip to booting into the new OS image. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
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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 see that blink, that's what it means. You can also see it every time you plug in with no battery present. XO-1.5 only. but upon reflashing, when the XO reboots, it won't apply the firmware because the battery is too low, and will skip to booting into the new OS image. Yes, the update firmware step checks for adequate battery level. XO-1 and XO-1.5. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
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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 moved the surge protector with my foot. I just noticed that today. So I plugged in my XO 1.0 to a wall socket instead to update and both the Sugar and Firmware updated to the latest release build. Will investigate further with XO 1.5 when I'm ready. Excellent. Yes, you've found a potential cause alright. Most other non-XO laptops won't indicate the presence of external power if that external power is below par in some way, such as a bad connection in a surge protector. OLPC XO laptops are different, because they are intended to be charged directly from a solar panel as well. The difference means that an OLPC XO laptop may indicate with the power LED that it is connected to power, yet that power may not be sufficient to maintain the battery charge or upgrade firmware. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 today. So I plugged in my XO 1.0 to a wall socket instead to update and both the Sugar and Firmware updated to the latest release build. Will investigate further with XO 1.5 when I'm ready. However, updating my XO 1.0 to the latest release is not very peachy. I will post it in a separate e-mail as it is a continuing saga of instability. Best, Cherry P.S. Thanks for the advice on the Nandblaster! On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:20 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: 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 firmware was updated to Q3A46, then ran olpc-update to os852, on reboot firmware was updated to Q3A48. So whatever the problem is, it doesn't appear to be common to other laptops. Let me know when you are available to continue investigating. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 XOhttp://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_the_XOto a new release http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases usually updates both the firmware and the operating system software. Users should update to the latest stable release to get the latest stable versions of both. When I updated to the new Sugar release of 852, the Firmware stayed in its old version of Q3A36. So the statement above is incorrect? Or is this just a matter of doing a clean build (using the first part of the instructions on the wiki) versus an update? Is Q3A50 the accompanying release version of the firmware? In http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nandblaster_for_XO-1.5 - I'm assuming that finding the channel for either the sender happens automatically (ie, there's no need for additional set-up by going through the neighborhood and connecting to a wifi network, etc.). It's just a matter of both the receiver and sender to be on the same channel and to ensure success just force the channel (in my head I've associated the channels to the mesh channels which are no longer in XO 1.5)? - there are no instructions for setting up the Receiver. Is it safe to assume that we should follow the instructions for NANDblasting the XO 1.0 when it comes to the Receiver? Thanks, Cherry On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Bernie Innocenti ber...@codewiz.org wrote: 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/ Sugar Labs - http://sugarlabs.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) i...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 tested with the latest build Sugar build. The whole purpose of my query is to write a step-by-step guide for another organization (Education Kindling) team in the Philippines because they have incoming laptops that need to be ready for deployment, in hopefully two weeks. It's not a big pilot. Just 100 XO 1.5s. I just noticed the firmware oddity when I was reading through the directions online and checking my firmware build. Thank you for pointing out the Receiver set-up! I glanced at the headings quickly and didn't read it carefully. Thank you! I have no way of going through the steps of NandBlasting (though I've done so with the XO 1.0) as I only have one 1.5, but I will include the steps as it looks like it's already been tested. Also, please let me know if there's a quick set-up guide in a handy dandy pdf/word doc already available out there. I certainly don't want to reinvent the wheel. I am expecting another week of Etoys test and then I'll go ahead and try to reproduce the oddity that I observed. Thank you for your time!!! Cherry On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:53 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: 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 need to work with you to determine the cause. Let me know if the external power was connected before a reboot? So the statement above is incorrect? No, I don't think so. Or is this just a matter of doing a clean build (using the first part of the instructions on the wiki) versus an update? It should also happen after an olpc-update, is that what you did? It's not clear from your mail. How did you reach os852; using fs-update, using four game key press, or using olpc-update? Is Q3A50 the accompanying release version of the firmware? No, Q3A48 is the firmware version embedded in os852. You need Q3A50 on a NANDblaster sender though. In http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nandblaster_for_XO-1.5 - I'm assuming that finding the channel for either the sender happens automatically (ie, there's no need for additional set-up by going through the neighborhood and connecting to a wifi network, etc.). It's just a matter of both the receiver and sender to be on the same channel ... The sender picks the channel with the least activity. The receiver checks all channels for a sender. and to ensure success just force the channel Yes, forcing the channel may increase the chances of success, but doing it without knowledge of the radio conditions may decrease the chances of success. (in my head I've associated the channels to the mesh channels which are no longer in XO 1.5)? This may change. - there are no instructions for setting up the Receiver. Is it safe to assume that we should follow the instructions for NANDblasting the XO 1.0 when it comes to the Receiver? There are instructions for setting up the receiver ... start them with the four game keys held down, says the page. Then it says ... if this does not work, you may need to manually update the firmware first. This should not be required for laptops shipped recently. If you've been using prototype laptops then you may need to upgrade the firmware version first. What firmware version are they? You mentioned Q3A36 above. This is far too old. The Wiki page says you should use Q3A45 or later if the laptops do not start receiving. The instructions do not describe how to upgrade the firmware first, because in most cases that will not be required, and besides the time cost of checking the firmware version is higher than the time cost of just trying to receive the broadcast. The procedure is optimised for mass deployment, not mass upgrade. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 firmware was updated to Q3A46, then ran olpc-update to os852, on reboot firmware was updated to Q3A48. So whatever the problem is, it doesn't appear to be common to other laptops. Let me know when you are available to continue investigating. The whole purpose of my query is to write a step-by-step guide for another organization (Education Kindling) team in the Philippines because they have incoming laptops that need to be ready for deployment, in hopefully two weeks. The only way to be sure then is to configure your laptop for the exact firmware version and build that the factory will be configuring the pilot batch for. You might not have that option, so you will need to be prepared for a systemic analysis. I have no way of going through the steps of NandBlasting (though I've done so with the XO 1.0) as I only have one 1.5, but I will include the steps as it looks like it's already been tested. I've certainly tested it extensively, but you deployment people are wonderful at finding corner cases I never thought of. You can go through the steps yourself, with just one XO-1.5, but it won't actually complete the task. Regardless, you will learn something, and verify some level of readiness. To test a sender, follow the instructions on the page. The laptop will happily broadcast the build, even though there are no receivers. To test a receiver, follow the instructions, but instead of starting to receive the build it should say: Trying disk:\fs.zip Trying ext:\fs.zip Trying NANDblaster Boot device: /dropin-fs:nb15_tx Arguments: ssid:OLPC-NANDblaster Scan for: OLPC-NANDblaster not found Can't open network ok It does that if there is no sender operating nearby. If it says anything different, there's a potential problem. I'm assuming unlocked, unsecured laptops, by the way. If you've specifically ordered them locked, there's other considerations. Also, please let me know if there's a quick set-up guide in a handy dandy pdf/word doc already available out there. I certainly don't want to reinvent the wheel. I'm not aware of one, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. I saw some edits on wiki.laptop.org for pages called Deployment. Perhaps check there. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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/ Sugar Labs - http://sugarlabs.org/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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 need to work with you to determine the cause. Let me know if the external power was connected before a reboot? So the statement above is incorrect? No, I don't think so. Or is this just a matter of doing a clean build (using the first part of the instructions on the wiki) versus an update? It should also happen after an olpc-update, is that what you did? It's not clear from your mail. How did you reach os852; using fs-update, using four game key press, or using olpc-update? Is Q3A50 the accompanying release version of the firmware? No, Q3A48 is the firmware version embedded in os852. You need Q3A50 on a NANDblaster sender though. In http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nandblaster_for_XO-1.5 - I'm assuming that finding the channel for either the sender happens automatically (ie, there's no need for additional set-up by going through the neighborhood and connecting to a wifi network, etc.). It's just a matter of both the receiver and sender to be on the same channel ... The sender picks the channel with the least activity. The receiver checks all channels for a sender. and to ensure success just force the channel Yes, forcing the channel may increase the chances of success, but doing it without knowledge of the radio conditions may decrease the chances of success. (in my head I've associated the channels to the mesh channels which are no longer in XO 1.5)? This may change. - there are no instructions for setting up the Receiver. Is it safe to assume that we should follow the instructions for NANDblasting the XO 1.0 when it comes to the Receiver? There are instructions for setting up the receiver ... start them with the four game keys held down, says the page. Then it says ... if this does not work, you may need to manually update the firmware first. This should not be required for laptops shipped recently. If you've been using prototype laptops then you may need to upgrade the firmware version first. What firmware version are they? You mentioned Q3A36 above. This is far too old. The Wiki page says you should use Q3A45 or later if the laptops do not start receiving. The instructions do not describe how to upgrade the firmware first, because in most cases that will not be required, and besides the time cost of checking the firmware version is higher than the time cost of just trying to receive the broadcast. The procedure is optimised for mass deployment, not mass upgrade. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2#Installation Many thanks to everyone -- testers, translators, documenters, developers and others -- who contributed to this release! As I mentioned when announcing that this release would happen, being able to release 10.1.2 for both XO-1 and XO-1.5 at the same time was enabled by a group of volunteers who created XO-1 Fedora 11 builds: our particular thanks to Daniel Drake, Bernie Innocenti and Steven M. Parrish for their work towards this release. - Chris. -- Chris Ball c...@laptop.org One Laptop Per Child ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Announcing the OLPC OS 10.1.2 final release!
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, Chris Ball wrote: 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: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2#Installation Many thanks to everyone -- testers, translators, documenters, developers and others -- who contributed to this release! As I mentioned when announcing that this release would happen, being able to release 10.1.2 for both XO-1 and XO-1.5 at the same time was enabled by a group of volunteers who created XO-1 Fedora 11 builds: our particular thanks to Daniel Drake, Bernie Innocenti and Steven M. Parrish for their work towards this release. - Chris. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
