On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Matt Wronkiewicz <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, that explains the problems I was seeing as well.
Make sure you add any extra details for devices that don't work so we can get the details added upstream and have them supported soon via a kernel update. Peter > Matt > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Peter Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Please when detailing technical issues strip off non relevant lists so >> we don't spam them. >> >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Raffael Reichelt >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Great! I just tried the 64bit version on my old MacBookAir and for the first >>> time with SOAS it tries to boot. Thr bootsplash pops upand it is offrering >>> thr bootmenu ... unfortunatly then nothing else happens. Is there a chance >>> to get it to work completly? I would love it! >> >> That's a problem with the graphics mapping on the Apple devices. We >> need to add the details to the kernel to support it. If you can run >> the command that's provided in the following bug comment >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528232#c20 and the either >> add a comment to the bug with the details or provide the details here >> and we can organise to get the problem fixed. >> >> Peter >> >> >>> 2010/11/3 Thomas C Gilliard <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Great News; >>>> >>>> Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-SoaS CD Boots fine on an Apple MacBook Air with an >>>> external hp-DVD/CD usb drive. >>>> >>>> Hold "C" and tap power button keep holding the "C" key down until the >>>> blue fedora boot screen appears >>>> Select Boot (Basic Video)-second line >>>> boots to bar display Fedora 14; (Name_____); Choose password for new >>>> keyring; hit cancel 6 times. >>>> F3 Ring appears >>>> >>>> Use the usb to cat 5 Air dongle ( applesmc.78) as Network Manager does not >>>> recognize the Mac Air's wireless hardware. >>>> f1 neighborhood will be full of [email protected] names >>>> >>>> To fix this go to drop down / My settings /About me. change colors and >>>> restart. On restart the names will be correct. >>>> ONLY IF you enter the key chain password you entered 1 time when you >>>> started sugar. >>>> >>>> These are known bugs >>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick_Bugs#Current_Bugs >>>> >>>> ALSO >>>> >>>> There is a new Boot CD for Macs and computers that cannot boot from USB >>>> >>>> Boot helper CD for Fedora-14-i686-Live-SoaS: >>>> <http://www.wronkiewicz.net/soas-4-boot-test.iso> >>>> >>>>> Matt >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Matt Wronkiewicz <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> > If anyone else is interested, I put together a boot helper for >>>>>> > Mirabelle. Burned to a CD, it enabled booting a USB stick on my >>>>>> > MacBook Pro. The stick was partitioned with the plain old MBR format >>>>>> > and labeled "FEDORA". I also got both VMware Fusion and VirtualBox to >>>>>> > boot the USB stick using this boot helper ISO. The soas-2-boot ISO >>>>>> > sort of works with Mirabelle sticks, but they have different kernel >>>>>> > versions so modules don't load, thus no networking. That is fixed in >>>>>> > this build. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > <http://www.wronkiewicz.net/soas-3-boot-test.iso> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Matt >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>> >>>> Please Test these result on other MAC's and report here in wiki: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Sugar_on_a_Stick_release_process#Macintosh_Testing >>>> >>>> Congratulations to all >>>> >>>> Enjoy; >>>> >>>> Tom Gilliard >>>> satellit >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Peter Robinson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> This is the non announcement announcement of the release of Sugar on a >>>>> Stick 4 Mango Lassi is out. >>>>> >>>>> You can download both the 32 and 64 bit version from >>>>> http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/ >>>>> >>>>> There's an outline of some common bugs in Fedora 14 and hence Fedora >>>>> 14 outlined here >>>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F14_bugs >>>>> >>>>> Some of the notable enhancements include: >>>>> - Sugar 0.90 >>>>> - Support for more wireless adapters including the rtl2xxx series of >>>>> adapters that are common in eee PCs >>>>> - Improved Apple Mac support (still needs SoaS verification as >>>>> apparently its a major problem but I could only find Fedora people to >>>>> test it for me) >>>>> - Quite a lot of things that I can't remember >>>>> >>>>> I would like to thank Sebastian, Mel, Simon, Thomas and everyone else >>>>> who has contributed to this release. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Peter >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> SoaS mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SoaS mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SoaS mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> SoaS mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >> > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
