If your friend had waited, (while the xo first looks for a mesh, three times, then connects wifi), then hits 'try again' the updater would work. Is there a way to set the default for what the xo looks for to connect with on start up? After booting, if I go in Neighborhood view and select my access point before the mesh search cycle is done, the 'looking for a mesh' keeps blinking forever while my wifi is solid. If I let the mesh search run it's course, (while I'm doing something else ...it takes a few minutes), then there's just my solid wifi circle in my frame.
genesee Eben Eliason-2 wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Mikus Grinbergs <mi...@bga.com> wrote: >> Visited a friend, and helped him install a new build in his XO. The >> first time the new build completed booting, he was presented with an >> action bar (to request "software update") near the top of Home View. >> >> It so happened that the XO had not automatically connected to my >> friend's wireless AP - but he did not realize this. Being >> well-meaning, he clicked the rightmost button ('Check now') in the >> action bar -- there was some software processing and then a "Could >> not access the network" message -- he needed to exit through Control >> Panel to get back to Home View (and never saw the action bar again). >> >> >> The "software update" facility assumes that a connection to the >> network is already available when it gets to run. If conditions are >> such that the network connection has *not* been set up when booting >> completes, should the action bar to request "software update" still >> be automatically presented as the first thing the user sees ? > > Good question. > > Perhaps the cleanest option is to have the chunk of code which > displays the dialog check for a network connection first, and short > circuit when one isn't found. In this manner, the update alert will > only appear when a connection is available in the first place. > Chances are good that most people using the laptops will get online > sooner than later anyway. > > - Eben > > >> mikus >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/automatic-reminder-of-%27software-update%27-when-installing-a-new-build-tp1802177p2120614.html Sent from the Software development mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel