Thanks mitch

Upgrading firmware was the solution.


Rafael Ortiz



On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Mitch Bradley<w...@laptop.org> wrote:
> Note the change list in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q2e19 ,
> specifically the one about support of new kernels.
>
> You should upgrade to the latest release q2e41
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q2e41
>
> Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:
>> Q2E18, haven't noticed how old it was. :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rafael Ortiz
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Mitch Bradley<w...@laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Which version of Open Firmware are you using?
>>>
>>> Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for your reply  Mitch.
>>>>
>>>> Even thought, i pressed the '√' gamepad button at boot
>>>> the system does not pass from loading ramdisk,
>>>> can any body build a new F11 on XO  .img with the solution propossed
>>>> by Mitch ?
>>>>
>>>> wmb: The solution for this is to add "dcon-unfreeze unfreeze" to
>>>> /boot/olpc.fth, somewhere before the "boot" line, thus turning off
>>>> "pretty boot". Alternatively, if you want to keep pretty boot,
>>>> releasing the screen only after all of the text messages have
>>>> finished, you can add "echo 0 >/sys/devices/platform/dcon/freeze" to a
>>>> late initscript.
>>>>
>>>> or what can i do to workaround this issue ?.
>>>>
>>>> Rafael Ortiz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Mitch Bradley<w...@laptop.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It's probably the same thing as the first item in
>>>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Rawhide-XO#Known_issues
>>>>>
>>>>> We made "pretty boot" the default in later versions of Open Firmware,
>>>>> but many alternative operating systems don't know how to "unfreeze" the
>>>>> screen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i was trying these instructions
>>>>>> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1)  on an XO-1 for the new
>>>>>> build,
>>>>>> but the booting gets stuck on loading the ramdisk image
>>>>>> is there something else i should be doing ?.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rafael Ortiz
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Yioryos
>>>>>> Asprobounitis<mavrot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now olpc-powerd works as advertised. Kudos. However the problem with 
>>>>>>> the overlap with the GNOME PM remains.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I guess the X-server and Gnome power management  updates also did not 
>>>>>>> affect the battery monitor and screen rotation issues rotation. Next 
>>>>>>> one may be :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did the automatic software update ok, found etoys-103, updated it but 
>>>>>>> kept finding it as updatable. This was also the case with os5. Also 
>>>>>>> etoys (and scratch) fail to get the fill color after the first use and 
>>>>>>> to not have a Journal entry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Other activities with problems
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pippy-34 fails to find and import modules (I have filled a ticked since 
>>>>>>> os3). Could be a distro-specific problem though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Record does _not_ record sound. Actually the mic light is not even 
>>>>>>> coming up (this was also the case in os5). Use of mic does not solve 
>>>>>>> the problem. The "silent" recording is not saved at the bottom strip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Measure also fails to see the mic (internal or external) and record 
>>>>>>> anything on first launch. Is there anyway to test if mic is working? On 
>>>>>>> the second launch Measure fails to load altogether. This was also the 
>>>>>>> case in os5. If you erase the existing Journal entry launches OK (but 
>>>>>>> fails to see the mic again)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Might be an issue with Journal/paths? (datastore log is full of dbus 
>>>>>>> warnings) Pippy also generates a working tmp copy of the application  
>>>>>>> file in ~/.sugar/default/org.laptop/tmp/  and from there can not find 
>>>>>>> the modules that do exist.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course could be independent problems.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Should I be filling tickets with (if not present)? I mean is F11-XO1 
>>>>>>> going to be the way to Sugar0.84?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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