SoaS3-20090818 does not successfully launch Sugar on XO-1

2009-08-18 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
Booted SoaS3-200908182110.iso (from USB stick) on my XO-1. The screen kept switching between white and back as the system repeatedly tried to launch an X session for Sugar - but failed. I manually started a Sugar session from the text console. The screen got as far as showing Home View (no up

Re: touchpad redux

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Fox
i forgot to add my second footnote! i wrote: > as a result of more reports from the field, and with better data > than we've had before [1], we've been taking a fresh look at what ... > [1] getting better data from the field was made much easier with > the help of a script put together by Jam

Re: What level Sugar Activities on F11 ?

2009-08-18 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
> ASLO is naive about stable vs unstable platforms. Instead, when a > Sugar Client pings ASLO for update information, it sends a string > identifing which version of Sugar is running on the client. ASLO then > responds by sending a link to the most appropriate update for a the > given version of

touchpad redux

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Fox
the XO-1 touchpad has recently come under scrutiny once again. most long-time readers of this list (and most users of the XO-1) are aware that the touchpad doesn't always behave as a proper touchpad should. as a result of more reports from the field, and with better data than we've had before [1]

Re: What level Sugar Activities on F11 ?

2009-08-18 Thread David Farning
2009/8/17 Mikus Grinbergs : >>> Is XO-1.5 software expected to run Activities marked "for 0.86" ? >> >> If we are shipping Sugar 0.84, the answer is no (due to API incompatibility). >> The current build tools pulls in the latest stable activities from >> ASLO somewhat blindly (as per my understandi