Re: 1789 - sugar does not boot (1788 and 1790 either)

2008-03-22 Thread Mark Bauer
I also have had issues with builds 1788 and 1790.  These would also  
not boot.
I resorted back to 1784 to get it to boot.  With 1788 it looked like  
it was locked up,
but the power button still puts it in suspend and brings it out  
again.  Ctl alt F1 to
get to another screen did nothing until pressing suspend again a few  
times.  It is
like the keyboard isn't generating interrupts, The keystrokes are  
remembered and
processed eventually by pressing power button several times.  Waited  
until today
and upgraded to 1790 and it didn't boot either.  Anything else I can  
test to help???

Thanks,


Mark



On Mar 22, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Dennis Gilmore wrote:

> On Saturday 22 March 2008 11:52:47 am Michael Stone wrote:
>> Mikus,
>>
>> Thanks for the experience report. Have you tried holding the
>>
>>   '✓' (check) gamepad key in order to disable pretty-boot?
>>
>> Joyride is definitely not supposed to be broken, but it's hard to  
>> tell
>> what to revert without better knowledge of what's actually failing.
>>
>> Examining
>>
>>   http://dev.laptop.org/~rwh/announcer/joyride-pkgs.html
>>
>> I suspect kbd-1.12-22 -> 1.12-23 since we know that 1.12-23
>> (accidentally) contains an html file describing a spanish keyboard  
>> map
>> instead of the map itself.
> does 1788 work for you?  im wondering if libnl 1.1-1.fc7  is to blame.
>
> i had systems boot fine with kbd-1.12-23  installed they just used  
> an english
> not spanish keymap on the console
>
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Record activity broken in joyride-1842

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Bauer
I updated my g1g1 with the usual olpc-update -r -f joyride-1842

The update went ok, but when I attempted to play with the record  
activity,
the camera doesn't give the normal video feedback, the image is  
frozen and
can not take a picture.  Switching from Video to Photo will cause the  
image
on the display to update once then freeze again.  If I alt tab to the  
Journal
activity and alt tab back, it again takes one picture and freezes.   
Full power cycle
does not fix it.  Record and Journal are the only two activities  
running.

Mark



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fresh reflash with joyride build

2008-05-03 Thread Mark Bauer
I have been running joyride builds on an unlocked G1G1 machine, and  
for the most part they run well.


Lately some application such as record have permissions issues and I  
have also added a bunch of junk
that I want to clean up.  I would like to start over with a clean  
build and reflash off of the USB.  When
I look at the http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/ 
build1924/devel_jffs2/ directory, there are allot more than

the two files I need.  Where can I find info on which ones to use.

Thanks

Mark

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Record app in joyride 1927 has problems

2008-05-04 Thread Mark Bauer
I thought I had messed something up, so I did a full reflash of the  
memory.  I ran into some minor issues with the reflash, but got it  
done.  The record app still does not respond as I expected.  It  
powers up, but it used to show live video from the default display.   
Now it just snaps a picture as it is powering up and shows me that.   
If I click on the Video tab, it snaps another one, but still does not  
show
live vid.  If I click back on the Photo tab, it takes another picture  
but still no view mode.

Looking in the .sugar/default/logs/org.laptop.RecordActivity-1.log I  
find

unable to create ~/.gnome2 directory:  Permission denied
.gnome does not exist
No gtk.AccelGroup in the top level window.

Mark

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touchpad issues on 2072

2008-06-26 Thread Mark Bauer

I upgraded my G1G1 as I have many times to the latest joyride build  
(2072).  The touchpad is almost impossible to use, about 0.5" of
movement will send the pointer all the way across the display.  Then  
it locks up the pointer for 20 or 30 seconds.  The rest of the
machine is still running, and the keyboard is fine.  I have attempted  
to olpc-update -r -f -v joyride-2076, but that seems to have a
problem with one of the libraries (libicui18n.so.36).  Anyone else  
having this problem, or do I need to reflash my machine back to
a known good state.

Mark

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Joyrides not working

2008-07-23 Thread Mark Bauer
Any progress on joyride builds ? builds 2188 -> 2199 are all  
Build Incomplete.

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amazon sales, when do we get to know how many units were sold.

2008-11-17 Thread Mark Bauer

I was just wondering when we can get an update on total units sold on  
the 08 G1G1 program.

Thanks

Mark

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Re: Fedora 10 on XO

2008-12-04 Thread Mark Bauer
I second the motion of putting the xfce as an option in the control  
panel.  As these kids with the
machine get older, it gives them an option to continue learning and  
using a machine that will
come closer to matching those in business.

I have been playing with the gentoo xo spin, and it boots from off to  
gnome in 90 seconds.
This is from the SD card.  Running gentoo is harder for me because  
most of my machines are
Fedora based.

Mark



On Dec 4, 2008  Thursday, at 6:44:20:0, Chris Ball wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> I meant that we would ship a Sugar interface and a "standard"
>> Fedora X-Window interface (e.g. XFCE) on the same NAND. I should
>> have said "desktop environments" as Martin notes.
>
> Okay, I see, that sounds good.  If we're comfortable with Xfce, it
> sounds like we should resurrect Scott's work from about six months
> ago on Xfce-and-Sugar in the "faster" builds.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Chris.
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Re: XO Gen 1.5

2009-04-18 Thread Mark Bauer
This sounds great,  the description makes it sound as if the
plastic will be the same.  Does this imply that a new mother
board will fit into the existing plastic?

Mark






On Apr 17, 2009  Friday, at 2:24:21:0, John Watlington wrote:

>
> OLPC is excited to announce that a refresh of the XO-1 laptop is in
> progress.  In our continued effort to maintain a low price point, OLPC
> is refreshing the hardware to take advantage of the latest component
> technologies.  This refresh (Gen 1.5) is separate from the Gen 2.0
> project, and will continue using the same industrial design and
> batteries as Gen 1.  The design goal is to provide an overall update
> of the system within the same ID and external appearance.
>
> In order to maximize compatibility with existing software, this
> refresh will continue with an x86 processor, using a chipset from
> VIA.  The memory will be increased to 1 GB of DDR2 SDRAM, and the
> built-in storage will be 4 GB of NAND Flash with an option for 8 GB
> (installed at manufacture).
>
> The processor will be a VIA C7-M [1], with plans on using one whose
> clock ranges from 400 MHz (1.5 W) to 1GHz (5 W).  The clock may be
> throttled back automatically if necessary to meet thermal constraints.
>
> The enabling chipset is hot off the fab line, the VX855 [2].  This
> single chip provides the memory interface, a 3D graphics engine, an HD
> video decoder, USB, SDIO, and other system interface and management
> functions, in a low power and small footprint package.   One change
> induced by the chipset change is a move from AC'97 to HD Audio.
> This brings higher sampling rates and allows an upgrade to a stereo
> external microphone (and DC sensor) input.
>
> The CaFE chip is being retired, and replaced with an external Flash
> management controller, possibly one of the low cost SSD controllers
> currently being tested.  The camera will now be tied directly to the
> VX855's video capture port.
>
> The network interface will be upgraded to an 88W8686, which will halve
> its power dissipation and move it to an SDIO interface (further
> dropping the power consumption).   The current goal is to locate it
> in a removable module, allowing its replacement for repair.   It will
> remain powered while the laptop suspends, waking the laptop if a
> packet addressed to it arrives.   It is likely that early production
> models will not directly support 802.11s (i.e. forwarding mesh packets
> while the interface is asleep), but we are working with Marvell on
> several different 802.11s solutions.
>
> Gen 1.5 will continue with the existing display, although OLPC is
> working with PixelQi to try to improve the brightness and efficiency
> of the screen.   The DCON is retained (even though the VX855 includes
> much of its functionality) as it provides the low power interface and
> the timing controller functions for the existing display.
>
> Overall, the target is to match the Gen 1 XO-1 in power consumption
> while making aggressive suspend easier, and in price (while changing
> to components which are more likely to decrease in price).   It is
> likely that both goals can be met.
>
> We also expect the Gen 1.5 machines to ship with an OLPC 8.2.x
> software release, modified to support Gen 1.5's new hardware but
> otherwise unchanged from the current production software release and
> compatible with our current software in the field.  Gen 1.5 machines
> will be deployed in environments already populated by Gen 1 machines,
> so seamless software interoperability is an important goal.
>
> Early versions of the hardware (bare board) should be available for
> driver development at the end of May.   A larger number of prototype
> laptops (several hundred) for software development and testing will
> become available around the end of August.   The OLPC contributors
> program will be the preferred way of requesting a Gen 1.5 machine for
> testing your software for compatibility or development.  We hope to
> use the contributors program to ensure Gen 1.5 support for the wide
> variety of application and OS solutions created for Gen 1.0.
>
> We're excited to be finally able to make this news public.  While
> members of the technical team have been working on this for several
> months, it was not until last week that we could with any certainty
> say that we were going to refresh the hardware and what that refresh
> was likely to be.  We're now committed to this project and look
> forward to working with you to make it happen.
>
> ---John, Ed, and the OLPC Tech team.
>
> 
>
> [1] http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7-m_ulv/
> [2] http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/v-series/vx855
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Re: plz test Build 802 + Firmware Q2E41 = Candidate Release 8.2.1

2009-04-30 Thread Mark Bauer
Updated two systems, both went flawless, then updated software from  
open wifi,
sorry no WPA.  Again both worked great.  Rebooted my personal system  
back
to teapots Ubuntu, and the new firmware didn't affect it either.  So  
far, all looks
good.

Mark


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Re: [Fwd: Re: Ambient light sensing via LED response]

2009-05-10 Thread Mark Bauer


Hi guys,

How can I help with this,  I still teach electrical engineering at the
University of Nebraska, and before that I have about 25 years in
the field.  Mostly embedded microcontrollers and stuff.  I do have
several XOs to work with.

I would have jumped in earlier but the end of the semester is a bit
hectic.

Mark




On May 10, 2009  Sunday, at 4:13:47:0, C. Scott Ananian wrote:

> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Reinder de Haan  wrote:
>> C. Scott Ananian wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Reinder de Haan   
>>> wrote:
> Absolutely not.  The A/D is eight bits, with an input range  
> spanning
> 0 - 3.3V, so the best you
> can hope for is about 13 mV per LSB.  I would guess actual  
> accuracy
> to be closer to 26 mV.
>>>
>>> I think the actual A/D reference voltage is probably *maximum* 3.3V.
>>> What's the *minimum* A/D reference voltage?  And can the A/D measure
>>> all the way down to ground?  (Sometimes there's a Vmin for the A/D
>>> input, often around a diode drop above ground.)
>>>
 i did some more experiments and at ~20 cm from the halogen lamp i  
 doest
 matter is i turn the backlight full on of off .. i dont have color
 anymore
 at that distance the bare led gave about 250mv (maybe a bit more  
 into a
 very high R fet gate...)
>>
>>
>> that 250mv is without the light guide and lcd cover installed!
>> with the light guide in place its more like ~70mv ...
>> 0.07/3.3*256= 5.4 LSB and then the Rin of the ADC must be >10Mohm...
>
> 5 LSB is still okay, and it could be more if the A/D Vref can be
> dropped below 3.3V.
> --scott
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Battery charging and display intensity in joyride-1594

2008-01-28 Thread Mark Bauer

G1G1 program (thanks guys)
upgraded to joyride-1594
firmware Q2D10

Plugged in after about 2 hours of use  just sitting there on the  
sugar screen
that shows what apps are running.  Battery shows not charging (it did  
when I first
plugged it in).  Putting mouse over battery symbol, and it is says  
battery fully charged.

But the charge light is still amber,  It used to go back to green (or  
yellow).

Second issue..  Not touching the system, the display intensity keeps  
jumping up and down.
I am still on AC, no need to dim the display,  it is just a bit  
annoying.

Thanks for the good work.

Mark

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List broken ?????

2008-02-02 Thread Mark Bauer
I have never seen this list not get less than a dozen posts in a  
day,  only two

(This is a test)

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Joyride builds are incomplete

2008-02-07 Thread Mark Bauer
I would like to try the latest builds, but all builds (6 of them)  
after joyride-1643
are incomplete?

dev.laptop.org/~bert/joyride-pkgs.html and the
rsync rsync://updates.laptop.org

both show only up to 1643 as good?

Is there a better place to look?

Thanks

Mark



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Jabber server issues

2008-02-27 Thread Mark Bauer
Ok now I am confused ..

I am setting up a jabber server, it is not up yet, but its close.   
Both XO
machines in front of me have been set to this machine.  I can verify
that by:
sugar-control-panel -g jabber

And they return the expected results.  My wireless connects to the local
wireless network as it should.  I almost always see one other machine
in addition to the expected machine.   But always only one other.   
Sometimes
it is Dan Schmit, another time its Colleene Colaner,  now its Will  
Roger.

I shouldn't see any of these, unless they have machines within range.

I do not know these people, but I did a search at the university that  
I am
at and found a Dan Schmit and Colleene.  I talked with Dan  it  
isn't him
but he wants one.  Haven't talked with Colleene yet and Will doesn't  
show
up on a search.

If I disconnect from the wireless access point, they vanish, so they  
are comming
in on the non mesh connection, but why




Any Ideas ?

Both machines are joyride-1722

Mark Bauer




  
  
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joyride builds broken again

2008-03-09 Thread Mark Bauer


Last 11 builds can't be downloaded, is the server full again?

http://dev.laptop.org/~bert/joyride-pkgs.html



Is this the right place for me to post this?


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