XO-1.5 HS version announced

2010-06-14 Thread John Watlington
As usual, by a random news outlet: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10309116.stm These laptops are the XO-1.5 motherboard, but with a non-membrane keyboard. Thanks to Walter Bender for the layout, visible at: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Spanish_Non-membrane_Keyboard The exciting news, f

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread James Cameron
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 12:46:05AM -0400, Chris Ball wrote: > This build is the second RC for the 10.1.1 release; if no new blockers > appear, it will become the final release after a period of testing. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.1 has been drafted, Further edits are welcome. In

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Derek O'Connell
Hi Peter, sorry for the delay, hopefully the attach is what you want. -D On 14/06/10 12:56, Peter Robinson wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Derek O'Connell wrote: Hi Peter, I don't have much experience creating patches so please let me know if the attached is the wrong format f

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Derek O'Connell
On 14/06/10 13:21, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > On 14.06.2010, at 14:15, Derek O'Connell wrote: > > >> On 14/06/10 12:56, Peter Robinson wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Derek O'Connell >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Peter, I don't have much experience creatin

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Derek O'Connell
On 14/06/10 12:56, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Derek O'Connell > wrote: > >> Hi Peter, >> >> I don't have much experience creating patches so please let me know if the >> attached is the wrong format for your purposes. Created using: >> >> diff -cB >> /home/doc/s

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Derek O'Connell
Hi Peter, I don't have much experience creating patches so please let me know if the attached is the wrong format for your purposes. Created using: diff -cB /home/doc/std/dev/squeak/vm/3.10-5/unix-3.10-5/platforms/unix/vm-sound-ALSA/sqUnixSoundALSA.c /home/doc/std/dev/squeak/vm/3.11.3/src/sq

Re: [Testing] F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > > On 14.06.2010, at 03:47, James Cameron wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > >> Installed on my 1.5 after updating the firmware to q3a39. > >> Typing "boot" in OFW right after "fs-update" froze the machine. > > > > Unpredictable

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Richard A. Smith
On 06/14/2010 02:46 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > a lot of work was done for ubuntu on XO-1. much of that work might be > applicable as well. i don't have a link handy, i'm afraid. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ubuntu_Lucid_on_OLPC_XO? -- Richard A. Smith One Laptop per Child __

Re: [Testing] F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 14.06.2010, at 03:47, James Cameron wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> Installed on my 1.5 after updating the firmware to q3a39. >> Typing "boot" in OFW right after "fs-update" froze the machine. > > Unpredictable behaviour is known to occur if you t

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Paul Fox
martin wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Martin Langhoff > wrote: > > Curious minds want to know... > > > > Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an > > XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work? > > Drivers missing our outdated? Did

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > Curious minds want to know... > > Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an > XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work? > Drivers missing our outdated? Did you have to grab custom packages? >

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 14.06.2010, at 19:17, David Farning wrote: > Phase one is improving the relationship with Debian and establishing > credibility:) Yay! :) I talked to some of the Debian-Edu/Skolelinux folks at LinuxTag. There's interest from their side, too. - Bert - _

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 19:17, David Farning wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 18:33, David Farning wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Martin Langhoff >>> wrote: [ Put aside the tinfoil hats (there's no Ubuntu conspiracy) an

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread David Farning
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 18:33, David Farning wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Martin Langhoff >> wrote: >>> [ Put aside the tinfoil hats (there's no Ubuntu conspiracy) and the >>> distro flames (no, I don't want to know which one

Re: Paraguay's os-builder

2010-06-14 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, > oops. Chris, Sayamindu, (and me - done), please delete your f11 > olpc-utils public RPMs. They are blocking olpc-utils-1.0.23 which > can be found in Fedora. Done, for both mine and Sayamindu's. Thanks, - Chris. -- Chris Ball One Laptop Per Child

Re: Paraguay's os-builder

2010-06-14 Thread Daniel Drake
On 14 June 2010 11:22, Esteban Bordon wrote: > which is that repo? > olpc-os-builder is using http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~dsd/repos/f11/ for > ilpc-utils and the latest version is 1.0.22-2 oops. Chris, Sayamindu, (and me - done), please delete your f11 olpc-utils public RPMs. They are blocking olpc

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 18:33, David Farning wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Martin Langhoff > wrote: >> [ Put aside the tinfoil hats (there's no Ubuntu conspiracy) and the >> distro flames (no, I don't want to know which one is better). ] >> >> Curious minds want to know... > > At thi

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread David Farning
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > [ Put aside the tinfoil hats (there's no Ubuntu conspiracy) and the > distro flames (no, I don't want to know which one is better). ] > > Curious minds want to know... At this point Sugar on Ubuntu is unusable broken. Activity Central ha

Re: Paraguay's os-builder

2010-06-14 Thread Esteban Bordon
which is that repo? olpc-os-builder is using http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~dsd/repos/f11/ for ilpc-utils and the latest version is 1.0.22-2 2010/5/26 Bernie Innocenti > El Wed, 26-05-2010 a las 12:33 -0300, Esteban Bordon escribió: > > Ah, this release has already been made, so perhaps we're dealing

Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
[ Put aside the tinfoil hats (there's no Ubuntu conspiracy) and the distro flames (no, I don't want to know which one is better). ] Curious minds want to know... Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work? Dri

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, >> Which source tree root are you referring to? > The sources for the current Fedora package. A source rpm has a > tarball of the sources, and optionally a series of patch files > relative to that "upstream" tarball. > > Not sure where to find those sources though, I'm not

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread John Maloney
Hi, Bert and Derek. Derek just send me the combined version. I tested playback and recording on the XO 1.5 and it was perfect. Hooray! I did NOT test to verify that it survives suspect resume, as Derek's previous version did. Hopefully someone else has verified that. It sounds as though this

Re: Generating signed builds for Afghanistan

2010-06-14 Thread Ed McNierney
Javed - The best way to get support for your efforts is to work through OLPC's country support team, since we have a working relationship with the Afghan MOE. I will follow up with contact information so you can get the support you need. Thanks! - Ed Ed McNierney CTO One Laptop per C

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 14.06.2010, at 14:15, Derek O'Connell wrote: > On 14/06/10 12:56, Peter Robinson wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Derek O'Connell >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> I don't have much experience creating patches so please let me know if the >>> attached is the wrong format for

Generating signed builds for Afghanistan

2010-06-14 Thread Bernie Innocenti
[cc += de...@lists.laptop.org] El Mon, 14-06-2010 a las 15:07 +0430, javed khan escribió: > i am working in Ministry of Education Kabul Afghanistan OLPC team as > software developer and technical support officer. Say hello to Mike Dawson from me! > which linux os is best for developing olpc cus

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Peter Robinson
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Derek O'Connell wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I don't have much experience creating patches so please let me know if the > attached is the wrong format for your purposes. Created using: > > diff -cB > /home/doc/std/dev/squeak/vm/3.10-5/unix-3.10-5/platforms/unix/vm-soun

Re: Devel Digest, Vol 52, Issue 28

2010-06-14 Thread javed khan
;> plugin for Squeak in general, me thinks. > > > > Could we get a squeak/etoys package with a fixed alsa-plugin ASAP, > please? > > Someone would need to rebuild Fedora's squeak-vm-3.10-5 package with > Derek's patched sqUnixSoundALSA.c file (attached to the forwa

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 14.06.2010, at 13:01, John Maloney wrote: > Hi, Bert. > > Re: >> Tried sound playback in Scratch, it's choppy, many clicks to hear. Suspended >> fine, resumed playing sound. Recording does not freeze the activity, but has >> bad quality. > > Derek says that the recorded sound is actually o

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Peter Robinson
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > On 14.06.2010, at 06:24, Chris Ball wrote: > >> Hi Bert, >> >>> Copied ~olpc/Activities/Sratch.activity/vm-sound-ALSA plugin to >>> /usr/lib/squeak/3.10-5/. >>> >>> After that, in Etoys playback sounds a bit worse, but it's still >>> oka

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread John Maloney
Hi, Bert. Re: > Tried sound playback in Scratch, it's choppy, many clicks to hear. > Suspended fine, resumed playing sound. Recording does not freeze the > activity, but has bad quality. Derek says that the recorded sound is actually okay if you export it and play it with a good sound playe

Re: F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

2010-06-14 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 14.06.2010, at 06:24, Chris Ball wrote: > Hi Bert, > >> Copied ~olpc/Activities/Sratch.activity/vm-sound-ALSA plugin to >> /usr/lib/squeak/3.10-5/. >> >> After that, in Etoys playback sounds a bit worse, but it's still >> okay (hard to tell actually). And no freeze after suspend, >> playing

Re: [IAEP] ANNOUNCE: F11-0.88 Alpha2 (os258py)

2010-06-14 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 20:03, Bernie Innocenti wrote: > This is the Alpha2 milestone of our Sugar 0.88 series for XO. > Please refer to this page for the current status and download > instructions: > >  http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Deployment_Team/Sugar-0.88_Notes > > Surprise surprise! We now ha