Re: Alas, I'm giving up on Access Point function for XO1.5

packet is being received late just after the > system sends the card an unrelated command, and you might observe a > response to tuning of the ping interval. > > Do you have your latest kernel source available anywhere? > > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 11:44:03AM -0700, George Hunt wrote: >

Alas, I'm giving up on Access Point function for XO1.5

The recent SD cards are so cheap, and wikipedia in various languages is such a good replacement for the encyclopedia I devoured as a kid, I spent a few weeks on this project. The results were mixed, but just not good enough. The XO1.5 can act as a gateway for a few minutes, or a few hours (with a

Re: OS builder generated ZD, 4 button install on unlocked XO1

/go/Firmware/Storage#How_to_automatically_install_an_unsigned_build Or do you suggest that I take the self signing approach? On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:16 AM, James Cameron wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:04:30AM -0800, George Hunt wrote: > > > > I've been exploring an exchange with James Cameron: > >

OS builder generated ZD, 4 button install on unlocked XO1

I've been exploring an exchange with James Cameron: So then as I understand it, on an unlocked machine, the installers would need to type "fs-update 32018ht0.zd" at the OK> prompt to kick off the install. Is that correct? No, an unlocked machine will work like a locked machine when given th

Re: Simple stuff I don't know

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:19 PM, James Cameron wrote: > .xsession can work, if your subshell will give Sugar time to start, > then copy environment variables from the Sugar shell process, then run > sugar-launch. > James, Thanks for the hints about timing, and environment variables. I'm inclined

Simple stuff I don't know

What is the best way to autoexecute the browser at system boot time? I tried .xsession, and then I realized that there's a lot to learn about Sugar, and asking for advice might be a more direct approach. Can there be separate paths for Mate and Sugar? __

Re: olpc-dm/Xorg segfault only if during systemd boot

ystemd journal for olpc-dm ... > > systemctl status olpc-dm.service | cat > > To look at olpc-dm client logs ... > > cat /tmp/olpc-dm* > > Do both of these in the failed state as well as the working state to > identify the differences. > > On Mon,

Re: olpc-dm/Xorg segfault only if during systemd boot

I missed one obvious clue, thinking that Xorg.log was the strategic place to look. /var/log/messages (search olpc-dm) shows - "olpc-dm.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart" - and then "xauth: file /var/tmp/olpc-auth/.Xauthority does not exist" googling "Xauthority create olpc" doe

olpc-dm/Xorg segfault only if during systemd boot

Context: XSCE server code loaded on 128GB SD card running on XO1.5. We've added lots of services, and for generic servers, disabled the GUI (systemctl disable olpc-dm). But for aesthetic reasons, it might be more attractive to start up in sugar/mate, and return the memory, if the user really wants

Re: OS builder XO1 image on SD card boot questions

I realized that rpmdropbox f18-xo1 would be the place to look for recent kernels. I'm feeling slow tonight. Thanks again On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 7:28 PM, George Hunt wrote: > James, > > Thanks for the information. You are a wonderful source. > > Do you know of a publicl

Re: OS builder XO1 image on SD card boot questions

James, Thanks for the information. You are a wonderful source. Do you know of a publicly visible kernel for XO1 that was built with 0.7.7 version of dracut-modules-olpc? I looked through the ini files at the os-builder git repo, and they all seem to point to kernel rpms built before 6/2014. R

OS builder XO1 image on SD card boot questions

The image I created with OS builder, and loaded onto an SD card, stalls with initramfs complaining that dracut does not have a rootfs declared in cmdline. Strangely, at the OK prompt, I can declare " root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 to boot-file" and then "boot", and I can get into the new image. There's a l

Access Point capability for the XO1.5 -- the dream of internet in a box on an SD card

Back in the 2010 timeframe, there was an effort to add Access Point capability to first the XO1, and later the XO1.5. Of particular interest to me is [1], which documents in detail how to install and configure the Thinfirm libertas driver. I found evidence in the git repo [2] that the driver was bu

OS Builder patch for FC22

With James kernel rpm, it seemed like a next step to make a ZD image. The following were found to be necessary: >From bb527d3f0a5f22d93a9ebcba17f43fcf8c7b4d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 06:08:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] first build on fc22 --- modules/base/kspkglist

Re: Libertas firmware

tried removing sdio8686.bin from /lib/modules/libertas again. And this time it failed (as I expected it to). Too much focus, or too much wine! Time for bed On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:05 PM, George Hunt wrote: > I downloaded James new kernel. And found that it did indeed bring up the > gr

Libertas firmware

I downloaded James new kernel. And found that it did indeed bring up the graphics chip, and considerable functionality.(light-dm seems to take 90%cpu for 30 seconds, before xfce desktop comes up -- a symptom I have not fully explored) But when I looked at the dmesg, there was mention of not being

Kernel "4.1 branch" at dev.laptop.org/git/olpc-kernel limping on FC22

Lots of learning, and only a little progress: The "learnings" are somewhat questionable (sometimes I was changing more than one thing at a time) 1. The kernel config file does not need to be in any order (a sorted config works just as well) 2. Changed settings can be appended to kernel c

Re: [support-gang] SD Sugar boot for XO-1

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 6:56 PM, James Cameron wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:57:31AM +, tkk...@nurturingasia.com wrote: > > Is there a complete step by setp quick instruction that I can create > > a SD card that will boot Sugar for XO-1 machines? I am happy SD card > > deployment runnin

Re: latest HaitiOS-0.6 very close

; On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 06:20:38PM -0500, George Hunt wrote: > > I'll test Jerry's hypothesis that the q2119 wasn't signed properly > > by substituting an official one. I'm out this evening. So whatever > > happens will need to be in the next 4 hours. > &

Re: latest HaitiOS-0.6 very close

5:10 PM, Tim Moody wrote: >> >>> got it. but now can I just install it with yum.cmd in tiny so I don't >>> have to build a whole OS? >>> >>> >>> Tim >>> -Original Message- From: Jerry Vonau >>> Sent: Wednesday, Decembe

Re: latest HaitiOS-0.6 very close

Summary of where we stand (I think): Adam's list: 1 and 3 done. 2. I added qf119.rom to boot. It can be renamed to bootfw.zip, and flash romwith the "X" key. cludgy! I admit. But maybe other issues take precedence 4 awaits time and energy On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Tim Moody wrote: > >

Re: latest HaitiOS-0.6 very close

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Adam Holt wrote: > Updates on my 4 suggestions from midnight 10hrs ago--forgive me for > capitalizing names, so we can all focus on getting the very best OS into > Sora's hands for Haiti during this home stretch Before Midnight EST Tonight: > > 1) SOLVED: GEORGE,

Re: [Server-devel] How to create a screencast

Santi has been pulled away to work on other projects for a couple of > days to a week. He is not ignoring you :( Just deep in a frustrating > project :) > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:51 PM, George Hunt > wrote: > > Santi, > > > > In the demo last week, I think you s

Re: [support-gang] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on a $100 tablet!

Ruben, Once the sugar rpms's are loaded via the install shell script, what remote ssh command will bring up the sugar desktop on the Nexus? (the sugar-toolkit-gtk3 rpm was not found. I'm wondering if that that is critical to bringing up the desktop). George On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Ru

Re: [support-gang] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on a $100 tablet!

Just as another data point, Vivitar manufactured the $150 xo-tablet, and also is offering a $100 Camelio tablet which has a similar footprint. It has an external micro SD card, like the xo-tablet, but not the hdmi video out. I purchased one, and contacted the manufacterer, to see if they would do

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar on a $100 tablet!

On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Ruben Rodríguez wrote: > 2013/9/11 George Hunt : > > I have a nexus, and I'm anxious to learn how to swap out OS, reload > stuff, > > etc. > > The first step is to install Ubuntu on it, you can follow this howto: > https://wiki.ub

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar on a $100 tablet!

1, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Ruben Rodríguez wrote: > 2013/9/7 George Hunt : > > There's a complex "Sugar on Android" solution. At this point, it's only > for > > hackers. But it just might help us achieve the $100 Sugar machine. > > > > Refer to http:/

Sugar on a $100 tablet!

There's a complex "Sugar on Android" solution. At this point, it's only for hackers. But it just might help us achieve the $100 Sugar machine. Refer to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2151092. The idea is to run a fedora arm image compiled to run under android, in the background.

ANNOUNCING School Server Community Edition Version 0.4 Release Candidate 1.

As regularly as the changing of the seasons, another version of XSCE is nearing release. This release provides something for both end users and deployers. End user: - Internet-in-a-Box (http://Internet-in-a-Box.org ) - Integration of Pathagar bookse

External hard disk testing for use with IIAB (internet in a Box) on XO based XSCE servers

I have a number of 2.5 SATA drives, that I've used for I don't know how long. I put one in a startech.com external hard drive encosure model sat2510u2E. I wrote a little cron stimulated script to write, and check for file existence, and almost immediately got failures. I was using a USB hub (plug

Re: [Server-devel] Best XSCE strategy for us in Pacific with XO-1.5 2GB Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

difficulty just identifying and serializing my SD cards because any additional stickers rub off, and/or cause the SD card to become stuck in the XO. Jerry noticed that the write protect switch can get toggled. George On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 5:25 AM, George Hunt wrote: > Thanks James. I alway

ANNOUNCEMENT XSCE 0.3 Final Release

months of springtime work -- traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make this community product real. George Hunt ___ support-gang mailing list support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/su

My first School Server Installation

Hi all, I returned from Port Au Prince, Haiti 5 days ago, and I've been monitoring the 3G USB modem connection via openvpn. It's not perfect, but it looks like they are getting an average of 10 hours of internet connectivity per day. I configured opendns as a content filter, and some content in Fr

Re: [support-gang] switching libertas driver into AP mode in XO-1.75?

Thanks James for the complete picture. I'll try to make sure that we preserve the essentials of your information about the libertas driver in a wiki somewhere. It does seem reasonable to avoid support headaches whenever possible, especially when the interface to an external AP is so well defined.

switching libertas driver into AP mode in XO-1.75?

Hi all, Does anyone have knowledge about the feasibility of switching the libertas_sdio driver on an XO-1.75 into Access Point mode? If so, is there any documentation therefor? Thanks, George (modinfo libertas shows: schoolserver] library > modinfo libertas filename: /lib/modules/3.0.19_xo1.75

Re: [support-gang] Customization Sticks fails on 13.1.0 & 12.1.0 for XO-1

he initial default re-flash. > > > If unsecure you don't need signatures for Choice 1, and the build process > is a little cleaner. > > Cheers > > KG > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Holt wrote: > >> As we're leaving to a 250 XO-1 deploymen

Re: Sandisk extreme 32GB and 16GB dont initialize in XO-1.75

All my XO-1.75's are prepped for the SF summit this weekend. I can do it after Sunday. George On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Chris Ball wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 18 2012, John Watlington wrote: > > The kernel should recognize this limitation, and not try to negotiate for > > lower voltages

Re: Sandisk extreme 32GB and 16GB dont initialize in XO-1.75

Just a word of thanks to Mikus. I tried the Transcend 32G, only $22, from Amazon. It was recognized. On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > I have a "permanent" SD card inserted into the (bottom) external slot of > each of my XOs. To date, I'm happily using a Transcend 16GB c

Sandisk extreme 32GB and 16GB dont initialize in XO-1.75

Hi all, I've been working on a XO-1.75 as XS project. The smallest form factor XS would use an SD card for School Server storage. So I purchased fast, large SD cards from Amazon. These cards work in my mac, and they initialize, and appear to work on the XO-1.5 running build 860. The XO-1.75 soft

Man pages on XO

Hi all, I'm working on turning the XO-1.75 build 12.1.0 into a school server. I want to make loading man pages an option. I used yum downloadonly to fetch the man-pages.rpm. Used "rpm -qipl man-pages" to verify that they load to /usr/share/man/*. Then when I installed them using "rpm -ivh man-pa

Re: yum error -- cannot retrieve metalink on xo 12.1.0 build 21016o2.zd

That was it! thanks, George On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:29 PM, George Hunt > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > On a XO-1.75 with a new install of build 21016o2.zd: > > > > "yum install mlocate" r

yum error -- cannot retrieve metalink on xo 12.1.0 build 21016o2.zd

Hi all, On a XO-1.75 with a new install of build 21016o2.zd: "yum install mlocate" returns the error: cannot retrieve metalink for repository fedora. Issuing URLGRABBER_DEBUG=1 "yum check-update" returns lots of stuff -- most interesting seems to be "remote certificate has expired" message. H

Re: Basic Electricity Text in French?

fic topic book. > > cheers, > > Xavier Carcelle. > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:09:25PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > While working with Adam Holt in Haiti, I met a few "go-getter" teens who > > already are doing basic h

Basic Electricity Text in French?

Hi everyone, While working with Adam Holt in Haiti, I met a few "go-getter" teens who already are doing basic house wiring. They could help diagnose battery and solar array problems if they had a little more background. I learned basic electricity reading and re-reading the first few chapters of

Re: glade.so missing from /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2, 0/gtk

Hi James, I read the resolution of #11053 I'd be happy to update http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PyGTK/Hello_World_Tutorial#using_Glade to reflect that fact glade is no longer supported. But I hesitate to act without checking with those of you more in the center of things. George On Sun, Jul 10, 201

glade.so missing from /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2,0/gtk

Hi all, An application I am writing requires glade.so which exists in 862 (and I believe all previous builds), but missing in build 872. using mlocate verifies this difference-- "updatedb" "locate glade.so" succeeds in 860, and fails in 872. In my Activity "import gtk.glade" fails! George _

Re: Re: Re: XoPhoto needs a few intrepid testing volunteers.

Hi Tony and all, This is the way I think XoPhoto works, and does for me on build 850 1.5. When XoPhoto loads, it checks for at least 10 images, (mime_type .png,.jpg,.tif). If there're not enough to play around with, load 11. If there are more than 10, don't load the journal with anything, just cr

XoPhoto needs a few intrepid testing volunteers.

Hi everyone, I've been working pretty regularly since April on an application to manipulate images found in the journal. Probably the best description is at http://georgejhunt.com/olpc/xophoto/xophoto.html. I'd appreciate help in identifying and correcting my oversights, bugs, kludges. . . I be

Re: [support-gang] Fwd: Redesigning: Library, Read, Get-Books, and Content bundles

Gary, Yioyos, Martin, The trick is to prevent circumstantially malicious co-Activities from doing harm, without at the same time preventing cooperation between functional blocks essential to the satisfaction of user needs. I ran into this issue, when I was writing my python debugger "PyDebug". I

resizing NAND partition in XO 1.5 --annoying "journal is full" after 2 days use

A little googling surfaced a discussion among developers, about the size of the image to create for FC11. Build 125 is apparently 1.7G I'm playing around with 125, and have run out of NAND. 'df -h' shows only 1.7G is currently being used, whereas 'fdisk -l' shows 4G available. I'm not enough of a

a Git question

aybe there is human intervention that I need to request. Anyone have ideas on how I should proceed? George -- Forwarded message ------ From: George Hunt Date: Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:32 PM Subject: Re: UI Ideas - My new XO To: Bruce Bell-Myers I did another push to sugarlabs.org

Re: Request to have pydebug added to the components drop-down during "create new ticket" in trac

hanks for everyone's help George On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:06 AM, George Hunt > wrote: > > Perhaps I'm too impatient, but I found no pointer to the administrator of > > the trac system. I'd like to start ac

Request to have pydebug added to the components drop-down during "create new ticket" in trac

Perhaps I'm too impatient, but I found no pointer to the administrator of the trac system. I'd like to start accumulating feedback for the pydebug application I am developing. I'd like "PyDebug" to be added to the drop-down list on the "create new ticket" page. Who should I contact? Thanks, Geo

Re: Hulahop browser screen width XO1.0 vs XO1.5

t to incorporate in at activity that wanted to use other widgets as well. Who's maintaining Hulahop/webview? George On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 04:27, George Hunt wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > My activity uses Hulahop Brows

Re: Hulahop browser screen width XO1.0 vs XO1.5

view page .as a solution George On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Seth Woodworth wrote: > It would be far easier to simply change the .css file and layout of the > html content in the help activity for the latest versions of sugar. > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:27 PM, George Hunt wro

Hulahop browser screen width XO1.0 vs XO1.5

Hi again, My activity uses Hulahop Browser for its help system. The default browser on the XO`1.0 seems set up for 800x600. The CSS width specs on the functioning HELP activity add up to 800 px wide and everything works out ok. But on F11 XO1.5, the same help activity only renders about 2/3 f

Re: Help with permissions under Rainbow sought

is more solid. With much appreciation for your help, George On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Sascha Silbe < sascha-ml-ui-sugar-olpc-de...@silbe.org> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 09:26:23PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: > > I am using an ipython console application which writes a history

Help with permissions under Rainbow sought

Hi all, I've been trying, in the last few days, to put the finishing touches on the PyDebug activity I have been developing. I am using an ipython console application which writes a history file to the home directory (I changed the HOME environment to SUGAR_ROOT/data). Rainbow changes UID for e

gitorious and uploading public key

Hi everyone, Earlier I successfully uploaded a public ssh key to git.sugarlabs.org. But then I decided to change key pairs, created a new set, and then tried to upload a the new one. I'm getting the following message: "This sshkey is being created, it will be ready pretty soon" I came back a d

Help Activity and FC11

Hi Seth, gang, I just cloned the git version of help at sugarlabs.org (activity.infoversion 9). A couple of months ago I downloaded the then current version of help, because I wanted to include a browser based help system in a debugger I am writing. I discovered, much to my annoyance, that the w

Re: sugar equivalent of uname?

Thanks, the rpm solution works on at least builds 767, 802, and 1.5 FC11 backported to XO1.0. I'l go with that . George On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 9:09 PM, George Hunt wrote: > > I've spent all morning googling to find t

sugar equivalent of uname?

I've spent all morning googling to find the documentation of how to determine which sugar build I'm running under -- without success. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. George ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.l

Hulahop Webview widget closes parent(s) when hidden

Hi everybody, I have been trying to use the WebView widget from hulahop to display documentation in an Activity. I don't have enough experience to know where to start looking to fix the problem I'm having: The following test program shows the different widget behavior comparing gtk.Textview wit

Hosting Request for PyDebug Activity debugger

ect's code repository, or push their own. There is no need to list non-committer developers. Username Full name SSH2 key URLE-mail - -- #1 ghunt G

Mentor request for PyDebug Activity

I am excited about developing a tool to help me develop other XO Activities. When I shared my ideas with Adam Holt, he suggested that I seek a mentor, or a few partners to help me clarify my ideas, and increase the usefulness of the end product. I am writing this to request such help. As a prog

Re: [support-gang] FW: OLPC Projects/VideoEditing and Video Edit

two weeks, so may not respond immediately. I'll be back in NY and more available after Aug 4. George Hunt On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi All, > Here is a great opportunity for someone to pick up where Robert left off > and contribute something rea

Re: CIFS will be strategic in some settings, but not included

I wonder if CIFS vs WebDAV is an either/or type of decision. My first google shows a driver effort called davfs2. This appears to implement network access via a driver (ala nfs, smb). If it turns out to be usable, I can see that a single project could satisfy Martin's 6 requirements (via WebDAV)

Re: CIFS will be strategic in some settings, but not included in kernel

uld like to collaborate on one. George On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:37 PM, George Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I've been wanting to create an Activity that would add value and bridge &

Re: CIFS will be strategic in some settings, but not included in kernel

n Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 2008/8/24 George Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Two factors tip the balance between bloat and functionality in favor of > > including CIFS file system in the kernel. > > First, for any network FS to actually be usable we would need to

CIFS will be strategic in some settings, but not included in kernel

Two factors tip the balance between bloat and functionality in favor of including CIFS file system in the kernel. 1. The decision to double boot some XOs with XP. 2. The need of IT professionals, in small roll-outs, to use the resources at hand (MS configured machines hooked up to printe