Tom; Thanks for the detailed comments on the Virtualbox Appliance of USR-922
http://download.sugarlabs.org/usr/USR-i386-20100922.iso http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files#VirtualBox. I am forwarding your testing summary of the Virtualbox Appliance of USR to the people who are doing the work of getting sugar onto Ubuntu. Cordially; Tom Gilliard satellit on #sugar and #ubuntu-sugarteam (Freenode IRC) References: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar Tom Parker wrote: > On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 18:18 -0700, Thomas C Gilliard wrote: > >> Tabitha Roder wrote: >> >>> Tried out USR-20100922 virtualbox appliance with virtualbox 3.2.8 on MacOS >>> 10.5.8 >>> Downloaded from >>> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-922-IRC-Remix.ovf >>> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-922-IRC-Remix.mf >>> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-i386-20100922.vmdk >>> Wasn't asked for a name or a colour on startup >>> "sugar" user's password is "sugaruser" >>> >>> >> add your own user with user manager in gnome >> password root = sugarroot >> > > So what is the purpose of this virtual machine? If it is to be a > potentially multi user system, would it better to have a first-run > create user process? How do you choose which user to log in with? > > >>> *Home screen did not resize, but activities did. After apt-get upgrade and >>> reboot, home screen resized. >>> >> >> It is important to do apt-get update and apt-get upgrade from terminal >> > > Is there any integration into the sugar ui? I've seen a check for > updates on some olpc XO builds, but I've never investigated what it > does. > > >>> ctrl-shift-c and command-c cut-n-paste keyboard shortcuts don't work in >>> terminal (mac virtualbox host), and middle click cut-n-paste doesn't work on >>> a single button mac. Using ctrl-v pastes into surf. >>> Clicking the "become root" button in terminal asks for a password, I tried >>> blank and "sugaruser" but every password I tried ends the terminal >>> >>> >> use "sudo su" instead ( it is a Ubuntu thing ) >> > > The "become root" button should be removed, or at the very least not > kill the terminal. I didn't experiment with multiple tabs, does it just > close the tab, or does it kill the whole terminal? > > Where is the appropriate place to report USR bugs? > > >>> Frame hot-corners worked well in full screen mode, but once I left full >>> screen I couldn't return to it. >>> >> Log in on gdm bar for Sugar fullscreen >> use "sugar-emulator -f "command from gnome for full screen >> > > Sorry, this was very much a virtualbox thing. I couldn't make the guest > window fill the host's screen. In hindsight, host-f might have made it > go full screen. It worked after a restart of the host. > > >>> Shutdown didn't work from the home view, used sudo halt in the terminal or >>> power off signal in virtualbox. >>> > > >> You need to logout then hit right bottom of gdm bar for shutdown >> options >> It is set up for multiple users......( Students) >> > > If shutdown isn't possible from the home view, then there shouldn't be > an option to shut down there that does nothing. > > >>> Tried out >>> http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/soas-i386-20100930.15.isoin >>> virtualbox as above. Created virtual machine with hard disk and 512MB >>> memory. Booted from iso, got the fedora boot screen and then the 3 progress >>> bars which completed and were replaced with a black screen. Nothing happened >>> after that. Checked that iso checksum does matche checksum file in from >>> download directory. Didn't do any further testing of this iso. >>> >>> >> I have not been able to make one either. >> > > I see you reported 20101002.18 worked with some bugs. Is this an > improvement over 20100930.15 which didn't work at all, or am I doing > something wrong with virtualbox? > > > > > _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
