Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > I have identified a bug that I think is a duplicate of SL#496. Can > someone please confirm? > > I've got this logged at https://dev.laptop.org.au/issues/784 > > > The journal does not open or save directly from/to external media. If, > say, a USB drive is used, the file is copied to the datastore before > being opened. Changes are written to the version in the datastore and > not to the version on the external media. > > Read test > > To reproduce: > on another computer, copy some files (I used JPEGs) to a USB stick > put the stick into an XO > in the journal, look at the USB stick > click on the file that you copied > > Expected behaviour: > the associated activity opens > the file on the USB stick is opened directly > > Actual behaviour: > the file is copied to the journal > the associated activity opens > the file is opened from the journal > >
This also happens in Soas if an application.xo file is clicked on in the 2nd external USB (or attached external USB CD player) It is installed; not just run from the source. > Read/Write test > > To reproduce: > open Write > type some stuff: "AAAA" > quit the activity to save > insert a USB stick > in the journal, drag the Write file to a USB stick > open the Write file from the USB stick > type more stuff, so that the content is now "AAAABBBB" > quit the activity to save > open the file again from the journal > you'll see that the content is "AAAABBBB" > quit the activity > open the file again from the USB stick > you'll see that the content is "AAAA" > > Expected behaviour: > the file opened from the USB stick should contain "AAAABBBB" > > Actual behaviour: > the file opened from the USB stick contains "AAAA" > > > > > > Sridhar Dhanapalan > Technical Manager > One Laptop per Child Australia > M: +61 425 239 701 > E: [email protected] > A: G.P.O. Box 731 > Sydney, NSW 2001 > W: www.laptop.org.au > _______________________________________________ > Testing mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing > > _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
