<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I solved most of my problems by allocating more storage (530 MB) when creating my book stick. df -h now says I have 338 MB free on /.</blockquote><div> Great, can you fix the documentation so that the next person doesn't make the same mistake? Are you using the Fedora or Ubuntu SoaS?  I think we want to continue with both but I think its useful when you report results to say which you are using. Are you all set with entering bugs in Trac? Thanks! Caroline </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> So now it appears that my only complaints are about cursor keys and alt-tab. Neither is a blocker, so go! I'll be demonstrating SoaS at Program for the Future at the Tech Museum and Adobe in San Jose Monday evening. Alan Kay, Doug Engelbart, and other luminaries will be there. <div class="Ih2E3d"> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Caroline Meeks > <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think it would be cool to be able to give everyone SoaS USBs as Conference >> Swag at events where Sugar Labs is presenting. >> >> What do we need to do this? > >> 1. A SoaS image we are proud of.  I think we are almost there. > > 1. Fix bugs. > > o There is no free space in rootfs (mounted on /). This makes it > difficult to do anything interesting. I can't install software or save > work. I did say to allocate 128 MB free space when creating this > bootable USB key. Where is it? </div>Fixed as above. <div class="Ih2E3d"> > o The Journal is constantly nattering that it is full. It puts wrong > dates on entries, and then loses them (I suppose because it can't > write them anywhere). It usually fails to appear on the frame. </div>Fixed as above. <div class="Ih2E3d"> > o Activities crash or fail to start, seemingly at random. (Maybe they > can't find the Journal, either?) </div>Fixed as above. <div class="Ih2E3d"> > o The cursor keys don't work in Browse or Terminal. </div>Is there a keyboard command to repeat the previous command? <div class="Ih2E3d"> > o Ubuntu grabs Alt-Tabs, so I can't switch activities conveniently. > Well, I can use the frame. </div>No change. <div class="Ih2E3d"> > o When I exited Sugar and rebooted from the stick, Gnome barely > loaded, and was unusable. When I rebooted again, it failed to get past > a command line. </div>I have only booted this one once. We'll see. If the problem before was because of lack of storage, then we're good. <div class="Ih2E3d"> > 2. Write a short document on how to use it. These are some more things > that took me too long to discover, or that I have not yet discovered. > Apparently the new features are documented in the release notes, but > not in the form a beginner is looking for. > > o Where is Sugar?! Applications/Other/Sugar Emulator. Put it on the toolbar. > > o How do I enable repositories? </div>sudo <div class="Ih2E3d"> > vi /etc/apt/sources.list, and > uncomment some lines, but it doesn't do me any good without filesystem > space. </div>I did that, and now I'm getting errors from apt-get sudo apt-get install mc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages:  arj xpdf dbview The following NEW packages will be installed:  mc 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 167 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2135kB of archives. After this operation, 6406kB of additional disk space will be used. dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `Debian-exim' in statoverride file E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) <div class="Ih2E3d"> > o How do I install xo-get, or indeed anything?  ?? </div>OK <div class="Ih2E3d"> > o Is there a way to load saved sessions from elsewhere, even if I > can't save anything on the stick? </div>OK <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> >> 2. Lots of USB Sticks - Walter says he is making good progress on a donor. >> 3. A way to flash a hundred sticks in only an hour or two - Any ideas? > > I see services that will do this for you. > > 1G drives printed with your logo and preloaded with your data, $10.19 > <a href="http://www.stepthru.com.au/USBFlash.htm" target="_blank">http://www.stepthru.com.au/USBFlash.htm</a> > > And here is an instance of the equipment, for making 21 copies at a time. > > <a href="http://www.aleratec.com/330104e.html" target="_blank">http://www.aleratec.com/330104e.html</a> > > ALERATEC 1:21 USB FLASH DRIVE COPY CRUISER USB FLASH DRIVE DUPLICATOR > - Part #330104 > Part #  330104 > Price   $1,049.00 > > ALERATEC 1:21 USB FLASH DRIVE COPY CRUISER FACTORY RECONDITIONED - > PART # 330104E > Part #  330104E > Price   $499.00 > > And some more. > > <a href="https://www.duplication.ca/shop/home.php?cat=61" target="_blank">https://www.duplication.ca/shop/home.php?cat=61</a> > <a href="http://users.skynet.be/fa945585/NewFiles/usb" target="_blank">http://users.skynet.be/fa945585/NewFiles/usb</a> tester.html > <a href="http://www.kingsaudio.co.uk/products/-vconsole-60-port-usb-flash-drive-duplicator/377/" target="_blank">http://www.kingsaudio.co.uk/products/-vconsole-60-port-usb-flash-drive-duplicator/377/</a> > <a href="http://www.cddimensions.com/products.asp?dept=208" target="_blank">http://www.cddimensions.com/products.asp?dept=208</a> > >> Do other people think this is a useful thing to aim for in January? >> >> What activities make the best impression and should be on the Stick? > > Depends on the audience, and on whether we provide tutorials and > explain how the Activities can be used in the classroom. > > o xo-get > o TurteArt (sic)     with examples. So much math! So much programming, >                             and no syntax errors! > o Terminal            Gotta have the command line. > o eToys                 Where it all began. > o Pippy                 import antigravity! Uh, import SciPy? > o Measure             Do you have any idea how much science you can do >                             with a digital oscilloscope in both time > and frequency >                             domain? > > If users will be able to collaborate, then > > Write > Paint > TamTamJam > >> What else should we think about to make such a give-away effective? > > Branding on the stick and the lanyard. > > Tell them how to join the project. >> -- >> Caroline Meeks >> Solution Grove >> Caroline@SolutionGrove.com >> >> 617-500-3488 - Office >> 505-213-3268 - Fax </div></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">-- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax