Hamilton, Here's what ended up working: 1. I removed Write using rpm, as you indicated. 2. I downloaded Write 63 from the Sugar wiki site. 3. I restarted the machine. 4. Write 63 started like it should have. So, I have a solution to my deployment if need be. Can someone update me on whether a new build is happening, and, if so, when? Thanks everyone. Gerald <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Hamilton Chua <<a href="mailto:hamilton.chua@gmail.com">hamilton.chua@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;">Gerald, It seems the kickstart file I use installed the write activity via rpm. I don't know if this is possible from a usb stick but it might be worth a try. Can you try to remove the rpm by doing rpm -e sugar-write and then try to install the activity ? Aleksey pointed me to recent changes to the kickstart files which allow one to specify the versions of the activities compatible with sugar 0.84. I will have a new spin out with the problem hopefully corrected soon. Thanks, Hamilton <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 23:22 -0400, Gerald Ardito wrote: > > Caroline, > > I tried to do just that. I cannot erase the version of Write that's > there, and I cannot install the new one. It downloads just fine and > appears in the Journal, but will not install. > > Any ideas? > > Gerald > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Caroline Meeks > <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote: > Gerald, > > > You should be able to take your master stick, delete Write, > goto the Activities.sl.o, download the correct version and all > should be well, at least for write. > > > I haven't actually heard from Ham yet, there is a major flood > in his area so there maybe a delay. > > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Gerald Ardito > <<a href="mailto:gerald.ardito@gmail.com">gerald.ardito@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Caroline, > > No problem. > Just let me know when we have a working image. I am > really close to deploying SOAS on our Dells! > > Gerald > > > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Caroline Meeks > <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote: > Thank you all for your help! > > > I'll alert Ham who is our build master and if > his computer is above water after all the > flooding in the Manila area I'm sure he'll fix > it soon. > > > I'm sure this bug is in our GPA build too so > thank you Gerald for testing!!! > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Gary C > Martin <<a href="mailto:gary@garycmartin.com">gary@garycmartin.com</a>> wrote: > Hi Gerald, > > Many thanks for the feedback. > > > On 27 Sep 2009, at 02:52, Gerald > Ardito wrote: > > Gary, > > This image came from Caroline > Meeks at Solution Grove. It > came as part of a version of > SOAS that she put together for > me. > > Gerald > > > OK, looks like a SoaS build mistake. > > Caroline, just a quick ping. Checking > <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">activities.sugarlabs.org</a>, it tells me > Write-63 was the last version > compatible with Sugar 0.84.x. I > believe Aleksey started working on the > new 0.85.x toolbar code as of version > 64, breaking compatibility with > earlier versions of Sugar: > > > <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addons/versions/4201" target="_blank">http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addons/versions/4201</a> > > Regards, > --Gary > > > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > </div></div></blockquote></div>