[SoaS] SoaS 4 - Mango Lassi is out.

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Peter Robinson wrote:
> Please when detailing technical issues strip off non relevant lists so
> we don't spam them.
>
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Raffael Reichelt
> <raffael.reichelt at googlemail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Great! I just tried the 64bit version on my old MacBookAir and for the first
>> time with SOAS it tries to boot. Thr bootsplash pops upand it is offrering
>> thr bootmenu ... unfortunatly then nothing else happens. Is there a chance
>> to get it to work completly? I would love it!
>>     
>
> That's a problem with the graphics mapping on the Apple devices. We
> need to add the details to the kernel to support it. If you can run
> the command that's provided in the following bug comment
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528232#c20 and the either
> add a comment to the bug with the details or provide the details here
> and we can organise to get the problem fixed.
>
> Peter
>
>
>   
Peter;

Thanks for adding fix to the bug for Apple MacBook Air
Works fine. : )

Now we need the wireless on it to work. Is the driver available?
I am using the MacBook Air usb to Ethernet adapter for internet access.

Tom Gilliard
satellit
>> 2010/11/3 Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com>
>>     
>>> Great News;
>>>
>>> Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-SoaS CD Boots fine on an Apple MacBook Air with an
>>> external hp-DVD/CD usb drive.
>>>
>>> Hold "C"  and tap power button keep holding the "C" key down until the
>>> blue fedora boot screen appears
>>> Select Boot (Basic Video)-second line
>>> boots to bar display Fedora 14; (Name_____); Choose password for new
>>> keyring; hit cancel 6 times.
>>> F3 Ring appears
>>>
>>> Use the usb to cat 5 Air dongle ( applesmc.78) as Network Manager does not
>>> recognize the Mac Air's wireless hardware.
>>> f1 neighborhood will be full of xxxxxxxxxx at jabber.sugarlabs.org names
>>>
>>> To fix this go to drop down / My settings /About me. change colors and
>>> restart. On restart the names will be correct.
>>> ONLY IF you enter the key chain password you entered 1 time when you
>>> started sugar.
>>>
>>> These are known bugs
>>>  http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick_Bugs#Current_Bugs
>>>
>>> ALSO
>>>
>>> There is a new Boot CD for Macs and computers that cannot boot from USB
>>>
>>> Boot helper CD for Fedora-14-i686-Live-SoaS:
>>> <http://www.wronkiewicz.net/soas-4-boot-test.iso>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Matt Wronkiewicz <matt at wronkiewicz.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> If anyone else is interested, I put together a boot helper for
>>>>>> Mirabelle. Burned to a CD, it enabled booting a USB stick on my
>>>>>> MacBook Pro. The stick was partitioned with the plain old MBR format
>>>>>> and labeled "FEDORA". I also got both VMware Fusion and VirtualBox to
>>>>>> boot the USB stick using this boot helper ISO. The soas-2-boot ISO
>>>>>> sort of works with Mirabelle sticks, but they have different kernel
>>>>>> versions so modules don't load, thus no networking. That is fixed in
>>>>>> this build.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <http://www.wronkiewicz.net/soas-3-boot-test.iso>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>> Please Test these result on other MAC's and report here in wiki:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Sugar_on_a_Stick_release_process#Macintosh_Testing
>>>
>>> Congratulations to all
>>>
>>> Enjoy;
>>>
>>> Tom Gilliard
>>> satellit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Robinson wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> This is the non announcement announcement of the release of Sugar on a
>>>> Stick 4 Mango Lassi is out.
>>>>
>>>> You can download both the 32 and 64 bit version from
>>>> http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/
>>>>
>>>> There's an outline of some common bugs in Fedora 14 and hence Fedora
>>>> 14 outlined here
>>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F14_bugs
>>>>
>>>> Some of the notable enhancements include:
>>>> - Sugar 0.90
>>>> - Support for more wireless adapters including the rtl2xxx series of
>>>> adapters that are common in eee PCs
>>>> - Improved Apple Mac support (still needs SoaS verification as
>>>> apparently its a major problem but I could only find Fedora people to
>>>> test it for me)
>>>> - Quite a lot of things that I can't remember
>>>>
>>>> I would like to thank Sebastian, Mel, Simon, Thomas and everyone else
>>>> who has contributed to this release.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Peter
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