[Sugar-devel] Sugarizing an application

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 16:51, Daniel Castelo
<dcastelo.sugarlabs at gmail.com> wrote:
> I forgot to say you something important: !!!  thanks for your help!!!

Welcome, how did you got this working?

Thanks,

Tomeu

> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 09:39 +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 21:07, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 13:46 +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>> > >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 13:41, Daniel Castelo
>> > >> <dcastelo.sugarlabs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> > Sorry, just a distraction.
>> > >> > Is the image that we use in Uruguay, and doesn't have the root
>> > >> > access
>> > >> > available.
>> > >> > Network manager supports connections with a modem 3g?
>> > >>
>> > >> Current versions of NetworkManager do, but if it's the image now used
>> > >> in Uruguay (based in Fedora 9), then it may be too old.
>> > >
>> > > What version of NM ships on those?  NM 0.6x like we originally shipped
>> > > in the images in 2007/2008?  Or were Simon and Daniel able to update
>> > > them to NM 0.7.x?
>> >
>> > This is F9 with NM 0.6.5-0.12.svn3246.olpc3 . I think NM 0.7 support
>> > was added to Sugar 0.84 which hasn't gone into an official OLPC image
>> > yet.
>>
>> Ok, only NM 0.7.x and later support 3G.  So it looks like they will have
>> to wait for an official image, or install the NM 0.7.x ones by hand.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Tomeu
>> >
>> > > Dan
>> > >
>> > >> I'm CC'ing Dan Williams who is the main author of NM in case he can
>> > >> suggest you a way forward.
>> > >>
>> > >> Regards and good luck,
>> > >>
>> > >> Tomeu
>> > >>
>> > >> > Thanks for your help
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Tomeu Vizoso
>> > >> > <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 13:22, Daniel Castelo
>> > >> >> <dcastelo.sugarlabs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >> > OLPC release 9 (Joyride).  is enough?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Sorry, not sure to what image that may correspond. Can you tell me
>> > >> >> how
>> > >> >> that image can be acquired? Depending on the configuration, root
>> > >> >> access may be available or not.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> But James' suggestion is good, if you can do it via
>> > >> >> NetworkManager,
>> > >> >> then you can work around the root limitation.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Also, please don't drop the mailing list from the email recipients
>> > >> >> (do
>> > >> >> "reply all" instead of just replying to me).
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Regards,
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Tomeu
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Tomeu Vizoso
>> > >> >> > <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>
>> > >> >> > wrote:
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 13:01, Daniel Castelo
>> > >> >> >> <dcastelo.sugarlabs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >> >> > 0.82 of sugar with kernel 2.6.25-20090223.olpc
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> A distribution is much more than sugar and a kernel, can you be
>> > >> >> >> more
>> > >> >> >> specific?
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> Thanks,
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> Tomeu
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Tomeu Vizoso
>> > >> >> >> > <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>
>> > >> >> >> > wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:50, Daniel Castelo
>> > >> >> >> >> <dcastelo.sugarlabs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> > First, I tried to sugarized gnome-ppp (made with  C and
>> > >> >> >> >> > gtk) and
>> > >> >> >> >> > execute
>> > >> >> >> >> > it
>> > >> >> >> >> > as an activity. But it doesn't looks fine. Now i am
>> > >> >> >> >> > thinking in
>> > >> >> >> >> > rewrite
>> > >> >> >> >> > gnome-ppp in python like "native" Activity. The problem
>> > >> >> >> >> > that i
>> > >> >> >> >> > have,
>> > >> >> >> >> > is
>> > >> >> >> >> > that
>> > >> >> >> >> > I need to execute wvdial as root and write the resolv.conf
>> > >> >> >> >> > file
>> > >> >> >> >> > with
>> > >> >> >> >> > the
>> > >> >> >> >> > dns
>> > >> >> >> >> > configuration. How can I run things with root privileges?
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> Well, this has nothing to do with Sugar but with the
>> > >> >> >> >> underlying OS.
>> > >> >> >> >> Which distribution are you using?
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> Regards,
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> Tomeu
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> > Thanks.
>> > >> >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Tomeu Vizoso
>> > >> >> >> >> > <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>
>> > >> >> >> >> > wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 13:33, Daniel Castelo
>> > >> >> >> >> >> <dcastelo.sugarlabs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > I am testing the client gnome-ppp to connect the Xo
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > with a
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > modem
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > 3G.
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > When I
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > execute the client using consolehelper and pam (or the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > root
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > user)
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > application looks without the sugar theme. When I
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > execute the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > binary
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > file of
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > the client (/usr/sbin/gnome-ppp) it looks "fine".
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> And you want to create a Sugar activity with the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> functionality in
>> > >> >> >> >> >> gnome-ppp ? Or what is the final goal?
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Regards,
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Tomeu
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Thanks
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Tomeu Vizoso
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:54, Daniel Castelo
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> <dcastelo.sugarlabs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi. When I execute an application written in C and
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > gtk with
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > a
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > "normal
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > user"
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > (not the root user)  it looks fine, I mean sugarized
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > (for
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > example
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > with
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > rounded entry text). But if i execute it with the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > root user
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > it
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > looks
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > without
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > the sugar theme. On what it depends?
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> The Gtk+ theme is set per user, so if you run as root
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> you are
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> running
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> it in a very different environment. If this is a
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> problem for
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> you,
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> then
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> we may be able to help if you explain what you are
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> trying to
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> do.
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards,
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Tomeu
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> --
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> and using
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Sugar.
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> participants.» -
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> David
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Farning
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>> > >> >> >> >> >> «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and
>> > >> >> >> >> >> using
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Sugar.
>> > >> >> >> >> >> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.»
>> > >> >> >> >> >> - David
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Farning
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>> > >> >> >> >> «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and
>> > >> >> >> >> using Sugar.
>> > >> >> >> >> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» -
>> > >> >> >> >> David
>> > >> >> >> >> Farning
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>> > >> >> >> «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using
>> > >> >> >> Sugar.
>> > >> >> >> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» -
>> > >> >> >> David
>> > >> >> >> Farning
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>> > >> >> --
>> > >> >> «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using
>> > >> >> Sugar.
>> > >> >> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David
>> > >> >> Farning
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