[Sugar-devel] Flashing Upstream Image allows to listen to boot-up sound ... but none other

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Sun Dec 23 15:57:41 EST 2012


Interesting, but I will require that you reproduce the problem on
Q2F14 before any further remedial work is done.  Q2E46 was released on
2011-07-22 and was not a stable build.

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:54:02AM +0530, nitika.mail wrote:
> Hi Samuel,
> 
>    Thanks for the update!
> 
> I ran the flash writing command again and it worked!
> 
> After thus downgrading the firmware to Q2E45 from Q2E46, the activity sounds
> can be heard just fine!
> 
> It seems that this is a Firmware issue of Q2E46.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> 
> NItika Mangal
> QA Manager
> Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com
> 
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Samuel Greenfeld <greenfeld at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> 
>     Is the CSN XO unlocked with a permanent developer key?  Which OS are you
>     testing?
> 
>     Restarting to enable flash writing is a sign that the XO was secured, and
>     that the flash command would have to be run again after the restart to
>     allow a firmware update to proceed.
> 
>     If you have a developer key for this XO and wish to unlock it permanently
>     you can use the "disable-security" OFW command.
> 
>     I have access to a few CSN-serialed XO-1s (the lettered prefix noting where
>     it was made) but I have not noticed this behavior.  I would have to
>     downgrade them to E-series firmware to see if there was a problem there. 
>     13.1.0 os19 contains Q2F13, but does not sign the binary to automatically
>     update secured XOs.  You should be ideally using Q2F13.
> 
>     If you have no sound in Linux check the volume controls in Sugar's frame
>     and with "alsamixer" at the command line {if necessary}.  The audio mixer
>     state {including mute} is saved in Linux at shutdown, with only selected
>     items overridden by olpc-configure every boot.
> 
> 
> 
>     On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:28 PM, nitika.mail <nitika at activitycentral.com>
>     wrote:
> 
>         Yes it is!
> 
> 
>         On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org>
>         wrote:
> 
>             Is your Xo connected to a charger when start?
>             This is a condition to write the firmware.
>            
>             Gonzalo
> 
> 
>             On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:20 PM, nitika.mail <
>             nitika at activitycentral.com> wrote:
> 
>                 Hi All,
> 
>                    Pursuing this issue, I tried to downgrade the Firmware on
>                 the XO-1 which did not play the sound (and which had the latest
>                 firmware). This was an attempt to verify whether downgrading
>                 the firmware would make the XO play activity sounds:
> 
>                 Serial Number: CSN74802D48
>                 Firmware: Q2E46
> 
>                 When I tried to flash Q2E45 from USB stick, I got a following
>                 message:
> 
>                 Restarting to enable SPI FLASH writing. Try again after system
>                 restarts
> 
>                 The system then automatically reboots and nothing happens!
>                 Going back to the OK prompt, the firmware is seen as it was.
> 
>                 Repeating this process also bears the same result.
> 
>                 Would really appreciate any feedback on this!
> 
>                 Thanks and Regards,
> 
>                 Nitika Mangal
>                 QA Manager
>                 Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com
> 
>                 On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <
>                 gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>                     James,
>                     Any change in firmware between Q2E45 and Q2E46 can be
>                     related?
>                    
>                     Gonzalo 
>                    
>                     On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:09 AM, nitika.mail <
>                     nitika at activitycentral.com> wrote:
> 
>                         Hi Gonzalo,
> 
>                             I have sound in one XO-1 and no sound in the other.
>                         The S/N and Firmware details have been mentioned in my
>                         earlier post. 
> 
>                         Repeating them again...
> 
>                         Following are the details of the XO-1 which plays the
>                         sound:
>                        
>                         Serial Number: SHF725004AA
>                         Firmware: Q2E45
>                        
>                         Following are the details of the XO-1 which does not
>                         play any sound:
>                        
>                         Serial Number: CSN74802D48
>                         Firmware: Q2E46
>                        
>                         So far, I haven't received any updates if anyone else
>                         has this problem reproduced.
> 
>                         Thanks and Regards,
> 
>                         Nitika Mangal
>                         QA Manager
>                         Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com
> 
> 
>                         On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <
>                         gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>                             You have no sound in both xo-1 or only in one of
>                             them?
>                             Anybody else can confirm this?
>                            
>                             Gonzalo
>                            
> 
>                             On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 2:41 PM, nitika.mail <
>                             nitika at activitycentral.com> wrote:
> 
>                                 Hi Gonzalo,
> 
>                                   I'm testing sound playing in activities like
>                                 Pippy, TamTam series, Record etc.
> 
>                                 Basically none of the activities play any
>                                 sound!
> 
>                                 Thanks and Regards,
> 
>                                 Nitika Mangal
>                                 QA Manager
>                                 Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com
> 
>                                 On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Gonzalo
>                                 Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>                                     On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:23 AM,
>                                     nitika.mail <nitika at activitycentral.com>
>                                     wrote:
> 
>                                         Hi Gonzalo,
> 
>                                            Yes, I have tested "volume up/down"
>                                         while booting, and that works fine!
> 
> 
> 
>                                     Great.
>                                      
> 
>                                         Not sure why other sounds can't  be
>                                         heard...
> 
> 
> 
>                                     Can you explain what other sounds are you
>                                     testing?
>                                    
>                                     Gonzalo
>                                    
>                                      
> 
>                                         Thanks and Regards,
> 
>                                         Nitika Mangal
>                                         QA Manager
>                                         Activity Central: http://
>                                         activitycentral.com
> 
> 
> 
>                                         On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:06 AM,
>                                         Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org>
>                                         wrote:
> 
>                                         Startup sound volume is saved.
>                                         Has you tested press a few times
>                                         "volume up" key while booting?
>                                        
>                                         Gonzalo
> 
>                                         On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:28 AM,
>                                         nitika.mail <nitika at activitycentral.com
>                                         > wrote:
> 
>                                         Hi All,
> 
>                                            Flashing 31018o0 Image on XO-1
>                                         (Build: 13.1.0 for XO-1 (Build 18))
>                                         allows to listen to boot-up sound ...
>                                         but none other.
> 
>                                         This happens on one XO, but does not
>                                         show the same issue on another XO-1.
> 
>                                         Following are the details of the XO
>                                         which does not play any sound:
> 
>                                         Serial Number: CSN74802D48
>                                         Firmware: Q2E46
> 
>                                         Following are the details of the XO
>                                         which plays the sound:
> 
>                                         Serial Number: SHF725004AA
>                                         Firmware: Q2E45
> 
>                                         Has anyone faced a similar issue on
>                                         XO-1? Is it possible that a higher
>                                         Firmware version may be the cause ofsu
>                                         no sound?
> 
>                                         Would appreciate clarity on this point!
> 
>                                         Thanks and Regards,
>                                         Nitika Mangal
>                                         QA Manager
>                                         Activity Central: http://
>                                         activitycentral.com
> 
>                                         _______________________________________________
>                                         Sugar-devel mailing list
>                                         Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>                                         http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/
>                                         sugar-devel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>                     _______________________________________________
>                     Sugar-devel mailing list
>                     Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>                     http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>         _______________________________________________
>         Sugar-devel mailing list
>         Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>         http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

> _______________________________________________
> Sugar-devel mailing list
> Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel


-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/


More information about the Sugar-devel mailing list