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

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Thu Dec 27 20:29:56 EST 2012


Good to hear, thanks.  It means the fix was already done.  Please use
Q2F13 or later.

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 08:37:47PM +0530, nitika.mail wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
>    I recently tested on Q2F13 and did not find this issue. It looks like that
> the issue was specific only to Q2E46 firmware!
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> 
> Nitika Mangal
> QA Manager
> Activity Central: http://activitycentral.com
> 
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 2:27 AM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>     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
>     >
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