[Sugar-devel] Testing images with SUgar 0.102

Sameer Verma sverma at sfsu.edu
Sun Aug 3 20:33:20 EDT 2014


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <godiard at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> I have uploaded new 41002SL* images, with fixes to the activities updater
> (thanks tch),
> web activities support, and new versions of Speak and Story activities.

So, do we now have any OLPC-signed Sugar 102 images or are they still unsigned?

cheers,
Sameer

>
> James, I added short instructions to install the SD images based in the info
> you sent,
> feel free to change if there are some mistake.
>
> Feedback is appreciated.
>
> Gonzalo
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:56 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 09:48:55AM -0300, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:37 AM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >     On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:08:36PM -0300, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:
>> >     > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:36 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >     > > Are there any patches in the SL102 branch [1] that you'd like to
>> >     > > push upstream?  I've looked at them.
>> >     >
>> >     > I would love to see official OLPC images with Sugr 0.102, in that
>> >     > case you can use everything you want :)
>> >
>> >     We're looking into the feasibility of Fedora 20 with Sugar 0.102
>> > now,
>> >     so please continue to be involved.  ;-)
>> >
>> > These are great news! Maybe we can do  chat to coordinate?
>> > The next OLPC AU image will be based on F20 too,
>> > then we can join forces...
>>
>> I've used qemu-arm with a Fedora 20 image to run olpc-os-builder to
>> make an XO-4 image without Sugar and Gnome, and have booted this
>> on XO-4.  Next task is to run olpc-os-builder on the XO-4 to achieve
>> self-hosting.
>>
>> apt-get install qemu-system-arm libguestfs-tools
>>
>> wget
>> http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Images/armhfp/Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-20-1-sda.raw.xz
>>
>> sudo virt-copy-out -a Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-20-1-sda.raw
>> /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.10-301.fc20.armv7hl .
>> sudo virt-copy-out -a Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-20-1-sda.raw
>> /boot/initramfs-3.11.10-301.fc20.armv7hl.img .
>>
>> sudo qemu-system-arm -machine vexpress-a9 -m 1024 -nographic -net nic -net
>> user  -append "console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 rw root=/dev/mmcblk0p3 rootwait
>> physmap.enabled=0"  -kernel vmlinuz-3.11.10-301.fc20.armv7hl  -initrd
>> initramfs-3.11.10-301.fc20.armv7hl.img  -sd
>> Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-20-1-sda.raw
>>
>> >     > The sugar rpms are the Fedora 20 rpms rebuilded in F18.  I just
>> >     > needed do a single change in the sugar rpm (I am working with
>> >     > pbrobinson to push it upstream) and needed remove libwebkit2gtk
>> > from
>> >     > the Requires on sugar-toolkit-gtk3
>> >
>> >     Thanks.  The OLPC RPM dropbox is available now on dev.laptop.org.
>> >     Should we use that or use yours in personal directory?  To use the
>> >     dropbox, place them in public_rpms/{f18,f20} (noarch) or
>> >     {f18,f20}-{xo1,xo1.5,xo1.75,xo4} (i686 and armv7hl).
>> >
>> > Ok, I need check how will work with the AU images, where we use
>> > patched rpms. I will try to make it work with the standard (dropbox)
>> > if possible.
>>
>> Add an additional repository to the .ini file.
>>
>> >     > > Can you also publish the 41001SL0.zd{,.md5} files for use with
>> >     > > external SD card?  If not, you might remove [sd_card_image] from
>> >     > > your .ini file and save some time.
>> >     >
>> >     > Ahh, that is the use of these files :)
>> >     > Uploading....
>> >
>> >     Thanks, I see them uploading.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Uploaded now. There are info about how to install them, right?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> Underlying problem is XO-1 firmware does not have fs-update support.
>>
>> For signed builds, where the firmware contains the deployment key:
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.1/Installation/XO-1/SD
>>
>> For unsigned builds, you may use fs-update on an XO-1.5, XO-1.75, or
>> XO-4, and then move the SD card.
>>
>> Alternatively, this Open Firmware fragment:
>> http://dev.laptop.org/~quozl/z/1XCG63.txt can be added to the top of
>> the 41001SL0.zd.zsp file (generated by olpc-os-builder), and then
>> manually loaded from the ok prompt:
>>
>> ok fl u:\41001SL0.zd.zsp
>>
>> This will then read the 41001SL0.zd file and store it on an SD card.
>>
>> Perhaps olpc-os-builder should add this fragment.
>>
>> --
>> James Cameron
>> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>
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> Gonzalo Odiard
>
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