<div dir="ltr">Hi Mentors, Hope you all are doing great! <div>I have tested Sugar on Raspberry Pi and I have prepared a report based on my findings. I am attaching the same for your reference. I am trying to fix these bugs and would request you all to review and give your suggestions on how to fix these issues going forward. Thanks and Best Regards<div>Simrann Arora GitHub Handle: <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_-6135916215121701617m_-1787204107895656850plusReplyChip-3">@simrann20</a></div></div></div><img src="https://my-email-signature.link/signature.gif?u=968470&e=342550099&v=90b7f9de80777860e3ea6493dd6c79c88cef49312e915359b33e346c5220d2ff" alt="" width="0" height="0" style="width:2px;max-height:0;overflow:hidden"> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 2:10 AM James Cameron <<a href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org">quozl@laptop.org</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">G'day Simrann, Running Sugar on Raspberry Pi OS to identify what needs fixing will be a good thing for Sugar Labs. It will also feed into and affect the other proposals and ideas. There is an opportunity to collaborate with many others. Your proposal could include a list of Raspberry Pi focused Linux distributions you have tested Sugar on, along with the broad outcomes. On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 01:43:04AM +0530, Simrann Arora wrote: > Hello James, > > Thanks for your quick response. > > From what I understand, `rpi23-gen-image` repository is old so it cannot be > used for this project. > I think I should run Sugar on Raspberry Pi OS and identify what is broken/bugs, > so I can work on fixing them during my GSoC period. > > I will also check out other debian image builders for Raspberry Pi which can be > leveraged to create Sugar OS images. > > I would also request my mentors @walterbender and @alexperez to see if my > understanding is correct and also discuss the hardware requirements to extend > the functionalities of existing activities like Turtle Blocks, Measure, and > Pippy. > > Thanks and Best Regards > Simrann Arora > GitHub Handle: @simrann20 > * > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 5:39 AM James Cameron <[1]<a href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org" target="_blank">quozl@laptop.org</a>> wrote: > > Hello Simrann, > > I've just now tested [2]<a href="https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image</a> on a > Debian 10 Buster 64-bit system, and it got past the debootstrap stage, > compiled a kernel, generated an image, but failed with "losetup: > cannot find an unused loop device". I did not see an exec format > error. The method was; > > ``` > apt install -y git debootstrap debian-archive-keyring qemu-user-static > binfmt-support dosfstools rsync bmap-tools whois git bc psmisc dbus sudo > crossbuild-essential-armhf crossbuild-essential-armel bison flex libssl-dev > git clone [3]<a href="https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image.git" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image.git</a> > cd rpi23-gen-image > ./rpi23-gen-image.sh > ``` > > I suggest making sure you are using the operating system versions > described in the README.md file, and the HEAD of the master branch. > > Do not use the Sugar Labs fork of the repository, as it is very old. > > Do engage with the rpi23-gen-image project; it is not part of Sugar > Labs, and we have not used it for a while. Your problem with > debootstrap is best answered there, or by reading the debootstrap > or Linux source code. > > I'm not a mentor for Google Summer of Code this year, but I've a few > things to say. > > I doubt that rpi23-gen-image is suitable for your project. It is for > making images. It is an external tool, and not part of the workflow > of either the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Debian Project, or Fedora > Project. These projects use other tools to prepare their images, > based on their package archives. > > Sugar is available for Raspberry Pi on Debian, Fedora, and Raspberry > Pi OS already. > > Raspberry Pi OS does not include Sugar in the images, but it can be > installed. This is because Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian. > > The Fedora Sugar on a Stick images are available for Raspberry Pi. > > The number of organisations involved that are not Sugar Labs makes > your project a challenge. Mentors working for Sugar Labs can't easily > affect the other projects or make resources available for you. You > should ask your mentors to better define the scope, without creating > work dependencies on other organisations. > > Sugar on Raspberry Pi does have several bugs, and does not have > Raspberry Pi specific extensions. > > Fixing those bugs is a matter of either (a) fixing our software in a > Sugar Labs repository, (b) fixing packaging in the Fedora or Debian > Projects, and (c) waiting for the fixes to reach the released images. > That wait always exceeds the time available for Google Summer of Code. > > Adding features specific to the Raspberry Pi is important. For that, > you will need a Raspberry Pi, and electronics components and tools. > If you've worked on Arduino previously, this will be easy. You will > write software in Sugar Labs repositories, such as Turtle Blocks, > Measure, and Pippy. > > References: > > [4]<a href="https://arm.fedoraproject.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arm.fedoraproject.org/</a> > [5]<a href="https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/</a> > [6]<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi</a> > [7]<a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi-soas.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi-soas.md</a> > [8]<a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi.md</a> > [9]<a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md</a> > [10]<a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Raspberry_Pi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Raspberry_Pi</a> > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 03:09:48AM +0530, Simrann Arora wrote: > > Hi Mentors, > > > > Hope you all are doing well! > > > > My name is Simrann Arora and I am an aspiring GSoC 2023 contributor. I > have > > been actively trying to contribute to the 'Sugar on Raspberry Pi' project > that > > has been selected for GSoC this year. As far as my progress is concerned, > till > > now I have completed the following tasks: > > - Setting up Debian version 11(bullseye) VM on my mac using Parallels > Desktop, > > earlier I had installed Ubuntu 23.04 using VMware Fusion > > - Cloning the rpi23-gen-image repo for building Sugar OS image. > > - I tried running the rpi23-gen-image builder script but I am getting > this > > error: > > ``` > > chroot: failed to run command '/debootstrap/debootstrap': Exec format > error. > > ``` > > > > I did some research to fix this, and found out that it might have > occured due > > to the architecture mismatch of the chroot environment and the command > that I > > am using to run the script, like suppose the chroot environment is 64-bit > and > > the executable is 32-bit. Another reason could be that the executable is > not > > compatible with the OS or the linux distro within the chroot environment. > > > > - To fix this, I created a chroot environment of Debian version 9 > (stretch) > > within my Debian 11 distro to make it compatible with the > `rpi3stretch-sugar` > > template as given in the `rpi23-gen-image` repository and cloned it. > > However, when I ran the script, I encountered the same error: > > ``` > > chroot: failed to run command '/debootstrap/debootstrap': Exec format > error. > > ``` > > > > To further troubleshoot this, I tried installing the `binfmts support` > and > > enabling qemu-arm within the chroot. > > Again I got an error: `update-binfmts: warning: qemu-arm not in database > of > > installed binary formats. ` > > > > Now to fix this one I tried reinstalling qemu-user-static and enabling it > but > > it says that it might be possible that this package isn't installed in my > > system's repo or I need to use another repo for the same. > > > > I would like to request the mentors to guide me further on this and > discuss the > > next steps of implementation and the project requirements. > > I am very keen on working on this project, gaining in-depth understanding > on > > this and taking it further. > > > > Also, as the proposal deadline is just around the corner, I would be > really > > grateful if I could connect with all the mentors on a Zoom/GMeets call to > > discuss the project > > > > Thanks a lot > > Simrann Arora > > GitHub Handle - @simrann20 > > > > * > > References: > > [1] mailto:<a href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org" target="_blank">quozl@laptop.org</a> > [2] <a href="https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image</a> > [3] <a href="https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image.git" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/drtyhlpr/rpi23-gen-image.git</a> > [4] <a href="https://arm.fedoraproject.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arm.fedoraproject.org/</a> > [5] <a href="https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/</a> > [6] <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi</a> > [7] <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi-soas.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi-soas.md</a> > [8] <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi.md</a> > [9] <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md</a> > [10] <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Raspberry_Pi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Raspberry_Pi</a> </blockquote></div>