[OLPC-devel] Build image 76.
Christopher Blizzard
blizzard at redhat.com
Wed Aug 23 16:02:17 EDT 2006
Chris Ball wrote:
> * is bootable from NAND with LinuxBIOS
> * "amd" EZA X driver is now included, but not used by default.
> To use, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, changing "fbdev" to "amd".
Yeah, but it's not well tuned for panels? Your image below (electric
google!) looks different than mine, which was oddly stretched.
> * sugar now works again
Yeah, first snapshots of the new interface! You can just use
ctrl-alt-f1 to go to a console and log in as root. No password required.
> * vesafb isn't in the kernel (why not?), so qemu doesn't work.
Will follow up with Marcelo when he shows back up. JUst looks like it
wasn't included in the config.
> * no /dev/mtd0 when booted through Insyde, so can't write to NAND;
> /dev/mtd0 *does* appear when booted through LinuxBIOS, though.
Don't know what's causing this, but it causes my spider sense to tingle.
> * "amd" X driver has some problems. A photo:
> http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/cjb/olpc-amd.jpg
It's electric! Boogie woogie woogie!
> * warnings appear on boot:
> * failed to open /dev/md0: no such device or address
Known upstream rawhide/fedora problem.
> * warning: can't open /etc/mtab: no such file or directory
Don't know what's causing this. That and the md0 problem seem harmless,
but we should track them down at some point.
--Chris
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