Devel Digest, Vol 14, Issue 29

Sun Apr 8 18:22:42 EDT 2007

Hi Julius,

I had the same problem with build 385. Seems that the image is low on 
'disk space'. Log in at the console (root, no pw), and remove something 
from /home/olpc/Library (I did about 8MB); after that it should boot fine.

Reinier

Julius Lucks wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> Thanks for the tip.  I tried out build 303 and got it working (and 
> realized that I had been doing some steps wrong previously.)  
>
> Now I am trying build 385, and I can get through all the steps on
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation#QEMU_on_Mac_OS_X
>
> with build 385.  However, when I set up the keyboard layout and the 
> eth0 along the lines of 
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Using_QEMU_on_Troubleshooting#Enabling_the_Network_Alternative_.231
>
> with the following steps:
>
> #echo loadkeys dvorak >> /etc/rc.local
> #echo ifup eth0 >> /etc/rc.local
> #. /etc/rc.local
> # Ctrl-D
>
>  the build 385 does not enter into the Sugar environment but rather 
> gives me a localhost login prompt.  Build 303 enters the Sugar 
> environment, and build 385 seems to want to: 385 has the login prompt, 
> then a black screen, then it comes back to the login prompt with a new 
> line saying something like "build olpc-385 ....." with this cycle 
> repeating over and over.
>
> Anybody have any hints as to what might be happening?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julius
>
>
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 22:36:20 -0400
>> From: Julius Lucks <lucks at fas.harvard.edu <mailto:lucks at fas.harvard.edu>>
>> Subject: Build 385 quemu emulation on Mac OS X
>> To: devel at laptop.org <mailto:devel at laptop.org>
>> Message-ID: <F01EA2A6-D6CE-48DB-B09D-F345C81E825C at fas.harvard.edu 
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> This is the first time I have tried XO emulation, and I am having a  
>> bit of trouble.  I have tried to follow the instructions at
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation#QEMU_on_Mac_OS_X
>>
>> In particular, I downloaded and installed Q.app version 0.8.1.a35  
>> from http://kju-app.org/kju/ .  I then downloaded the XO image
>>
>> olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-385-20070406_2314- 
>> devel_ext3.img.bz2
>>
>> from http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/LATEST- 
>> STABLE-BUILD/devel_ext3/ .
>>
>> After unzipping the image, I configured Q.app to use the image  
>> according to the instructions on the wiki page.  However, when  
>> configuring the advanced settings with:
>>
>>> Advanced - QEMU Arguments: type "-redir tcp:2222::22" (without  
>> quotes)
>>
>> as instructed by the wiki, Q.app would not start from the disk image  
>> and instead gave the cryptic warning "Syntax Error" no matter what I  
>> tried.  Removing this line from the advanced arguments, Q.app did  
>> boot up from the disk image, but I did not get a GRUB screen as the  
>> wiki said.  Following the steps listed on http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ 
>> Sugar_Instructions, what happened instead of seeing the GRUB loader  
>> was the linux bootup.  After that, it asked me for a login name that  
>> would not except anything but the name 'root' with no password.  I  
>> got a terminal as root then, but I was not able to proceed with  
>> seeing Sugar any further.
>>
>> My platform details are:
>> 12" Aluminum G4 1.33 GHz
>> 756 MB Memory
>> OS X version 10.4.8
>>
>> If anyone has any hints as to what I might be doing wrong, I would be  
>> very appreciative!
>>
>> Another question I have concerns keyboard layout.  I have my OS X  
>> keyboard in the Dvorak configuration and it looks like this is not  
>> setup by default when emulating XO with quemu.  How do I use a Dvorak  
>> layout with emulation?
>>
>> Once again, I appreciate your time and help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Julius
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:45:18 +1200
>> From: Follower <follower at rancidbacon.com 
>> <mailto:follower at rancidbacon.com>>
>> Subject: Re: Build 385 quemu emulation on Mac OS X
>> To: devel at laptop.org <mailto:devel at laptop.org>
>> Message-ID: <4618D5CE.80609 at rancidbacon.com 
>> <mailto:4618D5CE.80609 at rancidbacon.com>>
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>>
>> Hi Julius,
>>
>> Julius Lucks wrote:
>>> This is the first time I have tried XO emulation, and I am having a
>>> bit of trouble.
>> The most recent build I have tried is build 303 which worked
>> successfully for me with Q.app version 0.8.1.a35 on OS X.
>>
>> If you get no further advice you might want to try build 303 as I can
>> vouch for it. I haven't tried build 385 yet myself.
>>
>> --Phil.
>>
>>
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