[support-gang] support-gang Digest, Vol 109, Issue 15

[Adam Holt]

On Feb 13, 2017 7:16 AM, "Tony Anderson" <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:

Hi, Adam

I have been unable to get the TuxMath from SugarLabs GitHub to work. The
'failed to start' message means that no 'set_canvas' was issued within the
timeout. It is likely Nathan's wrapper issues set_canvas since TuxMath (and
GCompris) are not aware of it. The real question is does TuxMath work?


It worked consistently last night on a cleanly reflashed 13.2.8 on XO-1 so
the answer is yes, ~126KB TuxMath 3.1 wrapper on 7MB TuxMath 3 works
reliably, if the right magic sauce is applied with yum en route.

(Reproducing the exact steps is my goal however, as I'm tired of relying on
magic sauce, so I'll keep working on it +)

The GCompris team is actively adding activities so the size of the install
may be increasing. GCompris includes TuxPaint as one of its activities, but
it can be executed independently.

I often use the Terminal activity and execute Gnome applications directly
in sugar (e.g. $gcompris). This is also a test whether a problem is with
the Gnome-side install or with the wrapper.

Tony

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> On Feb 12, 2017 4:08 PM, "Adam Holt" <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
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> FYI those who want TuxMath on XO-1: run Nathan's wrapper (TuxMath-3.1.xo,
> 126KB) after installing the following on XO-1...
>
> http://download.unleashkids.org/HaitiOS/bundles/tuxmath-3.xo   (7.0 MB)
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> (Without Nathan's wrapper, error "TuxMath failed to start" appears 5 sec
> after launch, e.g. from Sugar's Journal.)
>
>
> Still no luck getting GCompris installed on XO-1, but FYI for all Nathan
> Riddle's 4 wrappers (that clean up activity.info and add an icon for Sugar
> ring / Home View, for each of Gcompris, TuxMath, TuxPaint, Firefox) are
> published here:
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> http://download.unleashkids.org/HaitiOS/bundles/xo-wrappers-
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> On Feb 12, 2017 5:01 PM, "Adam Holt" <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
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> On Feb 12, 2017 4:08 PM, "Adam Holt" <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>
> FYI those who want TuxMath on XO-1: run Nathan's wrapper (TuxMath-3.1.xo,
> 126KB) after installing the following on XO-1...
>
> http://download.unleashkids.org/HaitiOS/bundles/tuxmath-3.xo   (7.0 MB)
>
> (Without Nathan's wrapper, error "TuxMath failed to start" appears 5 sec
> after launch, e.g. from Sugar's Journal.)
>
>
> Ah well I could not reproduce this on the very same XO-1 when cleanly
> reflashed, an extremely well-tested unit in quite perfect condition.
>
> Possibly yum install of certain libraries is needed, unlike in times past.
>
> Will try to get to the bottom of this all with Nathan Riddle and others in
> the coming week, to understand what's wrong with the installation recipe!
>
> Certainly frustrating after a week, that I still cannot get a clean install
> routine for TuxMath & GCompris on 13.2.8 on XO-1...
>
> (At least XO-4 installs are easy!)
>
>
> Still no luck getting GCompris installed on XO-1, but FYI for all Nathan
> Riddle's 4 wrappers (that clean up activity.info and add an icon for Sugar
> ring / Home View, for each of Gcompris, TuxMath, TuxPaint, Firefox) are
> published here:
>
> http://download.unleashkids.org/HaitiOS/bundles/xo-
> wrappers-from-nathan-riddle/
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