Mikus, I am sorry, too, that you found it SO important to answer an email that is not to your wavelength. Btw, your email looks like human spam to me so marking your email id for spam and is so offensive in tone that I have a good mind to withdraw from this list. Did I forget to mention that I did not read more than three lines of your enail.<div>
<br></div><div>Do not reply to this email.</div><div><br></div><div>For the rest in this list, this email from Mikus is far too spiteful in tone for anyone to ignore. Will somebody care to explain unless of course if the email is okay as per the question.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for any coherent reply.</div><div><br></div><div>Jv</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Mikus Grinbergs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikus@bga.com" target="_blank">mikus@bga.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 10/07/2012 10:44 PM, RJV wrote:<br>
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why I posted this is to know whether one<br>
reflashes all the time or is there a more graceful way of getting XO back<br>
on Sugar through Linux?<br>
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I'm sorry - you and I are on completely different wavelengths.<br>
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You use phrases that mean something to you, but have NO significance whatsoever to me. For instance "back on Sugar through Linux":<br>
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If one is in Sugar, there is the capability to get into GNOME by doing: left-click_on_XO-image -> My Settings -> Switch desktop -> Switch to Gnome -> Restart now ... and one is presented with the GNOME desktop. The principal use I myself see in Gnome is if the user wants to manage multiple windows, or is uncomfortable with Sugar-style full screen.<br>
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I myself do NOT use GNOME if I can help it -- I find I can do almost everything I need from the 'Terminal Activity' screen in Sugar.<br>
[By the way, if you do not want the XO to suspend itself, you can go to My Settings -> Power, and unmark all the checkboxes in that panel.].<br>
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If one is in the GNOME environment, there is the capability to get into Sugar by doing: Applications -> System Tools -> Switch to Sugar -> OK ... and one is presented with the Sugar Home View screen.<br>
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IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR CLARITY THE WAY YOU ARE USING THE WORD 'LINUX'.<br>
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The XO runs Linux all the time, whether that XO happens to be in the Sugar environment or happens to be in the GNOME environment. Please use the word 'Linux' only when you mean a desktop system (or equivalent) running a Linux distribution (such as Ubuntu). Please use the word 'Windows' when you mean a desktop system running Windows. Please use the word 'Sugar' only when you mean an XO running in an Sugar environment. Please use the term 'Sugar-on-non_XO' when you mean Sugar running on any kind of hardware other than an XO. Please use the word 'GNOME' when you mean an XO running in an 'GNOME' environment. Please use the term 'GNOME-on-non_XO' when you mean GNOME running on any kind of hardware other than an XO.<br>
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IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR CLARITY THE WAY YOU ARE USING THE WORD 'FLASH'.<br>
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In the context of an XO: Please use the word 'flash' when you mean using the OFW 'flash' command to replace the .rom firmware inside an XO. Please use the term 'install the build' when you mean the process of replacing (or putting) the operating system software inside an XO. Please avoid the word 'reflash' - it's sloppy; instead please use the word 'reinstall' and mention what it is you are reinstalling (e.g., 'reinstall the build' if you mean replacing the operating system in the XO by a "virgin" copy).<br>
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In the context of 'reinstalling' -- there is no NEED to "reinstall" the operating system in the XO unless the one you already have is corrupted (or you have obtained access to a better/newer version).<br>
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DID I FORGET WHICH OS BUILD YOU HAVE INSTALLED?<div><br>
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I need to run a 3G (Airtel - Indian telecom provider) and may need<br>
some help on this.<br>
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Given the kind of questions you are asking, I would __STRONGLY ADVISE__ you NOT to try using an XO for this purpose:<br>
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The only way an XO can talk directly to 3G is with a "dongle". But the "dongle" will need software. [You can only _hope_ that wvdial.rpm is the only significant item of software you would need to pick up yourself.] That software will almost certainly require 'dependencies' to be installed in the operating system - will they be available? And will all the needed software run on an XO? Is the wvdial.rpm that you downloaded even meant for the ARM architecture? [Remember that (non-Android) ARM-CPU operating systems have only recently arrived for general distribution.]<br>
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There may also be difficulties tying in the Network Management in an XO with a connection through 3G. [I myself am currently using an ethernet (wired) path to the internet from my XO-1.75 - but that takes advantage of me having four years of experience using ethernet with XOs - others might encounter hurdles.]<br>
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In any case, I myself am not an user of 3G (i.e., cellular data). So I do not expect to be able to help you. [I do have an Android tablet - and you have no idea of how many people have posted to its support forum about problems setting up good 3G service.]<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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mikus<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>Ravichandran Jv<br><a href="http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com</a><br>
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