<div dir="ltr">I don't think the error reported by Alan is related with the last (or latest) builds at all.<div>This is related to a very old bug, I was looking but couldn't find the ticket.</div><div><br></div><div>Gonzalo </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Hi…<div><br></div><div>So… the XO-1s at the project we have at a school at a women's shelter in central Los Angeles will be updated in the next couple of weeks, getting ready for September school start. What would be the safest build for them to use? I won't be there to help, but it is in good hands with one of our SoCal volunteers. I just want to make it easy for everything to go smoothly.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Carul<br><br><div><hr>Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 09:28:23 -0400<br>From: <a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>; <a href="mailto:devel@laptop.org" target="_blank">devel@laptop.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [support-gang] intermittent keyboard mismapping: 13.2.5 on XO-1 SKU39<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Just an update that I've narrowed in on the/a pattern which triggers the problem, with the help of James Cameron, and some workarounds:<br></div><ul><li>Tapping the ESC key very rapidly during bootup causes the keyboard mismapping (and hence, failure to enter Open Firmware).<br></li><li>Holding down the ESC key during bootup (generally, but not always) avoids the problem (entering Open Firmware).</li><li>Typing no keys at all during initial bootup, appears (I hope) to be a workaround to boot the OS properly, with keyboard functioning properly.<br></li></ul></div></div>Better yet, earlier firmware (e.g. q2e41 in this case) does not appear to show the problem at all, so newer firmware may be available in future to solve this annoying-but-less-serious-that-I-imagined problem. For all using SKU39 XO-1s (or perhaps other/similar XO laptops having the modern touchpad?)<br></div><div><br><div>On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I haven't figured out the pattern yet, but perhaps 50% of the time these XO-1s boot with an unusable keyboard (it's a "US Intl" keyboard, but the keys end up mapped to all the wrong places, showing the wrong letters/numbers, such that not even the ESC key works to get to the Ok prompt).<br><br></div><div>This pattern arises with "vanilla" 13.2.5 (without SD cards) as well as 13.2.5 with SD cards. In other words both of these:<br><br></div><div> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.5#XO-1" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.5#XO-1</a><br> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.5#XO-1_with_SD_card" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.5#XO-1_with_SD_card</a><br><br></div><div>Running the "bye" command at the Ok prompt seems to trigger the problem almost every time (possibly every time?). But that is not the only thing that triggers the problem. Sometimes the XO just boots with unusable keyboard, repeatedly. Then when I try to hit ESC on boot 20 times in a row, I cannot reproduce the problem at other times. Problem occurs on all SKU39 XO-1s I've tried so far.<br><br>I've not yet tried other SKU's. My testing has only just begun, to see if this same problem occurs with (both) 13.2.4 OS's and earlier.<br></div><div><br>Any tips for debugging / identifying the source of this quite serious gremlin? What should I and my small team of debugging volunteers look out for and try? And I'll do more work on this when I get back home late tonight, but all thoughts appreciated-<br><br></div><div>(Also, any recommendations as to which older builds are best, as an interim workaround?)<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ <a href="http://unleashkids.org" target="_blank">http://unleashkids.org</a> !</div></div>
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