[Etoys] First version of BotsInc for ODLP and feedback requested.

stephane ducasse stephane.ducasse at free.fr
Thu Sep 27 14:16:21 EDT 2007


Hi bert

mat is trying to help me. He tried Q with 603 and apparently we  
cannot get further than the logging: after we get always to a balck  
screen and
restart endlessly. We cannot get to have etoy or ODLP running.

Stef


> I just tried build 602 which I had on my disk in Q. Worked fine -  
> after the color chooser you have to wait a minute or so until the  
> Sugar UI comes up (even though I have a very fast machine), but it  
> worked. I think this should be the same in 603. There were some  
> more changes in 605 ...
>
> Once you have it running you can press Alt-0 to get a developer  
> console (takes a minute again).
>
> In that console, type "su -" to get a root shell.
>
> In there, type "dhclient eth0" to get an ip address so you can use  
> the network.
>
> To fix the font size in emulation you can do this:
>
> 	https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/3681
>
> - Bert -
>
> On Sep 26, 2007, at 15:00 , stephane ducasse wrote:
>
>> Hi bert (and others)
>>
>> I tried 605 but apparently there is something broken with the X  
>> connection. I continuously got the shell telling
>> me that the x-auth connection is lost.
>> I used olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-605-20070925_0025- 
>> devel_ext3.img
>>
>> I tried with the latest stable version of Q  and also 603,
>> There I could get up to the login and change color page but no more.
>>
>> So I retried with 542 to make sure this was not something with my  
>> machine and it worked.
>>
>> Stef
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25 sept. 07, at 15:37, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>>
>>> Press Alt-Shift-W to get at the World menu ... then you can use a  
>>> file list for example.
>>>
>>> If networking works, then you can click a .pr file in the web  
>>> browser on any web page. Actually, that should work for local  
>>> files too (file:///tmp/myfile.pr).
>>>
>>> But please use a more recent build, I would try the very latest  
>>> (603 as of today).
>>>
>>> - Bert -
>>>
>>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 15:11 , stephane ducasse wrote:
>>>
>>>> I succeeded to arrive to the etoy page  :)
>>>> But I do not know how to load a project that is not already  
>>>> included.
>>>>
>>>> BTW I got a DNU when I clicked on the [projects in journal]
>>>>
>>>> On 25 sept. 07, at 14:45, stephane ducasse wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi bert
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I took
>>>>> 	Q-0.8.1a35.dmg
>>>>> 	olpc-redhat-stream-development-build-542-20070801_0412- 
>>>>> devel_ext3.img.bz2
>>>>>
>>>>> followed the steps described here:
>>>>> 	http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO/Quick_Start/Mac
>>>>>
>>>>> I ended up with a login screen and I do not know how to log and  
>>>>> how I could then start and load the botsinc project.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stef
>>>
>>>
>>>
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