[OLPC library] "Failed to start" msg on SoaS on VMware, Virtual Box for screencast

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Mark,
Did Fred's tip below help at all?

Can you clarify what version of Memorize you're struggling with in 
Sugar-on-a-Stick, that is lacking the Create tab you're trying to 
showcase in the screencast?


On 3/19/2012 8:05 PM, Frederick Grose wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Mark Battley <battley at sympatico.ca 
> <mailto:battley at sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all:
>
>     As many of you already know, I have been exploring a range of
>     options for screencasts in advance of the April Manual book-sprint
>     in Boston in April. I have experimented with Sugar's Screencast,
>     recordmydesktop and, with emulators on the Mac (a 17" MBP, a 15"
>     MBP, and a 13" MB Air) using  Screenflow.
>
>     We are looking at the full spectrum of options, but my
>     immediate question has to do with using SoaS on the emulators,
>     specifically VMware. The goal here is to get Record working within
>     the emulator, so that we can do screencasts that demonstrate the
>     full capability of Fototoon, Memorize and Scratch working in
>     combination with Record.
>
>     I have been using Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso  (but also
>     experimenting with F16-i686_SoaS_CL-disk1.vmdk)
>
>     We have had the most success with VMware:
>
>       * In Virtual Box, in Record, the Mac's mic works, but not the cam.
>       * In Parallels, in Record, the Mac's cam works for stills but
>         not video, and the mic is non-functional.
>       * In VMware, we have had both cam and mic fully functioning as
>         you can see in this very rough test:
>       * http://db.tt/NcPRRkiy
>
>
>     When it works, it works flawlessly.... but as often as not we get
>     this: "Record Failed To Start"
>     http://cl.ly/2H0x0b3i201d29142n1k
>
>       * We get this "Failed to Start" message on many other
>         Activities, not just Record. Often, by re-launching the
>         'machine' within VMware, or by re-starting VMware itself, the
>         problem goes away, but often it does not.
>       * Any success we have had has been on the MBP 15". We have yet
>         to get it to work reliably on the MBP 17" , and it has never
>         worked on the MB Air 13".
>       * This "Failed to Start" has shown up in Virtual Box as well on
>         the MBP 17
>
>     Please let me know if any of you have...
>
>         1) Experience running SoaS on an emulator on a Mac and have
>         successfully accessed record
>         2) Have any idea why we are getting the "Failed to Start"  message
>
>
> One possibility I've experienced is busy networking.  One could use 
> the Log Activity to examine the shell and telepathy logs for evidence. 
>  The failed launch will have a log that might show some information, 
> such as a timeout.
>
> SoaS defaults to using jabber.sugarlabs.org 
> <http://jabber.sugarlabs.org>.  Try removing that collaboration server 
> to eliminate this possibility.
>
>           --Fred
>
>
>     Mark Roy Battley
>     www.ntugigroup.org <http://www.ntugigroup.org>
>     www.ntugischool.com <http://www.ntugischool.com>
>
>
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