[olpc-nz] [Testing] Testing Summary: Auckland - 2 October 2010

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Tabitha Roder wrote:
> Testing Summary: Auckland - 2 October 2010
>
> Who: Abhishek, Fabiana, Robin, Tabitha, Tom
>
> Flipsticks-8
> Tested on XO-1.0 and XO-1.5 running os852 0.84.16
> Found that if you resize the head in a keyframe, the following keyframes
> have head size set to 0. Filed bug on sugar tracker #2396
> There are 5 keyframes and could not find a way to add more keyframes.
>
> Browse-108 on XO-1.0 os852
> Cannot sign out of google mail. Simple version it works. We think it is a
> memory issue.
>
> Calculate-34
> Tested on XO-1.0 and XO-1.5
> entered formula 5**-1 and press enter, on the right you see 5-1 with result
> 0.200000000 when it should show the same formula 5**-1
> Positive powers do show with superscript. Raised ticket #2397 in sugar
> tracker
>
> Tried out USR-20100922 virtualbox appliance with virtualbox 3.2.8 on MacOS
> 10.5.8
> Downloaded from
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-922-IRC-Remix.ovf
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-922-IRC-Remix.mf
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/USR-i386-20100922.vmdk
> Wasn't asked for a name or a colour on startup
> "sugar" user's password is "sugaruser"
>   
add your own user with user manager in gnome
 password root = sugarroot
> Had to install virtualbox guest additions with *sudo apt-get install
> virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
> *Home screen did not resize, but activities did. After apt-get upgrade and
> reboot, home screen resized.
> Didn't do apt-get dist-upgrade, there are quite a few upgrades kept back.
> Sorry, will try that later.
>   
It is important to do apt-get update and apt-get upgrade from terminal
> ctrl-shift-c and command-c cut-n-paste keyboard shortcuts don't work in
> terminal (mac virtualbox host), and middle click cut-n-paste doesn't work on
> a single button mac. Using ctrl-v pastes into surf.
> Clicking the "become root" button in terminal asks for a password, I tried
> blank and "sugaruser" but every password I tried ends the terminal
>   
use "sudo su" instead ( it is a Ubuntu thing )
password=sugarroot
> Popup windows didn't open in surf (wiki.sugarlabs.org's editing help popup)
> alt-tab doesn't work to switch between activities (not sure if this is a
> virtualbox or a mac or a USR thing)
> Frame hot-corners worked well in full screen mode, but once I left full
> screen I couldn't return to it. 
Log in on gdm bar for Sugar fullscreen
use "sugar-emulator -f "command from gnome for full screen
> The best I could do was maximised window. I
> guess this is some virtualbox or mac thing. Had to use alt-shift-f.
> Downloading activities from aslo with surf worked as expected.
>   
You need to logout  then hit right bottom of gdm bar for shutdown options
It is set up for multiple users......( Students)
> Shutdown didn't work from the home view, used sudo halt in the terminal or
> power off signal in virtualbox.
>
> Tried out
> http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/soas-i386-20100930.15.isoin
> virtualbox as above. Created virtual machine with hard disk and 512MB
> memory. Booted from iso, got the fedora boot screen and then the 3 progress
> bars which completed and were replaced with a black screen. Nothing happened
> after that. Checked that iso checksum does matche checksum file in from
> download directory. Didn't do any further testing of this iso.
>   
I have not been able to make one either.
> Pukllanapac-5
> Found it a bit confusing when there was a button to set difficulty level but
> it only worked with 1 pattern.
> Problems with triangle shape, when flipping the shapes some triangles would
> overlap
>
> Dr Geo-1008
> It is in a window frame, not like normal Sugar activities. Strange saving
> that doesn't match usual Sugar behaviour, but goes into a folder. When you
> reopen the activity it is fresh but you can open your work from the folder.
> Made points and lines, circles and arcs. Managed to figure out how to find
> angle and length. Think would have to play a lot more to use it for learning
> geometery.
>
> Quinteti-3
> Two player turned out to mean on one computer, not by sharing in the
> neighbourhood. Hard to see whose turn it was, until we realised the player
> was in bold.
>
>
> Thanks testers
> Tabitha
>
>   
Thanks for testing

Tom Gilliard
satellit

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