[olpc-nz] [Testing] Testing summary - Auckland New Zealand, 26 February 2011

[Samuel Greenfeld]

I haven't had the chance to check os11 on an XO-1 yet, but make sure you 
are using both the .onu and .uim files on an XO-1, and pointing the 
"update-nand" command to the .onu file.  See 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/11.2.0 for an example of how this is done.

With the 11.2 builds there actually are two partitions being created, so 
"copy-nand" does not work.  copy-nand will attempt to process a .uim 
file, but all copy-nand does is look to see if the size of the file make 
it look like it has image data, and process a checksum file if present 
(in this case there is none).

Running copy-nand against the .uim file definitely will make the laptop 
look non-functional.  I've done it a few times myself.


The two partition approach with different file system types does cause 
some obscurities while watching the progress of the image being loaded 
-- it will do the first short partition and then write the "blue" 
cleanmarkers, but not write any cleanmarkers after the second partition, 
which doesn't use them.  But once the XO-1 returns to Open Firmware's 
prompt successfully you should be able to reboot and use it.


{On XO-1.5 machines, you can still use "fs-update" with 11.2.0.}


On 02/26/11 04:24, Tabitha Roder wrote:
> Testing summary - Auckland New Zealand, 26 February 2011
> Who: Fabiana, Leslie, Tabitha
>
> Tried to test os11.uim on XO-1.0s but they failed to start after 
> writing the image. Created 3 USBs of the same download. Tried to 
> update 3 XOs. All three completed the write process and then on 
> rebooting two stopped with the X in the middle of the screen (could 
> not access console) and one stopped with some text. I wrote the text 
> in IRC #olpc and someone said that it meant there was a bad image, 
> probably a bad USB. There was no md5sum on the website so we don't 
> know if the download was good but the write process succeeded which 
> has never worked before if the image was corrupted.
>
>
> PJ Lite version 9
> The cursor is much better, thanks
>
> Boxes version 17
> Game plays well. What was interesting was that only one of three of us 
> had ever played it as a child.
>
> Numbers version 7
> Played well but didn't have parenthesis for higher levels
> After doing a few rounds you can work out strategies that let you 
> solve the problem without doing the math. Might be good as a practice 
> tool but probably not as an assessment tool.
> Would be good if you could see the wrong attempts until you get it right.
>
> Eleusis version 5
> You dont know how many times you need to click the red card to get to 
> the end of the level, so maybe some space indicators that show you 
> need 3 cards to complete the level before you push the green button?
> Could you make it so that you press the X gaming key for no and the 
> tick gaming key for yes? Then maybe the square gaming key could be new 
> card and the circle gaming key could be used for the green button? 
> That would mean you don't have to use the touchpad (which can be hard 
> work on the XO-1).
> Would be good if you could choose the level (so you can skip levels 2, 
> 3, 4 when you have learned the rule in level 1).
> We got stuck on level 11 where it got very much harder. Even when one 
> of us got it we didn't know why. Thank Goodness for the bartender who 
> came and sat next to us and immediately told us it was red black !!! 
> oh dear. Levels 12 to 14 seemed easy but on level 14 there was 
> something weird about it (looks like two red cards and then two black 
> cards but all of us had at least one occasion where it didn't accept 
> that - so maybe this level has a bug?). Level 15 was difficult but we 
> did manage to figure it out without the bartender (even, odd). Level 
> 16 was 3 of the same suit. Level 17 and 18 were easy (numerical order 
> and alternate colour). Level 19 was also pretty easy (same suit or 
> same number).
> We would like to see more levels please. This game was awesome as it 
> entertained us for over an hour. Highly recommend this game.
>
> Spirolaterals version 20
> One of us played a couple of levels successfully before being 
> distracted into playing Trails with the others.
>
> Trails version 4
> Seems to be directional. Cannot have lower number below a higher 
> number on the grid, and can only go left to right numerically not 
> right to left. There are two buttons, appears the left is reset and 
> the right is new game. You only get points for numbers that land on a 
> square that has its own number.
>
> Collected power logs, attached.
>
> Thanks
> Tabitha
>
>
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