[OLPC-SF] Fwd: XO-1 browse problem

[Hilary Naylor]

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From: Hilary Naylor <hnaylor at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] XO-1 browse problem
To: olpc-sf <olpc-sf at lists.laptop.org>


Hi Nick and all,
  I guess it's not possible for attach photos to this list because my
reply bounced back. Here it is again, and here's the link to the three
screenshots:
https://plus.google.com/photos/111791032594977425253/albums/6044827373851890945?authkey=CLaQt-qauo7FWQ
thanks
Hilary

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Hilary Naylor <hnaylor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> Thanks for your advice. I have updated the Browse activity. On the
> first machine that I updated, there seemed to be an improvement, as it
> did not suddenly crash as before. But it still makes the address
> unreadable by putting the little rectangles instead of letters -- the
> no.1 screenshot (sorry it's blurry). So I was hopeful when I updated
> Browse for the other 3 laptops. However, these still have the crashing
> (quit, back to start-up screen, or freeze), following a search
> initiated from the Google search box in the Browse homepage. Entering
> www.google.com in the address bar is usually successful for a while
> (see no.2), although sometimes will produce a screen like no.3.
>   I am not searching images or maps, just simple web searches.
> thanks
> Hilary

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Nicholas Doiron
<nickd at codeforamerica.org> wrote:
> Can you update the Browse activity? If you continue to have internet
> trouble, you might need to download the activity from SugarLabs onto a USB
> to install
>
> Another possibility is that Google is taking more resources to run then
> usual. For example Google Images and Google Maps searches are not likely to
> work on an XO 1. You can try DuckDuckGo and see if you have trouble visiting
> several pages in Browse.
>
> Nick
>
> On Jul 29, 2014 3:44 PM, "Hilary Naylor" <hnaylor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>   I'm collecting XOs (mostly from ebay) for a project in Tanzania.
>>   I now have four XO-1s with the same problem. All have been
>> upgraded/updated to firmware Q2F20 and build 14, with the hardware
>> clock reset. At least one was browsing the Internet via my home wifi
>> ok before it was upgraded (I didn't think to check the others before
>> upgrading).
>>   The problem is this: starting with the Browse homepage, where there
>> are two search boxes, entering a word in the "search olpc" always
>> works (the URL shows this is a filtered google search). Entering the
>> same word in "search the web" sometimes crashes the browser. When it
>> doesn't, the characters in the address bar change to empty rectangles.
>> I can also enter google.com in the address bar, and search for a word,
>> but after 3-4 clicks on links, the browser crashes.
>>   I might think this was a "glitch" in my download of the firmware or
>> system except that someone else in the same project has experienced
>> the same effect.
>>   do you have any suggestions?
>> thanks
>> Hilary
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>> Hilary Naylor
>> www.a2zed.us
>> Oakland CA
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