[Server-devel] Questions

Martin Langhoff martin.langhoff at gmail.com
Fri May 8 05:18:30 EDT 2009


Hi Henry!

2009/5/8 Henry Vélez Molina <henry.laptop at gmail.com>:
> We have been working again on trying to install versión 5 of the XS server.
> Anaconda has not been able to work in our server. I think that the reason is
> the incompatibility with the graphic card.
> Is there any way to update the system from Version 4?, Can i do it with
> "yum-update" or "yum-upgrade"? How can we know if the server was updated?

Yes, you can update even if there's trouble with the graphics card.

 - make sure you're using 0.5.2 , not 0.5
 - in the initial menu you see when booting from the install/upgrade
CD, choose the "install/upgrade in text mode" option
 - as you are upgrading from 0.4, you'll need to use the 'upgradeany'
trick -- follow the notes in
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software

yum may work but it'll be rather tricky -- you need to know the
correct repositories, and it's 100% untested. For this upgrade, I
really don't recommend it.

> As we go forward in working with the current version of sugar, we note the
> following:
> The mouse-pad continues to be unstable

- Do you know about the 4-finger mousepad reset? (search the wiki...)

> some XOs have problems with the sound, the sound doesn`t work at all
> some XOs have problems with the cam: the vision can be unclear or not work
> at all

About those problems:
- Have you checked the repair guide (in the wiki...)? It has answers
to most common problems...
- Have you tested (sound/camera) from the OpenFirmWare hardware
diagnosis tool? (see the wiki for 'cheat codes')
- If the problems are not discussed in the repair guide, you can post
about that on devel at lists.laptop.org with good information about the
problems. The experts are on that list and will help diagnose the
problems...

abrazos,



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