[Server-devel] initial notes on 0.7

Sameer Verma sverma at sfsu.edu
Wed Feb 15 19:43:28 EST 2012


On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> We managed to install XS 0.7 using the CentOS 6.2(minimal) + EPEL +
>> OLPC XS approach. The machine is SolidLogic box (same as the one used
>> in OLPCorps). The installation went well, with minor glitches (notes
>> will be on the wiki).
>>
>> One pattern we've seen is that on XO 1.5 build 883, it keeps
>> restarting X (gives some dcon freeze message) periodically. On a XO
>> 1.5 build 852, it runs ok. Restarting problem was on three different
>> XO 1.5s.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sameer
>> --
>> Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
>> Professor, Information Systems
>> San Francisco State University
>> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
>> http://commons.sfsu.edu/
>> http://olpcsf.org/
>
>
> Some more details based on notes (thx to Alex Kleider).
>
> Machine used: SolidLogic GS-L02 Fanless Mini-ITX System
> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/systemgs_l02
>
> Note: We tried to install on a Fujitsu P2120
> (http://www.linuxsoftware.co.nz/wiki/P2120Linuxr) but it failed
> because CentOS 6.2 won't install on non-PAE systems. This machine was
> able to run XS 0.6
>

What distro would be appropriate to start for a non-PAE system?

Sameer


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