[Testing] Caryl's 8.2.0 smoketest results

[Mitch Bradley]

Mel Chua wrote:
> The wonderful Caryl Bigenho did smoke testing for 8.2.0 last week - 
> ccing the testing list in on the discussion of results.
>   
>> * Just checking - this was on build 767 signed, right? Does your XO have
>> security enabled / a dev key?
>>
>> I have a dev key and downloaded 767 before I left Montana on the 25th 
>> of Sept.  I think it may have been still unsigned at that time.  
>> Security is not enabled, and I don't know how to turn it back on and I 
>> don't know how to get back to a pretty-boot.  I haven't been back to 
>> the instructions to try them and now have no idea where they are!
>>
>> * On a slightly meta note, do you have any thoughts or feedback on how
>> we could make it easier for you and others to run smoke tests?
>>
>> Smoke testing can be fun, especially when something goes wrong! Maybe 
>> we could ease folks into testing a little at a time.  Ask them to 
>> download the target build and test just one particular activity that 
>> may be a special problem.  If they "take the bait," congratulate and 
>> thank them profusely and invite them to try another test or tests.
>>
>> The current instructions really are pretty good, but they sort of jump 
>> around between things you can do and can't do depending on the number 
>> of machines you are using. I'm a great believer in the old fashioned 
>> flow-chart way of doing things.  Maybe the smoke test could be set up 
>> that way, with a simple start leading to other things depending on the 
>> results and the computer set-up of the tester. (MoveOn's online tool 
>> for calling volunteers is an excellent example of how this could be done).
>>
>> * Do you have any ideas on how to recreate the "clipboard doesn't work"
>> bugs?
>>
>> I haven't followed through on this yet.  I will go back through the 
>> olpc-sur lists again and find out what activities were giving them the 
>> problems and then I'll go back and try all sorts of things on my test 
>> machine.  I'll let you know in a few days.
>>
>> I have been doing a smoke test of my own this evening.  There is a 
>> wonderful web site put up by the University of Nottingham in England.  
>> It is called "The Periodic Table of Videos" 
>> (http://www.periodicvideos.com/#). It uses Flash.  I anticipate a lot 
>> of questions about Flash from our new G1G1 donors, so I decided to 
>> test it out and see what happened.
>>
>> I was hoping to get it to run on my test machine (running 767).  Gnash 
>> wouldn't work so I tried all the steps on the wiki to install Flash, 
>> test to be sure I had it, and disable Gnash.  After disabling Gnash I 
>> was supposed to "reboot" (why does the XO call it "Restart?"  NuBs 
>> will be confused.)

I would argue just the opposite:

a) "Start" is an ordinary word that everybody knows
b) "Boot" is computer jargon, whose meaning is barely related to the 
common meaning of the word
c) The most common OS on the planet uses the word "restart"

>>  It started to restart and then hung. I'll put the 
>> error message I got at the bottom of this.  I finally did a force quit 
>> with the power button and turned it back on. 
>>
>> So, then I tried the Periodic Videos again.  The video loads 
>> completely but will not play.  You can scroll through it and it seems 
>> to want to play but doesn't. Of course, there is no sound. These 
>> videos are UTube based.
>>
>> Next,  I tried Webkinz.  Since I don't have a webkinz "pet," the best 
>> I could do was look at the introductory presentation, which worked fine.
>>
>> Then I tried another favorite of mine, the Discovery Channel's 
>> "Virtual Volcano." 
>> (http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html) 
>> It almost works.  You can pick the conditions and it will draw your 
>> volcano and tell you what type it is (much more slowly than on my 
>> Mac), but it will not do the eruptions.
>>
>> I expect we will be getting a lot more questions about Flash from our 
>> new G1G1 donors.  I would like to be able to help them and I know many 
>> other Support-Gang members would also.  Any ideas how I can get these 
>> sites to work?
>>
>> Enough....It is getting late and I have to work on the house 
>> tomorrow.  Hope this info is useful.
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>> P.S. Error message....
>>
>> a full page of:
>>
>> invalid filter 1
>> invalid filter 1
>> invalid filter 1
>> invalid filter 1 (etc)
>>
>> followed by:
>> waiting for x server to shut down
>> xinit: unexpected signal 15
>>     
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