Testing/Reports/ARM RPi


 * <- Back to ARM RPi

Fedora.jpg Test report rpfr-f18-final.img

 * Updated Mar 17 2013


 * Download:
 * NEW: http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-fedora-remix/18/images/rpfr-f18-final.zip
 * http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-fedora-remix/18/images/rpfr-f18-rc1.zip
 * Older version that also works

Write to SD card

 * http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup
 * Detailed options for writing SD card.


 * '''Unzip rpfr-f18-rc1.zip

dd write SD
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 * Using an SD adapter in a USB socket:
 * 1) dd if=rpfr-f18-rc1.img of=/dev/sd(x)  or /dev/mmcblk(x)
 * /dev/sd(x) or /dev/mmcblk(x)
 * Use command "mount" in terminal to get correct device name eg: /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd etc.

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 * '''If you are using a SD slot, you may see /dev/mmcblk(x)
 * 1) dd if=rpfr-f18-final.img of=/dev/mmcblk0


 * CAUTION the device name has to be correct or you can damage your computers drives with no warning.

Insert SD Card

 * Insert SD in RPi and plug in the power supply mini usb
 * Unplug this mini usb to shutdown RPi


 * Connections
 * Picture

Boot SD Card

 * Note this takes several minutes to do reach the first boot.
 * Be Patient


 * Firstboot
 * TimeZone and Language
 * user name and password
 * root password
 * select type of HDMI output
 * resizes the SD /
 * swap settings -  increase to 1024


 * Log in
 * Recommended: turn off screensaver
 * Applications/settings/screensaver
 * Mode "Disable Screensaver"
 * File-Quit

Install sugar-desktop
yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
 * 633kb | 133MB 138 files

yum install sugar-emulator


 * To start SUGAR : Applications Menu: Education/Sugar
 * sugar emulator running on RPi
 * rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img file created with disk utility from working 8 GB SD card
 * and then restored with disk utility to a 16 GB SD Card and booted on RPi 512 "b"


 * This screenshot added 03/18/2013

Sugar

 * Build: Fedora remix release 18 (Raspberrypi Fedora Remix)
 * Sugar: 0.98.2

Create and read wiki-page.pdf files in LDXE and Sugar

 * You can Create wiki-page.pdf files in LDXE using the RPi to load on a USB for access in sugar-read :
 * See: Tutorials/Tutorials.iso
 * Browser in LDXE can print Wiki pages to a .pdf file

yum install evince
 * evince is added so .pdf files can be read in LDXE
 * Read in sugar already can open the .pdf files on a 2nd USB


 * Evince reading Tutorials USB on LDXE Desktop

Introduction to the sugar Interface

 * A tutorial to introduce the sugar-desktop to new users

Duplicating a RPi SD Card

 * Duplicate a working SD Card

Fedora.jpg Test report rpfr-17-xfce-r2.img

 * Feb 12 2013


 * http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Fedora_Remix
 * Download:http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/f17-releases/v5/latest/rpfr-17-xfce-r2.zip
 * Information: http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Fedora_Remix

Write to SD card
6144000+0 records in 6144000+0 records out 3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB) copied, 1056.07 s, 3.0 MB/s
 * Unzip file
 * 1) dd if=rpfr-17-xfce-r2.img of=/dev/sdc

Boot DC Card

 * Firstboot
 * select type of HDMI output
 * resizes the SD / and
 * swap settings

Install sugar-desktop
yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
 * 38 packages (+93 Dependent packages)
 * Download size 120 M
 * Installed size 282 M


 * Log out/Log In to XFCE or Sugar

Sugar

 * Build: Fedora remix release 17 (Raspberrypi Fedora Remix)
 * Sugar: 0.96.2

Activities

 * DO NOT DO SOFTWARE UPDATE - Some activities will "Failed to start" if updated from My Settings/Software update

Fedora.jpg Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-004.img
Changes in this release: - Image resize/swap space creation is now more reliable (note, however, that it will take several minutes after the firstboot setup before the resize/swap takes effect - the system may be used during this time). I think we've probably nailed the last of the significant firstboot/resize/swap issues. - The image is now 1.852G in size and will fit a 2GB card (4GB or larger card is recommended to allow plenty of space for data/extra software/swap). The download is 665MB. Next week we'll start performance tests with armv6 rebuilds (sfp & hfp) and continue work on image size reduction and boot cutdown. Chris Tyler 08/03/2012
 * RECOMMENDED
 * http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/

Write to SD Card
zcat raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-004.img.gz >/dev/mmcblk0
 * Outside of RPi

Boot SD Card

 * Insert the SD Card in the RPi
 * Connect all cables
 * Plug in power cord
 * This starts Boot

Use Network time there is no realtime clock on RPi (errors will occur if time is not set correctly) root password User and Password [x]user is part of administrator group [x]resize with swap 1024 MB - (move slider) [x] Graphical Boot
 * Firstboot
 * Use default desktop config (XFCE)
 * Change memory split:
 * between the ARM CPU and the GPU,
 * "The 004 test image defaults to 224/32 MB memory split - it is not necessary to change this split to use yum.
 * The 240/16 firmware is now included in the image.

"The SD card will be resized during the second boot. "this will appear as the file /swap0 and will appear in both /etc/fstab and swapon -s " ctyler on #seneca A 64 GB SDXC card resizes to: fat 16 /boot  51.00 MB    boot, lba ext4   rootfs 59.43 GiB
 * Resize of File System and Creation of swap
 * Test SDXC Card

Update firmware
su (password) 38 Pkgs/29M
 * Terminal:
 * 1) yum update
 * raspberry firmware and kernel included


 * Change memory split:
 * Required on this image to avoid out of memory condition when using yum to install
 * "This image uses a 224/32 MB memory split between the ARM CPU and the GPU,
 * instead of the more useful240M/16M. To change this, run this command:"

In Terminal: sudo su Password cp /boot/arm240_start.elf /boot/start.elf
 * reboot

Install Sugar 0.96.2

 * 1) yum install sugar* 77M  220M installed

Start Sugar

 * Application Menu/education/sugar
 * sugar-emulator starts


 * Note the Raspberry Pi board on the right bottom of screenshot.
 * The 1 AMP 5 Volt USB powersupply is marginal
 * To insure that RPi gets adequate power, use a powered 4 port USB Hub[1] for the USB Keyboard and USB Mouse
 * [1] (Belkin)

About my Computer
Build: Fedora remix release 17 (Raspberrypi Fedora Remix) Sugar: 0.96.2

Wireless Networking

 * Verified Peripherals: http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals


 * RPi USB Port 1: Powered 4 port USB Hub to run USB Mouse and USB keyboard.
 * RPi USB Port 2 :D-link DWL-122 USB wireless adapter on a 12" USB extension cable.
 * Connects to a WEP wireless AP
 * Shows AD-HOC and wirelss AP's in sugar (f1) Network Neighbourhood.



Disable Screen Saver

 * The screen still blanks after a while even with the screen saver disabled.
 * to Fix:

Terminal: xset s xset -dpms

Shutdown

 * only log off is offered in this test software
 * To Shutdown the RPi:

Terminal: su (password) shutdown -h now
 * Unplug the mini power Connector from RPi board (on the cable coming from the 1,0Amp 5 Volt power supply)
 * Reboot occurs on re-plugging in this connector

Mate.png report Raspbian-PiscesMATE.img

 * 07/26/2011


 * MATE is a fork of GNOME 2
 * http://mate-desktop.org

Download

 * http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesMATEImages
 * http://archive.raspbian.org/images/rpi_pisces_mate_r1.zip

Write to SDXC Card

 * Unzip


 * 1) dd if=rpi_pisces_mate_r1.img of=/dev/mmcblk0

Boot SDXC Card

 * Cards tested:
 * SanDisk Ultra SDXC 64 GB 30 MB/s
 * SanDisk SDHC 8 GB 15 MB/s


 * Do resize of SD Card here in another computer with gparted - (See section below)
 * Use SD card to USB adapter if needed

The following two user accounts are created on this image: Username        Password root            raspbian raspbian        raspbian
 * Boot RPi with the resized card.
 * Login to raspbian
 * Startx
 * boots to MATE Desktop Environment 1.2.0

apt-get update dpkg-reconfigure tzdata - Be sure it is correct apt-get upgrade - 226 files apt-get synaptic

Test#1 Install Sugar-0.96 in Wheezy

 * synaptic:
 * search for sugar
 * Select:
 * sugar-session-0.96 - 315 files

About my Computer

 * Caution Keyring password is asked at start
 * This password required to be used to start Jabber.sugarlabs.org

Build Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable Sugar 0.96.1

Install More Activities in Sugar

 * Download the Activities you want to a USB from http://activities.sugarlabs.org/
 * USB's do not Automount on insertion on the RPi

Mount/Unmount USB

 * Mount USB
 * Terminal:

sudo su (password) root@pisces:/home/raspbian# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /home/raspbian/USB root@pisces:/home/raspbian# unmount /dev/sda1
 * USB appears on Desktop and in Sugar Frame when clicking on Journal
 * Drag Drop install xxxx.xo files from USB to the Sugar Journal
 * Unmount USB

Activities
Pippy       46 Turtle Art  98

Test #2 Install sugar 0.88.1
apt-get update dpkg-reconfigure tzdata - Be sure it is correct apt-get dist-upgrade -  Very Large update
 * continue but use apt-get dist-upgrade

Install sugar-emulator-0.88
apt-get install sugar-emulator-0.88 - Pulls in large set of gnome files

About my Computer
Build:      Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable Sugar:      0.88.1

Activities
Pippy           45 Turtle Art      98 Log             24 Terminal        28 Write           70 Calculate       40 Chat            76 Note: extra Activities added when installed apt-get install sugar-emulator-0.86 then apt-get install sugar-emulator-0.88
 * Installed activities from 0.86 remained

Debian.jpg Test Report: rpi_pisces_r3.zip

 * D/L: http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesImages

"Mike Thompson has produced a publicly available SD image of Raspbian that is bootable on Raspberry Pi hardware. This is called the "pisces" image as that is what Mike's Raspberry Pi system is named on his LAN. This image is a little newer and includes a more complete installation of Raspbian and LXDE than the more minimal Hexxeh image. This image was created using the Debian installer so it reflects a minimal Debian installation with the LXDE packages added for a desktop." Username      Password root          raspbian raspbian      raspbian
 * r3 Image
 * Once booted, log into one of the two existing accounts:
 * This version has a fake hardware clock as the RPi has no clock

Install sugar 0.96
apt-get install sugar-session-0.96

About my Computer
Build              Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable Sugar              0.96.1


 * Starts at sugar: name - color selection screens
 * Keyring password is set
 * Jabber works.

Activities
Pippy        46 Turtle Art   98
 * Still testing--Satellit 17:22, 17 August 2012 (EDT)

Debian.jpg Test Report 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.zip

 * D/L: http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.zip
 * D/L: Minimal Image:http://www.linuxsystems.it/2012/06/raspbian-wheezy-armhf-raspberry-pi-minimal-image/
 * UnZip and write to 8 GB SDHC Card with dd

values tested Raspi-config info               information about this tool expand_rootfs      Expand root partition to fill SD card    [x] overscan           Change overscan configure_keyboard Set keyboard layout                      en-us change_pass        Change password for 'pi' user            [x] change_locale      Set locale                               [x] change_timezone    Set timezone                            US-CA memory_split       Change memory split                     224/32 (default=192MB/64MB  (arm/videocore) ssh                 Enable or Disable ssh server boot_behavior       Start desktop on boot?                   [x] update              Try to upgrade raspi-config    {Select}                      {Finish}
 * Boot SDHC Card
 * Text mode Configuration screen:
 * Reboot
 * resize occurs
 * swap file is created


 * RPi Desktop appears
 * STILL TESTING--Satellit 18:09, 5 August 2012 (EDT)

Debian.jpg Test report debian6-19-04-2012.img

 * Debian info:https://wiki.debian.org/Sugar
 * http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
 * D/L: http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/debian/6/debian6-19-04-2012/debian6-19-04-2012.zip
 * UnZip and write to 64 GB Ultra SDXC Card with dd

login pi password raspberry startx
 * Boot SDXC Card

Install sugar-0.88

 * LXTerminal:
 * Root password is not known but "sudo su" goes to root terminal

sudo su apt-get install sucrose-0.88 apt-get update apt-get install sugar-emulator-0.88
 * Start Education/Sugar from menu
 * Activities loaded:

Browse Read
 * Jabber does not work

About my Computer
Build: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 (squeeze) Sugar: 0.88.1

Resize SD Card with gparted

 * Get Sugar Journal full messages after several uses
 * Fix:
 * Remove SDXC card - Insert in Laptop and start gparted
 * resize-move /dev/sdg2 to 20 GiB


 * Reboot in RPi
 * No longer get journal full messages

Turtle Art 147 GetBooks 11
 * Activities that are too large to run: