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Revision as of 15:32, 29 July 2012
Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-003.img
Write to SD Card
zcat raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-003.img.gz >/dev/mmcblk0
Boot SD Card
- Plug in power cord
- Firstboot
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 128 MB [x] Graphical Boot
- Use default desktop config (LDXE)
- Change memory split:
- Required on this image to avoid out of memory condition when using yum to install
- "This image uses a 128/128MB memory split between the ARM CPU and the GPU,
- instead of the more useful 224M/32M. To change this, run this command:"
cp /boot/arm224_start.elf /boot/start.elf In Terminal: sudo su Password cp /boot/arm224_start.elf /boot/start.elf
- Resize of File System and Creation of swap
"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
Install sugar-emulator
yum install sugar-emulator
- Jabber works
- Reboot
- Sucess..
#yum install gparted
- gparted shows all of SDXC Card has files on it now.
#yum update
- raspberry firmware arm 5tel 20120727git installed
Install Sugar 0.96.1
#yum install sugar-emulator 37M- 1 Package + 43 Dep Packages #yum install sugar* 62M 177M installed
Start Sugar
- Applications/education/sugar
- sugar-emulator starts
- Note the Raspberry Pi board on the left bottom of screenshot.
Applications
- NAME ____________Version____________Comments
IRC 10 MOON 14 (failed to start) Calandario 4 (failed to start) Flip Sticks 13 Typing Turtle 29 (failed to start) Connect 22 (failed to start) Portfolio 26 Get Books 11 Measure 42 Finance 8 Calculate 40 Pukllanapac 9 Turtle Art 142 (failed to start) Analyze 8 (failed to start) Chat 77 StopWatch 15 Image Viewer 21 Labryinth 14 Terminal 39 PlayGo 5 Log 29 Clock 8 JukeBox 23 Abacus 35 very slow start Mail 1 (failed to start) Help 14 very slow start but works (XO Laptop is subject) Flip 4 Countries 33 (only partially loads ) very slow start icon is grey circle for f3 list view InfoSlicer 15 very very slow start Distance 31 (failed to start) XO Specific activity Dimensions 38 (failed to start) Read 99 (failed to start) Implode 12 (failed to start) Physics 10 (failed to start) Maze 21 View Slides 8 Pippy 48 Record 96 Memorize 41 Browse 139 Works fine Speak 41 starts Shares Chat on f1 neighbourhood but did not join anothers shared chat on jabber Write 79 Paint 43
- STILL TESTING
Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001 and 002.img
- Both of these versions are obsolete use Version 003 (above)
- Version 001:ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17/20120723a/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz
- ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/20120725a/rpfr-727.img
- Version 002 will not log in to firstboot user password
Test report Raspbian-PiscesMATE.img
- 07/26/2011
- MATE is a fork of GNOME 2
Download
Write to SDXC Card
- Unzip
# 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
- Boot RPi with the resized card.
The following two user accounts are created on this image:
Username Password root raspbian raspbian raspbian
- 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
Notes
- 1 Amp Power Supply is marginal with a Dell USB Keyboard and Dell USB Wheel-Mouse connected to the 2 supplied connectors on RPi
- Use a 4-Port Powered Desktop Hub to connect them instead (Belkin 4-port Powered Hub F4U20-8830-06939 Rev A00) worked
Install More Activities in Sugar
- (Note: this is experimental as USB's do not Automount on insertion on the RPi)
- Do one of these: 1 or 2
- 1.Download Activites to Desktop with Browser
- rename xxx.xo to xxx.zip
- extract xxx.zip to Desktop
- change permissions to 077
- apply permissions to files in directories
- Terminal
sudo cp -rf /home/raspbian/Desktop/Surf.activity /usr/share/sugar/activities/ sudo cp -rf /home/raspbian/Desktop/Browse.activity /usr/share/sugar/activities/
- Start Sugar-emulator
- new activities should show in f3 Home screen
- 2.Insert USB with xxx.xo files (/dev/sda1)
- Make folder /home/raspbian/Desktop/USB
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /home/raspbian/Desktop/USB
- USB shows up on Desktop
- Start Sugar-emulator
- Drag Drop install xxxx.xo files from USB to Sugar Journal
Activities
Pippy 46 Turtle Art 98
Test #2 Install sugar 0.88.1
- continue but use apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get update dpkg-reconfigure tzdata - Be sure it is correct apt-get dist-upgrade - Very Large update
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
Resize SDXC Card with gparted
- NOTE: this was done in Trimslice H250 with RPi Card inserted in front SD slot
- SDXC card filled up installing as a test:
apt-get install synaptic apt-get install gparted apt-get install education-desktop-sugar
- after reboot:
apt-get install education-desktop-sugar dpkg --configure -a
- Resumed the install on the enlarged file system
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
- Boot SDXC Card
login pi password raspberry startx
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
Notes
- Activities that work D/L from ASLO (Browse)
IRC-10.xo Turtle Art Mini-147 Turtle Art 147 (very slow) edit-8
- Activities that are too large to run:
GetBooks 11
- Tried loading synaptic but it freezes loading catalogues.
- apt-get remove synaptic
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
- Activities that are too large to run:
Turtle Art 147 GetBooks 11