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How to use Sugar on a Stick on a Raspberry Pi;
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Home View (F3 key).
 
  
[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_.png | 700px | 600px]]
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* on another computer, visit [https://arm.fedoraproject.org/ arm.fedoraproject.org] and download the Sugar on a Stick image,
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* write the image to a microSD card, see [[#Fedora_Media_Writer]] below, or use the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi Fedora Raspberry Pi Documentation],
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* insert the microSD card into the Raspberry Pi, and turn it on.
  
Neighborhood View, with wireless firmware loaded, and F1 key pressed.
 
  
[[File:Screenshot_of_Mesh2_.png | 700px | 600px]]
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== Fedora Media Writer ====
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==== Suggested Installation ====
 
  
Write image to microSD card using [https://github.com/MartinBriza/MediaWriter/releases Fedora Media Writer] (FMW), which is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Fedora Linux, and Ubuntu Linux ("...as a flatpak (apt install flatpak), or from source.")
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How to write an image to microSD card using [https://github.com/MartinBriza/MediaWriter/releases Fedora Media Writer] (FMW), which is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Fedora Linux, and Ubuntu Linux as a flatpak, or from source.
 
 
dnf install mediawriter
 
 
 
Here are the test steps;
 
  
 
* download the raw.xz file
 
* download the raw.xz file
 
* select and extract, result is a raw file
 
* select and extract, result is a raw file
* start FMW
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* start Fedora Media Writer
 
* select "Custom"
 
* select "Custom"
 
* select the raw file
 
* select the raw file
* Choose rpi3 from drop-down in FMW
 
 
* Insert microSD in Mini Card Reader and insert in USB port
 
* Insert microSD in Mini Card Reader and insert in USB port
* Choose rpi3 from drop-down in FMW
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* Choose rpi3 from drop-down in Fedora Media Writer
 
* Write microSD
 
* Write microSD
 
* Insert in Raspberry Pi 3 slot and power up
 
* Insert in Raspberry Pi 3 slot and power up
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== Wireless ==
  
 
Fedora SoaS does not include wireless firmware, see the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi?rd=Raspberry_Pi#Wifi: FAQ] for reason and a fix.  The fix can be applied in sugar terminal;
 
Fedora SoaS does not include wireless firmware, see the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi?rd=Raspberry_Pi#Wifi: FAQ] for reason and a fix.  The fix can be applied in sugar terminal;
 
  sudo curl <nowiki>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/master/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt</nowiki> -o /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt
 
  sudo curl <nowiki>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/master/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt</nowiki> -o /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt
 
My Settings, Network, Collaboration Server can be set to jabber.sugarlabs.org.  The default in Sugar 0.110 is not to use jabber.sugarlabs.org unless configured.  When jabber.sugarlabs.org server is not running, please write to systems@lists.sugarlabs.org to ask for help.
 

Revision as of 18:59, 9 August 2017

How to use Sugar on a Stick on a Raspberry Pi;


Fedora Media Writer ==

How to write an image to microSD card using Fedora Media Writer (FMW), which is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Fedora Linux, and Ubuntu Linux as a flatpak, or from source.

  • download the raw.xz file
  • select and extract, result is a raw file
  • start Fedora Media Writer
  • select "Custom"
  • select the raw file
  • Insert microSD in Mini Card Reader and insert in USB port
  • Choose rpi3 from drop-down in Fedora Media Writer
  • Write microSD
  • Insert in Raspberry Pi 3 slot and power up

Wireless

Fedora SoaS does not include wireless firmware, see the FAQ for reason and a fix. The fix can be applied in sugar terminal;

sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/master/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt -o /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt