Testing/Reports/ARM RPi

Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-003.img

• Version 003: http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/20120727a/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-003.img.gz

http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/20120727a/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-003.readme

ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/latest/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-003.img.gz

ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/latest/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-003.readme

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
• Sugar 0.96.1
• No Activities
• STILL TESTING --Satellit 00:04, 29 July 2012 (EDT)

Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img

Version 001 Used in this example:

• Version 001:ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17/20120723a/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz

• Version 002: ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17/latest/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-002.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

And could not be tested

Write to SD Card

• To use this image, boot a Fedora system, download the image, and execute this command:

zcat raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz >/dev/X
*Where X represents your unmounted SD card device (typically starting with  "sd" or "mmcblk").
Do not use a partition device, use the device representing the entire SD card.

• Alternate Method

uncompress .gz file
in root terminal:
dd if=raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img of=>/dev/X*

• example:

# dd if=rapberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img of=/dev/mmcblk0
6144000+0 records in
6144000+0 records out
3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB) copied, 1266.46 s, 2.5 MB/s

Boot SD Card

Plug in power cord

• Firstboot

root password
User and Password
[x]user is part of administrator group
[x]resize with swap 128 MB
[x] Graphical Boot

• log in (you are forced to change your password)

Use default desktop config (LDXE)

• Change memory split:

Required on this image to avoid freezes

In Terminal:

sudo su
Password
"This image uses a 128/128MB memory split between the ARM CPU and the GPU,
instead of the more useful 192M/64M. To change this, run this command:"
cp /boot/arm192_start.elf /boot/start.elf

• Reboot

Sucess..

Sugar-Desktop is not available

• No Fedora Repositories can be added (not available)

Test 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

# 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

1. rename xxx.xo to xxx.zip
2. extract xxx.zip to Desktop
3. 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