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==== Boots 2 ways to gnome3-shell====
 
==== Boots 2 ways to gnome3-shell====

Revision as of 08:00, 7 April 2011


Fedora.jpg

Fedora 13

The Sugar Learning Environment is packaged in Fedora 13.

  • From the System -> Administration -> Add/Remove Software menu, search for Sugar.
  • Among all the packaged Activities select,
XO buddy.png The emulator for the Sugar Learning Environment
sugar-emulator-0.88.1-1.fc13 (no arch)
and any or all of the Activities.
Sugar will be available in your Applications -> Education menu.

Fedora 14

Sugar Learning Environment packaged in F14 or F15

  • In root terminal:
yum groupinstall sugar*
yum install sugar-emulator

Sugar will run in a Xephyr window within your current environment. You will have full access to the Sugar features, and may even run multiple instances to simulate a local collaboration group. Later versions of Sugar require one emulator per logged in user (there can be more than one user running) Check this

Adjust the default window size for Sugar by editing the menu item for Sugar to
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 1200x900
to match the XO reflective screen resolution
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 832x624
approximates the display proportions of the XO laptops, closely matching the toolbar, for example.
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 600x500
fits the screen for a 10-inch netbook
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -f
full screen on netbook

You may also collaborate with others in the jabber.sugarlabs.org server Neighborhood (Press <F1> to see the Neighborhood view.)

SugaronastickMirabelle.pngTests of Nightly Composes

Click link to open ^
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS

Gnome icon.png Fedora 15 gnome3 with sugar 0.92.0

Template:Admon/note

Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop-Download

Click link ^ to download
Other versions of TC1 (DVD; netinstall; and Alpha were problematic)

Boots 2 ways to gnome3-shell

  1. Boots as CD on ACER ASPIRE ONE N450
  2. Boots from dd Installer USB on ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 (see below)

Install to HD

(use whole disk) 04/01/2011
Custom install did not work
Internal and External USB Hard Disks
VirtualBox 4.0.4 HD (Starts in fall back mode only)

Install Sugar

yum groupinstall sugar* --skip-broken
(read is broken))
yum install sugar-emulator alacarte hulahop* webkitgtk*
terminal alacarte
education/sugar/properties edit command to "sugar-emulator -f"
(-i600x500) for smaller window with 10" screen
Save
shutdown and restart for changes in alacarte to work
Education/Sugar
Browse-120 (will not start) FIX to provide Browser:
insert 2nd USB with surf-115.xo or Browse-115w.xo (requires hulahop* -installed above-)
available from
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Browse-115w.xo
click on journal icon on sugar main screen
copy by drag drop surf-115 or Browse-115w.xo from 2nd usb in left bottom of screen to journal in left corner
Note use at least 1024 memory
Control panel/About my Computer
Fedora release 15 (Lovelock); Sugar: 0.92.0
147 updates 04/02/2011
Gnome3-shell works on Booted USB -(not fallback mode)- with
ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 (Wireless OK)
EeePC 1000HE (Wireless OK)

Install LibreOffice

NEW as of 04/03/2011 5 modules of LibreOffice install from Add/Remove Software

Upgrade to gnome3-shell 3.0.0

as 0f 04/07/2011
  • terminal:
su
yum clean all
yum update

GnomeShell

Click link ^-http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell
http://gnome3.org/

Gnome3-menu.png

Screenshot of gnome3-shell with sugar 0.92.0 installed
note sugar Avitar on left side favorites menu
"GNOME Shell is the defining technology of the GNOME 3 desktop user experience.
It provides core interface functions like switching to windows and launching applications.
GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts
to provide a delightful and easy to use experience."
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Medias/images/iso/GNOME_3.i686-0.1.0-Build1.1.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Medias/images/iso/GNOME_3.x86_64-0.1.0-Build1.1.iso

Test Day

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-03-24
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/15-Alpha/Live/x86_64/Fedora-15-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso
http://mirror.pnl.gov/fedora/linux/releases/test/15-Alpha/Live/x86_64/Fedora-15-Alpha-x86_64-Live-CHECKSUM
http://jlaska.fedorapeople.org/boot.iso

Bootable f15 gnome3 CD on MacBook Pro

Click this link ^to download http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/
Burn CD
boot CD in Mac with :C: held down
(desktop-i386-20110318.01.iso worked here)

Make Installer f15 gnome3 USB with dd

2 GB Firefly USB in USB Slot
Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso on Desktop
http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Beta.TC1/Live/i686/Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso
terminal:
$
cd /home/Desktop
su (or sudo su for ubuntu)
(password)
# dd if=Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sd(x) bs=4M
139+1 records in
139+1 records out
586153984 bytes (586 MB) copied, 94.9489 s, 6.2 MB/s
Boot from USB
log out when requested
you are in gnome3-shell when Activities appears on left top bar.
Wireless: right click icon on top bar Turn on wireless or Wired and connect; You will not see the pop-up dialog for wireless password: (BUG)
To See this Dialog: Click:Activities/applications/accessories/files and it will appear.
(If 3 entries appear on top bar; you are in the fallback mode of gnome as your graphic hardware does not support gnome3-shell)
  • To install from booted USB: Click Activities/Windows and the Blue Square Icon (Install to Hard Drive) on left panel.
Answer questions; Use whole disk option; select the correct hard Drive ==> click (o) for grub on it and install
When complete click on live system user hold alt key and select shutdown from menu
reboot with HD; firstboot; user; Hardware Profile (smolt);Login

Multiple Machine Caching with yum

store rpms in a cache for installation to multiple Computers

Install Sugar-Desktop

In terminal:
yum groupinstall sugar* --skip-broken
yum install sugar-emulator alacarte
alacarte
 properties of Education/Sugar "sugar-emulator -f"
   (-i600x500) for smaller window
 exit

sugar-desktop only from TC1 netinstall CD

http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Beta.TC1/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-15-Beta-i386-netinst.iso
http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Beta.TC1/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-15-Beta-x86_64-netinst.iso
TESTING with VirtualBox 4.0.4 OSX
use whole disk (to external USB Hard disk)
missing 2 dependencies
continue
Fails in both i386 and x64 versions?

Fedora TC1 Beta DVD

http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Beta.TC1/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-15-Beta-i386-DVD.iso
TESTING with VirtualBox 4.0.4OSX on MacBook Pro i7
use whole disk
select gnome; kde; lxde desktops
New Firstboot; create user; date and time; smolt
login "other" (Does not have user name just entered in New Firstboot)
Gnome3 Failed to Load  (fallback)
Do software update (no network connection detected)
wired network connection System pci2p1 needs to be clicked to start
 245 updates

Install sugar

su
yum install @sugar-desktop --skip-broken sugar-emulator
sugar-emulator starts correctly in Gnome(fallback); KDE; LXDE
 (Applications/Education/Sugar) no icon for sugar

Notes

Install VirtualBox 14 fedora to f15 gnome3-shell

Download VirtualBox http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.4/VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.4_70112_fedora14-1.i686.rpm
Enable sources
in Add/Remove Software Application System/Software Sources (x)show debug and development sources
select Fedora 15-Source and Fedora Test Updates
Download Source for the kernel
Install VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.4_70112_fedora14-1.i686.rpm Open with Package Installer
It tries to use DKMS and then recompiles the kernel

Browse-120(does not start)

Chat70 (cannot write on bottom line of chat )
Turtle Art 106 (does not start)
surf-115.xo works as drag-drop install from 2nd USB in 32 bit install NOT in 64 bit

fix screensize in sugar-emulator

terminal:
su -
(password)
gedit /usr/share/applications/sugar-emulator.desktop
edit line 6: Exec=sugar-emulator -f
save
Logout
login

show desktop as icon in favorites

add programs install "alacarte" 
open alacarte
make new
application
command "nautilus Desktop"
save 
Run from applications
Make favorite

key shortcuts

   * System (Windows) key: Switch between overview and desktop
   * Alt+F1: Switch between overview and desktop
   * Alt+F2: Pop up command dialog
   * Alt+Tab: Pop up window cycler
   * Alt+Shift+Tab: Cycle in reverse direction in the window cycler
   * Alt+`: Switch between windows of the same application in Alt+Tab
   * Ctrl+Alt+Tab: Pop up place cycler
   * Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R: Start and end screencast recording
   * Ctrl+Alt+D: Show desktop and raise windows back
   * Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down arrow: Switch between workspaces
   * Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up/Down arrow: Move the current window to a different workspace 
Most keybindings can be viewed under the User Menu -> System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts 

md5 fails in gnome3 f15 liveusb-creator (bug) How to Fix

   yum install liveusb-creator hal
   alacarte
   edit liveusb-creator command: "liveusb-creator -n"
   -n (no md5 checking) 
   will not run if not included
   shutdown
   restart

List of Autostart programs when starting gnome-shell

   ALT F2 gnome-session-properties

move intro screens that are too large for 800x600

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262546
It's worth nothing, for Metacity >= 2.13.2, that if the window doesn't have a
minimum size hint larger than the screen then Metacity will now force such
windows to be onscreen (by shrinking and moving them as necessary).  If the
window has a minimum size hint larger than the screen, then the user can use
alt+left-click-and-drag (or alt+f7 and then the arrow keys) to move the window
upwards (including moving the titlebar offscreen) in order to get to the
forward button.  Yeah, that's just a workaround for windows that are too large,
but it may be helpful information for those waiting for the UI changes to make
the window usable on 800x600 resolutions.  :)
clip....
why not use a keyboard shortcut. the "next" button is marked "forward" so i hit alt + f and guess
what, i was able to successfully install the program.

Reload shell ALT+F2 r (reload)

use to recover Applications lists if they go missing and after alacarte edits

http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet

How to show user pictures on the GDM LOGIN screen
Click "my account" on the top panel lets me edit the picture, and
adding a picture will show it on the GDM login screen.

If you hold down Alt, a 'Shut Down' option appears in place of suspend

Alt+Tab switches between windows

hot corner = upper left switches between shell and running applications
Alt+F2 allows entering a command to launch an application.
      the Shell simply always behaves so there's exactly one empty workspace.
      So when you start a session you have one workspace.
      As soon as you run something it goes into that workspace and
      you get a second empty workspace. As soon as you put any app into that
      empty workspace, a new empty workspace is created. If you remove
      everything from any workspace, it will disappear, so there's still only
      one empty workspace at the bottom of the list. So, there's never any
      need to manually add a new workspace. Pretty neat system.

GNOME3 is not expected to work in virtualized environments

      I've just installed F15 alpha in a virtualbox machine and at the first boot I 
      get a gnome 3 error explaining that it can't be fully initialised because 3D is 
      not supported.
      GNOME3 is not expected to work in virtualized environments where
      hardware accelerated graphics are not available.
      From http://gnome3.org/faq.html ...
       The GNOME 3 desktop does require hardware accelerated graphics
       in order to provide a cutting-edge experience however, and the
       complete GNOME 3 experience will only be available on computers
       capable of this. Do not worry though: GNOME 3 will come complete
       with a fallback interface which will provide an excellent
       experience in the absence of hardware acceleration, and which
       incorporates many of the improvements that can be found in GNOME
       3.
       -------------------------------------------
      test Digest, Vol 85, Issue 60, Message: 7
       It's kind of a definition issue. GNOME *Shell* requires acceleration.
       But technically GNOME 3 does not; the fallback interface is still
       considered to be 'GNOME 3'. So you do need acceleration to get the Shell
       interface that's the 'big new thing' in GNOME 3, but still, if you don't
       have acceleration and you get the fallback interface instead, what
       you're running is still GNOME 3. Just GNOME 3's fallback interface.
       Adam Williamson 
      Message: 8
       In any case, VBox with 3d accelleration enables and 128MB for video memory
       is not sufficient for GShell.  (VBox 4.0.4)
      Message: 13
       Also, on that last note, we should clarify that right now Shell doesn't
       work even in virtualized environments where accelerated graphics *are*
       available, e.g. VirtualBox with appropriate hardware and drivers. In
       theory it should be possible to make this work, but in practice it
       currently doesn't.
       So there's two angles we can approach this from; make Shell run with
       software GL, or fix up Shell to work with virtualized graphics
       acceleration passthrough. But it's not at all guaranteed that we'll
       manage either in time for f15. 

Unable to log in after update:

       test Digest, Vol 85, Issue 78
       yum downgrade rsyslog fixed it
       The minimum memory required is 1GB, due to anaconda changes.
       When you see "populate_rootfs" in the panic, it's caused by that.
       Message: 16
       don't know whether modifying services is reasonable, but what is not 
       reasonable is for a user no longer to be able to boot his system and not to be 
       able to log in after an update. For the less experienced user, this particular 
       problem required a reinstallation of the system. For me, a somewhat more savvy 
       user, this required using all the skills I had just to avoid reinstallation, 
       and only a tip on this list from another affected user to get me out of an 
       unsolvable situation.
       ------------------------
       It is selinux that is denying the startup, system will work, but you need to start with it disabled :(
       I downgraded rsyslog package to get a working desktop in the meantime there is a bugzilla already:
       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689089

MacPro and f15 Boot

  • Clips from #fedora-qa 04/04/2011 MacPro and f15 Boot
I have a macbook pro and have run fedora 14 on it with great success. 15 alpha, on the other hand, is not going well. The installation comes saying something about "installing   *** on EFI ***"
which i just dismiss/ignore, but when i try to boot after installation has completed, it wont. Just saying something like "no file found". Should i do something
special to install 15 alpha on a EFI system?
Yeah... you may have to run gptsync (I think that's what it's called)
no, you don't need to install again, but you will need to gain access to the installed partitions from another system (whether it's a Fedora live image)
referring to the gptsync that is provided be rEFIt
I formatted the partition to make space for a working distro. i have refit installed and my mbp boots to that at startup by default. that didnt make 15 alpha work. 14 did though
you may need to enter the boot partition tool from the rEFIt menu and when it asks to run gptsync, say yes
 okay. I will try to install again later and do that. Thank you so far. Will get back to you guys
I belive anytime partitioning changes occur on a macbook, you do need to run gptsync.  Since the EFI implementation by apple isn't fully compliant with the standard, extra  steps  are required
you don't need to reinstall ... just run gptsync from the rEFIt menu
just need to get your partitions synced up

Customizing the Gnome3-shell

  • IRC discussion
"http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/03/customizing-the-gnome-3-shell.html
customization of fallback-mode is not possible unless you edit the code
gnome-tweak-tool for fonts.
for colors, you will need to create a GTK theme of your own
metacity is used in the fallback mode in fallback mode you can use gconf-editor to switch your metacity theme as before
metacity (and mutter) will probably be ported to gsettings (dconf is a gsettings backend) for gnome 3.2
gnome-tweak-tool's source code is Python and really easy to follow, so if there's any setting you want to easily toggle that's not there yet, just add it :)
gnome 3.2 will be in F16 the goal is to get rid of gconf
GNOME 3.0 final is just about to land, and Fedora 15 is out in just over a month :) no time for 3.2"

Smolt profiles

Beta TC-1 VirtuaLBox 4.0.4 OSX MacBook Pro i7
ACER ASPIRE ONE HD Install from booted dd USB of x86-64 .iso
ACER ASPIRE ONE external USB HD Install from booted dd USB of Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso

Sugar on a Stick

With this spin, you'll be able to run Sugar, which is developed by Sugar Labs and is the desktop environment used on the OLPC, directly from a Live CD or Live USB!

See our Sugar on a Stick page.

Soas-mango-lassi.png, Mango Lassi with Sugar 0.90.3 and Fedora 14 (Laughlin)
or, for brave pioneers, v5 alpha with Sugar 0.92 and Fedora 15 (Lovelock)

Testing of recent f-15 Soas Spins

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS

Make a custom Fedora image

Build Your Own Remix with Fedora

click link ^ http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Build_Your_Own_Remix_with_Fedora
  • Use Livecd-tools and a custom kickstart file to build a custom remix.iso

Fedora OLPC

The Fedora OLPC SIG, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC, will be importing further activities into Fedora, which might later be installed using

yum install sugar-*
Here's a video of the process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmrtlyyCFo
CJB suggests: as root, run: yum -y groupinstall "Sugar Desktop Environment"

The command to run Sugar is as root otherwise you may get this behavior.

sugar-emulator


For more information on the new release, please refer to the announcement here:

Mailing list

Download Mirrors and Spins

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist