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Line 37: − − ==Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS - Dextrose Sugar Live== − * '''DXU-Dextrose on Ubuntu''' − :revised Sept 5,2013 − :Sugar 0.98.8 − :Ubuntu 12.04.02 − #Journal Backup/Restore − #Operations on multiple journal entries − #Accessability support with integrated control panel − *Announcement: − :https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qtW08brJSXpfAAY-67QUb8s3gtWca9yIa9XmhYsLHbA/edit?pli=1 − − :Initial HD or VirtualBox install runs Full Screen Sugar. − :NOTE click on the screenshot to enlarge it; click on browser '''<= back''' to return. − ====Screenshots ==== − [[File:Sugar_dextrose.png|300px]][[File:Dextrose-background-reg.png|300px]][[File:Error-copying-to-Documents.png|300px]] − #Boot Screen − #Background set - Register selected − #Error copying to Documents from journal − ::For info on XSCE schoolserver: http://schoolserver.org/ − ::https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/ − [[File:Dextrose-4.png|300px]] [[File:Dextrose-3.png|300px]] − *Dextrose running in KDE Ubuntu 12.04.2 − *Note KDE has to be installed after sugar is installed to get to this view. − − ===Download=== − :NEW see notes section below − − *''' http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/ubuntu_12.04-20130712_i686.iso ''' − − ===Install to Hard Disk=== − #Ubuntu Startup-disk-creator will create a USB installer − #Boot from Live DVD − * "Username is "ubuntu", with empty password." − :Either method will run as a live CD or Install to Hard Disk − ::Note: Choose lightdm as desktop manager − − ===Install KDE=== − *Sugar terminal: − sudo su − password − apt-get install kde-full − - Select lightdm for desktop manager when asked − - Select remote (none) − *logout/login − - Click on the round icon in the right top corner to display the '''D'''esktop '''M'''anagers available in the lightdm drop-down menu and select one: − GNOME Classic − GNOME Classic (no effects) − KDE Plasma Workspace − Sugar − *It appears that lightdm which is added when KDE is installed picks up Gnome also (used by Sugar) − − ===Install GNOME=== − :To complete the install of GNOME − *Sugar terminal: − sudo su − password − apt-get install gnome − - Select lightdm for desktop manager when asked − − ===Notes=== − From IRC Aug 3 2013 − <dfarning> You can download the new alpha image from − <dfarning> http://ubuntu.activitycentral.com/makeiso/iso/ubuntu_12.04-20130730_i686.iso − <dfarning> (md5 a91fb1e3b8bdc1c8bdea701702ef807c) − <dfarning> In this release all control panel sections should work: − <dfarning> - The keyboard section was failing because of libxklavier lacking the... − ... − <dfarning> satellit_e: Dextrose on Trisquel, the new toast, should be coming out this week or later for those who prefer 100% free :) − − From Lists: support-gang@laptop.org 07/15/2013 − − I just wanted to give everyone a heads about something coming down the pipe:) − On of the primary frustrations that I have been hearing from the − community is their inability to easily get hardware for their − deployments. − In response, we have released of an iso running Sugar on Ubuntu at − http://ubuntu.activitycentral.com/makeiso/iso/ubuntu_12.04-20130712_i686.iso − * Username is "ubuntu", with empty password. − As alway, AC's code is 100% free and open source. − − ===What's new=== − * Tuned up python-dbus clears the last bug that made most activities − fail to start. − * Logs in into Sugar automatically. − * Most activities work (some will need some work, but it should not be − caused by problems in Sugar dependencies anymore, but things specific − to the activity). To be precise they start, didn't test them in deeply − Didn't test collaboration yet. − * General polish to make it look closer to a final product. − ===What fails=== − * Some quirks with the tamtam activities as usual, probably already − fixed in newer bundles. − * Write does not work as the gtk3 version of pyabiword or the gtk2 − version of libabiword are not available in Ubuntu, so both gtk2 and − gtk3 versions of the activity are missing half of the dependencies. − * Etoys and Scratch fail, probably because squeak-vm is not the proper − version, so I'll be packaging that later as well. − * The keyboard and network sections of the CP fail, the code makes − some assumptions about being run in a xo or under fedora, resulting in − unhandled exceptions. − * Sometimes activities may fail to start if you open them right after − logging in, because something with dbus is not yet fully running. − − David Farning − Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com − -- − From IRC 07/19/2013: − "We are interested in creating a community around the project which AC supports but does not control...." − "We are trying to create a community like XSCE to support sugar on ubuntu." − :Discussions on #schoolserver / freenode IRC − ===Old Releases=== − *http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ − ===Problems=== − − ====ubuntu_12.04-20130815_i686.iso==== − :Sugar 0.98.8 − # Time Zone in cp does not store settings. − # Save to Doucuments from journal works (Photo) − : latest (Has some Plan Cebal activities): − ::'''Do Not Start:'''Biblioteca ceibal; CeibalNotifica; Portfolio; Scratch; Tux Paint; Write − ::No Sound from TamTam Apps (VirtualBox test) − ::Tam Tam edit is not full screen − − ====ubuntu_12.04-20130814_i686.iso==== − :sugar 0.98.7 − # Time Zone in cp does not store settings. − # Save to Doucuments from journal does not work (Photo) 'gi.repositorySugarExt'object has no attribute 'fat_set_hidden_attrib' − : latest − ::'''Do Not Start:''' Write;Scratch; − ::No Sound from TamTam Apps (VirtualBox test) − ::Tam Tam jam and edit are not full screen − − ====ubuntu_12.04-20130730_i686.iso==== − :08/03/2013 − # Time Zone in cp does not store settings. − # Save to Documents from journal Fails. − ::http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/4600 − − ====ubuntu_12.04-20130712_i686.iso==== − :07/22/2013 satellit − # Drag-Drop of item from journal to a mounted USB shown in the bottom left of frame fails. − # Clipboard is not available for journal items to paste to documents folder or external USB. − # "save to" fails to save to Documents folder or external USB. − # Network in cp fails to start in live boot but works if installed to HD? − # Time Zone in cp does not store settings. − # Keyboard fails in cp − # "copy to clipboard" of record picture crashes sugar − # Record 97 does not save picture to journal on exit − − ===Collaboration testing (brief)=== − * All on Jabber.sugarlabs.org all activities started and shared from Dextrose Sugar 0.98.7 − :NOTE click on the screenshot to enlarge it; click on browser '''<= back''' to return. − ====Chat 78 ==== − [[File:Chat_test-collaboration.png|200px]] − * 4 Participants − :Dextrose Sugar 0.98.7 − ::HD install on ext USB HD system76 i7; Gazelle laptop − :f18 Sugar 0.98.8 − ::f18 HD install on intensePC i3; fanless PC − :Sugar Network Sugar 0.94 − ::XO-1.5 (1 Hexokinase hf6.2d) − :plus visitor − − ====Speak 44==== − [[File:Speak-collaboration.png|200px]] − ====Turtle Art 169==== − [[File:TA-collaboration.png|200px]] − − ===Create.img files with dd for Duplication of USB's=== − ====Persistent 4 GB USB built with ubuntu startup-disk creator==== − *Format USB Fat16 − *Start ubuntu startup-disk creator − *choose Dextrose-sugar.iso from "other" (1.2 GB ) − *select USB Target − *Move slider to left to (1.8GB) − *Write USB − :Boot from USB and select try without installing − ::Changes to USB will be saved on reboot. − =====Make .img file with dd===== − '''NOTE''' Use mount command to confirm device name for mounted USB eg: /dev/sdb; /devsdc; /dev/sdd...etc − :'''This is very imporant as you can distroy your hard disk if you use the wrong device name.''' − dd if=/dev/sdb of=Dextrose-sugar4p3.img bs=2M − 1850+1 records in − 1850+1 records out − 3880452096 bytes (3.9 GB) copied, 224.698 s, 17.3 MB/s − =====Use .img to write 2nd USB===== − :This can be repeated as many times as needed for duplication of USB's − dd if=Dextrose-sugar4p3.img of=/dev/sdb bs=2M − − *Download:http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Dextrose-sugar4p3.img 3.6G − :NeW 8/15/2013 − :Use a 4 GB USB or larger − − ====Install to 8 GB USB from booted burned DVD==== − :'''Note''' Ubuntu will make changes in your grub boot settings. It is preferred to remove the Laptop Hard Disk and boot from DVD of .iso − :This will be a robust ext4 install of Dextrose-sugar on a USB − *Boot DVD − *Format USB as / 6GB ext4 plus (1.8GB) swap − *Install to USB − =====Make .img file with dd===== − dd if=/dev/sdb of=Dextrose-sugar83.img bs=2M − 3817+1 records in − 3817+1 records out − 8006074368 bytes (8.0 GB) copied, 678.706 s, 11.8 MB/s − =====Use .img to write 2nd USB===== − :This can be repeated as many times as needed for duplication of USB's − dd if=Dextrose-sugar83.img of=/dev/sdb bs=2M − Line 251:
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sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrade
* log out, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
* log out, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
==Previous releases==
==Previous releases==
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