Testing/Reports/ARM RPi

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

Download

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

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*

Boot SDXC 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 Debian RPi Sugar 0.88

http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

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

• 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