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..

Use gparted to resize SD Card

shutdown

Insert SDXC Card in adapter

Start gparted

select SDXC Card

Unmount partitions

Resize to 30 GB

safely remove card

Reboot in RPi

• Applications/Acessories/Disks:

SD Card Reader

boot              53 MB FAT
rootfs            Partition2 32 GB Ext4
Free Space        32 GB

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