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Test report rpfr-f18-rc1.img

Feb 12 2013

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Download: http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-fedora-remix/18/images/rpfr-f18-rc1.zip

Write to SD card

http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup

Detailed options for writing SD card.

Unzip file

dd write SD

# dd if=rpfr-f18-rc1.img of=/dev/sdc
6144000+0 records in
6144000+0 records out
3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB) copied, 717.468 s, 4.4 MB/s

Boot SD Card

Firstboot

select type of HDMI output

resizes the SD / and

swap settings

Install sugar-desktop

yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
yum install sugar-emulator

Applications Menu/Education/Sugar

Sugar

Build: Fedora remix release 18 (Raspberrypi Fedora Remix)
Sugar: 0.98.2

Notes

To run sugar: log-out/log-in then choose sugar in switcher after you enter your user name.
Information; http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Fedora_Remix
Sugar IRC-10 in RPi "B" 512 on rpfr-f18-rc1 (arm) and rpfr-17-xfce-r2 use IP6 ...all my other devices use IP4

...
In general newer versions of Fedora will try and autodiscover IPv6 networks.
If it finds one with a non-local (not fe80::) IP address it will get on it, and used the IPv6 routers spotted if present
Given a DNS name with both IPv4 & v6 addresses set, it's mostly up to the application to see if asks the OS to do v4, v6,
or just generically whichever the OS thinks makes the most sense

How to write the SD in a MAC:http://alltheware.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/easiest-way-sd-card-setup/

Do you think this little utility I downloaded and used for the wheezy-raspbian would work for Sugar too? Here's the link:
   http://alltheware.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/easiest-way-sd-card-setup/
Warning a fee is charged for download
Caryl

Test report rpfr-17-xfce-r2.img

Feb 12 2013

Write to SD card

Unzip file

# dd if=rpfr-17-xfce-r2.img of=/dev/sdc
6144000+0 records in
6144000+0 records out
3145728000 bytes (3.1 GB) copied, 1056.07 s, 3.0 MB/s

Boot DC Card

Firstboot

select type of HDMI output

resizes the SD / and

swap settings

Install sugar-desktop

yum groupinstall sugar-desktop

38 packages (+93 Dependent packages)

Download size 120 M

Installed size 282 M

Log out/Log In to XFCE or Sugar

Sugar

Build: Fedora remix release 17 (Raspberrypi Fedora Remix)

Sugar: 0.96.2

Activities

DO NOT DO SOFTWARE UPDATE - Some activities will "Failed to start" if updated from My Settings/Software update

Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-004.img

RECOMMENDED
http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/

Changes in this release:

- Image resize/swap space creation is now more reliable (note, however,
that it will take several minutes after the firstboot setup before the
resize/swap takes effect - the system may be used during this time). I
think we've probably nailed the last of the significant
firstboot/resize/swap issues.

- The image is now 1.852G in size and will fit a 2GB card (4GB or larger
card is recommended to allow plenty of space for data/extra
software/swap). The download is 665MB.

Next week we'll start performance tests with armv6 rebuilds (sfp & hfp)
and continue work on image size reduction and boot cutdown.

Chris Tyler 08/03/2012

Write to SD Card

Outside of RPi

zcat raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-004.img.gz >/dev/mmcblk0

Boot SD Card

Insert the SD Card in the RPi
Connect all cables
Plug in power cord

This starts Boot

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 1024 MB  - (move slider)
[x] Graphical Boot

Use default desktop config (XFCE)
Change memory split:

between the ARM CPU and the GPU,

"The 004 test image defaults to 224/32 MB memory split - it is not necessary to change this split to use yum.

The 240/16 firmware is now included in the image.

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

Test SDXC Card

A 64 GB SDXC card resizes to:
fat 16 /boot  51.00 MB    boot, lba
ext4   rootfs 59.43 GiB

Update firmware

Terminal:

su
(password)
#yum update
38 Pkgs/29M

raspberry firmware and kernel included

Change memory split:

Required on this image to avoid out of memory condition when using yum to install

"This image uses a 224/32 MB memory split between the ARM CPU and the GPU,

instead of the more useful240M/16M. To change this, run this command:"

In Terminal:
sudo su
Password
cp /boot/arm240_start.elf /boot/start.elf

reboot

Install Sugar 0.96.2

#yum install sugar*  77M  220M installed

Start Sugar

Application Menu/education/sugar

sugar-emulator starts

Note the Raspberry Pi board on the right bottom of screenshot.
The 1 AMP 5 Volt USB powersupply is marginal

To insure that RPi gets adequate power, use a powered 4 port USB Hub[1] for the USB Keyboard and USB Mouse

[1] (Belkin)

About my Computer

Build:  Fedora remix release 17 (Raspberrypi Fedora Remix)
Sugar:  0.96.2

Wireless Networking

Verified Peripherals: http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals

RPi USB Port 1: Powered 4 port USB Hub to run USB Mouse and USB keyboard.
RPi USB Port 2 :D-link DWL-122 USB wireless adapter on a 12" USB extension cable.

Connects to a WEP wireless AP

Shows AD-HOC and wirelss AP's in sugar (f1) Network Neighbourhood.

Disable Screen Saver

The screen still blanks after a while even with the screen saver disabled.

to Fix:

Terminal:
xset s
xset -dpms

Shutdown

only log off is offered in this test software

To Shutdown the RPi:

Terminal:
 su
 (password)
 shutdown -h now

Unplug the mini power Connector from RPi board (on the cable coming from the 1,0Amp 5 Volt power supply)
Reboot occurs on re-plugging in this connector

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

Download the Activities you want to a USB from http://activities.sugarlabs.org/
USB's do not Automount on insertion on the RPi

Mount/Unmount USB

Mount USB

Terminal:

sudo su
(password)
root@pisces:/home/raspbian# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /home/raspbian/USB

USB appears on Desktop and in Sugar Frame when clicking on Journal
Drag Drop install xxxx.xo files from USB to the Sugar Journal
Unmount USB

root@pisces:/home/raspbian# unmount /dev/sda1

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

Test Report: rpi_pisces_r3.zip

D/L: http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesImages

r3 Image

"Mike Thompson has produced a publicly available SD image of Raspbian that is bootable on Raspberry Pi hardware.
This is called the "pisces" image as that is what Mike's Raspberry Pi system is named on his LAN.
This image is a little newer and includes a more complete installation of Raspbian and LXDE than the more minimal Hexxeh image.
This image was created using the Debian installer so it reflects a minimal Debian installation with the LXDE packages added for a desktop."

Once booted, log into one of the two existing accounts:

Username       Password
root           raspbian
raspbian       raspbian

This version has a fake hardware clock as the RPi has no clock

Install sugar 0.96

apt-get install sugar-session-0.96

About my Computer

Build               Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable
Sugar               0.96.1

Starts at sugar: name - color selection screens

Keyring password is set

Jabber works.

Activities

Pippy         46
Turtle Art    98

Still testing--Satellit 17:22, 17 August 2012 (EDT)

Test Report 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.zip

D/L: http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.zip

D/L: Minimal Image:http://www.linuxsystems.it/2012/06/raspbian-wheezy-armhf-raspberry-pi-minimal-image/

UnZip and write to 8 GB SDHC Card with dd

Boot SDHC Card
Text mode Configuration screen:

                                                             values tested
Raspi-config                                            

info                information about this tool
expand_rootfs       Expand root partition to fill SD card    [x]
overscan            Change overscan
configure_keyboard  Set keyboard layout                      en-us
change_pass         Change password for 'pi' user            [x]
change_locale       Set locale                               [x]
change_timezone     Set timezone                            US-CA
memory_split        Change memory split                     224/32 (default=192MB/64MB  (arm/videocore)
ssh                 Enable or Disable ssh server
boot_behavior       Start desktop on boot?                   [x]
update              Try to upgrade raspi-config

   {Select}                      {Finish}

Reboot

resize occurs

swap file is created

RPi Desktop appears
STILL TESTING--Satellit 18:09, 5 August 2012 (EDT)

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

Resize SD Card with gparted

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