Hamilton Chua | 1 Jun 04:39
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modifications to schoolserver.py and ds-backup.py

Hello,

I have been testing SoaS and implemented a couple of modificaitons to
schoolserver.py and ds-backup.py that basically ..

- enable an SoaS to register with an XS
- read the registration info in order to allow backup/restore with the
XS the SoaS is registered with

I would like to kindly ask how I can get the modifications reviewed by
the group and into the release build. Should I open a ticket with the
files attached ?

Thanks,

Hamilton Chua
Bernie Innocenti | 1 Jun 07:32
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Unbootable machine

Hello Peter & Jeremy,

I've found an ordinary desktop PC (with Phoenix Award BIOS 6.00PG) that
won't boot off a USB stick created by livecd-tools-024 with syslinux
(tested both versions 3.75 and 3.81).

The boot process drops to the "boot:" prompt with an error message:

  could not find kernel image: linux

The same USB stick boots fine on any other computer I could find.
Does it seem like a syslinux bug?  And if turns out to be a known BIOS
bug, is there a good workaround?

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deepanshu arora | 1 Jun 08:54
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Doubt

Dear community members,

I am Deepanshu Arora, a recent graduate from Netaji Subhas Institute Of Technology, Delhi University. I have been exploring Sugar environment on my Ubuntu machine, and have found it simply wonderful.

I went through FLOSS manuals for installing Sugar, and have encountered a problem.

When i bring my mouse over the XO symbol in home view,i am not able to see control panel option there.
Options it shows are:reboot,shutdown,register, about this XO.(no control panel). As many  things are to be done with control panel (like personalizing,joining network,updates etc.)..so  i am stuck because of this.

is this some version problem??I have installed ubuntu 8.04.1 on my laptop.

or can i access control panel from somewhere else??(I can personalize it from terminal but cant join network or share).

please help me out.Waiting for the reply.


Thanx
Deepanshu

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Martin Bleichner | 1 Jun 10:41
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Re: Collaborative game using Etoys

Hi Bert,

I actually don't have any intention on how I want to implement it. I only have my problem and try to figure out how something like this can be done.

I will have a look at your link and come back later when I can ask more specific questions.
Martin

2009/5/31 Bert Freudenberg <bert <at> freudenbergs.de>
On 31.05.2009, at 19:40, Martin Bleichner wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to implement a (kind of) social science experiment, and would like to do that in squeak/etoys.
For that I would like to connect four computers. On each computer you see a shared screen. Each user can manipulate one aspect on that screen.
More specifically: There is one ball in the center of the screen. Each of the users can move the ball in only one direction (up, down, left or right).
They control the ball together.

I was pointed to this mailinglist for help.

Is something like this possible?
What would I need for it?
I would really appreciate some help. Put it simple, I use etoys for a reason :) Thanks.

If you only intend to run this under Sugar (which was not clear when you asked on the squeak-dev list) then the Telepathy "D-Bus Tubes" using the Squeak DBus bindings should be the simplest way to implement collaboration:


- Bert -



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Simon Schampijer | 1 Jun 11:08
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Re: Doubt

On 06/01/2009 08:54 AM, deepanshu arora wrote:
> Dear community members,
>
> I am Deepanshu Arora, a recent graduate from Netaji Subhas Institute Of
> Technology, Delhi University. I have been exploring Sugar environment on my
> Ubuntu machine, and have found it simply wonderful.
>
> I went through FLOSS manuals for installing Sugar, and have encountered a
> problem.
>
> When i bring my mouse over the XO symbol in home view,i am not able to see
> control panel option there.
> Options it shows are:reboot,shutdown,register, about this XO.(no control
> panel). As many  things are to be done with control panel (like
> personalizing,*joining network*,updates etc.)..so  i am stuck because of
> this.
>
> is this some version problem??I have installed ubuntu 8.04.1 on my laptop.
>
> or can i access control panel from somewhere else??(I can personalize it
> from terminal but cant join network or share).
>
> please help me out.Waiting for the reply.
>
>
> Thanx
> Deepanshu

In Sugar 0.84 the option is labeled "My Settings". I guess in this 
version it is labeled "About this XO" then.

Hopes this helps.

Regards,
    Simon
S Page | 1 Jun 11:17
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Re: Help wanted remixing the Help Activity

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Caroline Meeks
<caroline <at> solutiongrove.com> wrote:

> The Help Activity gives us a place to tell Users that Sugar is a Community
> Project run by volunteers and we welcome them, their questions and their
> help

That great message also belongs in the Browse home page,
http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/browse/repos/mainline/blobs/master/data/index.html

which could usefully link to online help and/or the local help files.
Tomeu Vizoso | 1 Jun 11:18
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Re: modifications to schoolserver.py and ds-backup.py

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 04:39, Hamilton Chua <hamilton.chua <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been testing SoaS and implemented a couple of modificaitons to
> schoolserver.py and ds-backup.py that basically ..
>
> - enable an SoaS to register with an XS
> - read the registration info in order to allow backup/restore with the
> XS the SoaS is registered with
>
> I would like to kindly ask how I can get the modifications reviewed by
> the group and into the release build. Should I open a ticket with the
> files attached ?

Hi, one ticket sounds good if the patch is not too big. If it is and
you find a good way of splitting it, then would be better to have
several tickets.

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/CodeReview

Thanks,

Tomeu

> Thanks,
>
> Hamilton Chua
>
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Sean DALY | 1 Jun 11:38
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Re: [Marketing] Fwd: Sugar Labs DC Summer Workshop

Wow, with a little organization this could be an excellent "test lab"
for SoaS classroom scenarios over the summer!

And perhaps an outstanding opportunity for work on orphaned Activities?

Sean

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Jeff is ramping up Sugar activity in DC this summer...see below.
>
> I'll make some signage for their workshop area and take lots of photos.
>
> How else should this be marketed?
>
> Mike
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeff Elkner <jeff <at> elkner.net>
> Date: Sun, May 31, 2009 at 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Sugar Labs DC Summer Workshop
> To: David Morris <davidrsmorris <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Jamie Boisture <jamieboisture <at> gmail.com>, Mike Lee
> <curiouslee <at> gmail.com>, Walter Bender <walter.bender <at> gmail.com>, Luke
> Faraone <luke <at> faraone.cc>, Kathleen Conley <Kathleen.Conley <at> osd.mil>, Jason
> Straw <jason.straw <at> gmail.com>, David Welsh <rdavidw <at> gmail.com>, Nancy Opsut
> <nopsut <at> arlington.k12.va.us>
>
>
> I will be teaching Python to middle school students as part of the Summer
> enrichment program at the Governor's Career and Technical Academy in
> Arlington during 4 weeks in July.   That will keep me busy from 8 am to 4:30
> pm.
>
> At the same time, graduating senior Jamie Boisture will be coming in to do
> work porting the Graphics API for Students of Python (GASP), from pygame to
> pycairo.  I plan to work out a schedule with Jamie that starts him later in
> the day and runs into the evening hours, so that I and others who work
> during the business day can participate.  None of this has been finalized,
> since the specifics as to what and the when will depend on the interest and
> availabilities of participants.
>
> By "workshop" I'm thinking of a shop where work gets done.  I'm not planning
> a formal program, but rather a gathering place for folks interested in
> working on Sugar development to come and work together, exchange ideas, and
> hack on Sugar.  It is my goal to have on-going work on Sugar development
> taking place at the Governor's Academy for years to come.
>
> If you have anything specific you would like to do, please let me know.  I
> have a room available with 15 computers from 4:30 to 9:30 pm Monday to
> Friday during the month of July.  I would be more than happy to stay any
> evening to accomodate Sugar developement.
>
> Thanks!
>
> jeff elkner
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, David Morris <davidrsmorris <at> gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Luke told me about the Summer workshop, and I would be very interested.
>>
>> I will learn py.  I've learned VB and C++; it shouldn't be too hard.
>>
>> David Morris
>
>
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Aleksey Lim | 1 Jun 11:39
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[RELEASE] Library-1

Hi all,

This is in initial release of Library activity. I decided to release it
before implementing collab features to get some feedback about UI and basic
ideas of activity. So, it can browse only local objects.

== Bundle ==

http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4089

== NEWS ==

* Add filter to ObjectChooser invoking
* Browse local objects

== TODO fot v2 ==

* Run in 0.82 environment
* Implement collab features

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S Page | 1 Jun 12:44
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Re: [Localization] Help activity

Seth Woodworth wrote:
> If not for Rainbow I think that the help activity and the browser could access the same material.

?? I can visit file:///home/olpc/Activities/Help.activity/help/XO_Introduction.html
fine in Browse in 8.2.1. (Does having a developer key affect Rainbow
file access restrictions?)

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Yama Ploskonka <yama <at> netoso.com> responded:
> <snip>
>>
>>  The point of having the Help activity as its own icon was to put it as
>> close and easy to the user as possible.  ...
>
> As is now, an inconspicuous icon among many, low usability score.

I think a prominent help icon and "Need help?" text on Browse's start
page would be far more discoverable than a (?) among many, but I live
in the browser.

The OLPC 8.2.1 start page is
http://dev.laptop.org/git/library/library-activity/tree/library-common/layout.tmpl
Code rebuilds the nifty expanding Library of local content whenever
you install content, see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Library , this
could also detect installation of local help.

The SugarLabs start page is
http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/browse/repos/mainline/blobs/master/data/index.html
Sugar distributions lack the expanding Library (SL ticket 574) but
maybe that's moot if http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Library
comes to fruition.

You can determine in JavaScript if there's a local help manual in the
file system or not and create a link to it accordingly; seems-to-work
code is at http://www.skierpage.com/olpc/show_help.html

Seth:
> I really really really owe the Sugar community a long email documenting
> what the heck went on with the Help activity last year

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/FLOSSManuals has a section ready and waiting ;-)

Cheers,
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