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[mavrothal]

That is GREAT!
It is clear form the page hits that Intrepid, Hardy and Gutsy are the most popular threads, each exceeding 100000 visits, and I would assume that Jaunty will follow a similar pattern.
Maybe we could petition Canonical, or at least provide numbers for unique IP hits on these pages as a support, if any problems arise. (Whayan?...).
it is clear that Ubuntu is providing a level of functionality on the XO that is a VERY important addition not only for G1G1 machines but also for the half-a-million-plus XOs out there.

[DaWorm]

2. Get some acknowledgment from Canonical about it being/not being Ubuntu.

Hey, I actually sent Canonical trademarks an email about it last year, but didn't get any reply at all. I'm not surprised though. I think the best way than wait for this is do what the Easy Peasy folks did (not refer to any Ubuntu trademark at all which includes logos).

[teapot]

2. Get some acknowledgment from Canonical about it being/not being Ubuntu.

Hey, I actually sent Canonical trademarks an email about it last year, but didn't get any reply at all. I'm not surprised though. I think the best way than wait for this is do what the Easy Peasy folks did (not refer to any Ubuntu trademark at all which includes logos).

That would be a great solution if it wasn't contrary to the goal of this port -- having Ubuntu, in the form as close to the official release as possible, running on XO. I can't maintain a whole new distribution.

[jbeard]

Just a quick question: I've replaced xfce with the ratpoison window manager. Many of the XO-specific customizations now no longer work, but that's OK, as I know how to implement most things via shell scripts (checking the  battery status, changing the backlight brightness, etc.). One thing that I'm not sure about, though, is how you would manually suspend the XO, which is to say, perform the same action that occurs when you close the lid in XFCE. I know that in regular Ubuntu, this may be triggered by running /etc/acpi/suspend.sh (I think).

If there is an equivalent way to do this in Ubuntu on the XO, I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me know. Thanks,

Jake

[jh0lland]

Dear Sir,
When I attempt to download from BitTorrent UBuntu 8.10 I get a 23 Kbyte text file and that is all.   Any idea what the problem is or is there a more current source for Ubuntu 8.1?

Thanks in advance.

Joe Holland

[teapot]

Just a quick question: I've replaced xfce with the ratpoison window manager. Many of the XO-specific customizations now no longer work, but that's OK, as I know how to implement most things via shell scripts (checking the  battery status, changing the backlight brightness, etc.). One thing that I'm not sure about, though, is how you would manually suspend the XO, which is to say, perform the same action that occurs when you close the lid in XFCE. I know that in regular Ubuntu, this may be triggered by running /etc/acpi/suspend.sh (I think).

If there is an equivalent way to do this in Ubuntu on the XO, I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me know. Thanks,

Suspend functionality is implemented in three scripts: /usr/bin/xo-suspend , /usr/bin/xo-pm-input-monitor and /usr/bin/xo-pm-interrupts-monitor

xo-suspend is supposed to be called from xo-pm-input-monitor

xo-pm-input-monitor is called from /etc/gdm/Init/Default , /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default and /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default

xo-pm-interrupts-monitor is called from /etc/rc.local

If you keep gdm-based auto-login, or call those scripts in a similar manner from your display management scripts, power management will work with any desktop environment.

Please note that:

1. Those scripts should be started as root, so they have to be called from display management, not login or session management scripts that run as user. I strongly recommend keeping gdm as display manager and using its configuration to start ratpoison session instead of XFCE.

2. Suspend/resume procedure uses xscreensaver to lock screen and to confirm that user really was present at the keyboard when laptop is resumed by events other than those expected by the scripts (opening the laptop if it was suspended by closing it, power button if it was suspended by the same power button). Don't remove it.

[teapot]

Dear Sir,
When I attempt to download from BitTorrent UBuntu 8.10 I get a 23 Kbyte text file and that is all.   Any idea what the problem is or is there a more current source for Ubuntu 8.1?

Bittorrent file IS 23K long. You are supposed to pass it to a Bittorrent client program to download the tarball file (that may take a while), then follow the instructions to prepare SD card and extract the tarball file to it.

After initial installation updates are handled by Ubuntu installer/update mechanism (use "aptitude" in terminal as described in the instructions and/or Synaptic/Update Manager/... in GUI).

[RalleyWolf]

Hi Teapot. I  just registered so that I could tell you what a great job you did. Xfce-Ubuntu on SD card has done an excellent job of making this little green machine usefull for adults. Thanks alot, and keep up the good work.

[jbeard]

Just a quick question: I've replaced xfce with the ratpoison window manager. Many of the XO-specific customizations now no longer work, but that's OK, as I know how to implement most things via shell scripts (checking the  battery status, changing the backlight brightness, etc.). One thing that I'm not sure about, though, is how you would manually suspend the XO, which is to say, perform the same action that occurs when you close the lid in XFCE. I know that in regular Ubuntu, this may be triggered by running /etc/acpi/suspend.sh (I think).

If there is an equivalent way to do this in Ubuntu on the XO, I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me know. Thanks,

Suspend functionality is implemented in three scripts: /usr/bin/xo-suspend , /usr/bin/xo-pm-input-monitor and /usr/bin/xo-pm-interrupts-monitor

xo-suspend is supposed to be called from xo-pm-input-monitor

xo-pm-input-monitor is called from /etc/gdm/Init/Default , /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default and /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default

xo-pm-interrupts-monitor is called from /etc/rc.local

If you keep gdm-based auto-login, or call those scripts in a similar manner from your display management scripts, power management will work with any desktop environment.

Please note that:

1. Those scripts should be started as root, so they have to be called from display management, not login or session management scripts that run as user. I strongly recommend keeping gdm as display manager and using its configuration to start ratpoison session instead of XFCE.

2. Suspend/resume procedure uses xscreensaver to lock screen and to confirm that user really was present at the keyboard when laptop is resumed by events other than those expected by the scripts (opening the laptop if it was suspended by closing it, power button if it was suspended by the same power button). Don't remove it.

Teapot, totally awesome, that was exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!

Jake

[Eddie Owens]

Teapot, I am curious (and happy) about your port of Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) for the XO.  I have enjoyed using Hardy and Intrepid a great deal.

So, are you going to begin with a "pristine" Linux kernel, from kernel.org (e.g.before any changes are made by the Fedora or OLPC people)?

If so, what specific additions need to be made to the "pristine" kernel so that it will run on the XO? I have heard that (1) DCON driver modifications and (2) a driver for the Geode processor's "vitualiuzed PCI" are necessary.  Is anything else required?

And how are you going to add the drivers (or other stuff)?  By patching the source and compiling so that the addition is in the "body" of the kernel?  By adding modules?

And where do you get the drivers (or other stuff)?  Are they posted somewhere at laptop.org?

I ask because I would love to get Puppy Linux running on the XO.  Most likely the required work is beyond my skill level, but until I try I will not know for sure.  Are there any good tutorials on the internet or in print about doing this kind of work?

And does the work (except obviously for the final testing) have to be done on the XO?  Could I use my desktop with a faster processor and more memory (I am running Ubuntu on it)?  I know the questions are pretty elementary, but Newbies have to start somewhere.

Thanks for any info.

[Quenyar]

I am fine until I get to the instruction:  echo -e ...   this returns the following:
-----------start
Checking to see that no-one is using this disk right now...
OK

Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 60352 cylinders, 4 head, 16 sectors/track

+
sfdisk:  ERROR:  sector 0 does not have an msdos signature
/dev/mmcblk0: unrecognized partition table type
Old situation:
no partitions found
trailing junk after number

sfdisk: bad input

--------------------------------end
HELP.  I have a friend who want to take this to Paraguay with her soon and she wants ubuntu on it.  I am stuck without a Linux computer (except a server without x-windows) and I need to make this work for her.  Thanks.

[mavrothal]

I am fine until I get to the instruction:  echo -e ...   this returns the following:
-----------start
Checking to see that no-one is using this disk right now...
OK

Insert the SDcard in the XO AFTER the haldaemon stop command

[Quenyar]

I did the stop command prior to executing that command.

df showed it was not mounted

[mavrothal]

I did the stop command prior to executing that command.

df showed it was not mounted

What command?
The card should not be entered in the XO  before the haldaemon stop command.

If you do enter it before make sure you unmount it from the Sugar Journal first. Then check with df and umout from terminal as su if mounted and then start the process from the begining.
Also make sure that you are not working fom a /media/card_name directory. pwd to se where you are.
What card are you using. How is it formatted?

[Quenyar]

It is a sandisk 2GB card. It got unformatted at the beginning of the process. I have since formatted it again as vfat, but I can try the process from the beginning again, which will unformat it again.

Before I did any of this, the system recognized the card.  Now that I reformatted it, it does not seem to want to recognize it.  Perhaps that was just me... you get punchy after so much head banging.