Ubuntu Sugar tester... Easy Live USB with persistence of ubuntu-sugar-remix for testing

[David Farning]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Aleksey Lim <alsroot at member.fsf.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 03:13:21AM -0600, David Farning wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Aleksey Lim <alsroot at member.fsf.org> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 06:31:37PM -0800, Thomas C Gilliard wrote:
>> >> Re: Ubuntu Testing Platforms
>> >>
>> >> 1-)with ppa sugar installed:
>> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Using_sugar_PPAs
>>
>> Thanks for testing this so we can clean up the documentation.
>>
>> >> I just did this on a 120GB USB external HD with a fresh install of
>> >> Karmic. (I had to edit the wiki instructions first, (sugar-platform did
>> >> not exist but sugar did))
>> >> **These instructions DID NOT WORK for me,**
>> >
>> > https://launchpad.net/~sugarteam/+archive/0.86 repo looks empty
>> > I guess the major plan for ubuntu team is using debian's sugar
>> >
>> >> Sugar-emulator in gnome ended up as a black screen and the gdm selection
>> >> of sugar causd a crash back to gdm login.
>> >> these instructions worked about 2 months ago. Something has changed...:  /
>>
>> Yes, one of the things I have been working on is to prune the Sugar on
>> Ubuntu work down to the core essentials.  We have a very limited
>> amount of resources available.  I am trying to narrow the focus down
>> to one core task 'Ubuntu Sugar Remix' and the work necessary to
>> support Ubuntu Sugar Remix.
>>
>> This has meant narrowing focus to the Sugar 0.88 packages synced from
>> Debian on  Ubuntu 10.4.  The VDI images are particularly important so
>> Jeff's class can work on the project without installing Lucid on the
>> Labs machines.
>
> I've tweaked wiki page to add Karmic repo and mentions official packages
> for 0.88
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Community/Distributions/Ubuntu&diff=42598&oldid=42597
>
>>
>> >> 2-) I then installed gparted and formated a 4 GB USB for fat16. Then I
>> >> downloaded the latest ubuntu-sugar-remix-0103.iso and started
>> >> usbstartup-disk creator on the 120B usb external disk. I made a startup
>> >> USB using the remix .iso and set the persistence file to 1GB. It works
>> >> fine and remembers my settings. ("Add user:the user ubuntu already
>> >> exists") Great way to test your latest versions on a live USB......
>> >>  NOTE: Use "Try Ubuntu Sugar Remix without any change to your computer"
>> >> on boot-up for this to work.
>> >>  NOTE2: Persistence writing on shutdown takes a long time do not remove
>> >> the usb until it stops flashing (1-2 min)
>> >>
>> >> 3-) To shutdown I enter "sudo shutdown -h now" in terminal. On restart
>> >> of the usb the command exists in up cursor arrow of terminal and gives a
>> >> nice way to shut down
>> >> DO NOT TRY LOGOUT OR SHUTDOWN from drop-down boxes as it freezes
>> >> terminal and will probably cause a corrupted USB. Once the command is
>> >> entered there is no graceful way to stop the USB and save your settings.
>> >>
>> >> 4-) Browse still does not start, so I could not load other applications
>> >> to test.
>>
>> Will you file these as bugs or additional comments to existing bugs at
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sugar-0.88 ?
>>
>> thanks
>> david
>>

I cleaned up the page a bit more...

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu

david