General Release Notes
This document is under active editing... Kimquirk 18:52, 9 December 2007 (EST)
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This wiki page was created to provide information about known problems and possible work arounds with the stable, shipping release. If you are looking for help on getting started, please see the Getting Started pages.
Network Connectivity
Some encrypted Access Points (AP) require Hex key entry, rather than Password - If you try to connect to an encrypted wireless AP with a password or passphrase, the connection may be not be successful.
- Every Access Point manufacturer uses a different algorithm for converting a passphrase to a key. The most reliable method for connecting to your own access point is to use a hex key when configuring the AP, then use the same hex key when you try to access it from the XO. Here are a couple of links for converting passwords and phrases to hex keys for WEP and WPA environments: WEP Hex converter, WPA Hex Converter
Browse
Rich text field - (#5340) If you use a web-based mail program, such as google gmail, in rich text mode you may not see the cursor and you may not be able to type in the text field.
- To work around this, set your email to use 'Plain Text' mode. In gmail there is a link just above the body field to switch between plain and rich text.
Can't attach file in gmail - (#5323) The browser may crash if you try to attach a file to your email from within google gmail. When you click on attach it takes a long time to try to open the journal.
- With this build you cannot attach a file to email. You can copy the file from the journal to a USB stick to get it off the XO.
Browse can't play back Record audio or video - (#4783) Audio and Video that is created in the Record activity cannot be played back in the browser.
- To play back your audio or video, find the Record activity in the journal and resume it. The original video and audio is saved there and can be played back while in Record.
Other open Browse bugs and enhancements.
Sugar UI
Fly-overs sometimes don't go away - (#4514) After hovering over an icon on the Sugar UI, a fly-over may show up providing information or actions. Sometimes the fly-over remains on the screen after the action has started.
- To get rid of an old fly-over message, move the mouse and hover over another icon. Then move the mouse until it is not hovering over any icon.
Journal & Datastore
Journal may crash when indexing USB - (#5127) If you insert a USB stick into the XO and launch an activity before it is finished indexing the USB, the journal may crash.
- The work around is to wait until the USB shows up in the journal before launching another activity.
Journal may stop updating or become unresponsive - (#3376) If the datastore has crashed and restarted, the journal may become unresponsive.
- To recover you can reboot the laptop from the Sugar Home screen (hover over the XO); or restart just Sugar by pressing Ctl, Alt, and Erase.
Other open Journal and Datastore bugs and enhancements.
