Test group release notes/2009 and earlier

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Use Trac to file bugs.
Notes here can reference trac items, but please file a bug in trac as higher priority than notes on these pages.

Purpose of Test Group Release Notes
If you are thinking of loading a new image; come to this page first and see if the build you are going to load has any major problems. If it can't even pass the Smoke Test, you probably don't want to use it.

If you don't see anything here on the latest release, please add your notes on smoke test and/or basic functionality to help the next guy.
- Kim

Smoke Test, Changelogs

General smoke and regression tests:

• 1 Hour Smoke Test

• Changelog info

Ship2 Builds

Build 656, Ship.2.2

• OLPC_SW-ECO_2 - Release info

Smoke test results:

• Could not test Installing an Activity Bundle from the web due to known IPv6 issues with laptop.org
• Could not test Installing a library bundle due to known IPv6 issues with laptop.org
• Issues encountered (not specific regressions in this build, I'm a new user and these were the biggest issues I noticed):
  • #5896 can't save TamTamJam changes (fixed for update1)
  • #5905 typing in TamTamJam "activity" tab has 2 purposes
  • #5910 Overlay button produces white blob
  • System sluggishness particularly with the browser, leading to unresponsive frame taking minutes to disappear [seems much better in joyride]
  • Occasionally saw frame-not-disappearing issue but the frame and the underlying app seemed fully responsive (i.e. system didn't seem to be struggling with swap or anything) [have not seen this in joyride]

-DanielDrake 10:13, 9 January 2008 (EST)

Build 653, Ship.2.1

• General_Release_Notes
• OLPC_653_Software_Release_Notes

Build 650, Ship.2 Release

1 Hour Smoke Results

• This build has successfully booted into sugar on WP and unsecured laptops. The journal loads.
• Tried out a few activities: chat (3way), record (bug with lost pictures is fixed), write, measure, tamtam, browse, paint, pippy.
  • There are some issues with Write shutting down when trying to use it with Chat #5249
• I successfully downloaded the gmail activity; and ran it; read some mail.
• I tried to download the Lewis Carrol bundle, but it didn't seem to show up on my library links even after refresh. Can't resume from journal either, so I can't figure out how to see this bundle.
• Image transfer: It takes a really, really long time to insert an image into AbiWord -- there is no indication that anything is happening, #5175.
  • Private and public invitation to write worked via salut (no jabber service at this time).

-kim

Build 642

(should be the same as 641 except that it has security turned off, no ohm, and fewer activities)

1 Hour Smoke Test Results

• Try out a few activities: Good
  • mime type issue with record still there.
• Image Transferring and Invite: Good
• Installing an Activity Bundle: Good
  • GCompris activities aren't working well right now, so I installed implode from the web, which worked fine
  • I installed Watch and Listen 10 from a usb key, which was a bit slow, but worked fine.
• Installing a library bundle: Broken
  • The downloaded files are still going in /home/olpc/Library, which the index in browse is no longer using. (this was a change made to comply with rainbow)
• Playing an .ogg file in Browse: Good
• Transfer files to USB stick: Good
  • again, mime type issues with record still.
• Collaboration with Chat: Good

Build 641 (first Ship2 candidate)

Wireless update

• 5.110.20.p4 is on 7 machines that will continue to run all weekend. These machines have HW ECOs, and have removed ohm (rpm -e ohm) since any chance of suspend/resume was causing problems (which continued to plague us during reboot, for instance). They looked good after removing ohm.
• Another suspend/resume issue is that if you hit the power button on the front of the laptop with or without the power adapter plugged in you could get into a very bad state. trac 5074
• I was not successful sharing a Write doc across 3 laptops with both text and an image (I didn't try an image alone). This failed in both link local and medialab AP with jabber modes. Most likely the link local problem was a crash in presence. Not sure what the jabber problem is -- Yani tried it again on the same machines and it did share... something intermittent??

- kim

• On a C1 I had to touch /etc/ohm/inhibit-suspend in order to keep wireless up when the machine was unplugged.
• I failed to connect to the network at a Marriott Courtyard without killing NetworkManager and manually configuring.

- cscott

• Anything earlier than C2 or laptops with all HW ECOs will require inhibit-suspend. Even with inhibit-suspend, if you hit the 'power' button on the front - you can get strange suspend behavior (5074, above). This is why I have removed ohm.
• I had a VERY difficult time with the tracpad on one of my C2 laptops after upgrading to q2d04l.rom. It jumped to the lower right corner nearly every time it sensed a new tap; which immediately brings up the sugar frame and causes much frustration. I now understand when people complain about this when it is at it worst.
• I rebooted, I did the 4 finger salut, and a couple of us tried using it for about 30 minutes. Then I downgraded the OFW and it worked well again. I rebooted a few times and it always came up working well. Then I put the q2d04l.rom OFW back on ... and it still works well. I've rebooted a few times and it still works well. I'm confident that we will get some laptops returned because of this problem. Need to get to root cause.

- kim

Joyride Builds

Build Joyride 1520

Smoke test results

Tested on a B4 system with a clean install to 1516 (Autoreinstallation + square button cheat code) then olpc-update to reach 1520.

• Could not test Installing an Activity Bundle from the web due to known IPv6 issues with laptop.org
• Could not test Installing a library bundle due to known IPv6 issues with laptop.org
• Issues encountered:
  • #5909 html form text input area less obvious in joyride
  • #5925 olpc-netstatus "substring expression < 0" error (regression over ship2.2)
• As a first-time joyride user the whole experience is much nicer than ship2.2

-DanielDrake 10:24, 9 January 2008 (EST)

Build Joyride 1489

1 Hour Smoke Test Results

Tested with 3 machines:

• Machine 1: olpc-update --usb from build 653
• Machine 2: olpc-update (net) from build 653
• Machine 3: clean install (usb)

1. testing connection types

This occurred on all 3 machines:

• all machines were connected to the school server, but when running olpc-netstatus, the following appeared

 /usr/bin/olpc-netstatus: line 47: ifconfig: command not found
 /usr/bin/olpc-netstatus: line 55: ifconfig: command not found
 /usr/bin/olpc-netstatus: line 117: iwconfig: command not found
 /usr/bin/olpc-netstatus: line 37: iwconfig: command not found
 /usr/bin/olpc-netstatus: line 37: iwconfig: command not found

==> (KQ) please add a bug since this worked fine before security was turned on. ==> #5846 --chihyu

2. network test

This only occurred 4 out of 5 trials on Machine 3 -- perhaps RF was weak or interfered?

• after booting up, the machine tried to connect to mesh network (channels 1, 6, and 11) but failed, and ended up not connected to any access point.

==> (KQ) There are 2 bugs here; they might both be in trac already: 1) not able to connect to school server consistently; 2) losing WLAN circle after inability to connect to anything. ==> #5847, #5848 --chihyu

3. loading content bundle

This occurred on all 3 machines:

• bible-en.xol could be downloaded, and the entry showed up in the left column when launching Browse
• when clicking on the net bible, the browser showed

 File Not Found
 The file /home/olpc/Library/bible-en/bundle_index.html cannot be found. Please check the location and try again.

• wonder if there will be new bundle for joyride builds; see bug #5840 for details

4. Implode activity

Machine 3 worked fine. This occurred on Machine 1 and Machine 2:

• the Implode icon was flashing in the donut for about 1 minute, and disappeared automatically. never able to play the game.

==> (KQ) This looks like a bug due to a difference between a cleaninstall and an upgrade. If it occurs with other activities, it is a serious bug. ==> #5851 --chihyu

5. playing .ogg files

• local .ogg files: choppy on Machine 1 and Machine 2, no problem on Machine 3
• online .ogg files: stuck on Machine 1 (only played for 1 sec), choppy on Machine 2, no problem on Machine 3

==> (KQ) Another difference between upgraded versus cleaninstall machines?? Please add a bug. ==> #5852 --chihyu

6. suspend/resume due to cover close

This only occurred 3 out of 5 trials on Machine 3:

• after re-opening the laptop, could wake up the machine by pressing the mouse button, but the cursor wouldn't move
• had to reboot to resolve the problem

==> (KQ) Need many more suspend/resume test cases and please write up bugs for everything. Please include whether the laptop is MP (all HW changes).

7. Filling up the Journal

has NOT been tested

Build Joyride 1408

1 Hour Smoke Test Results

• Record doesn't load (permissions problem) trac ticket 5448
• Library Pages didn't install properly

• All other tests went fine.

Build Joyride 1395

No activities launch

Some activities launch fine, but several (e.g. Browse, Record) are not working, due to known missing Sugar libs. Ben 15:38, 10 December 2007 (EST)

Build Joyride 1372

1 Hour Smoke Test

• Wireless
  • Insecure: Good
  • WEP: Good
  • WPA: Good
  • WPA2: Broken
  • Mesh and Collab: Untested

All other tests passed.

Build Joyride 348 - 357

WIRELESS BROKEN

• as of joyride 348, a new wireless firmware was put in, which is broken

Old Release Notes

• Old Release Notes

Firmware Release Notes

• Firmware