Release notes/13.2.4

Overview

13.2.4 is an OLPC OS release, adding support for Sugar 0.104. The target platform is XO-1.5.

Features

• based on Fedora 18,
• based on Sugar 0.104, see release notes, with new activities, a new activity updater, display background control panel, a backup control panel, and web services,
• about my computer shows extra details,
• Wikipedia EN and ES have been replaced by the Simple English Wikipedia activity,

Installation

XO-1.5

How to install signed build 16 of release 13.2.4 on XO-1.5.

The build is installed to the internal microSD device. You will need a USB drive or Secure Digital card of at least 1 GB capacity, but only for the duration of the installation. We recommend the drive be FAT formatted, but other formats are supported, see how to prepare a drive for use by the firmware for more details.

ALL USER DATA WILL BE ERASED FROM THE LAPTOP!

• Prepare the USB or SD drive:
  • Download 32016o1.zd, see How to Download,
  • Save the file to the top directory of the drive,
  • Download fs1.zip,
  • Save the file to the top directory of the same drive,
  • Check that the drive contains at least the two files fs1.zip and 32016o1.zd.
• Prepare the laptop:
  • Make a copy of any data you wish to keep,
  • Check that the battery is inserted and locked,
  • Check that the power cord is in place and the battery indicator is green,
  • Turn off the laptop, unless it is already off,
  • Insert the USB drive into any USB port on the laptop,

• Start installing:
  • Hold down all four game keys above the power button,
  • Turn on the laptop,
  • Wait for the message Release the game keys to continue,
  • Release the game keys.

Installation progress will be displayed. Green colour will fill grey blocks. It will take about ten minutes. Once finished, the laptop will reboot automatically. You may remove the USB or SD drive during or after the reboot.

The USB or SD drive can be used on other laptops. If installation progress is not displayed, you may be running an old firmware version which does not recognise the fs1.zip file. Please rename fs1.zip to fs.zip and try again. If you see a message Boot failed then either:

• the USB or SD drive has not been properly prepared, or;
• the firmware is out of date and should be updated (see Firmware).

Fixes

• fix the activity updater, <trac>12878</trac>,
• fix language control panel for laptops with spanish keyboards,
• remove "failed to start" messages that may occur when an activity is started twice 90 seconds apart, Sugar Labs ticket #2974,
• remove conflicts during yum upgrade of the kernel package, <trac>11641</trac>,
• a new version of the journal datastore backup client for use with school servers,
• addition of the ntpdate package for clock synchronisation,
• a slightly lower default screen brightness after boot,

Known Problems

The following known problems should be considered for impact to deployment support teams.

Welcome Activity Missing

The new version of Sugar does not start the Welcome activity on first boot. See <trac>12869</trac>.

Restricted Software

Restricted software, such as browser plugins, codecs, and so forth, is not included in the public release. Deployments who need this software should make their own builds, see OS_Builder/Add_Restricted.