fedora-xo 20090507 does not boot on XO-1

[Peter Robinson]

>> I get the same result (XO-1 goes completely unresponsive at about the
>> point where it should show the logon screen; preceded by "pulsing" of a
>> blank screen) when I boot from an USB stick created by
>> 'livecd-iso-to-disk' from ~cjb/rawhide-xo 20090507.iso
>>
>> [However (when booting from the USB stick), instead of the "non-pretty"
>> boot-up messages scrolling by, I am entertained by an image of what
>> looks like a penis inside a hand-waving hot dog bun.]
>>
>> mikus
>
> Heh. Well, this is because of plymouth and the generic-logos package. We're
> currently using generic-logos here and those contain some kind of
> unfavorable boot screen. We ran into the same issue with Sugar on a Stick
> and rebuilt that package. Anyway, it's at least good to hear that you're
> getting an image instead of the text messages now.

I've been working with the plymouth guys to get the equivalent of the
olpc boot anim into plymouth. Not quite there yet, but hopefully
before too long we'll have something native we can use in Fedora.

Peter