[Fwd: Att: Karlie]
this email sort of sums up what we talked about in the meeting yesterday.
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Subject: Att: Karlie
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:03:09 +0000
From: nickgo[snip]
To: on-disk[snip]
Dear Karlie,
I spoke to you on Wednesday by phone to inquire about returning the Fedora 10 for OLPC
disk that I purchased from you through Amazon.com. The problem is, first, that the program
keeps freezing when I try to do various things (such as downloading a plug-in for FireFox
or attempting to zoom in or out of the browser view), and, second, that each time I boot
up I get the following message: “Nautilus cannot be used now due to an unexpected error
from Bonobo when attempting to locate the factory. Killing bonobo-activation-server and
restarting Nautilus may help fix the problem.” I don't know whether the fact that
Nautilus can't be used has anything to do with the freezing up problem.
As you suggested over the phone, I tried to get some support from Fedora 10. I posted my
questions and concerns on their forum, as well as searching the OLPC forum, and the answer
in both forums was, essentially, that Fedora 10 was too bulky for the XO computer. There
was some sentiment in the OLPC forum that the disk I bought should not have been released
(“irresponsible” was one term used), while in the Fedora 10 forum I got the response that
Fedora 9 derivative would have been more compatible with the XO, but that perhaps I should
try to “disable some unneeded services.”
Since you did say that you would be willing to accept a return of the disk, I would like
to return it to you for a refund. I would appreciate your sending me the instructions for
returning the disk to you. My Amazon order # was 104-0098588-2483405.
Thanks,
Nicholas Gordon