[Bf-committers] Blender developer weekly meeting notes - May 26, 2013; Leap Motion

[Knapp]

On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Dan Eicher <dan at eu.phorio.us> wrote:
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Mine also arrived, I plugged in and the firmware update immediately
>> ran (without asking) and failed to update with error, now the light
>> wont turn on.
>>
>> Searching online and apparently theres some way to repair failed
>> firmware update but I'll need access to a windows system.
>> Possibly my own fault for extracting the deb package and running on an
>> unsupported Linux disro (64bit Arch Linux).
>> However all the applications run, just firmware update problem.
>>
>>
> Sort of the same here on Fedora, fails with 'Unable to find firmware to
> install' which I suppose is a little better than bricking it by trying to
> install bad firmware.
>
> The only thing I installed was the udev file since the Leap app wouldn't
> connect to the device without proper permissions (I'm guessing) and all the
> programs run fine like you said it just doesn't actually *do* anything.
>
> Other than that it makes for a pretty paper weight at the very least.
>
> Dan

It really needs a warning before it does updates like that. I was a
bit pissed that it phoned home without asking me first. It worked
perfectly on my Kubuntu. I would suggest that you all try it using a
live CD of Ubuntu.

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