[unclug] OLPC for the weekend

Gary Bishop gb at cs.unc.edu
Fri Jan 4 14:33:00 EST 2008


Thanks for the info. I'm getting one by the 15th (they claim) so this 
will be very useful.
gb

Tim Cline wrote:
> My acknowledgement to Uncle Dave Moffat and Alan Hoyle for following info:
> 
> To get onto UNC-1:
> 
> Register MAC address.
> 
> Then
> 
> su -
> 
> cd /etc/init.d
> 
> ./NetworkManager stop
> 
> ./network stop
> 
> iwconfig eth0 essid "UNC-1" key thehexkey
> 
> [Use the UNC-1 key where I wrote "thehexkey"]
> 
> /sbin/dhclient -1 eth0
> 
> [Dave's notes indicate that "This sequence removes all the hot-spots 
> from the Neighborhood view, but UNC-1 shows up on the Home view. When 
> you hover over it, or click on it, it will ask you to enter the key 
> again. Be sure to specify hex."
> 
> For me, I just ran "iwconfig" until the ESSID changed from "" to 
> "UNC-1". Note: the hex key is input without the leading zeros; i.e., not 
> "010203" but just "123...". Also, the installed browser works, you don't 
> have to install Opera. TC]
> 
> I have not determined how to restore the original Neighborhood view,
> except to reboot.
> 
> David
> 
> [Note from alan:
> I haven't tried it, but I suspect the following might work:
> 
> go back into the terminal
> $ su -
> # killall dhclient
> # /etc/init.d/network start
> # /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
> ]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Tim Cline
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Douglas A. Whitfield wrote:
>> If anybody wants to play with one of the XO OLPCs, I've got one for the 
>> weekend! 
>>
>> There are a couple things that need to try to happen for the customer 
>> here at the Dev Office that bought it - installing Opera and connecting 
>> to UNC-1 (or at least determining the MAC address so that it can be 
>> registered).  I've tried ifconfig and iwconfig, but their version of 
>> bash has neither (I tried 'which' on both).  Be prepared to see a 
>> non-KDE, non-GNOME interface.  I'm not sure what the interface is called. 
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