[olpc-help] gettin on line with WEP
chuck418 at cox.net
chuck418 at cox.net
Sun Dec 30 19:29:38 EST 2007
Just repeating some off list conversation, with the hopes you Linux gurus can make my instructions clearer. The main thing to notice is what us n00bies don't know, so perhaps you can help even more with instructions that include things YOU know but we need you to teach!
1st, I'm on Build 653, having downloaded the 2 files on another computer, put them on a flash drive (thumb drive) formatted in FAT (not FAT 32 or NTFS) and plugged it in before turning XO on. I held down all 4 buttons on the lower right of the screen until it said let go, and it updated itself.
I went to the Terminal application, which is on the 2nd set of icons at the bottom after you press the little right key at the bottom right of the tool icons you initially see.
Once started, it gave a a prompt which has the initials OLPC in it. You have to click INSIDE the terminal window, as the cursor starts off in the Title box.
I went to SuperUser, an account on all machines which can alter files the regular user cannot by typing SU
I then got a new type of prompt that has the word Bash in it.
I wrote the command ls -la which means LIst what is here.
That showed me what directory I was in.
I think I then went to the root or most basic level of the directory by typing cd ./.
That was cd <space> period forward slash forward slash. I hope this is correct, as I gave the XO to Eva today and am relying on memory.
then I did the ls -la command again, saw I was in root, and of the various folders there one was /sbin
so I cd /sbin
to get there. Once again ls -la showed me that iwconfig and dhcpclient were both programs there.
I ran them by putting a period slash in front of them, so ./iwconfig (it might have been /.iwconfig, if the 1st doesn't work).
That told me what the ethernet card was called, eth0 (that is a zero), so I wrote
./iwconfig eth0 any
or have the ethernet card look for any wireless networks.
The I ran ./dhclient I think the command was (you will see it in the ls -la list) This says "Give me an IP number so I can access the Internet using names I know like Google or WIKI
Then I EXIt, closed terminal, and went to the Sugar network view.
I clicked on my network and for the first time it asked for a password. IMPORTANT, there is a drop down box allowing you to choose ASCII rather than Hex, and if your router has WEP and an understandable password, that might be it. I waited (have to be patient with an XO) and when I hovered over my network it now gave the choice of DISCONNECTING. Fired up the browser, put something in Google, and I was on the net.
I probably could have gotten on another, unsecured network (there were several there) but didn't want to trespass.
Once online, I typed update YUM, which took a while to figure out how to get it to work (YUM is a package manager for installing new programs) but as I couldn't find out what was available or would work on XO, I just installed the special to XO version of Opera to replace the built in browser based on Firefox, which has no back key ;>{ Love Foxfire, but it didn't scale down well.
That way my daughter can run it, but it is hidden from her kids, which the potential they will get her into trouble by going to sites inappropriate in Elementary School!
I'll post this to the list as well, where people more knowledgeable than myself can perfect these instructions!
Every day, in every way, a Teacher counts!
Best,
chuck 2.0
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> From: Doug Jones <djsdl at frombob.to>
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> Larry J. Maltin wrote:
> > If I were to walk into a bookstore seeking the ultimate, last word in a
> > reference book that covers the XO operating system and is suitable for
> > the nubie (me), what would the title of that book be? (No, this isn't a
> > joke, I'm looking for some hard-copy reference; as well as a magnifying
> > glass.)
> > Thanx,
> > Larry
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> This is the book we (the community) need to write now.
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> And release under a CC license, as a PDF and a DJVU.
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> And sell as a hard copy book through Lulu, with the profits going to the
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> "The Little Laptop That Could"
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> ?
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> From: Kate Davis <katie at belisle.org>
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> Doug Jones wrote:
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> > Foundation.
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> >
> And little xo flavored-colored 1G flash drives, profits also going to
> the foundation, that say:
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> > "The Little Laptop That Could"
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> From: Kate Davis <katie at belisle.org>
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> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Middletown_Childrens_Project
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> :)
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> From: "Larry J. Maltin" <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>
> Subject: Re: [olpc-help] Reference
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> And, so who is going to bell the cat?
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> (Don't tell me you don't know the child's story about a group of mice,,, ,)
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> Larry
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Larry Maltin
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> USA
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> Kate Davis wrote:
> > Doug Jones wrote:
> >
> >> And sell as a hard copy book through Lulu, with the profits going to the
> >> Foundation.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > And little xo flavored-colored 1G flash drives, profits also going to
> > the foundation, that say:
> >
> >
> >> "The Little Laptop That Could"
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> >>
> >> ?
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> From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb at cesmail.net>
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> Larry J. Maltin wrote:
> > If I were to walk into a bookstore seeking the ultimate, last word in a
> > reference book that covers the XO operating system and is suitable for
> > the nubie (me), what would the title of that book be? (No, this isn't a
> > joke, I'm looking for some hard-copy reference; as well as a magnifying
> > glass.)
> > Thanx,
> > Larry
> >
>
> Well ... if you have another computer available, go with a Fedora
> beginners' book, like "Fedora for Dummies".
>
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> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:50:45 -0500
> From: "Larry J. Maltin" <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>
> Subject: Re: [olpc-help] Reference
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> Thanks, Ed. I'll pick one up the next time I'm in a bookstore.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Larry Maltin
> Dix Hills, NY 11746-8021
> USA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> > Larry J. Maltin wrote:
> >
> >> If I were to walk into a bookstore seeking the ultimate, last word in a
> >> reference book that covers the XO operating system and is suitable for
> >> the nubie (me), what would the title of that book be? (No, this isn't a
> >> joke, I'm looking for some hard-copy reference; as well as a magnifying
> >> glass.)
> >> Thanx,
> >> Larry
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Well ... if you have another computer available, go with a Fedora
> > beginners' book, like "Fedora for Dummies".
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> From: William Bagwell <rb211 at tds.net>
> Subject: Re: [olpc-help] Updating and Software Builds
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> On Sunday 30 December 2007, Krishnan wrote:
> > How do I determine what is the current build on the XO ?
>
> From the terminal, type cat /boot/olpc_build
> Note the space between cat and the first forward slash.
>
> Unless you have previously upgraded, it will be 650. Build 653 only fixes a
> few bugs, so it is not being advised to upgrade unless you have one of those
> specific problems.
> --
> William
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> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:15:24 -0500
> From: "Steve Holton" <sph0lt0n at gmail.com>
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> Isn' that a bit antithetical to the OLPC mission of constructionism?
>
> The XO is a platform for learning. Which is to say there is no book that can
> teach you everything you could learn from the XO. I'd go further to say that
> being taught how to use the XO in a book degrades the learning experience.
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2007 3:17 PM, Larry J. Maltin <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote:
>
> > If I were to walk into a bookstore seeking the ultimate, last word in a
> > reference book that covers the XO operating system and is suitable for
> > the nubie (me), what would the title of that book be? (No, this isn't a
> > joke, I'm looking for some hard-copy reference; as well as a magnifying
> > glass.)
> > Thanx,
> > Larry
> >
> > --
> Steve Holton
> sph0lt0n at gmail.com
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> From: "Larry J. Maltin" <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>
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> Perhaps, Steve, it is as you say, but it merely proves, at least to me,
> that those of us who have a little knowledge are at a significantly
> greater disadvantage than those who have never seen or used a computer
> before. And, those who are driven by a greater need for survival than I.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Larry Maltin
> Dix Hills, NY 11746-8021
> USA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
> Steve Holton wrote:
> > Isn' that a bit antithetical to the OLPC mission of constructionism?
> >
> > The XO is a platform for learning. Which is to say there is no book
> > that can teach you everything you could learn from the XO. I'd go
> > further to say that being taught how to use the XO in a book degrades
> > the learning experience.
> >
> >
> > On Dec 30, 2007 3:17 PM, Larry J. Maltin <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us
> > <mailto:lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>> wrote:
> >
> > If I were to walk into a bookstore seeking the ultimate, last word
> > in a
> > reference book that covers the XO operating system and is suitable for
> > the nubie (me), what would the title of that book be? (No, this
> > isn't a
> > joke, I'm looking for some hard-copy reference; as well as a
> > magnifying
> > glass.)
> > Thanx,
> > Larry
> >
> > --
> > Steve Holton
> > sph0lt0n at gmail.com <mailto:sph0lt0n at gmail.com>
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> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:25:36 +0000
> From: "matt91" <community-support at lists.laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [olpc-help] Has anyone actually received an RMA # yet?
> To: community-support at lists.laptop.org
> Message-ID: <1199049936.m2f.5854 at olpc.osuosl.org>
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>
> Steve - thanks for the helpful reply.
>
> I too need to get an RMA for a Dead on Arrival XO. Is there a 'best' procedure for users to get an RMA? I emailed 'service@' about 10 days ago, but haven't heard back.
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> thanks
> matt
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> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:28:57 -0500
> From: Jocilyn F. <jocilynf at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [olpc-help] Where to donate "extra" G1G1 for charity
> To: OLPC Community Support <community-support at lists.laptop.org>
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> I will gladly take extra G1G1 for my bilingual (Spanish) classroom in urban Trenton! Things are pretty rough in Trenton. Can't offer tax donation though.
> > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:46:20 -0500> From: katie at belisle.org> To: community-support at lists.laptop.org> Subject: [olpc-help] Where to donate "extra" G1G1 for charity> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Middletown_Childrens_Project> > :)> > > _______________________________________________> community-support mailing list> community-support at lists.laptop.org> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/community-support
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