[olpc-help] XO Laptop Inquiry

[Steve Holton]

Hi Stacey

The XO you received was designed to be used as part of an educational
cirriculum and is meant for teaching students a veriety of things. It
could well be a good match for what you're trying to do.

To become root:
Use the Terminal activity. After it starts, click once in the middle
of the screen to get focus and type 'su'.
There is no password for root (just hit return) as default.

To set the time zone:
Use the Sugar Control Panel. The command will be:
 sugar-control-panel -s timezone [timezone]

More info available from here:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Control_Panel#Time

Setting a password:
The XO was designed to not need passwords.  The security model is not
designed around passwords.

The 'Register' function is designed to allow school children to
register their laptop with a School Server. You can safely ignore that
function.

I hope you find these answers useful.


On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Sun Foundation <sunfun at mtco.com> wrote:
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> Dear OLPC Foundation,
> I recently purchased an XO Laptop and am trying to figure out how to set it
> up. I have read the website and have gotten as far as changing my XO's
> nickname and color. I still do not know how to become the su root user or
> how to set the time zone and date. In addition, I am wondering if it is
> possible to set a password on the computer or if there is any way to
> register the laptop.
> I work at a not-for-profit organization called the Sun Foundation, which
> advances the environmental sciences and arts in the community by providing
> educational programs to students. I bought this laptop to use at one of our
> programs called, Art and Science in the Woods. I felt this laptop would be
> beneficial to the students when doing field research because it would help
> them take pictures, journal, and search the internet for found species.
> Hopefully, this information will aid you in answering my questions, now that
> you know my intent and usage of the laptop.
> Thank you for your efforts to aid children by giving them education.
> Sincerely,
> Stacey Hannah
> Executive Assistant
> Sun Foundation
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Steve Holton
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