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Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

danshuman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:14:41 -0000

I can't figure out how to copy the ubuntu file from my usb stick to my XO or to my SD card. Can I download the file directly onto the SD card?

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

haven489 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:26:28 -0000

YES! thanks you so much for this install, i just got my OLPC and i rly hate suger. you know what, i could kiss you. and yes i am writing this from my new ubuntu on the OLPC XO laptop!

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Nail Arts Designer — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:12:45 -0000

This is quite impressive, I am pleased to read this post, keep posts like this coming, you totally rock!
Cheers,
gadgettechblog.com

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

massagers — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:53:24 -0000

This is cool, thanks for the share, I appreciate it big time, thanks once again.

Rob

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Willhelm — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:40:49 -0000

Okay forget my previous messages. I got it working this time and it works like a charm!
Im doing the updates now. Thanks alot for the write up. Im looking forward to using my XO without sugar.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Willhelm — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:16:48 -0000

Okay I downloaded the dosfstools and used that to reformat the car. now once again my computer can read it. I guess I will try again to get ubuntu on it.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Willhelm — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:20:16 -0000

I tried the ubuntu install with a 8GB sdhc card. Something went wrong because while it was doing "tar -C /media/OLPCRoot -xvjf /path/to/OLPCFiles-hardy-20080506.tar.bz2" the terminal quit for no apparent reason. It did something to my card because now when I boot up the machine with the card in it, it says "Can't open disk label package" it says it twice and then boots into sugar. Now it doesn't seem to recognize or mount my sd card.

I guess I messed up my card, is there any way to salvage it and try again?

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Thomas — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:49:32 -0000

Oh yeah - one question. What is the root password?

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Thomas — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:58:37 -0000

Thank you for the clear and accurate instructions. I only encountered the same problem Satya described:
"SDHCI: card didn't power up after 1 second"

I hold down the "x" button on the game pad while booting and then I was able to boot Ubuntu, It might be because I am using a 4gig SD card but I am not sure.

Thanks again Thomas!

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

CJ — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:50:05 -0000

I just did this last night. I used the instructions here and Teapot's Intrepid file (from the OLPC news forums).

I used a PNY card I picked up at Best Buy with no problems. 4GB I think it is.

I haven't had a chance to extensively test it out, but so far things seem fine.

Thanks for having such clear instructions. It makes it a lot less intimidating for folks like myself that are new to Linux to have the handholding like this.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Ella — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:52:57 -0000

Ok my original qu didn't go through. I was also getting the 1 second power issue.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Ella — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:48:37 -0000

I found the answer for my own question. I upgraded to Sugar 8.2, which updates the firmware as well. I am now running Ubuntu off a 4G PNY SDHD card/

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

thomas — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:00:21 -0000

Cool, thanks for the update! That thread is attributed already at the end of the first paragraph, but it's pointing to post #15 rather than #18. I am indebted to your hard work! Thanks!

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

teapot — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:25:39 -0000

That's all great, however I am surprised with complete lack of reference to http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/... -- the original post on OLPCNews forum where I have posted it.

I don't care much about attribution, however the rest of the thread contains many relevant details and updates including faster Youtube support, power management with later versions of the kernel, troubleshooting, etc.

There is an update to this for Intrepid Ibex:
http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/...

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

satya — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:05:30 -0000

Hi Thomas,
Thanks a lot.
The instructions worked beautifully.
The differences I noted.
I have to press down "x" button while powering on XO. Otherwise it states
"SDHCI: card didn't power up after 1 second" and waits at firmware ok prompt.
To boot into Sugar like wise I have to press down "o" button while powering XO on.
Cheers,
Satya

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Jonn Nubian — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:44:38 -0000

Followed your instructions and got Ubuntu Hardy running on my XO-1 without a hitch after spending hours in the OLPCNews forums.

Flash is my only issue.

Thank you again

Regards

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

thomas — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:07:56 -0000

Haven't had any sound issues here -- even the volume keys should work. I would double check the output of alsamixer to make sure nothing is set to mute.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

James McTyre — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:01:51 -0000

Any ideas on how to get sound to work? I've adjusted all the sound control settings (including surround & center) and still get nothing.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

thomas — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:41:57 -0000

Thanks! You're welcome! I'll have to see about updating this guide for Ubuntu 8.10 soon. I sacrified the SD card I was using for Ubuntu to my wife last week, so I'm temporarily back on Sugar. I miss Opera already!

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

James McTyre — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:37:15 -0000

Brilliant! My 9 year-old daughter absolutely loves the XO now that she can access flash-driven pages through Ubuntu. She told me to write a thank-you for her. The instructions worked without a hitch, loaded Xfce on a 2G SanDisk SD card and improved the response time of the XO exponentially. Thanks!

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Travis Illig — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:01:08 -0000

Figured it out. It's the ".xfce4_startup" file in the OLPC user's home folder. It's got mouse settings hardcoded so they override the ones you specify in the settings app.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Travis Illig — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:11:37 -0000

Just came across one question: I noticed that certain settings won't persist across reboot, like mouse sensitivity and such. How do I get them to persist?

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Travis Illig — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:36:47 -0000

These instructions were AWESOME. Worked like a charm. One note: After doing all of the updates, the file to modify for enabling automatic login is "/etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom" and an easy non-text-editor way to set it up is to run "sudo gdmsetup" and enable the automatic login through the GUI configuration tool.

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Justin Gerard — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:13:08 -0000

Hey, will you make any modifications necessary for Intrepid Ibex?
Justin

Re: Ubuntu Hardy Heron on the OLPC XO-1

Robert Monst — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:27:37 -0000

wow! this is amazing! even the dim light buttons keyboard shortcuts works great! now I need to get Flash Player to work. Any good easy installation tutorial to propose?