TOTEM (media player) on OLPC

TOTEM works from commandline !

ok, not sugar -ized but is there.

found the cbc ogg stream links, typed them in and they work!

also transferred a few oggs from the iMac (Raffi)

now all I need is to figure out python and create an "activity" so totem
is on the bottom of the screen for the kids.

now, is an external hard drive, or usb key sticking out the side too
clunky?

do I need to purchase an SD card?

or perhaps just nfs mount my linux share?

hmmmm...

linux video chat

install amsn and libsnack2 from universe;

then our webcam works with grampa on the x86

(I assume karen also)

the chat works on the iMac, but get odd artifacts on the webcam.

in theory this will work on the olpc, but didn't try...

Pine blogging

Trying out blog entries from pine.

Since this is an old system;
even Opera is a bit sluggish for quick notes;

so have setup pine to work with gmail...

so why not blogger as well?

test
test test

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Setting up Adult screen/keys on OLPC

ok, now how do I work on the OLPC?

using Xming on windows, or just X on my linux machines (which have adult style keyboards)

I go to the terminal activity and export DISPLAY=myhost:0.0

then xterm
that works.  Also lets me give the laptop back to Tara;)

Have not added passwords or setup system so I can ssh into it directly...

Got firefox 2.0.0.11 running, with my own local copy of the older libraries I had on another system.

also "mc"

should I put Perl and gcc on it?
that may be overkill, I think I'll use my other linux system to compile, and just make sure I use the correct flags.

Now need to find a good python game site...

head 2 head: olpc vs iMac edubuntu

cold day here, so stayed indoors for some inside activities...
had both systems running; Rohan on iMac, Tara on olpc

Rohan running gcompris and tuxpaint;

Tara playing with video and making movies, and painting.

I'd say it came out a draw; Tara did want to play with the iMac, and Rohan did like the olpc.

today's fun:
animations and paint
(on both)

Truly Tara's OLPC

ok, found the sugar-control-panel command

so now the laptop does say "tara" and is red and pink themed.

Tara really liked the turtle art, but I didn't help her as much as she would have liked (Rohan needed to brush his teeth)

also found out how to hook up a jabber server to get friends on the network.
tara's laptop is set to a (likely) null server, so as to keep people out.

will likely put the jabber server on the imac.

may need to update the imac; perhaps it is time to put my idle 80 gig drive in there...

OLPC panic attack #1 touchy touchpad!

ok, the kids got to see the OLPC today...

Tara immediately adopted it; Rohan seemed to accept this, so it is now "Tara's computer"

(Rohan tends to dominate the previous two, iMac and Flatscreen, due to them having his music)

first panic attack: the touchpad is broken!

or so we thought.

fiddling with it, slowly using it, twirling... all seemed to fail.

it jumped to the lower right corner without fail, whenever we tried to use it..

finally resorted to GOOGLE... found there is a "4 finger salute" to recalibrate...

and then full power cycle seems to have fixed it:

it is capacitive detector, so if you are touching it on bootup...
this can cause calibration problems...

did a full power cycle, and seems better now...

whew.

OLPC Arrived!

OLPC arrived today!

didn't let the kids see it, as I'm paranoid, and if it was a "green brick" I didn't want them to be as dissapointed as me!

so, after they fall asleep...

took it for a spin.  Connected to my wireless, browsed the web, and found "gcompris.activities.xo"

so now it has the same set of activities as the iMac, plus the new ones.

now I have to hide it, and see if it survives the pair, 4 and 6...

I  didn't get "one laptop per child" so we'll see if it gets killed tomorrow.... ;)

but hey, it is supposed to be able to withstand kids ;)

general impressions:
screen fantastic!
keyboard: really too small for me to even try to touch type, I'm back at my other system now.
wireless; works like a charm.

did drop to the command line.  Neat.

didn't stream from the cbc .ogg site by just clicking on the link :(

looks like I'll have to install something.