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== Resetting olpc-configured file == |
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The Linux script /etc/rc.d/init.d/olpc-configure sets the language for X. |
The Linux script <tt>/etc/rc.d/init.d/olpc-configure</tt> sets the language for X. |
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The first time that olpc-configure runs, |
The first time that olpc-configure runs, |
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the flag file /.olpc-configured does not exist, |
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so olpc-configure get the language from CMOS RAM. |
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writes the language into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/sysconfig/i18n . |
It writes the language into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/sysconfig/i18n . |
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''(This may work differently in more recent releases such as 8.2.0.)'' |
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so it will not change xorg.conf and i18n . |
so it will not change xorg.conf and i18n . |
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information would be ignored because the system has already been configured. |
information would be ignored because the system has already been configured. |
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If that is what happened, the solution is: |
If that is what happened, the solution is to enter the following at a [[root]] prompt in [[Terminal Activity]]: |
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rm /.olpc-configured |
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and [[reboot]] |
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Removing /.olpc-configured |
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-bash-3.2# reboot |
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Latest revision as of 05:09, 17 November 2008
Resetting olpc-configured file
The Linux script /etc/rc.d/init.d/olpc-configure sets the language for X.
The first time that olpc-configure runs, the flag file /.olpc-configured does not exist, so olpc-configure get the language from CMOS RAM. It writes the language into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/sysconfig/i18n . (This may work differently in more recent releases such as 8.2.0.) It then creates (with "touch") the file /.olpc-configured . On subsequent reboots, olpc-configure will see that /.olpc-configured already exists, so it will not change xorg.conf and i18n .
If the machines were booted into Linux before the P# mfg tag was created, olpc-configure would have set xorg.conf and i18n for the US keyboard. In later boots, the P# information would be ignored because the system has already been configured.
If that is what happened, the solution is to enter the following at a root prompt in Terminal Activity:
rm /.olpc-configured
and reboot
Removing /.olpc-configured will force /etc/rc.d/init.d/olpc-configure to recreate /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/sysconfig/i18n with values determined from CMOS RAM.