Live CD

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<< Emulating the XO

Trying out the Sugar environment is as simple as 1, 2, 3!

Step 1

Download olpc-redhat-stream-sdk-livecd.iso

Step 2

Burn the iso image to a blank CD

Step 3

Pop CD into your machine and boot.


Potential Issues

The Live-CD does not seem to boot off an external optical-drive connected via USB.

Notes for the future

You can check when the file was last updated here.

As of 2007-May-24, it was 2007-Apr-07. :( MitchellNCharity 11:27, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

Hints and Tips

  • Altering the desktop resolution
    • Somehow pull up a terminal (there is one easily accessible via the classic Gnome desktop)
    • Either edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (example below focusing on the 'Modes' line setting 800x600) OR run system-config-display and select the appropriate resolution from the GUI
    • Restart the X server with ctrl-alt-backspace (NOTE: This may take some seconds. It will drop back to a login prompt but if you wait it will start up X again, assuming you provided a valid resolution.)
Section	"Screen"
	Identifier	"Screen0"
	Device		"Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection	"Display"
		Viewport	0 0
		Depth		24
		Modes		"800x600"
	EndSubSection
EndSection