Powerup Boot Sequence

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Power-up boot sequence for activated, secure laptops

Laptops either come pre-activated from the factory—Give One Get One laptops, for example—or they are activated with a key when they are given to a child—typical of our country deployments.

The following is a description of the boot-up sequence for laptops that have been activated by either method:

1. Press the Power Button: the Power LED comes on and a startup sound plays.
2. The backlight of the screen comes on.
3. A white XO character appears in the center of the screen.
4. After approximately 10 seconds, the top half of the XO character begins to slowly rotate: over the course of about 12 dots will appear in the positions of numbers on a clock face.
5. Once the circle is complete, the Sugar home screen appears.
   • The XO character in the center is now colored.
   • A Journal icon appears in the 'donut' below the XO character.
   • The battery and network icons appear below the donut.
   • A row of activity icons appear along the bottom of the Frame.
   • Four navigation icons appear along the top of the Frame.
   • Your XO icon appears at the upper left of the Frame.

Toubleshooting

Once the laptop has finished booting, if you do not see all of these items, there may be a problem with your software. Document the OS and firmware versions. How to check the OS and firmware versions

Power up boot sequence for non-secure laptops

Non-secure laptops are those used in testing and development. Individuals can turn off security by requesting a developer's key. You can find how to un-secure your laptop here: Developer Key info

1. Press Power Button; Power LED should come on; Start up sound should play
2. Backlight comes on
3. OLPC OpenFirmware version information appears
4. Some black on white text; then the screen goes to black with white text
5. 'Hello children of the world' message appears for a few seconds
6. Fedora boot information
7. Backlight comes on again; white background
8. After as much as a few minutes, the Sugar home screen appears
   • The XO character in the center is now colored
   • A Journal icon appears in the 'donut'
   • Battery and Wifi symbols appear below the donut
   • A row of activity icons appear along the bottom
   • Four navigation icons appear along the top