OLPC News Forum

[Morgan Collett]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 14:16, Karlie Robinson
<karlie_robinson at webpath.net> wrote:
> Could you help me with these questions? (question text pasted below)
> http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=3958.msg26977#msg26977
>
> I'd be happy to write a response, but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to
> completely answer his questions.
> This is what I'm assuming so far....
>
> I'm assuming that most things that would run via USB under Fedora will
> operate using the XO spin.  So the printer is a high probability but I don't
> know enough about USB connected LCD projectors to answer one way or another.
>  Worst case is that it won't work out of the box but there may be a work
> around out there to get them both working.
> The applications list is going to be similar to that of the Fedora Live CD,
> but I don't have the final applications list yet.
> And I can go into what it will take to install the card - no command lines
> or terminals.
> ~Karlie

This may be relevant - how to use USB SVGA on the OLPC build:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adding_USB_SVGA

Regards
Morgan

>
>> This is a really dumb question, but with Fedora 10 loaded on a SD card,
>> will it possible to send output directly to an LCD projector?  A printer?
>>
>> And what applications will Fedora 10 come with in this release for the XO?
>>  Is there any information on what it will take to install -- will it be
>> along the lines of the lengthy commands at the terminal as for the other
>> distributions' installations on the XO or will it be more user friendly?
>>
>> Thank you for any information you might be able to share.
>
>
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