XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I am trying to put a permanent developer key on an XO-1. I have been following the steps at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys First, I created the key using devkey.html. Then I copied develop.sig to /security on the XO. After rebooting, I still see a wp tag in /ofw/mfg-data.

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-11 Thread C. Scott Ananian
Posting your machine's serial number as well as then contents of your develop.sig might help; your developer key might be malformed or correspond to a different XO than the one you are trying to use it on. You can also try the collection key method, as one more check on the process by which you ar

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 12 March 2011 05:10, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > Posting your machine's serial number as well as then contents of your > develop.sig might help; your developer key might be malformed or > correspond to a different XO than the one you are trying to use it on. > > You can also try the collection ke

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-13 Thread James Cameron
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 03:46:02PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > There are three main questions raised by this process: > [...] > 3. why must I wait 24 hours to get the developer key? Presuming you are asking about an OLPC developer key rather than a deployment developer key ... the dela

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-14 Thread Martin Abente
If your laptops contain your deployment keys, I would recommend using this [1] so you can easily generate and manage your activations in situations like this :). 1. http://wiki.paraguayeduca.org/index.php/Yaas_documentation kind regards, tch On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan w

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Nice, you pre-empted my next question! :D Thanks, Sridhar On 15 March 2011 00:03, Martin Abente wrote: > If your laptops contain your deployment keys, I would recommend using > this [1] so you can easily generate and manage your activations in > situations like this :). > > 1. http://wiki.parag

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 14 March 2011 10:58, James Cameron wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 03:46:02PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: >> There are three main questions raised by this process: >>   [...] >>   3. why must I wait 24 hours to get the developer key? > > Presuming you are asking about an OLPC developer ke

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-14 Thread Ed McNierney
Sridhar - Yes, that's correct. Multiple valid keys weakens security, since the same rights can be obtained from multiple sources. Handling your own key-issuing authority is something we fully support, but it is a complex and substantial undertaking. It requires a reasonable commitment to bot

Re: XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 15 March 2011 11:01, Ed McNierney wrote: > Sridhar - > > Yes, that's correct.  Multiple valid keys weakens security, since the same > rights can be obtained from multiple sources. > > Handling your own key-issuing authority is something we fully support, but it > is a complex and substantial

Re: [OLPC-AU] XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-11 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
> why am I getting different readings for each method? My guess is that file /home/.devkey.html was copied in from some other system, and shows the serial number and UUID of the copied-from system. And there is a mis-match between the bottom cover and the motherboard. Since the boot process does

Re: [OLPC-AU] XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-11 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: >> why am I getting different readings for each method? > > My guess is that file /home/.devkey.html was copied in from some other > system, and shows the serial number and UUID of the copied-from system. It would be interesting to investiga

Re: [OLPC-AU] XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-12 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 12 March 2011 18:36, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: >>> why am I getting different readings for each method? >> >> My guess is that file /home/.devkey.html was copied in from some other >> system, and shows the serial number and UUID of the co

Re: [OLPC-AU] XO-1 developer key does not work

2011-03-12 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 02:36 -0500, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > >> why am I getting different readings for each method? > > > > My guess is that file /home/.devkey.html was copied in from some other > > system, and shows the serial number and