(Steps to do to before finalizing the graduate machines, usually when installing cloned drives and modems)

• Check the BIOS battery. Reboot and press F2 (or whatever) to get into BIOS editing screen. If the clock can be set and remain after a power cycle, then the battery is likely good.
• Set the BIOS clock and date. Use CST.
• If you needed to replace the battery, and the system had on-board sound which was overridden to use a soundcard (like SB,) then the on-board sound may have to be disabled again.
• While in BIOS, double-check boot sequences.

• Make sure the sound driver is enabled. Test this with speakers connected when you reboot/re-login. You should not see the KDE ARTS error message when KDE starts. If not, is the sound module loaded? lsmod will list all currently loaded modules. If the sound card is a soundblaster, for example, is the ‘sb’ kernel module loaded? To load the soundblaster module: modprobe sb. If that makes sound work, then add that module (’sb’ in this instance) as a separate line in /etc/modules.
• Play a sound file, .mp3 or music CD

• Play a music CD
• Access a data CD

• Write data to a floppy drive
• Read data from a floppy drive

• Open KPPP, enter username and password for CIN and CIN_with_Call_Waiting accounts. Dial out to test modem and entered information. If functional, save changes to KPPP (be sure to test both connections)
• Create file /root/bworks/usernamepass with the following lines:

  username: {CIN user name}
  password: {CIN password}

• Take the printed out CIN sheet, and tape it to the top of the computer

• Open terminal, run lspci to determine if modem is a Conexant HCF or HSF
• If so, as root, run hcfpciconfig –info or hsfconfig –info to determine license status
• If license is FREE, then it needs to be ugpraded to a paid commercial license
• Enable ethernet connection with ifup eth0
• Go to Linuxant Online Store
• Log in using account created by TMK, with email address tmk – at – bworks.org and password {to be given offline}
• Click on the Order ID link, follow directions to generate license:
  • In a terminal, run hsfconfig –info (or the other one), highlight and copy the Registration ID (like 0A1B-2C3D-4E5F)
  • On the Linuxant web page, paste the Registration ID into the box, and click ‘Proceed’
  • The web site provides a generated License Key. Highlight and copy
  • In a terminal, run hsfconfig –license and paste in the License Key at the appropriate time
• Close web browser; disable ethernet connection with ifdown eth0
• Double-click KPPP, log on to Internet
• Test web browser
• If modem is using a Linuxant commercial license, create file /root/bworks/modemlicenseinfo and paste in the output of hsfconfig –info after updating to the commercial license key

(Always good policy to do a final check for software and/or security updates. )

  # become root
  su -
  # enable networking
  ifup eth0
  # update and upgrade
  apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade
  # done

(note: use proxy, see wiki notes)

• Student name, address, phone
• As much computer info as possible (processor, speed, RAM, HD size, OS, etc)
• Write down CIN username/password at bottom of sheet
• If using a commercial Linuxant license, write that down at bottom of sheet, too
• Take inventory number from sheet, write it on the CIN page taped to the top of the computer

• Is the system clock right?
• Do the correct icons appear on the toolbar?
• Does the OS behave in expected ways?
• Is the machine customized for a particular student? (username/password, information sheet taped to the top of the case)
• Is the machine labeled with the student’s name?
• Is the mouse labeled with the student’s name?
• Is the machine logged into the binder used to keep track of all graduate machines, and assigned a unique ID?