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| The black 17" Tsunami laptop, dubbed '''chico3''', is used as an interface to control to the iCub robot and to launch '''demos'''. | | The black 17" Tsunami laptop, dubbed '''chico3''', was used as an interface to control to the iCub robot and to launch demos during 2009-2014. '''Go to the [[iCub laptop]] page for information on the new Toshiba laptop.''' |
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| ''Old information can be consulted at [[Chico3 laptop machine configuration/Archive]].''
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| = Specifications = | | = Specifications = |
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| * memory: 3GB | | * memory: 3GB |
| * graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with 512MB of memory | | * graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with 512MB of memory |
| | | * network card: RTL8168c/8111c, gigabit (1000baseT-FD) |
| = Setup =
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| chico3 currently runs Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop 'Lucid Lynx', 64-bit.
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| = Operating system installation =
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| In general, follow the guidelines at [[VisLab machines configuration]]. Below are some special notes.
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| == Network ==
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| * configure the internet connection with the following parameters (see [[VisLab machines configuration#Network_configuration]] if in doubt) : | |
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| ! Address !! Netmask !! Gateway !! DNS Servers !! notes
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| |10.10.1.53 || 255.255.255.0 || 10.10.1.254 || 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2 || for when we connect to the iCub switch
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| |10.0.3.88 || 255.255.0.0 || 10.0.0.254 || 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2 || for when we connect to the rest of ISR
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| * added the following lines to <code>/etc/hosts</code>, to enable running commands like: <code>ping cortex1</code> (if we don't make this change, we can still easily access other machines, but with <code>.visnet</code> attached at the end of their names, see [[VisLab network]] for details)
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| 10.10.1.50 pc104
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| 10.10.1.51 icubsrv
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| 10.10.1.53 chico3
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| 10.10.1.1 cortex1
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| 10.10.1.2 cortex2
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| 10.10.1.3 cortex3
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| 10.10.1.4 cortex4
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| 10.10.1.5 cortex5
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| 10.10.1.6 cortex6
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| 10.10.1.41 icubbrain1
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| 10.10.1.42 icubbrain2
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| = Additional software =
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| In general, stick to the guidelines at [[VisLab machines configuration]] for essential packages and environment variables. In addition, install the software listed below.
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| sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libglademm-2.4-dev python-tk libqt3-mt-dev vlc
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| == Nvidia graphics card ==
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| Enable the Nvidia proprietary drivers to obtain a decent screen resolution.
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| In order to have multi-screen external monitor support for beamers,
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| sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
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| sudo nvidia-settings
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| In the 'X Server Display Configuration' menu, select the 'Separate X screen' configuration. Then, edit <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code> (make a backup first) by doing the following under Section 'ServerLayout': switch the <code>Screen 0</code> with the <code>Screen 1</code> strings.
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| Restart the xserver and enter nvidia-settings again, you will get some errors in the terminal because of the manual change, furthermore you will now see the correct screen numbering. To resolve the error in the configuration press "save X configuration file". Restart xserver, everything should be ok.
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| == YARP and iCub ==
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| Follow the instructions on the [[RobotCub software]] article. For compilation, do '''not''' use <code>sudo make install</code> but simply <code>make</code> (we have configured the PATH variable to find the latest compiled binaries, and we do not want two copies of the same thing on the system).
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| * Custom yarp2 configuration
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| CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release
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| CREATE_GUIS
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| CREATE_LIB_MATH
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| CREATE_DEVICE_LIBRARY_MODULES
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| ENABLE_yarpmod_opencv_grabber
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| * Custom iCub configuration
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| CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release
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| ENABLE_icubmod_cartesiancontrollerclient # for Cartesian robotMotorGui
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| ENABLE_icubmod_gazecontrollerclient
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| = Customization =
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| == Passwordless connection to other machines ==
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| * set up passwordless log-in to the [[Cortex]] computers:
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| # type the following commands on chico3:
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| # generate public and private keys. enter empty strings when prompted for various answers.
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| ssh-keygen
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| #copy the public key you just generated to cortex1, on the user account you want to use there (e.g. icub).
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| scp /home/icub/.ssh/id_rsa.pub icub@cortex1: ''<-- be sure to write the colon ":" at the end''
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| # log in as 'icub' to cortex1 and type the following commands there:
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| ssh cortex1
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| #add the public key to the authorized ones
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| cat id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
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| #remove the id_rsa.pub file and log out
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| rm id_rsa.pub
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| exit
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| exit
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| #log in again to each cortex computer, to check that the process worked and they don't prompt for a password.
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| #as of Oct. 2011, cortex[1-5] share the same disk; cortex6 is independent
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| * set up passwordless log-in to the [[iCubBrain server configuration]] computers: as above.
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| * set up passwordless log-in to chico3 (this very machine - needed by the Cluster Manager): as above.
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| * set up passwordless log-in to pc104
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| == Customization of GNOME ==
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| Add buttons to the panel/bar at the top of the screen, to conveniently open terminals and file managers on remote machines. The top bar should look something like this when you're done:
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| [[image:Top_bar.png]]
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| Pick the images you like and turn them into 48x48pixel GIF images with GIMP or a similar program.
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| Example for the button to open the gnome-terminal on cortex1:
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| right click on the panel and select "add to panel"
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| select "custom application launcher"
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| click on the icon and select the directory where your icons are, typically ~/Pictures/
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| click on open, then select the picture for this particular button
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| write in the field "command": gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=cortex -e "ssh icub@cortex1 -X" # or icub@10.10.1.1, or icub@cortex1.visnet
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| set the name to something like: ssh icub@cortex1
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| The profile specified (--window-with-profile=cortex) does not exist by default, you need to create it. These profiles are used to give terminals on different machines different colors (e.g. all terminals running in a cortex computer will be blue, terminals local to chico3 will be white, etc.). In order to create the "cortex" profile:
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| open a terminal on, say, cortex1
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| click on File, select "new profile" and name it "cortex". choose the colors. cortex windows usually are blue with white text, while pc104 windows are yellow with black text.
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| == Adding a new terminal button ==
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| Example for the button to open the gnome-terminal on cortex1:
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| * right click on the panel and select "add to panel"
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| * select "custom application launcher"
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| * click on the icon and select the directory where your icons are, typically ~/Pictures/
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| * click on open, then select the picture for this particular button
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| * write this in the "command" field:
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| gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=cortex -e "ssh icub@10.10.1.1 -X"
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| * set the name to something like: ssh icub@cortex1
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| Note about gnome-terminal profiles: the profile we have specified specified (--window-with-profile='''cortex''') does not exist by default, we need to create it. These profiles are used to give terminals on different machines different colors (e.g., all terminals running in a cortex computer will be blue, terminals local to chico2 will be white, etc.). To create the "cortex" profile do this:
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| * open a terminal on, say, cortex1
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| * click on File, select "new profile" and name it "cortex", then choose the colors
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| * cortex windows usually are blue background with white text, while pc104 windows are yellow with black text.
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| == Nautilus buttons ==
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| For the buttons that start the file manager Nautilus on pc104 and on cortex (once again, all cortex computers share the same disk, so you need only one button for them) you should use these lines of code:
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| nautilus sftp://icub@10.10.1.50/home/icub/
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| nautilus sftp://icub@10.10.1.1/home/icub
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| After you are done browsing a remote machine disk with Nautilus, don't forget to unmount the volume (right-click the relevant icon on the desktop).
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| == Desktop background ==
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| Last but not least, you can change the default Ubuntu desktop background to something fancier:
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| [[Image:chico3_background.png|thumb|left]]
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| [[Category:Vislab]]
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