This activity is simply to enable the MakeyMakey device on the OLPC XO 4.0 hardware.
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== Where to get MakeyMakey ==
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The MakeyMakey activity is available for download from the Sugar Activity Library: [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4729 MakeyMakey]
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The source code is available on GitHub [https://github.com/walterbender/makeymakey]
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This activity is simply to enable the MakeyMakey device on the OLPC XO 4.0 hardware. While the activity is running, the OLPC-kbdshim service is stopped. When the activity is stopped, the service is restarted.
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== Using MakeyMakey ==
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While the activity is running, the OLPC-kbdshim service is stopped. When the activity is stopped, the service is restarted.
This is necessary because there is a conflict between the OLPC service and the MakeyMakey.
This is necessary because there is a conflict between the OLPC service and the MakeyMakey.
'''Note:''' While the activity is running and the service is stopped, the game keys and rotate screen button will not work.
'''Note:''' While the activity is running and the service is stopped, the game keys and rotate screen button will not work.
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'''Note:''' This activity requires ''sudo'' access. Alas, some Sugar distributions do not allow ''sudo'' access.
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[[Image:MakeyMakeyActivity.png|400px]]
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== Where to report problems ==
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You can report bugs and make feature requests on our bug-tracking system (You need to create an account first). Please CC walter on the ticket. You are also welcome to leave comments/suggestions on the [[Talk:Activities/MakeyMakey]] page.
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== Credits ==
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MakeyMakey activity was written and is maintained by User:Walter. He was inspired in part by James Cameron and in response to [http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/12616].