---- Gabriel Noronha Access Grid Support Officer University of Newcastle >>> Christoph Willing <c.will...@uq.edu.au> 19/02/12 9:32 PM >>>
On 18/02/2012, at 4:08 AM, Kevin Cole wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just added another machine to our "posse" / "harem" / "commune", >> and since it was a fresh install, I installed Oneiric (11.10). And >> then, when things behaved oddly, I saw this on the University of >> Queensland's site: >> >> "Can't access ANL venue server. Actually, the connection is partial >> - connected venues are visible but media and jabber text services >> aren't started correctly. Interestingly, other venue servers, e.g. >> APAG, can be connected to OK. The issue appears to be related to the >> Python version being used in the client systems; up to python2.6 >> appears OK, while python2.7 (on Oneiric, Natty & Fedora 14) have the >> connection problem." >> >> With a Long Term Support (LTS) release coming up in a couple of >> months, I was planning to upgrade all of my machines to that, >> including the AG3 computers that are currently doing fine. Any >> details on what makes Python 2.7 not tick? (I've got some stuff >> moving into the 3.x version. So, it seems 2.6 is getting a bit long >> in the tooth.) > > >I believe the problem is in the jabber code - on entering a venue, one >of the VenueClient's tasks is to create and/or enter a jabber room >with the same name as the venue. This fails with python 2.7 (for some >reason) and prevents set up of the media tools, vic and rat. > >I've verified this on a python 2.7 system by disabling text chat >completely in the VenueClient.py and VenueCLientUI.py, after which I'm >able to fully enter previously troublesome venues. > >Although that appears to identify where the problem lies, the problem >still needs to be fixed - I'm not sure who has time to look at that. I had a quick look at the jabber code because i was hoping to reuse it awhile ago... and basically it use a library that has been abandoned. bajjer is the library and a google search seems to lead to nothing but 404s it's probably something that really needs to be ear marked as needing a complete rewrite or swapping to a different protocol with better library support IRC for example. saying that with the picture in your first email i assumed you would be nothing but RHEL boxes..
