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Peter Drake
http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/
Begin forwarded message:
From: Aaron Fellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: August 2, 2008 1:04:26 PM PDT
To: Barton C Massey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Go Tourney next week
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wow, I didn't realize this email was going to be so long when I
started. That's
probably a result of me attempting to err on the side of
completeness wherever
possible. The first section is a recap of where we stand from a
technical
standpoint; the second section is a mix of things that will be
important on
Monday morning (or before). The last part of this is a rundown of
different ways
to get ahold of MCECS Support (aka, TheCAT).
- Aaron
Technical stuff:
It looks like we've got everything set up for the connection to
the go server
and I've tested with the one go computer program that we've
received. There is
a wrapper installed as /usr/bin/kgsGtp on the linux lab computers
that they can
use to start the program. It sounds like the people running the go
bots know how
to connect using a config file for this program, so all should be
well on that
front (if all else fails, try /usr/bin/kgsGtp -help).
I was able to connect to the kgs go server with the one go
computer we've got.
As far as I know, it was working correctly, but I never got it to
play a game
against me. The program to watch the games is just a java web start
link, so
that will work on all our linux and windows computers. In addition,
the web site
has an applet version of it that will work.
The last I've heard from the Wintel team is that they will have a
minimally
loaded windows computer available in the lab. I made sure to tell
them that you
will need java and java web start for the tournament, so that'll be
installed
on it (the things they don't install will likely be Adobe Acrobat,
Office, et
cetera).
On the day of:
There is to be no food and drink in the lab. There is a table
near the door of
the lab to hold food and drink. In order to keep the door from
being propped open
and our campus security folks getting paged, we've moved the table
into the lab;
our no food and drink policy is being stretched to its limit for
the tournament.
Users with their own hardware will need to register their
hardware as laptops
on our network. The url is https://intranet.cecs.pdx.edu/network/
laptops . They
should log in with the guest accounts. Once the "laptops" are
registered, any
laptop jack in the lab (there are 5 or 6) will work within about 20
minutes. Two
of those jacks are the ones next to where we decided the mac mini
cluster will
probably fit best. The url for laptop registration is written on
the whiteboard
in the lab.
There are three tables set up for laptops/other hardware near the
back of the
room. One of them has a plugged in surge strip mounted to the
underside so you
won't have to climb under the table to plug hardware in.
Unfortunately, under and
behind the table is where the laptop jacks are, so networking
cables will still
require some spelunking. I'm guessing those cables will be
unplugged from the
wall less often than power cables, though.
The last I've heard is that there will be a CAT with sufficient
access to
install libraries on the linux boxes and tweak the networking
should anything
fail on Monday morning (I make no guarantee against faulty cables
in the wiring
closet). I do not believe that anyone from the windows team with
sufficient
access will be available on site first thing Monday morning. There
is a general
user support person scheduled on the front desk at 8am as well;
they may be able
to assist with some general troubleshooting.
Ways to get ahold of user support (in the middle of the night):
From online, probably the most efficient way to contact us is
over IRC.
irc.cat.pdx.edu is our IRC server and #support is our general user
support
channel. If things break in the middle of the night, this is
probably one of the
fastest ways to get ahold of people if there happens to be any one
staying up
late.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] will email the entire support staff. Because
of the delay
in email, this is probably not as ideal for urgent troubleshooting,
but is not a
bad way to contact us by any means.
FAB 60-06 is our main front desk. I don't think we actually went
there on
Friday, but Bart at least should know where this is. It can be a
bit of a hike
from the lab, unfortunately. The desk is generally staffed from 9am
to 6pm; hours
are at http://www.cat.pdx.edu/fab_60-06_schedule.html . While I
won't guarantee
that cell phones will work near the lab, the desk phone is (503)
725-5420. The
CS tutors are available just down the hall from the lab from 11am
to 6pm daily;
if you get lost, they can help with directions to the main CAT
front desk.
--
Aaron Fellin, eXVI DROOG/HISS basic, pgp key: 0x0138C0839 @
pgp.mit.edu
Computer Science Tutor Coordinator, [EMAIL PROTECTED], (503)
725-4056, fab C88-01
Computer Action Team, [EMAIL PROTECTED], (503) 725-5420,
fab60-06, eb325a
http://www.cat.pdx.edu/tutors.html
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