A quick note to thank all the PLUG members who visited the school last night.
It was a very positive experience for us as we now know that we wouldn't be
tackling this project alone and that the goodwill and knowledge of the PLUG
members would be a 'safety net' when we reach our technical limits.
It was mentioned last night by one of the members that the school would make an
ideal venue for meetings. We have only just joined the group and wouldn't want
to 'muscle in' on existing arrangements but we are happy to offer the venue,
with interactive whiteboard, power etc for any future meeting.
Once again thankyou to all who attended last night and the main outcome has
been that our enthusiasm for the project is now stronger than ever.
Andy
----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 9 May, 2008 9:36:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Peterboro] School visit - Thurs 8th
For the benefit of those who were not there last night...
First: Thank you to Andy and (insert name of other teacher whose name I
have unfortunately forgotten) for your hospitality, and apologies for
staying longer than we should, I hope that hasn't put you off inviting
us back.
It was pleasing to see the working Edubuntu configuration all working
before we got there - a good sign that in terms of usability Linux is
progressing well.
Aside from looking at some infrastructure issues (cabling, switches,
etc) the main "task" we set ourselves, and largely failed at, was
working out why the old RM boxes would not connect to the Edubuntu
terminal server. Actually we did confirm what the problem is (the
hardware is not capable of running at 1024x768 at 32bit colour, the boot
image served by the Edubuntu server sets that as a minimum), we did not
succeed (yet!) in convincing the server to send an alternate
configuration (24-bit colour). Any knowledgable LTSP experts who can
advise on this should raise their hands now!
Phil and Malcolm have taken some hardware away to play with so hopefully
they'll have some luck. Phil has the advantage of having a working
Edubuntu server to play with already so we'll be expecting an answer
from Phil sometime this afternoon :-)
Sad techies that we are we stayed until after 10pm working on this, so I
hope we can be forgiven if we outstayed our welcome a little - I think
everyone needed to get home by (before!) that point. On the other hand I
think we're now confident what the problem is and hopefully can solve
it; this means that a large number of "spare" machines instantly become
available. I'd personally like to try with Edubuntu 8.04 as I think 8.04
does seem generally better than 7.10 at dropping down to lower
resolutions when a higher one fails.
Anyway thanks again to Andy and others at the school (especially for the
apple pies and doughnuts!), and to the PLUG members who attended.
--
Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0845 45 89 555
Registered in England (0456 0902) at 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG
_______________________________________________
Peterboro mailing list
[email protected]
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
__________________________________________________________
Sent from Yahoo! Mail.
A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html_______________________________________________
Peterboro mailing list
[email protected]
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
