Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-09 Thread Caroline Meeks
It was worth a try but I see exactly the same behavior on the media lab jabber server. One thing I think I am noticing. It seems like one machine at a time is connected to the Jabber Server. What happens when a machine connects? Is there anyway that one machine connecting could cause another to d

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-08 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 07:13:26PM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote: So in our use case we can't get any entries into the existing DNS. You might have already considered this, but I wanted to make sure you know about this option: "The existing DNS [server]" doesn't (necessarily) mean "the current

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-08 Thread Gary C Martin
On 9 Jul 2009, at 01:20, Walter Bender wrote: > My laptop (jhbuild) and Classmate (running the same Strawberry > version of SoaS) both connected to the jabber server and were stable > on the same network as the other machines. Well that's good news I guess :-) Is the SoaS for your Classmate

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-08 Thread Walter Bender
My laptop (jhbuild) and Classmate (running the same Strawberry version of SoaS) both connected to the jabber server and were stable on the same network as the other machines. -walter On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Gary C Martin wrote: > On 9 Jul 2009, at 00:13, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > Specif

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-08 Thread Gary C Martin
On 9 Jul 2009, at 00:13, Caroline Meeks wrote: > Specifically for the GPA > > We have 18 computers. Wired to the internet, we don't know the > details. We are trying to bring in another computer, install the XS > for it and put it beside the existing computers. > > For this summer we would be

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-08 Thread Caroline Meeks
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz < bmsch...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > Caroline Meeks wrote: > >1. Fix Jabber collaboration - We have a mysterious bug (that is also > >being worked on in parallel) that keeps dropping the connection to the > >externally hosted Jabber

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-08 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
Caroline Meeks wrote: >1. Fix Jabber collaboration - We have a mysterious bug (that is also >being worked on in parallel) that keeps dropping the connection to the >externally hosted Jabber Server (jabber.sl.org) That's irritating. Have you tried other servers? For example, schoolser

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-08 Thread Caroline Meeks
To follow up on an off list discussion with Martin. The OLPC use case assumes top down support. OLPC perfers to sell in bulk to Governments. Sugar on a Stick complements this with a bottom up approach. Thus our use case is how can we support a teacher with some computers in their room but perhap

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-07 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Caroline et al, That helps. I noted four possible network configuration here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Goals#Solid_Collaboration I have to warn you that this is very hard area. It reminds me of trying to catch minnows in Herring Pond with my son. You scoop the bucket in to

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-06 Thread Caroline Meeks
> > Caroline, The long term goal is that students at GPA can collaborate with each other from school and home. Thus long term we need a Jabber server and a machine connected to the internet. We could host it at Solution Grove or physically locate it at the school. I think learning about the tra

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-06 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Martin, Its good to be back! Despite my cantankerous approach in person, I missed grilling errr I mean chatting with you on the phone every week :-) I'm impressed at your progress and contribution these last six months. In commercial SW you have to nail the release in limited time and book or

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-02 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 17:37, Greg Smith wrote: > Hi All, > > > > Has anyone tried testing Sugar on a Stick, Strawberry release with > collaboration? That is, are there any examples of SoAS computers seeing > other SoAS computers in the Network Neighborhood and then sharing > Activities? Hi Greg,

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-02 Thread Caroline Meeks
From the terminal I could see it switching back and forth between gamble and salut No internet access for me now but if you need more infi Please put requests for more info on tickets with good directions and Tuesday I ahould have time in the school to debug Thanks Sent from my iPhone Car

Re: [Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-02 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi Greg, good to hear from you again. That bug report is just a backtrace. No info on whether the Sugar client was actually using the Jabber server (via Gabble) or not. Or what action was taken, what results seen, or versions of things. Pretty hard to tell what's going on. Are you in touch with

[Sugar-devel] SoAS Testing with XS

2009-07-02 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, Has anyone tried testing Sugar on a Stick, Strawberry release with collaboration? That is, are there any examples of SoAS computers seeing other SoAS computers in the Network Neighborhood and then sharing Activities? I'm interested in Jabber examples (on XS or other Jabber server) a