[Server-devel] Congratulations - Some questions
Martin et al, Congratulations. This is remarkable step forward and I am pleased to see the progress. I look forward to the potential of a version 1.0 with all the bells and whistles, (don't know when that will be) to rollout to our deployments. Things noted so far: - Ease of install - Reliability of presence (only noted with four XOs, but a thorough 100+ XO test is likely to occur on Monday) - Auto-magic, heard/read so much about it, it's great to see it working. We will be rolling out over 500 XO laptops across six deployment sites in the next couple of months. I am thinking that rolling out the XS in some form may be an option for one of the states we are rolling out to. Some questions (sorry if they seem silly, I've lost track of the XS development process): - How many XOs can be connected to an XS? 60, 120, 250? - What is the deal with XOs to AP ratios, we are using WRT54GLs, is it 20 XOs per AP? Or is it potentially much more. - Some issues with changing the Administrator name as well as XO color, when the XO has already been registered, is that functionality there? (e.g. I named one XO, Barack, it was the first to register and then connect to moodle, but now I want to change the XO's name in moodle to Administrator and the XO Icon). Again, I am so pleased with this progress, we are going to Australia's most remote school in two weeks, 50 XOs being deployed there and I'd love to have the XS up and running there. Thank you, Rangan ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] fresh XS 0.6 install
OK, so the message is don't worry about first boot. /var/log/moodle-instupg.log ends in success. the next problem is that when I try to register the qemu emulated xo 8.2.0 it fails, probably because qemu has a built in dhcp server and nat firewall, so the xo never gets it address, dns, and domain from the xs and therefore can't find the xs. ping schoolserver yields unknown host ping schoolserver.testschool.org gets correct ip (172.18.0.1) but can't reach it browse can reach the internet through the xs and the xo update also works has anyone tried the tap interface? - Original Message - From: "Martin Langhoff" To: "Tim Moody" Cc: Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [Server-devel] fresh XS 0.6 install On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Tim Moody wrote: > fresh 0.6 install went smoothly except for > > still says Moodle must be installed or upgraded Strange! What does /var/log/moodle-instupg.log say? Does it end in success or failure? If failure... attach... Or does it say it during the first boot? That would be the normal way of things... > have the install instructions been overly pruned? the ejabberd admin > password set up is gone. is it still required? Nope, it is gone -- for good! :-) > are you planning for the next release to prompt for domain and maybe > ejabberd admin password during install as timezone and root password are? Only for domain, and inside of Moodle if possible, so all the rest is automated. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] fresh XS 0.6 install
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Tim Moody wrote: > fresh 0.6 install went smoothly except for > > still says Moodle must be installed or upgraded Strange! What does /var/log/moodle-instupg.log say? Does it end in success or failure? If failure... attach... Or does it say it during the first boot? That would be the normal way of things... > have the install instructions been overly pruned? the ejabberd admin > password set up is gone. is it still required? Nope, it is gone -- for good! :-) > are you planning for the next release to prompt for domain and maybe > ejabberd admin password during install as timezone and root password are? Only for domain, and inside of Moodle if possible, so all the rest is automated. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] another distro?
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Devon Connolly wrote: > How about Gentoo? Can't beat portage. I am still trying to compile an answer for that... :-) m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] another distro?
How about Gentoo? Can't beat portage. On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:01:35 -, Sameer Verma wrote: > Now that we have XS 0.6 in the "Stable", I'll raise the issue once > more. Are we at a point in development where we can reassess the issue > of basing the XS on other distros such as Debian stable or Ubuntu LTS? > > Sameer -- Devon Connolly ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] fresh XS 0.6 install
fresh 0.6 install went smoothly except for still says Moodle must be installed or upgraded, but probably bogus because pgsql is running and client pc in lan net gets moodle login from school server. have the install instructions been overly pruned? the ejabberd admin password set up is gone. is it still required? are you planning for the next release to prompt for domain and maybe ejabberd admin password during install as timezone and root password are? ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] another distro?
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > Now that we have XS 0.6 in the "Stable", I'll raise the issue once > more. Are we at a point in development where we can reassess the issue > of basing the XS on other distros such as Debian stable or Ubuntu LTS? It is definitely quite a bit more work to switch distros :-) Personally I am "over the hump" with Fedora skills -- my rpm knowledge came back after many (8?) years of neglect, and I now know a ton more than I ever did. If someone does repackage all the xs packages debian format, and shows that there is a workable means of building an installer and controlling the installation, I am all ears. An added bit of work will be to repackage and reimplement the kernel+initramfs magic that I plan to reuse from the XO OS team, so we can run XS on XO-1 and XO-1.5 -- those two will need very different kernels and initramfsen. And the "reimplement" bit won't be easy: initramfs implementations are in flux on both sides, guaranteeing a ton of fun and sleepless nights. The upside -- of course! -- is the path to LTS. I wish I knew where it was... m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] XS upgrade
2009/10/9 Martin Langhoff : > Yes, you can access it from other computers. I am writing how to do > this in http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=XS_Techniques_and_Configuration Several good Moodle tips here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Techniques_and_Configuration#Moodle Note note note!!! Right now Moodle works very well... for users who are familiar with Moodle. For newcomers, it is pretty daunting... I am planning to disable / hide a lot of the functionality and simplify things. What does this mean to users on XS 0.6? - Let me know what Moodle modules and blocks you are using and how. I intend to keep the most useful bits, so the better I know what's useful... - If you use the more esoteric or advanced modules, you may have to re-enable them after the upgrade to 0.7 :-) cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] XS upgrade
2009/10/9 Henry Vélez Molina : > Thanks. I will work with 6.0 version from scratch can I manage moodle from > any computer? or it is only for the XOs Yes, you can access it from other computers. I am writing how to do this in http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=XS_Techniques_and_Configuration cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] another distro?
Now that we have XS 0.6 in the "Stable", I'll raise the issue once more. Are we at a point in development where we can reassess the issue of basing the XS on other distros such as Debian stable or Ubuntu LTS? Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] Working on the XS F11 rebase
Working on... Packages: * idmgr - rebuilt * usbmont * pam_sotp -- help! doesn't build * ds-backup * ejabberd - rebuilt ** consider rebasing on 2.0.5, this will require remerging and retesting @online@ patches * fakeroot & fakechroot: F11 has current versions * kernel-xs: we'll have to get XO-1 and XO-1.5 kernels and initrds... * moodle-xs * olpc-contents: (or equivalent for bitfrost libs) * rssh - looks good on F11 * xs-activation * xs-activity-server * xs-config (lot of work to do!) * xs-logos * xs-pkgs: replace w groups (how? help!) * xs-release (have an intermediate one?) * xs-rsync * xs-tools * olpc-bios-crypto * xs-otp * xs-callhome Plus: * Get a usable installer build from revisor or pungi * Test this thing! You can track it on http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=User:Martinlanghoff/XS_F11_rebase_ToDo cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] rebuilding pam_sotp -- __stack_chk_fail_local ?
Hi Douglas, do you remember this issue? Did you managed to get it built somehow? http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2008-October/msg02908.html We did end up with a F9 rpm, but I can't remember how it happened. The rebuild for F11 is hitting the same prob... cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
