Re: [Server-devel] xs activity server

2008-09-04 Thread Douglas Bagnall
I wrote: > where pt-BR is an RFC1788 language code. If any activity contains an > activity.linfo file for a language, then an index is generated. The > server has templates for indexes in some languages (currently Spanish > and English); for other languages the indexes will be in English > except

[Server-devel] xs activity server

2008-09-04 Thread Douglas Bagnall
... not to be confused with last weeks similarly named xs-activation. douglas Serve XO activities from the XS school server = XO laptops can update their activities via HTTP, using specially microformatted html pages to determine what to download. T

[Server-devel] Anaconda install - conflicts over ifcfg-eth0

2008-09-04 Thread Martin Langhoff
Executive version: I am preparing a package that provides an ifcfg-eth0 file - and finding that Anaconda overwrites it... If the package says %config{noreplace} /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 then anaconda installs the file as an .rpmnew file. On the other hand, if I remove the '{norepl

Re: [Server-devel] XS Splashscreen / logo

2008-09-04 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'll write up some details as soon as I can, and announce it on the OLPC >> artwork wiki too. > > *Fantastic*. After seeing your logo, I started thinking o

Re: [Server-devel] Work in progress - F9 install ISO

2008-09-04 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Jerry Vonau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Having had a look at the dvd, the size could be reduced by about 200meg by >> deleting everything in the /images directory except for stage2.img and >> re-rolling the iso. Then the boot.iso should be

Re: [Server-devel] Work in progress - F9 install ISO

2008-09-04 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Jerry Vonau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having had a look at the dvd, the size could be reduced by about 200meg by > deleting everything in the /images directory except for stage2.img and > re-rolling the iso. Then the boot.iso should be made available by its self,

Re: [Server-devel] Work in progress - F9 install ISO

2008-09-04 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: > Martin Langhoff wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Martin Langhoff >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Very rough install CD. It has the packages, but you'll have to install >>> them by hand - >>> >>> It will be here in about 1hr (transfer from NZ takes its time...) >>> ht

Re: [Server-devel] Using bridges and interrupt load

2008-09-04 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 4:16 AM, Alexander Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the only purpose of the bridge devices is to "hold IP configuration" for > enslaved physical interfaces (and not to provide layer-2 bridging between > e.g. different mesh channels so that broadcast / discovery works bet

[Server-devel] [PATCH] mkusbinstall: Fix loop in options handling, disk space check

2008-09-04 Thread Martin Langhoff
--- util/mkusbinstall |7 ++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/util/mkusbinstall b/util/mkusbinstall index 76cd29d..564db40 100755 --- a/util/mkusbinstall +++ b/util/mkusbinstall @@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ while [ $# -gt 2 ]; do case $1 in --noverify)

Re: [Server-devel] new package: xs-activation

2008-09-04 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Greg Smith > - On "Can you put this feature on the roadmap:" I see that it has Trac #1504 > but I don't see this very useful Readme (or Specification) that Douglas > wrote linked anywhere. > Can we include that somewhere off the roadmap? No. We are working towards

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-04 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Currently I am working with a development lash-up which I hope will allow me to get the basic offline moodle capability running (or, at least quickly expose the speed bumps). I envision adding an 'offline' block to the moodle course. This block would give a menu of course chunks (e.g. topi

Re: [Server-devel] new package: xs-activation

2008-09-04 Thread Erik Garrison
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 08:56:21AM -0400, Greg Smith wrote: > Hi Martin and Erik, > > Thanks for the replies. > > - On work flow for this, I think there is a little more detail needed. > e.g. you need a wireless AP setup, right? Anything else? Any special > name or ESSID needed on AP? You may b

Re: [Server-devel] Using bridges and interrupt load

2008-09-04 Thread Alexander Dupuy
> > In the XS networking infrastructure we sometimes setup a bridge with > an IP address and netblock (as you would with an interface) and then > if-and-when the HW interface comes up, we assign the interface to the > bridge. > But it is starting to worry me that when we use this technique, the > p

Re: [Server-devel] new package: xs-activation

2008-09-04 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Martin and Erik, Thanks for the replies. - On work flow for this, I think there is a little more detail needed. e.g. you need a wireless AP setup, right? Anything else? Any special name or ESSID needed on AP? You may be able to explain the stuff around the XO by linking to the relevant XS s

Re: [Server-devel] Browsing internet prb

2008-09-04 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi Dagne, Good to hear your start with the XS was good. I need to ask a few questions to understand what you have, and what you need. On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:07 PM, dagne.semu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have installed XS latest version and the XS detects the XO,s First - _which_ version of