Re: [Server-devel] [OLPC-AU] OLPC Australia XS concerns

2011-06-10 Thread Peter Robinson
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan srid...@laptop.org.au wrote: I think my biggest technical concerns in XS-land are twofold:  * we need the XS to behave well on an *existing* network (i.e. single interface), without trying to be a gateway or duplicating core network services

Re: [Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Server project initiation announce

2011-06-10 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Aleksey Lim alsr...@activitycentral.org wrote: In fact, the project started three weeks ago but for now some of its core purposes became more clear, ie, ready for announcing. You guys are *weird*. I've been hearing from AC for a while that you'd help with XS, in

Re: [Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Server project initiation announce

2011-06-10 Thread Aleksey Lim
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 01:08:35PM -0400, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Aleksey Lim alsr...@activitycentral.org wrote: In fact, the project started three weeks ago but for now some of its core purposes became more clear, ie, ready for announcing. You guys are

Re: [Server-devel] OLPC Australia XS concerns

2011-06-10 Thread Anna
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: the XO's WLAN can be the AP Note that running hostap is not a trivial endeavour. Unless something's changed recently since the last time I looked, the XO's wifi chip doesn't support hostapd. The best I've

Re: [Server-devel] OLPC Australia XS concerns

2011-06-10 Thread HALL,Brian C
Good Day, I recently received an OLPC school server. When I booted it, I got the error: Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter Could anyone assist me with this issue? Thanks in advance, Brian Hall From: server-devel-boun...@lists.laptop.org

Re: [Server-devel] OLPC Australia XS concerns

2011-06-10 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi Brian, that doesn't sound pretty. Who did you receive the server from? What deployment are you part of? The server -- can boot from USB or from a CD? Perhaps you can boot from a linux live CD or live USB to diagnose? cheers, m On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:00 PM, HALL,Brian C

Re: [Server-devel] [Dextrose] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Server project initiation announce

2011-06-10 Thread David Farning
-Original Message- From: dextrose-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org [mailto:dextrose- boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Martin Langhoff Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 1:09 PM To: Aleksey Lim Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; olpc-

Re: [Server-devel] [Dextrose] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Server project initiation announce

2011-06-10 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:44 PM, David Farning dfarn...@activitycentral.com wrote: You are 100% correct in these criticisms and concerns about Activity Central. We are a new company working in a new market. Failures and mistakes are inevitable. If you have been hurt by those mistakes, I