Re: [Server-devel] Can XSCE benefit a tablet deployment?

2013-12-02 Thread David Farning
he addition of a bluetooth keyboard, or in upper > grades, a laptop. The school server is essential for both of these client > interfaces to manage media storage, limit pornography, collect usage > statistics, etc. > > ___ > Server-devel mailing

Re: [Server-devel] Does XSCE need a new Home?

2013-11-29 Thread David Farning
st to plan > for an orderly transition from one hosting arangement to another, if that > ever becomes necessary. If during the interim, there needs to be bridge > funding, I'd be glad to spearhead taking up a collection among the people > that follow these things. > > Geor

Re: [Server-devel] Does XSCE need a new Home?

2013-11-29 Thread David Farning
house in order codewise thanks to the terrific work by >>> > all the >>> > software hackers here :-) >>> > >>> > Thoughts? >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > Anish >>> > >>> > >>> > >>&g

[Server-devel] Handing off release manager duties to Tim Moody

2013-11-28 Thread David Farning
appy with the idea before suggesting it in public. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] a kernel for our solidrun protos?

2013-11-25 Thread David Farning
that works with the new board. Is that the case? Is > there a kernel that I should be using? > > Or what do you suggest? > > George > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.lapto

Re: [Server-devel] [crazy idea] Supporting basic mobile phones | Searching for possible standards

2013-11-25 Thread David Farning
mobile > phones. At the same time, I'm sure many people would have already tried to > figure out this space (maybe I'm trying to do just that). > > _______ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel >

Re: [Server-devel] The three step XSCE demo

2013-11-23 Thread David Farning
> server-devel-ow...@lists.laptop.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Server-devel digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: The three step XSCE demo! (Miguel

Re: [Server-devel] The three step XSCE demo!

2013-11-21 Thread David Farning
dir. Normally the appliance is 1.3G, but this also has 400mb of >>> IIAB test dataset. >>> >>> I'll give it another shot in another area where there is some free space, >>> and get back. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Sebastian Silva >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> I tried this but google drive problematic to download from as it requires >>>> to download from a browser. Not adequate for 1.6gb. Let me know if I can >>>> pick it up from a regular download place. Why is it so big? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Sebastian >>>> >>>> El 17/11/13 20:48, Anish Mangal escribió: >>>> >>>>> Download the XSCE Virtualbox appliance from here >>>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3eW2YPe6koIVXRVbDhSR0xXQ1U (approx 1.6 >>>>> GB) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > Miguel González > Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] The three step XSCE demo!

2013-11-20 Thread David Farning
pick it up from a regular download place. Why is it so big? >> >> Regards, >> Sebastian >> >> El 17/11/13 20:48, Anish Mangal escribió: >> >>> Download the XSCE Virtualbox appliance from here >>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3eW2YPe6koIVXRVbDh

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: XSCE weekly voice call, 2PM NYC Time Thursday

2013-11-07 Thread David Farning
>>>> -- >>>> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! >> >> >> >> ___ >> Server-devel mailing list >> Server-devel@lists.lap

Re: [Server-devel] Reminder: XSCE IRC scrum tomorrow (5th November), 1600 UTC / 1200 EDT on #schoolserver/irc.freenode.net

2013-11-05 Thread David Farning
genda >>>>> document >>>>> >>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6QtzLb6e58YKWqMf_junux2XyBRLFm31un8YLcYslg/edit >>>>> >>>>> Logs for the last meeting held on 29th October are here: >>>>> https://sugardextr

Re: [Server-devel] mesh potato

2013-10-29 Thread David Farning
ou or anyone else want to look into that would be most welcome. Much of the value of enterprise routers, which can cost more then my car, is on the software side. Please see http://villagetelco.org/ > Tony > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > S

Re: [Server-devel] extension of Moodle authentication mechanism

2013-10-28 Thread David Farning
>>> Server-devel mailing list >>> Server-devel@lists.laptop.org >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Miguel González >> Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com > > > >

[Server-devel] XSCE Features Pages

2013-10-26 Thread David Farning
A minor quirk. Nothing in the wiki seems to point to the feature page ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/feature ) or its subpages. Wearing my, 'Hmm what happened at the sprint hat.' I was unable to browse around for a link to trigger my failing memory. -- David Farnin

[Server-devel] Post sprint wrap up tasks.

2013-10-26 Thread David Farning
my part. Seem reasonable? -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 78, Issue 28

2013-10-24 Thread David Farning
pounds. > > I suspect that the Trim-slice has gone out of production. Yes, that is the situation. > Perhaps, David Farning can check this out. Maybe we could work a deal to buy > remaining inventory. I'll give it a shot. These guys are pretty lean :) I also suggest contact

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE | renaming 0.4.5 to 0.5

2013-10-23 Thread David Farning
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.5/Road_Map updated to reflect the roadmap. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:27 PM, David Farning wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Martin Dluhos wrote: >> On 10/07/2013 09:51 PM, James Cameron wrote: >>> Don't number it 0

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE | renaming 0.4.5 to 0.5

2013-10-23 Thread David Farning
moving pieces to a minimum. > Does anyone have comments about or objections to this roadmap? > > Martin > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listi

[Server-devel] A couple of suggestions for making sure this week's XSCE sprint goes smoothly.

2013-10-21 Thread David Farning
ll out the rant number and the person needs to put a dollar in the bowel. These are just (hopefully fun but firm) suggestions to help us self-police our passionate group of hackers. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com _

[Server-devel] XSCE Wiki facelift :)

2013-09-18 Thread David Farning
al Content - Learning and Collaboration We need a few points under each heading. 3. Finally, I left the section on ecosystem in the front to emphasis the relationships XSCE might have with other projects. Edit welcome. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activityc

[Server-devel] XSCE 0.5 wiki is open for Editing

2013-09-18 Thread David Farning
and on email threads. To reduce conflicts of interesting between upstream XSCE and downstream DXS, I personally have tried to reduce my roles in XSCE communications. Anyone want to step up and whip the the XSCE 0.5 wiki into shape? If not, I'll start poking at it again. -- David Farning Act

Re: [Server-devel] Squid caching on the XSCE AND AP's

2013-09-15 Thread David Farning
gt;> this a bit further. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone's interested in hacking on this or has thoughts/feedback, >>>>> please chip in :-) >>>>> >>>>> Drawing a "microprocessor" analogy, having a L1 cache on the XSCE and >>>>> an L2 cache on the AP, and some smart fine tu

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] A couple of thoughts about moving forward.

2013-09-08 Thread David Farning
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 6:49 AM, George Hunt wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:47 PM, David Farning > wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> I would like to offer some reflections after the last couple of weeks. >> >> I stepped aside because I felt I was hin

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] School Server Special Interest Group at OLPC-SF

2013-09-07 Thread David Farning
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:26 PM, David Farning > wrote: >> >> Great, >> >> I have been thinking of two parallel themes for how school servers can >> add value to the conference. >>

Re: [Server-devel] DXS demo: highlights

2013-09-07 Thread David Farning
(aklis, ajay, annabham, migonzalvar, m_anish) are also present > on #schoolserver and should be able to answer any questions you may have. > Also, there is an XSCE meeting on Tuesday, 12 noon, EDT @ #schoolserver, > where we all plan to be present. > > The full meeting minutes and logs can be accessed at: > https://sugardextrose.org/issues/4612 > > Cheers, > Anish > > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] School Server Special Interest Group at OLPC-SF

2013-09-05 Thread David Farning
ct 18-20 and exactly 4 > weeks later in Malaysia Nov 16-18 for the new Asia/Pacific folk too! > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/0.5/Sprint > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:59 PM, David Farning > wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> I

[Server-devel] School Server Special Interest Group at OLPC-SF

2013-09-05 Thread David Farning
interested in school server focused talks, tutorials, sessions? -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] DXS github repository

2013-09-03 Thread David Farning
gt; Anish > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] XSCE Test machines.

2013-08-31 Thread David Farning
the quality of test will improve. I am in the early of exploring what is possible on a really tight budget :) Tight as in if I skip my ice cream cone this week, I can buy a usb dongle. > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 7:20 PM, David Farning > wrote: >> >> I was wondering if anyone wa

[Server-devel] XSCE Test machines.

2013-08-31 Thread David Farning
spare room. Testers could then SSH into the network to run scripts on the XO's to simulate various types of load. Does anyone have experience with this type of testing? Does anyone have machines or a room to donate:) -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.acti

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] A couple of thoughts about moving forward.

2013-08-29 Thread David Farning
r. >>> > >>> >Do the points in there (summarized below) make sense? I intentionally >>> > created this page on the sugardextrose.org wiki. If it has greater >>> > acceptance community-wide, I'd be happy to move it to the main XSCE wiki. >>>

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 76, Issue 21

2013-08-18 Thread David Farning
On Saturday, August 17, 2013, Adam Holt wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Braddock > > > wrote: > >> > From: David Farning > 'cvml', 'dfarn...@activitycentral.com');>> We have just >> > received confirmation that comp

[Server-devel] List Culture

2013-08-17 Thread David Farning
trend continues to include more contributors discussing more topics and more solutions. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server

[Server-devel] What is your deployment looking for in a School Server.

2013-08-17 Thread David Farning
n engaging volunteers like you to add value user to XSCE. If we are able to add enough value, schools and deployments will chose to deploy the XSCE. As we _prove_ impact on deployment success and students lives, it will be easier and easier to engage volunteer to continue the cycle by adding more value.

[Server-devel] Powering a hard drive?

2013-08-16 Thread David Farning
ipped the base utility will hit the all important sub $100 mark. However the cost of a SSD is significantly higher than a normal drive. Do any of the power experts have suggestions? Losing the 'all in one' form factor greatly reduces the value in my opinion -- David Farning Activit

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-14 Thread David Farning
n strategy for the XSCE community:( -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > ___________ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > -- David Farning Activi

Re: [Server-devel] Clarifying some XSCE issues.

2013-08-12 Thread David Farning
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:18 AM, James Cameron wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 04:34:08PM -0500, David Farning wrote: >> After a couple of eventful, and fruitful, weeks with XSCE, I would >> like to to clarify a few points where our message seemed to be >> unclear. >&

[Server-devel] Clarifying some XSCE issues.

2013-08-11 Thread David Farning
That value will help them earn influence within the project. I hope this help clarify some of the issues that have come up over the past couple of days. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Se

[Server-devel] Interesting opportunity to study upstream - downstream relationship Was: Root fs on XO1

2013-08-10 Thread David Farning
I like swap over network block > device using USB ethernet. The size of the swap can be unlimited (a > sparse file), additional swap spaces can be added as needed, there's > no worry about SD card compatibility, and no worry about endurance of > FLASH in the card or USB drive. Sustain

Re: [Server-devel] Dealing with the disruptions caused by XSCE.

2013-08-08 Thread David Farning
items into their own area, > personally I do not think we should splinter hosting all over the place. > Samuel and Daniel, Thanks for the clarity. I think this is a reasonable position. It provides legitimacy for olpc (lowercase) projects without implying support or endorsement by OLPC. (upper

[Server-devel] Dealing with the disruptions caused by XSCE.

2013-08-08 Thread David Farning
we wait 3 months and revisit the issue? -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] XS to become XSCE???

2013-08-07 Thread David Farning
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:06 AM, David Farning > wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: >>> Just noticed that on >>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software_0.7 it says that &g

Re: [Server-devel] XS to become XSCE???

2013-08-06 Thread David Farning
lationship between XS and XSCE and their future :) > cheers, > Sameer > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel -

Re: [Server-devel] Centos as a base for sugar-Dextrose? and/or XSCE

2013-08-02 Thread David Farning
os-6-rhel-6/epel-i386/sugar-0.88.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm.html >> > > That already seems to work on EL6 ... so I assume we need a newer > version or something else. > >> >> If we are able to get this piece of work done, we will try and >> maintain the entire stack from

Re: [Server-devel] Centos as a base for sugar-Dextrose? and/or XSCE

2013-07-28 Thread David Farning
t;> not sure what that means >>> >>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_12.04.2_LTS_-_Dextrose_Sugar_Live >>> no, what I mean is the dextrose distro derived from Fedora >>> or something else >>> not what platforms you ran it on >>> looks like f

[Server-devel] XSCE Update

2013-07-20 Thread David Farning
n project like those above who are willing to share their work with the world. Thanks to these project for their willingness to lead from the front. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Serv

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] Attempting to upgrade XO 1.5 firmware. Says "activation lease not found"

2013-07-19 Thread David Farning
gone. >> >> If not, you may have a damaged USB flash drive or port. >> >> -- >> James Cameron >> http://quozl.linux.org.au/ >> _______ >> support-gang mailing list >> support-g...@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.la

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-12 Thread David Farning
management requests without become overwhelming. On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Tony Anderson wrote: > Hi, > > I think this should be done in the overall context of XSCE as proposed by > David Farning. I think of what I am doing as a system and not as isolated > pieces. The ds-ba

[Server-devel] XSCE Sprint day 4.

2013-07-11 Thread David Farning
ing together to help the project gather the momentue necessary for continued growth. For those folks who want to watch and participate a status page is available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1blFrHtvl6RaMH37-DhznphaEG9bfWZv4b-wSyhS9vDM/edit -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-11 Thread David Farning
special support in the wireless device. A typical >>>> access point will not work. It requires an XO as the sender. >>>> >>>> (NANDblaster is implemented in the firmware, not the operating system. >>>> An alternate design could be engineered, but that doesn't seem likely >>>> to be attempted.) >>>> >>>>> The normal flash problem is that several XOs need to be reflashed at >>>>> one time, so the usb key approach is time-consuming. My experience >>>>> is that a reflash from usb key takes 15min. Naturally, one key to >>>>> this process is the ability to reload the backed up (hopefully) >>>>> Journal. >>>> >>>> Reloading the backed up journal is costing you 10min? Reflashing an >>>> XO-1 from USB drive 13.2.0-12 costs only 5min. If the reflash is >>>> taking much longer than that, there may be an endurance or end of life >>>> problem with the internal storage of the XO. >>>> > -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-10 Thread David Farning
uration should be fixed (172.18.0.1) with host name > schoolserver and no domain. Even if a school has two schoolservers (e.g. the > Rwanda school with 4000 students), the choice of school server to connect is > made by the router (e.g. schoolnet1, schoolne

[Server-devel] XSCE Update day 2

2013-07-09 Thread David Farning
ther than micromanage and piss everyone off:( -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

[Server-devel] XSCE sprint update day 0 and day 1

2013-07-09 Thread David Farning
customers specification will have greater effect than all caps :) -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

[Server-devel] XSCE update

2013-07-05 Thread David Farning
many downstreams. 2. Try to be fair and balanced so that downstreams collaborate on the common core while competing on value adds. The way android has become the platform of choice for many phone and tablet vendors. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentra

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] Value of remote access to School Servers.

2013-07-03 Thread David Farning
> server, to which SSH is directed? >>> >>> >> I'm not sure... let me explain (perhaps Sameer or Santi can chime in)... >> >> I have a set of openVPN keys on may laptop through which I connect to the >> openVPN server automatically (and a network called tun0 is created) >> >>

[Server-devel] Value of remote access to School Servers.

2013-07-02 Thread David Farning
deployments willing to test XSCE. Does this free service sound like something anyone is interested in testing? -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http

Re: [Server-devel] Installing XSCE on XO-1

2013-07-01 Thread David Farning
n help with this? > David Leeming > > Leeming Consulting, P.O. Box 652, Honiara, Solomon Islands > > Tel: +677 747-6396 (m) 24419 (h) > > www.leeming-consulting.com > > > > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list >

[Server-devel] A quick and valuable way to get involved in the XSCE project.

2013-06-28 Thread David Farning
of a bind right now... some of the current round of patch are pretty risky. Their is a likely chance of unexpected side effects and breakage. The earlier we detect the breakage, the less code the developers have to search looking for the cause. -- David Farning Activity Central: http

[Server-devel] XSCE Update

2013-06-28 Thread David Farning
ar is interesting because it allow curators to use widely available, cross platform tools such as http://calibre-ebook.com/ to maintain those libraries. -- Thanks Seth As always, please help us met your deployment or project's needs. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activit

[Server-devel] Fresh install of xs-config-0.8.4.40.g6050482-1 on 13.1.0 on XO4 fails

2013-06-25 Thread David Farning
Near the end of xs-setup i see the following error Error: Package: active-document-0.1-13.1.noarch(xs-extra) Requires: gevent Then a couple of lines later the install fails with +chown -R named /var/named-xs chown: invalid user: 'named' -- David Farning Activity Cen

Re: [Server-devel] Testing and comparing wireless setups.

2013-06-25 Thread David Farning
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:24 PM, James Cameron wrote: > [Warning: this author is on coffee for the first time in months] > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 07:14:11AM -0500, David Farning wrote: >> As part of the XSCE, we would like to start offering wireless setup >> guidelines. &g

[Server-devel] Testing and comparing wireless setups.

2013-06-24 Thread David Farning
handle higher throughput - Several kids watching youtube and me doing a download. 3. Some devices overheat and reset more frequently than others. 4. Some devices have better range than others. Does this information seem valuable to deployments? Does the general approach seem sane? -- David Farning

[Server-devel] XSCE Update

2013-06-22 Thread David Farning
ion or its priorities (after all we are a community of opinionated volunteers), it is a useful common ground for discussion and collaboration. If your School Server needs not met by 0.4 please consider how you can help us meet those needs in future releases. -- David Farning Activity Cen

Re: [Server-devel] Server Hardware.

2013-06-21 Thread David Farning
generated even in hot climates, humid and still air. > > David Leeming > Solomon Islands > > -Original Message- > From: server-devel-boun...@lists.laptop.org > [mailto:server-devel-boun...@lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of David Farning > Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013 2:

[Server-devel] Server Hardware.

2013-06-20 Thread David Farning
critical. 5. ? Would be cool -- 1. Internal battery -- ... 2. Any other thoughts? -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Best XSCE strategy for us in Pacific with XO-1.5 2GB Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

2013-06-17 Thread David Farning
slands > > > > From: David Leeming [mailto:da...@leeming-consulting.com] > Sent: Monday, 17 June 2013 8:58 p.m. > To: 'George Hunt'; 'David Farning' > Cc: 'Jerry Vonau'; 'server-devel' > Subject: RE: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3

Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

2013-06-17 Thread David Farning
d. No luck. Firmware seems OK. > > > > Something I am missing about the 2GB version of the XO-1.5 ??? > > > > David Leeming > > > > From: George Hunt [mailto:georgejh...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 8:41 p.m. > To: David Farning > Cc: David Le

Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

2013-06-14 Thread David Farning
ome to the bleeding edge. On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:14 PM, David Leeming wrote: > OK ... but can you give me a preview, I will test it and give feedback > > David > > > -Original Message- > From: David Farning [mailto:dfarn...@activitycentral.com] > Sent: Saturday, 1

Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

2013-06-14 Thread David Farning
gt; > > – would it be possible to add step by step instructions on using the yum > cache for a subsequent offline install, to the wiki please? > > > > David > > > > From: George Hunt [mailto:georgejh...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 8:41 p.m. > To: D

Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

2013-06-13 Thread David Farning
t; When I enter “bootstrap-xo” is replies > > > > Not an XO please run ‘xs-config’ > > > > Tried to do that but > > > > xs-config: command not found > > > > > > > > David Leeming > > Solomon Islands > > > > >

Re: [Server-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT XSCE 0.3 Final Release

2013-06-11 Thread David Farning
ition/0.3/Testing > > ** ** > > Monster thanks to everyone who spent months of springtime work -- > traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make this > community product real. > > ** ** > > George Hunt > > > __

Re: [Server-devel] Specific server hardware needs.

2013-06-10 Thread David Farning
case is DHCP does > not init and so no network connection to school server is possible.This > would at least allow look at logs to see what went wrong. > Thanks for the use scenarios. Dave > Checking this out is one of my summer projects. > > Tony > > -- David Farning A

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] ANNOUNCEMENT XSCE 0.3 Final Release

2013-06-09 Thread David Farning
; > > > > >Monster thanks to everyone who spent months of springtime work -- > traveling > >days from quite different parts of North America to make this community > >product real. > > > >George Hunt > > > >___ > >support-gang mailing list >

Re: [Server-devel] Pathagar

2013-06-05 Thread David Farning
media items). > > > Not required. Optional. > > cheers, > Sameer > > > Tony > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > -- Dav

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: A Path to Pathagar.

2013-06-04 Thread David Farning
On 06/04/2013 01:46 PM, David Farning wrote: One of the additions to XSCE 0.3 is the ability to add services to XSCE without having an intimate knowledge of the entire server. Our first real test of this is the inclusion of Pathagar as a bookserver. For the last three releases the XSCE project

[Server-devel] A Path to Pathagar.

2013-06-04 Thread David Farning
coordinated release. 4. Test, test, test. Technically this seems pretty straight forward. The more open ended issues is curating content. A book server with no books is as useful as school server which doesn't serve. -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentra

Re: [Server-devel] 12 Volt power system for School Servers.

2013-05-29 Thread David Farning
Thanks guys, I'll start playing tonight. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:26 PM, James Cameron wrote: > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 04:51:47PM -0500, David Farning wrote: > >> Any thoughts on powering the AP? > &g

Re: [Server-devel] 12 Volt power system for School Servers.

2013-05-29 Thread David Farning
; > (It isn't technically a step-down transformer, but a switch-mode power > supply, but no matter.) > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ S

Re: [Server-devel] 12 Volt power system for School Servers.

2013-05-29 Thread David Farning
3:29 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:03 PM, David Farning > wrote: > > Tony could you share more information about your work on 12 Volt power > > supplies for School Servers? > > > > Whenever I see a School Server setup containing a 12V Batter

[Server-devel] 12 Volt power system for School Servers.

2013-05-29 Thread David Farning
and tested before arriving at the deployment. Thanks -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE 0.3

2013-05-29 Thread David Farning
le a logged-in user to load > his/her Journal from the school server (metadata) and documents as needed. > This facility should certainly support changing laptop assignment (e.g. > when the user's laptop needs repair). > > 4. Wiki collabo

[Server-devel] Inviting your suggestions for XSCE 0.4

2013-05-27 Thread David Farning
e and resources. Please let us know either on this thread or by editing the wiki what you think is important and what you are will to work on. 1. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition 2. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Project_Specifications Dave --

Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)

2013-05-20 Thread David Farning
> backup data yet (or data compatbility) ". Will this ever work ? Restore will probably land in 0.4. However the degree of moodle and backup/restore integration is still an open question. Thanks for testing and the valuable feedback. >>-Original Message- >>From: David Farni

Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)

2013-05-19 Thread David Farning
ng the Open Education Movement we hope >>will be unleashed by "offline cloud" schoolserver-like technologies! >> >>-- >>Helps kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net >> >>___ >>Server-devel mailing

Re: [Server-devel] help us finalize XS Community Edition version 0.3

2013-05-11 Thread David Farning
3 Sprint Toronto >> May 13 Feature Freeze and alpha release >> May 19 beta release >> May 26 Final release >> >>/Huge thanks to the many talented volunteers making the big trek >>traveling multiple days to reach Toronto from around North America!!/ &g

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: ds-backup

2013-04-17 Thread David Farning
gt;> > it just works, or should we set a goal of rewriting to mod_wsgi? >> >> Carrying along an old mod_python might be tricky, I think F18 has a >> new apache version with some incompatibilities. >> >> I would port it to wsgi. >> >> Daniel > >

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] XS Community Edition 0.3 sprint in Toronto May 8-13

2013-04-07 Thread David Farning
to become an active contributor to this project, we invite you > to contribute on the above mailing lists in any way you can, and then to > join our weekly Thursday evening voice calls, thanks! > > -- > Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net ! > -- David Far

Re: [Server-devel] [OLPC-AU] Host AP on XO-1.75 and XO-3

2011-11-17 Thread David Farning
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Kevin Gordon wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Peter Robinson wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan >> wrote: >> > Just wondering whether the XO-1.75 and XO-3 will be capable of hosting >> > a wireless network. >> > >> > I'm as

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

2011-06-11 Thread David Farning
> -Original Message- > From: Martin Langhoff [mailto:martin.langh...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 11:46 PM > To: David Farning > Cc: Aleksey Lim; server-devel@lists.laptop.org; sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; > olpc...@lists.laptop.org; dextr...@lists.sugar

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- > a...@lists.la

[Server-devel] Activity Central Hiring Sugar Activity Developer

2011-02-20 Thread David Farning
Activity Central is hiring one (1) Sugar Activity Developer. The primary responsibility of this developer will be to work with the Activity Central Activities Team to fix bugs and and add new features as requested by Sugar/OLPC deployments. -- About Activity Central -- Activity Central provides s

[Server-devel] Modularizing the school server

2011-02-19 Thread David Farning
Over the past couple of months Activity Central has be looking at the possibility of puppetizing school server setup. The primary reason I support puppet as a installation and maintenance system is it eliminates either/or decisions. One person can solve a problem using one approach and someone el

[Server-devel] Adding puppet to the school server.

2011-01-26 Thread David Farning
Hey all, I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that Activity Central [1] is going to start working on a Dextrose Server project. For a little background, Dextrose [2] is Activity Central's primary product. Dextrose is based on upstream OLPC OS and Sugar. Most of what we do is a is a patch se

Re: [Server-devel] The old xs-livecd is the new olpc-xs-builder

2011-01-21 Thread David Farning
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > The XS build tools have not used the livecd toolchain for a long time > -- so the name is not appropriate. Time for a rename (and repo reorg). > > While not as modular and elegant as olpc-os-builder, we do have a > collection of tools and c

Re: [Server-devel] XS-0.7 plans -- your thoughts please...

2011-01-19 Thread David Farning
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: >> Anaconda will not automatically find the old install if its older than >> release-2, you will need to pass upgradeany at the boot prompt if you go >> with F14. > > Good point -- thank

Re: [Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] Results of today's Jabber Testing

2009-08-12 Thread David Farning
Thanks for the advice. We will be going to do some more tests this morning. I think we will spend a while learning about the tools which you and martin mentioned then run another debug session. david On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Dave Bauer wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Marti

Re: [Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] collaboration testing session

2009-06-05 Thread David Farning
David, Can you try to use the Solutions Groovy jabber server? Caroline and Dave are putting some very helpful resources behind cleaning up the server. david(The other one) On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > Hi David, > > Will you be using the server hosted by Solution Grove

Re: [Server-devel] What's cooking inthe XS pot -- 2008-11-05

2008-11-05 Thread David Farning
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:31 PM, David Farning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Do you think xs will be stable enough to do a server related book sprint > at > > Fedora/OLPC/Sugar (FOS)co

Re: [Server-devel] help with small/first world XS deployment issues requested

2008-10-24 Thread David Farning
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Bill Bogstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a number of XO deployments possible in the Boston metro > area sometime next spring. My understanding is that OLPC does NOT > want to run these deployments, but is interested in having them happen > so there are

Re: [Server-devel] Offline moodle notes in moodle.org

2008-10-17 Thread David Farning
John, Would you mind forwarding me your notes regard your discussions with google. I am starting a similar discussion with google on behalf of Sugar Labs. I think that we can leverage the availability of sugar in developed nations to offset the cost of creating the services that OLPC is looking

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