Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] wvdial

2014-06-08 Thread Jon Nettleton
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:43 AM, James Cameron wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 03:33:44PM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: >> On Jun 8, 2014 3:27 PM, "James Cameron" wrote: >> > On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 10:42:25AM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: >> > > Anybody have on the ground experience with wvdial to ru

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: [IIAB] getting the archive

2014-06-01 Thread Jon Nettleton
> > We don't currently have a download site. Would it make any sense to seed a torrent for the content? > > - -braddock > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTi52uAAoJEHWLR/DQzlZu1

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] XSCE usage analysis: Malaysia Deployment

2014-04-26 Thread Jon Nettleton
swap.state is used by squid to rebuild the cache on reboot. The machine should be setup to have that rotated like a log once a day. That will keep it under control. I think the squid directive is squid -k or something similar. Sorry I am not at my computer, can give a more complete answer later.

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Nepal Focus: Thursday's XS(CE) 10AM NYC Time weekly call

2014-03-13 Thread Jon Nettleton
Sorry guys forgot that the US switched to daylight savings time. The rest of the world doesn't change until the 30th so the time difference is an hour shorter. I will catch the meeting next week -Jon On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Adam Holt wrote: > See you in 1 hour! > > > > On Mon, Mar 10,

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] cubox wifi

2014-02-25 Thread Jon Nettleton
el so there are some things that aren't supported but those are mostly multimedia/graphics related. -Jon On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > George, > > I agree, but the device-tree cookbook description is not as simple as > the legacy way of setting up a new kern

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] cubox wifi

2014-02-25 Thread Jon Nettleton
a tarball. Your > time, and our education, has real value. > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Jon Nettleton > wrote: >> >> George, >> >> Things have actually changed a bit as the new kernel is using the new >> device-tree based configuration. I w

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] cubox wifi

2014-02-24 Thread Jon Nettleton
Recommendations? > > I forget the details from one month/day to the next. > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Jon Nettleton > wrote: >> >> Finally out and ready for use. >> >> https://github.com/linux4kix/linux-linaro-stable-mx6 >> >> A

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] cubox wifi

2014-02-24 Thread Jon Nettleton
:28 PM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > It was probably a UHS capable card. We found some hardware design > problems that will need to be rectified to support UHS speeds for the > sdcard. For now we will be limiting the card-slot to standard SD high > speed modes of 50Mhz which equates to a

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] cubox wifi

2014-02-23 Thread Jon Nettleton
Moody wrote: > sounds great. one thing I noticed in Haiti was that I could not get a 16G > sd card to be recognized. is this expected or was it my card? > > Tim > -Original Message- From: Jon Nettleton > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 11:03 AM > To: xsce-dev

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] cubox wifi

2014-02-23 Thread Jon Nettleton
Tim, Actually the 3.10 kernel is done. The wifi driver is a little chatty and I will work on sorting that out but it is functional. I am just cleaning up the last few patches and will be pushing the kernel for initial testing in a few hours. -Jon On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Tim Moody wro

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] XO-1 wireless tests

2014-02-15 Thread Jon Nettleton
*snip* > > So I think the answer is yes to 1) and yes to 2), especially if you are > unlucky enough to have your target AP and the active mesh on the same > channel. > Does the mesh get disabled or moved when you connect to an AP on a different channel? The XO's only have a single radio so can o

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] "XO-1 classrooms" don't reliably connect to many/most Wifi AP's

2014-02-10 Thread Jon Nettleton
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:08 AM, James Cameron wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:31:39AM +1100, James Cameron wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 07:18:49PM -0500, Kevin Gordon Gmail wrote: >> > Tp link set as 3g router mode, with usb Sierra wireless usb modem, >> > set to channel 11, 80211g only,

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
assthrough usb 2.0 connectors for good >> measure. >> > > This thread has talked about enclosures, disks, batteries. Which did you > buy 3 of? > >> >> Tim >> >> *From:* Jon Nettleton >> *Sent:* Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:15 PM >> *To:* xs

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
PM, "Tim Moody" wrote: > for a drive I am looking at > http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8511357&CatId=139 > > I assume we want 5400 rpm for less power. > > Tim > > *From:* Jon Nettleton > *Sent:* Saturday, Ja

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
power states we can put the drive (spin down) and the cubox > (sleep) into? > > Tim > > *From:* Jon Nettleton > *Sent:* Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:14 PM > *To:* Tim Moody > *Cc:* George Hunt ; XS > Devel; > xsce-devel > *Subject:* [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Pro

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
e to find a cat5e case mountable receptacle. > > Tim > > *From:* Tim Moody > *Sent:* Saturday, January 04, 2014 11:50 AM > *To:* George Hunt ; Jon > Nettleton > *Cc:* XS Devel ; > xsce-devel > *Subject:* [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging > >

Re: [Server-devel] Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
-External/dp/B00D5T3QK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388855388&sr=8-1&keywords=anker+astro That is a 15000mAh battery. That means that we can run at 2 amps for about 7.5 hours on battery. Not too bad. On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > All we need is 5volt DC in, p

Re: [Server-devel] Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
All we need is 5volt DC in, preferably 2amps minimum. If the drives aren't too power hungry then they should be able to be powered by the eSATAp connector, although I haven't tested that. I will actually ask Rabeeh if he has tested it. I know he has tested eSATA just don't know if it was self po

Re: [Server-devel] Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
tial data > path, exiting the enclosure and exposed to being bumped/damaged. > > Jon, I'd really like to start working on your kernel, and getting it to > play nicely with the XSCE. Is that possible? soon? > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > >>

Re: [Server-devel] Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
avor with going with number ..231 this time around. > > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > >> Well from taking some basic measurements I was thinking we could pack a >> 2.5" sata drive and connector along with the cubox into a 5.25 exte

Re: [Server-devel] Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

2014-01-04 Thread Jon Nettleton
Well from taking some basic measurements I was thinking we could pack a 2.5" sata drive and connector along with the cubox into a 5.25 external case like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145090 That with a few dremel modifications and some soldering I think it would ma

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

2013-12-31 Thread Jon Nettleton
into the >> rootfs, though the console messages say that it has discovered the mmcblk >> device, and that it has mmcblk0p1, and mmcblk0p2. >> >> I may need to change the kernel command line (I got to this point without >> any modification of partition 1). >> >&

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

2013-12-29 Thread Jon Nettleton
George, Start out running the u-boot and kernel that Rabeeh has provided, that is based on the current "stable" kernel sources provided by Freescale. I have a 3.10 based kernel that is more performant but I have not run it on the i4 hardware yet. Getting a baseline on the standard we can then be

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: $400 computer for Haiti

2013-12-20 Thread Jon Nettleton
Here is a great reference for choosing hard drivers. http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2013-mobile-hdd-charts/benchmarks,136.html If you scroll down you will see power draw during idle, video playback, database. Looks like we should easily do an entire system with drive for < 3 watts -Jon On F

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

2013-11-26 Thread Jon Nettleton
guess I was > assuming that after getting the kernel, and a few basics, like yum, we > could point to FC18 repos, and get to the base fedora 18 system, which we > then augment with ansible to make it into a School Server. > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Jon Nettleton wrote:

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

2013-11-25 Thread Jon Nettleton
Do you guys need rpms or is a base zImage okay to get started? I started getting together rpms but got buried in work. Just compiling a zImage and .dtb file that you can drop in /boot would be easiest if you can work with that for starters. -Jon On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 7:00 PM, David Farning

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

2013-11-07 Thread Jon Nettleton
Unfortunately I can't make it tonight guys. I will review the minutes/call notes and make it to the next one. If there are questions on the call that you need my input on try IRC. I will kind of be online but can't be on a voice call as I will be on another one. -Jon On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
sorry cramped typing space. There is a symlink of '*' pointing to /usr/share/xs-config/cfg/etc/logrotate.d/* This must be an error in the image generation script. -Jon On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Jon Nettleton wrote: > Had to take a look at my server to evaluate. The probl

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
Had to take a look at my server to evaluate. The problem is that in /etc/logrotate.d/ there is a symlink '*' pointing to /usr/share/xs On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Anna wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Jon Nettleton > wrote: > >> Does it work i

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
Does it work if you run /etc/cron.daily/logrotate by hand as root? On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Anna wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:38 AM, Jon Nettleton > wrote: > >> What does your /etc/logrotate.conf look like? One option for logrotate >> is to only rotate if

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Weekly log rotation

2013-09-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
What does your /etc/logrotate.conf look like? One option for logrotate is to only rotate if the logs have reached a certain size. -Jon On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Anna wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:50 PM, James Cameron wrote: > >> Things to check: >> >> - is crond running? (it is

Re: [Server-devel] Hidden SSID and Proxy settings

2011-02-02 Thread Jon Nettleton
> > This wouldn't happen to be in NYC, would it?  I remember reading a long time > ago that the schools there have a policy that SSIDs can't be broadcast.  You > might deter my Grandma with that, but it's almost pointless as a security > measure. > > http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/connecti