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

2011-01-27 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> Sorry about the delayed response (school is back in session), but can >> I assume that XS 0.7 will run on a XO 1.5? > > Definitely on the wishlist, but not a g

Re: [Server-devel] Recommended tropical island XS hardware

2011-02-04 Thread Sameer Verma
vailable to replicate the tests so you can set up your own tests as per your requirements and your environment and see how your XS performs. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University

[Server-devel] callhome script

2011-03-08 Thread Sameer Verma
Found the callhome script on the XS (0.6). Has anyone used it in the field? Is it documented/recommended? I'm looking at it as an alternative to setting up a openvpn tunnel from an XS to a public IP someplace. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Sy

Re: [Server-devel] Hardaware compatibility

2011-03-14 Thread Sameer Verma
the same machine in Jamaica in two schools. Given that we don't anticipate WAN (Internet) traffic to be a lot ('net connection is spotty), we switched the nics (using xs-swapnics script) so that the built-in Ethernet port became the LAN port, going out to a switch and out to PoE access

[Server-devel] XS wishlist

2011-05-27 Thread Sameer Verma
Came across this via Twitter: http://asingh.com.np/blog/olpc-xs-my-wishlist/ Here is a copy and paste for archival purposes: Sameer --- elow is a list of changes that I wish to have in the OLPC XS (some of which comes from our own list of customization): Porting XS to ne

Re: [Server-devel] XS wishlist

2011-05-31 Thread Sameer Verma
to test the functioning/correctness of Moodle, and jmeter scripts for load, but we don't have a suite for complete testing of the entire XS. I'll upload the scripts once I'm done with grading for this semester :-) cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, I

Re: [Server-devel] e: Regarding my OLPC XS Wishlist (Abhishek Singh)

2011-06-07 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:30 PM, TONY ANDERSON wrote: >> Meanwhile I have posted my version of the wish list as a wiki page: >> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/School_Server_Wish_List > > Ntoe that people go to our wiki in search for docume

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

2011-06-11 Thread Sameer Verma
lar aka XS vs referential aka pathagar) Without building yet another school server, can we merge/improve upon what's already here? Incidentally, Nick Doiron has a post up on the Khan Academy videos being served offline (I've thought of the same situation, but with TED videos). http://m

Re: [Server-devel] OLPC Australia XS concerns

2011-06-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > 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? > > ch

[Server-devel] XS load testing docs

2011-06-15 Thread Sameer Verma
XS load testing docs including a brief howto are now up on https://dev.laptop.org/git/users/sverma/xsloadtesting/ available via git. Details of the work are available at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Load_Testing cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems

[Server-devel] locking the SD card

2011-06-23 Thread Sameer Verma
I discovered something interesting. I was running the XS-on-XO image on a XO-1. The writes tend to slow things down, so I moved the /library partition onto an external USB drive. I figured, if I lock the SD card, the OS will be forced to act as read only on the card, but that's not the case. Even a

[Server-devel] any experience with micromax mmx352g

2011-07-02 Thread Sameer Verma
Does anyone have any experience with a USB-stick based 3g unit made by MicroMax. micromax mmx352g We are looking to use this in India, either directly on an XO or on the XS. Wanted to ping the lists before I go digging. It hasn't been plug-and-play thus far. cheers, Sameer

[Server-devel] pathagar trouble

2011-07-11 Thread Sameer Verma
So, I've been messing with running Pathagar. It runs fine as a stanalone 127.0.0.1 django app. Next, I moved to mod_wsgi. This is where I keep running into : TemplateSyntaxError: Caught ImportError while rendering: No module named pathagar.books After looking at a bunch of docs, it seems like its

[Server-devel] XS on the XO 1.5

2011-08-15 Thread Sameer Verma
I was thinking (once again) about the possibility of running XS on a XO 1.5. On the XO-1 the built-in radio runs in the 802.11s mesh mode and serves out IPs via DHCP. Given that the 1.5 does not do 802.11s mesh, can't the radio instead simply work in adhoc mode and serve the same purpose? I am not

[Server-devel] copying from the /library partition

2011-09-28 Thread Sameer Verma
writing. Any ideas how 4.7GB became 7GB? Anybody have any strategies on making archival copies of /library/users cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org

Re: [Server-devel] copying from the /library partition

2011-09-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> We are making an archival copy of the /library on one of our school >> servers. du -hc | grep total on the /library/users directory shows >> 4.7GB. Copying tha

[Server-devel] using a USB modem for Internet access

2011-10-08 Thread Sameer Verma
shot deal. Anything else I should concern myself with? Any gotchas? cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-

[Server-devel] mesh and newer builds

2011-10-11 Thread Sameer Verma
er to gain expected behavior ? cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.lapto

Re: [Server-devel] [Dextrose] Regarding my OLPC XS Wishlist

2011-11-18 Thread Sameer Verma
the > ejabberd runtime. > > cheers, > > > m Marin, The load tests we did on XS were by loading Moodle. Those wouldn't account for any load on ejabberd though, right? As I recall, somewhere on the wiki are scripts that load test xmpp, but cannot find it right now. cheers,

[Server-devel] openVPN on the XS

2012-01-31 Thread Sameer Verma
t. We also got a suggestion to look into IPv6 tunnels (http://www.sixxs.net/tools/ayiya/). 1) Is anyone else using something like this or similar? 2) Is there a different approach to doing the same? I can put up the instructions on the wiki in a bit. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Prof

Re: [Server-devel] Who wrote http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Install_Server?

2012-02-04 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Tim Moody wrote: > George, et. al., > > When I think about how to improve the XS installation process it seems to me > that separating the linux install from the XS packages is a good idea. > Ideally you would install the latest distro (probably of fedora) using the

Re: [Server-devel] New XS release very soon

2012-02-07 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi, > > To avoid leaving the other threads dangling: > > I have been working on a new XS release in collaboration with the > Zamora Teran Foundation (http://www.fundacionzt.org/). The underlying > goal here is to move the XS to a new OS base, w

Re: [Server-devel] New XS release very soon

2012-02-08 Thread Sameer Verma
ing coming up on the 11th (Saturday). If you have an image ready for testing, we can roll up our sleeves and text it on a few boxes. I have a OLPCorps style SolidLogic box, a FitPC2, a FitPC, and a Fujitsu LifeBook P2120. I'm sure others have other boxes. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, P

Re: [Server-devel] XS-0.7 ready for early testing

2012-02-10 Thread Sameer Verma
_ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > We might run a testing session at OLPC SF tomorrow. Any specific testing methodology we should follow? cheers, Sameer -- Sameer

[Server-devel] initial notes on 0.7

2012-02-11 Thread Sameer Verma
keeps restarting X (gives some dcon freeze message) periodically. On a XO 1.5 build 852, it runs ok. Restarting problem was on three different XO 1.5s. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/

Re: [Server-devel] initial notes on 0.7

2012-02-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 4:10 PM, rihowa...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > >> We managed to install XS 0.7 using the CentOS 6.2(minimal) + EPEL + >> OLPC XS approach. The machine is SolidLogic box (same as the one used >> in OLPCo

Re: [Server-devel] initial notes on 0.7

2012-02-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > We managed to install XS 0.7 using the CentOS 6.2(minimal) + EPEL + > OLPC XS approach. The machine is SolidLogic box (same as the one used > in OLPCorps). The installation went well, with minor glitches (notes > will be on the wi

[Server-devel] datastore is corrupt on 0.7

2012-02-12 Thread Sameer Verma
This shows up on the Moodle end of things: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/11619 (BTW Trac does not have version numbers for XS) Sameer ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] datastore is corrupt on 0.7

2012-02-15 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> This shows up on the Moodle end of things: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/11619 > > This is the same on 0.6, for client XOs running recent releases. Or > have you foun

Re: [Server-devel] initial notes on 0.7

2012-02-15 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> Problem: XS seems to cause XOv1 computers to repeatedly restart X >> (brief text messages say something about dcon freeze?) >> Happening to both XO-1 and XO-1.5

Re: [Server-devel] initial notes on 0.7

2012-02-15 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> We managed to install XS 0.7 using the CentOS 6.2(minimal) + EPEL + >> OLPC XS approach. The machine is SolidLogic box (same as the one used >> in OLPCorps). The i

Re: [Server-devel] XS-0.7 beta 2 installation successful

2012-02-17 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi, > > Over the last 2 days, German Ruiz and I installed six XS-0.7 beta 2 > test servers in Managua. 5 were installed by USB, 1 by CD. > Do you have any pointers to specs on the boxes you guys are using? cheers, Sameer > Overall it was su

Re: [Server-devel] XS-0.7 beta 2 released

2012-02-18 Thread Sameer Verma
then adding the repos was successful on the OLPCorps SolidLogic box and a Fit PC2 cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___

Re: [Server-devel] XS-0.7 beta 2 released

2012-02-20 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> I used the unetbootin approach to build a USB stick to boot from. I've >> had trouble with the step where it looks for the media. Says something >> like &

[Server-devel] XS on XO

2012-02-22 Thread Sameer Verma
So, to start looking into XS on XO (1 or 1.5) using the + EPEL + OLPC XS repo is 11.3.0 a good place to start, or 12.1.0 or I shouldn't waste my time as yet? Sameer ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/list

[Server-devel] XS stats script...

2012-03-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Wondering if anyone has used this script and if you were able to run it successfully. http://wiki.paraguayeduca.org/index.php/Analisis_de_Uso_de_Actividades cheers, Sameer ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.or

Re: [Server-devel] XS stats script...

2012-03-14 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > Wondering if anyone has used this script and if you were able to run > it successfully. > http://wiki.paraguayeduca.org/index.php/Analisis_de_Uso_de_Actividades > > cheers, > Sameer I've had a short offlist exchange wi

Re: [Server-devel] WvDial, Networking Issues in XS 0.6/0.7

2012-03-18 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Shaun Pickford wrote: > OLPC Community, > > Building off of the previous email I sent this morning, I want to present > our situation to you very briefly and see if anyone can provide some > guidance. We have a team in Haiti and some of us behind in the States. Our

Re: [Server-devel] School Server system speed diagnotic

2012-03-29 Thread Sameer Verma
is is what Ben Tran used in gathering data for his thesis on loading the server. http://wiki.laptop.org/images/4/46/Testing_the_OLPC_School_Server_Benjamin_Tran_SFSU.pdf (see page 44) nmon also has a Excel spreadsheet to import the data and produce pretty graphs. We also run munin on the Jamaica servers to gather rolling stats. http://mun

[Server-devel] 0.7 stable?

2012-03-29 Thread Sameer Verma
wiki.l.o still says 0.6 is stable and 0.7 is unstable. Change? ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] XS procurement recommendations (new hardware - Nosy Komba, Madagascar)

2012-04-15 Thread Sameer Verma
r_Benjamin_Tran_SFSU.pdf) and while the tests were aggressive (all 160 XOs will hit the server in 60 seconds!), the FitPC2 should be ok. http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/fit-pc2-models/ http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/accessories/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Sy

Re: [Server-devel] From Marina Orth Foundation

2012-04-22 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Tim Moody wrote: >> How do you perform the initial installation of these XS servers? > > "next next next finish" in the XS-0.7 installer, then we enter the I think you missed a few nexts there! > hostname,

[Server-devel] XS 0.7 in VM

2012-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
I've uploaded a copy of a XS 0.7 VM to dev.l.o Details are at https://schoolserver.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/school-server-holodeck-style/ Try it out! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.7 in VM

2012-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
not mean it is not possible; but officially OLPC may not be able > to support such VMs. > > I vaguely recall the reasons for this; but as it has been a while, I will > leave the official explanation to someone else. > > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > >&

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.7 in VM

2012-05-02 Thread Sameer Verma
a good Internet connection may be absent. That's one of the motivations for creating this VM. As for official support business, I haven't seen much for Moodle (who uses Moodle?), so I hope that will improve (hint, hint). cheers, Sameer > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Sameer Verma

[Server-devel] pgsql password

2012-05-09 Thread Sameer Verma
I'd like to use the postgresql database to runs some tables for another service (pathagar). How/where do I look for the password to get to pgsql? cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfs

[Server-devel] failed to register

2012-06-02 Thread Sameer Verma
XS 0.7 OLPC build 874 Sugar 0.92.2 The XO fails to register, but a folder is created for the XO on the XS under /library/users/ The XO shows no collaboration server under Control Panel | Network Any ideas? Pointers? cheers, Sameer ___ Server-devel mai

Re: [Server-devel] failed to register

2012-06-02 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > XS 0.7 > OLPC build 874 > Sugar 0.92.2 > > The XO fails to register, but a folder is created for the XO on the XS > under /library/users/ > > The XO shows no collaboration server under Control Panel | Network

Re: [Server-devel] failed to register

2012-06-04 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: > On Sat, 2012-06-02 at 13:15 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> > XS 0.7 >> > OLPC build 874 >> > Sugar 0.92.2 >> > >> > The XO fails to

Re: [Server-devel] failed to register

2012-06-04 Thread Sameer Verma
months >>> ago can respond to Wad's WAN/LAN request below?? >>> >>>> And I never got around to the second part of the comment. >>>> eth0 (the "WAN" port) on the XS should be in a different subnet >>>> than the laptops (the "

Re: [Server-devel] failed to register

2012-06-04 Thread Sameer Verma
> > Jerry > >> > And I never got around to the second part of the comment. >> > eth0 (the "WAN" port) on the XS should be in a different subnet >> > than the laptops (the "LAN" ports).    If for some reason it is not, >> > difficulties

Re: [Server-devel] failed to register

2012-06-04 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: > On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 17:49 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: >> > On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 20:04 -0400, Holt wrote: >> >> On 6/4/2012 7:32 PM, John Watlington wrote: &

Re: [Server-devel] bash: /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/domain_config: No such file or directory

2012-06-04 Thread Sameer Verma
_ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > If I'm not mistaken, those instructions are for XS 0.6. Instructions for XS 0.7 are at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software_0.7 cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph

Re: [Server-devel] Moodle broken with 0.94 datastore?

2012-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: > Hi All: > > Just wondering if anybody else is having problems viewing backups > created from sugar 0.94 or greater clients? Drilling down though the > menus in moodle to view the status results in an error "Datastore is > corrupt or has an unkn

Re: [Server-devel] pgsql password

2012-06-13 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> I'd like to use the postgresql database to runs some tables for >> another service (pathagar). How/where do I look for the password to >> get to pgsql? >

[Server-devel] A virtual machine for Pathagar

2012-06-26 Thread Sameer Verma
A virtual machine with Pathagar Book Server preloaded and ready to use. If you've wondered what this thing is like, try it out! http://olpcsf.org/node/60 cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/

Re: [Server-devel] ARM on XS -- how can I integrate my work?

2012-06-27 Thread Sameer Verma
N! Don't give up! Sameer On Jun 27, 2012 2:52 PM, "Daniel Drake" wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:26 AM, George Hunt > wrote: > > Thanks Daniel for the reality check. I often seem to get caught up in > > wanting to learn about something without seeing the larger context. > > > > I wa

Re: [Server-devel] A virtual machine for Pathagar

2012-06-27 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Reuben K. Caron wrote: > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 11:27 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > >> A virtual machine with Pathagar Book Server preloaded and ready to >> use. If you've wondered what this thing is like, try it out! >> >> http:

[Server-devel] getting books and media from the Internet Archive...

2012-06-30 Thread Sameer Verma
Some background here. http://olpcsf.org/node/61 fetch_IA_item script here: https://github.com/rajbot/fetch_ia_item Try it out and see if it breaks. Then fix it or let the author (rku...@archive.org) know :-) cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco

[Server-devel] PirateBox...

2012-07-16 Thread Sameer Verma
nning the whole stack via USB power! Perfect for an offline server like Pathagar :-) cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.o

[Server-devel] ReadySet Go: How A Simple Solar Power Pack Is Driving Wealth In The Developing World | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

2012-07-21 Thread Sameer Verma
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/ready-set-go-how-a-simple-solar-power-pack-is-driving-wealth-in-the-developing-world/ >From what I remember, these are the same guys who were doing the yoyo >charger... Also reminds me of George Hunt's efforts of preventing the batteries from completely dra

Re: [Server-devel] Error Installing XS 0.7 from USB: can't find image #1 on disk

2012-07-28 Thread Sameer Verma
u might have to revert the changes to > isolinux.cfg and try again. > > Jerry > > 1.http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-xs-builder/tree/xs-0.7/anaconda/usbinstall.patch > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lis

Re: [Server-devel] Is a Community Edition of XS happening? or should it?

2012-07-29 Thread Sameer Verma
over the last few years. > > Maybe we're at the point where Red Hat was, when it split the Enterprise > Linux from Fedora Core. EL would have a slower release cycle, and pick up > the features that had been well tested via the six month Fedora release > cycle. > > Sridhar seem

Re: [Server-devel] antitheft:: avoiding the need - cont.

2012-08-27 Thread Sameer Verma
__ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > Excellent! Can you submit a proposal, if you haven't already, to discuss such issues? http://olpcsf.org/summit cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, P

[Server-devel] pushing activities to XOs

2012-09-03 Thread Sameer Verma
Is there a way to push activities (new or upgrades) or activity bundles to XOs seamlessly via the XS? Been looking at the documentation on the wiki, but no luck as yet... cheers, Sameer ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://l

Re: [Server-devel] pushing activities to XOs

2012-09-04 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: > On Mon, 2012-09-03 at 14:51 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: >> Is there a way to push activities (new or upgrades) or activity >> bundles to XOs seamlessly via the XS? Been looking at the >> documentation on the wik

Re: [Server-devel] pushing activities to XOs

2012-09-05 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: >> On Mon, 2012-09-03 at 14:51 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: >>> Is there a way to push activities (new or upgrades) or activity >>> bundles to XOs seamlessly via

[Server-devel] LibraryBox

2012-09-25 Thread Sameer Verma
Some of you may like this. Kinda like the XS, this thing runs on the TP Link. http://jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ cheers, Sameer ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

[Server-devel] gathering use cases

2012-11-02 Thread Sameer Verma
t of the server side, but that may be limiting. What should we gather? Location, school, size, personnel, skills, electricity, Internet access, language, sugar version, ... Feedback? cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University ht

[Server-devel] offline a.sl.o

2012-11-25 Thread Sameer Verma
Has anyone looked into running an offline copy of activities.sugarlabs.orgon a server that isn't on the Internet (a la XS)? cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/

Re: [Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] offline a.sl.o

2012-11-30 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Martin Abente < martin.abente.lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > @sameer: What features (exactly) do you need from ASLO? > > IE, in Paraguay we just needed to provide a static repo of activities to > feed the sugar updater. And we used this > http://git.sugarlabs.org/dx-ac

[Server-devel] Running complete Wikipedia offline

2012-12-12 Thread Sameer Verma
ttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dumps Has anyone thought of this or tackled it in any way? Would love some discussion. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/

Re: [Server-devel] Backup of schoolserver

2012-12-14 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:57 AM, vanessa ramos da cruz wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I am locking for a way to make a backup of my XS 0.7 machine, for safety. > I tried the Mondo rescue, that OLE Nepal uses, but i have any success with > the istallation... You are looking to do an entire backup or ju

Re: [Server-devel] Running complete Wikipedia offline

2012-12-15 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> I've been debating the possibility of running a *complete* copy of >> Wikipedia (txt and images) offline on the XS. At this point, the >>

Re: [Server-devel] Running complete Wikipedia offline

2012-12-18 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> I've been debating the possibility of running a *complete* copy of >> Wikipedia (txt and images) offline on the XS. At this point, the >> targets are English

[Server-devel] restoring from ds-backup

2012-12-23 Thread Sameer Verma
What's the approach to restoring a child's *entire* journal from the backup in /library/users/ on the XS as pushed by /usr/bin/ds-backup.sh on the XO? cheers, Sameer ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/list

Re: [Server-devel] Pathagar- setting username and password?

2012-12-27 Thread Sameer Verma
n you run python manage.py syncdb it should ask you for a password setup. Try deleting database.db and repeating. Grab the VM at http://www.olpcsf.org/pathagar and pry within if it helps. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http:/

Re: [Server-devel] Feasibility of installing XS-0.7 on different mediums

2013-01-10 Thread Sameer Verma
XS on virtualbox. http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/school-server-holodeck-style/ Sameer On Jan 10, 2013 12:54 PM, "Ajay Garg" wrote: > Hi all. > > I was wanting to have the XS-0.7 set-up, and have been using > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Techniques_and_Configuration for reference >

Re: [Server-devel] Hardware for Schoolservers (EDIT)

2013-01-23 Thread Sameer Verma
listinfo/server-devel > We use LogicSupply's SolidLogic LS-102 boxes in Jamaica. I use a FitPC-1 in Bhagmalpur, India for about 25 XOs. The FitPC2 pulls about 15W at the AC brick. The LogicSupply box pulls 25W to 26W and the FitPC-1 pulls 8W at the AC end. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.7 and XO 1 & 1.75 registration

2013-02-28 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:55 AM, wrote: > It has been sometime since I played with the XS. Have a few problems: > > 1. Registered went OK with a XO 1 and can login automatically on the Moodle > but > when try to force a manual back up with sudo /usr/bin/ds-backup.sh I get the > message: "Not Re

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE wants to become a framework for the next 10 years

2013-02-28 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:10 PM, George Hunt wrote: > Tony, et al, > > The group of developers, working on the XSCE, are indeed attempting to build > upon the good work that Daniel Drake did on the XS-0.7. But we are trying to > extract the essential information from the history of the school serv

[Server-devel] XSCE 0.2 on XO-1

2013-03-08 Thread Sameer Verma
e up more space. Why did I do it? Short answer: Because I can. Longish answer: I would like to see a common methodology of installation and provisioning of services on all platforms, irrespective of form factor or CPU arch. So far, it's promising. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Prof

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE 0.2 on XO-1

2013-03-08 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Jerry Vonau wrote: > On Fri, 2013-03-08 at 10:52 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote: >> For what it's worth (and me not giving a rodent's behind) contrary to >> popular consensus, I ran the XSCE instructions >> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Use

Re: [Server-devel] Backup of XO 1.75 on XS 0.7

2013-03-09 Thread Sameer Verma
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:40 AM, wrote: > Has anyone have a successfully done a /usr/bin/ds-backup.sh to backup the XO > 1.75 on a 0.7 XS? After hours of waiting nothing seems to have happen. My XO > are successfully registered. My ds-backup.log and datastore.log has 0 byte. > > I do not have ej

Re: [Server-devel] Backup of XO 1.75 on XS 0.7

2013-03-09 Thread Sameer Verma
jebberd is working now :=) not ds-backup.sh. Will try a few more > times once I get my energy back! > > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Sameer Verma [mailto:sve...@sfsu.edu] > >Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 01:20 PM > >To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com > &

Re: [Server-devel] Backup of XO 1.75 on XS 0.7

2013-03-10 Thread Sameer Verma
s, Sameer > > Don't wan't to go back to O.6 :=( installtion. So maybe I need try other > computer to see what is the real problem. > >>-Original Message- >>From: Sameer Verma [mailto:sve...@sfsu.edu] >>Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 02:39 PM

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE 0.2 - Network problems running xs-setup

2013-03-22 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:22 AM, Rodolfo D. Arce S. wrote: > Hello: > > I ran into a few problems when trying to install the XSCE 0.2. I > downloaded the repo and installed, during the installation process i > got this messages, but apparently everything was installed correctly. > > http://pastebi

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] My first School Server Installation

2013-03-29 Thread Sameer Verma
509&action=edit&message=6 > . > > George > > ___ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > > Looks like that link is thru a logged in wordpress URL. The direct URL is http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/

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

2013-04-17 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:47 AM, David Farning wrote: > This brings up the interesting issue of basing the XS-CE on a long > term release. I have trying to sit on my hands for these discussion to > see how they play out. > > I am pulled between two sides > > Stability -- Servers need to be in

[Server-devel] Cubieboard - linux-sunxi

2013-04-20 Thread Sameer Verma
Another ARM board, courtesy of Robert Howard. http://linux-sunxi.org/Cubieboard cheers, Sameer ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

[Server-devel] Yet another ARM board for a server

2013-04-22 Thread Sameer Verma
Beagleboard Black at $45 http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2013/04/22/death-to-raspberrypi-beaglebone-black-is-on-a-market/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http

Re: [Server-devel] Yet another ARM board for a server

2013-04-23 Thread Sameer Verma
On Apr 22, 2013 11:46 PM, "Peter Robinson" wrote: > > > On 23 Apr 2013 01:21, "Sameer Verma" wrote: > > > > Beagleboard Black at $45 > > > > http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2013/04/22/death-to-raspberrypi-beaglebone-black-is-on-a-market/ &

[Server-devel] the plan for Puppet

2013-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
d. If/how can activities be pushed to XOs seamlessly? RPM installations on the XO? Pulling logs via ds-backup? Should this be done via Puppet? Any input/feedback would be very helpful. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University

Re: [Server-devel] the plan for Puppet

2013-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
Daniel, This is immensely helpful! On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> I was wondering if someone on this list (Daniel, or Martin, someone >> who knows more about puppet) can speak to the de

[Server-devel] Use case survey for deployments

2013-05-15 Thread Sameer Verma
from this effort into a report that we'll make available on wiki.laptop.org cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.o

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

2013-05-29 Thread Sameer Verma
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 Battery, an inverter, > a power strip, and a couple of 120V to 12V power supplies

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

2013-05-29 Thread Sameer Verma
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? > > They are all different. > Yep. The one we use in Bhagmalpur (India) and in Jamaica is the Ubiquiti Picostation2 unit that runs off a PoE i

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

2013-06-04 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Braddock wrote: > I'm curious how Pathagar may be applicable to our Internet-in-a-Box > (http://internet-in-a-box.org). > > Can it scale to the 40,000 epub books in Project Gutenberg? > That's a good question. Scaling to hold the data should be ok. The current data

Re: [Server-devel] Pathagar

2013-06-05 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Tony Anderson wrote: > Hi, > > When I looked at Pathagar originally, it only worked when connected to the > internet. Has this changed? > It works on any interface, as long as you can get to it from the XO or any other laptop. The books are preloaded within Pathaga

[Server-devel] an anecdote from Bhagmalpur

2013-06-19 Thread Sameer Verma
ess a lot. So, eventually they pooled money, bought a liter of Diesel and showed up at my Uncle's house, asking him to run the generator, so that they could get on the Internet! What have we done! :-) cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State Unive

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