+1 to issues raised by Bibek. Plus, few multi-plugs and peripherals have been missing since last foss-infomela. Who was incharge of the stuffs taken from the lab? Another important question - now since things have been missing, who's liable to replace them -- FOSS-NP, BVS or HeNN??
Regards, Jwalanta. On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Bibek Paudel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > A few of us (I, Jwalanta, Ankur, Tushar) have been working in the FOSS > Research and Training Center (FRTC) at BVS for some days now. The > reason being that only 10 computers out of a total of 24 were fully > functional during LinuxGyan *nixbies course held last week. We have > fixed the problems and brought the lab to a state where all 24 > computers can be utilized now. But a few things remain to be done and > some measures should be taken to prevent some foreseeable problems. > > * Problems > ---------------- > 1. Many computers weren't connected to the network. > 2. Many computers don't have power supply. > 3. The arrangement of chairs, computers and peripherals was very haphazard. > 4. The network-wiring was very unsystematic. > 5. There aren't lesser number chairs than computers. > 6. Some systems didn't have any OS installed. > 7. Some systems had faults in Ethernet Card, VGA card etc > 8. There weren't enough switch/routers to connect all the computers. > 9. There weren't enough network cable pieces to connect the network. > > > * What have we done? > ------------------------------ > 1. All computers have now been connected to the network. > 2. Nothing yet. We will have to purchase extensible power-cords soon. > 3. Peripherals like mouse, keyboards, monitors have been connected to > their respected CPUs, and faulty mice have been replaced (from the > store). Wires and cables have been re-arranged. > 4. Labeled all the network wires. > 5. Nothing. > 6. Installed OS- 1 such system > 7. It was found that Ethernet was disabled from BIOS settings - 1 such > system. > The VGA ports were faulty. Replaced the box (from the store) - 1 such > system > 8. Added one switch- 8-port DLink (from the store) > 9. Networked all the computers that were previously not > connected(cable retrieved from store). > > > * Issues that need immediate attention > ----------------------------------------------------- > 1. A maintainer for the lab has to be appointed. > 2. Additionally, an authoring body/committee for the lab involving all > the parties need to be formed. It was found that there's no single > person or body that can be reached in times of help and/or complaint. > There's no answerable authority and no regulation. > 2. Code-of-conduct for everyone supposed to use the lab facilities > need to be prepared and publishes. Strict adherence to the code should > be ensured. The code of conduct should have a mention of (but not > limited to) all the points mentioned here. > 3. A record/log of all the tools and activities needs to me > maintained. Care should be taken to prevent loss of goods and assets > from the lab. In case of loss, such a log will help identify the party > that needs to be penalized for the loss. Likewise, it will also be > useful when goods need to be replaced or added to the lab. > 4. A documentation of the lab's arrangement and systems needs to be > maintained. > 5. It was found that normal users of all the systems have unrestricted > sudo privileges and administrative rights. This has resulted in > incoherent system, network and problematic configurations. There is no > single OS, network configuration and softwares/systems in all the > computers of the lab. There are some unidentified users, big files and > such stuffs which are neither documented nor explained with purpose. > 6. It should be checked to make sure that the network wires, > peripheral devices etc aren't connected, disconnected, rearranged or > replaced without prior information to the lab's caretaker/maintainer. > > I will include the map describing the lab's current network and > power-supply map in a later mail. > If possible, I would like to hear from someone on why the problems > mentioned above came to being in the first place. Who's answerable to > them? And who's responsible to prevent such problems in the future. > There was no documentation or record of configuration and works done > with the lab. That created a lot of problems during our work- and took > 3-4 whole days for us to get things right. I would like to request > everybody involved to take these points seriously and seek answers > from parties/people involved. > > Thanking you, > Bibek Paudel. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
