[Server-devel] XS Community Edition weekly meeting announcement (Thurs 2PM NYC Time)

[Adam Holt]

Just wanted to give anyone interested in participating in the XS Community
Edition project a reminder of the weekly, currently meeting Thursdays 2PM
NYC Time.

The meetings are on Skype so we can hear the tone and timbre of each
others' voices.

Please see agenda/minutes at:
http://docs.google.com/document/d/1o6QtzLb6e58YKWqMf_junux2XyBRLFm31un8YLcYslg

To add your name to the group call please reply with your Skype username,
and place your name on http://schoolserver.org -- thank you!  PS That's
1800UTC for the astronomers :)
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)

[tkkang]

More testing outcome.

1. Able to run with 2 USB-ethernet adaptor with one hardwire to the internet 
replacing the XO wireless internet connection. 

2. Collaborative work e.g. few registered machine running memorize game while  
6 XOs non-registered running write.

3. SOAS have problem starting collaborative activities.

Conclusion: So far so good :-)




>-Original Message-
>From: tkk...@nurturingasia.com [mailto:tkk...@nurturingasia.com]
>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 05:29 PM
>To: 'David Farning'
>Cc: 'server-devel'
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>
>Some XSCE Release 1 testing outcomes. Some happy news.
>
>1. Registration went OK for 12.1, 13.1 on XO-1.75, Soas-Fedora17 and Dextrose3 
>(XO-1)
>
>2. Autologin works for all of them into Moodle 
>(http://schoolserver.local/moodle).
>
>3. /usr/bin/ds-backup.sh works for 12.1, 13.1 (new patch applied). New files 
>seen in the /library/users/
>
>4. Not sure what is needed for SoAS (is there a ds-backup.sh file?) or 
>Dextrose3 (Bld 96 Dextrose International). In Dextrose always get Failed Error 
>- Call Process: [None] when I click on the Journal Backup/Restore commands. 
>
>5. As usual clicking on the "backup" on Moodle gives the "This user has no 
>backup data yet (or data compatbility) ". Will this ever work ?
>
>
>
>
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: David Farning [mailto:dfarn...@activitycentral.com]
>>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 02:49 PM
>>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>>Cc: 'Adam Holt', 'server-devel'
>>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>>
>>Do you have one of the early 1.75 models? I get a similar install
>>glitch on one of my early 1.75s. Somewhere near the end of the install
>>the screen goes blank if I haven't poked the touchpad lately.
>>
>>Would you mind filing a bug about the moodle login at
>>https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/issues ?
>>
>>It will be our first public bug reported to the project :) After hours
>>and hours working late into the night and talking to each other We
>>will finally have feedback from a potential user!
>>
>>
>>On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:36 AM,   wrote:
>>> Great work. I installed the XSCE on a Class 10 SD card today to run on a 
>>> XO1.75. Still get a blank screen towards the end of the installation. 
>>> Connection seems working well so far. Manage to connect a bunch of XO to 
>>> test. Tested two registration and was able to autologin to Moodle on OS 
>>> 12.1.0 but not on a 13.1.0.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the hardwork. Looking forward to new features.
>>>
>>>>-Original Message-
>>>>From: Adam Holt [mailto:h...@laptop.org]
>>>>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:48 AM
>>>>To: server-devel@lists.laptop.org, i...@lists.sugarlabs.org,
>>>>test...@lists.laptop.org, de...@laptop.org, support-g...@laptop.org
>>>>Subject: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>>>>
>>>>A big thank you to anyone who can test RC1, almost three months after
>>>>XSCE 0.2 -- we now have big changes for all to try out with the
>>>>imminent XSCE 0.3:
>>>>
>>>>   * XSCE runs on XOs' brand new OLPC OS 13.1.0,
>>>> thanks to XSCE's fast migration from Fedora 17 to 18 these past weeks
>>>>   * XSCE now runs on XO-4 and XO-1.5, in addition to the its XO-1.75
>>>> origins--with x86 & x64 testing just now beginning in earnest.
>>>> Highly experimental XO-1 functionality now proven, tho NOT advised!
>>>>   * Auto-recognition and mounting of USB hard drives
>>>>   * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services,
>>>> perhaps soon including http://internet-in-a-box.org
>>>> successfully tested this wkd: http://schoolserver.org/0.3/IIAB
>>>>   * Full offline installs possible going forward:
>>>> set up your own USB memory stick installer.
>>>> Compare To: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
>>>>   * Moodle is Back!
>>>>   * Content filtering via openDNS.com and dansguardian.org
>>>>
>>>>So grab an old XO-1.5 or similar and give XSCE 0.3 RC1 give these
>>>>earnest/sleep-deprived volunteers' offering a whirl:
>>>>
>>>>   http://schoolserver.org/0.3
>>>>
>>>>Many people would LOVE to hear your feedback testing the above before
>>>>final releas

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

[David Farning]

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:29 AM,   wrote:
> Some XSCE Release 1 testing outcomes. Some happy news.
>
> 1. Registration went OK for 12.1, 13.1 on XO-1.75, Soas-Fedora17 and 
> Dextrose3 (XO-1)
>
> 2. Autologin works for all of them into Moodle 
> (http://schoolserver.local/moodle).
>
> 3. /usr/bin/ds-backup.sh works for 12.1, 13.1 (new patch applied). New files 
> seen in the /library/users/
>
> 4. Not sure what is needed for SoAS (is there a ds-backup.sh file?) or 
> Dextrose3 (Bld 96 Dextrose International). In Dextrose always get Failed 
> Error - Call Process: [None] when I click on the Journal Backup/Restore 
> commands.

This might be related to fedora only allowing SU to ping. Jerry or
george might have a better idea of that issue.

> 5. As usual clicking on the "backup" on Moodle gives the "This user has no 
> 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 Farning [mailto:dfarn...@activitycentral.com]
>>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 02:49 PM
>>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>>Cc: 'Adam Holt', 'server-devel'
>>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>>
>>Do you have one of the early 1.75 models? I get a similar install
>>glitch on one of my early 1.75s. Somewhere near the end of the install
>>the screen goes blank if I haven't poked the touchpad lately.
>>
>>Would you mind filing a bug about the moodle login at
>>https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/issues ?
>>
>>It will be our first public bug reported to the project :) After hours
>>and hours working late into the night and talking to each other We
>>will finally have feedback from a potential user!
>>
>>
>>On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:36 AM,   wrote:
>>> Great work. I installed the XSCE on a Class 10 SD card today to run on a 
>>> XO1.75. Still get a blank screen towards the end of the installation. 
>>> Connection seems working well so far. Manage to connect a bunch of XO to 
>>> test. Tested two registration and was able to autologin to Moodle on OS 
>>> 12.1.0 but not on a 13.1.0.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the hardwork. Looking forward to new features.
>>>
>>>>-Original Message-
>>>>From: Adam Holt [mailto:h...@laptop.org]
>>>>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:48 AM
>>>>To: server-devel@lists.laptop.org, i...@lists.sugarlabs.org,
>>>>test...@lists.laptop.org, de...@laptop.org, support-g...@laptop.org
>>>>Subject: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>>>>
>>>>A big thank you to anyone who can test RC1, almost three months after
>>>>XSCE 0.2 -- we now have big changes for all to try out with the
>>>>imminent XSCE 0.3:
>>>>
>>>>   * XSCE runs on XOs' brand new OLPC OS 13.1.0,
>>>> thanks to XSCE's fast migration from Fedora 17 to 18 these past weeks
>>>>   * XSCE now runs on XO-4 and XO-1.5, in addition to the its XO-1.75
>>>> origins--with x86 & x64 testing just now beginning in earnest.
>>>> Highly experimental XO-1 functionality now proven, tho NOT advised!
>>>>   * Auto-recognition and mounting of USB hard drives
>>>>   * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services,
>>>> perhaps soon including http://internet-in-a-box.org
>>>> successfully tested this wkd: http://schoolserver.org/0.3/IIAB
>>>>   * Full offline installs possible going forward:
>>>> set up your own USB memory stick installer.
>>>> Compare To: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
>>>>   * Moodle is Back!
>>>>   * Content filtering via openDNS.com and dansguardian.org
>>>>
>>>>So grab an old XO-1.5 or similar and give XSCE 0.3 RC1 give these
>>>>earnest/sleep-deprived volunteers' offering a whirl:
>>>>
>>>>   http://schoolserver.org/0.3
>>>>
>>>>Many people would LOVE to hear your feedback testing the above before
>>>>final release just a couple weeks away!  Til then, these little guys
>>>>rock (TM, iLoveMyXO.com !)  Monster thanks to the folks whose
>>>>months of springtime work went into this imminent accomplishment--
>>>>traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make
>>>>this communi

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

[tkkang]

Some XSCE Release 1 testing outcomes. Some happy news.

1. Registration went OK for 12.1, 13.1 on XO-1.75, Soas-Fedora17 and Dextrose3 
(XO-1)

2. Autologin works for all of them into Moodle 
(http://schoolserver.local/moodle).

3. /usr/bin/ds-backup.sh works for 12.1, 13.1 (new patch applied). New files 
seen in the /library/users/

4. Not sure what is needed for SoAS (is there a ds-backup.sh file?) or 
Dextrose3 (Bld 96 Dextrose International). In Dextrose always get Failed Error 
- Call Process: [None] when I click on the Journal Backup/Restore commands. 

5. As usual clicking on the "backup" on Moodle gives the "This user has no 
backup data yet (or data compatbility) ". Will this ever work ?





>-Original Message-
>From: David Farning [mailto:dfarn...@activitycentral.com]
>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 02:49 PM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: 'Adam Holt', 'server-devel'
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>
>Do you have one of the early 1.75 models? I get a similar install
>glitch on one of my early 1.75s. Somewhere near the end of the install
>the screen goes blank if I haven't poked the touchpad lately.
>
>Would you mind filing a bug about the moodle login at
>https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/issues ?
>
>It will be our first public bug reported to the project :) After hours
>and hours working late into the night and talking to each other We
>will finally have feedback from a potential user!
>
>
>On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:36 AM,   wrote:
>> Great work. I installed the XSCE on a Class 10 SD card today to run on a 
>> XO1.75. Still get a blank screen towards the end of the installation. 
>> Connection seems working well so far. Manage to connect a bunch of XO to 
>> test. Tested two registration and was able to autologin to Moodle on OS 
>> 12.1.0 but not on a 13.1.0.
>>
>> Thanks for all the hardwork. Looking forward to new features.
>>
>>>-Original Message-
>>>From: Adam Holt [mailto:h...@laptop.org]
>>>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:48 AM
>>>To: server-devel@lists.laptop.org, i...@lists.sugarlabs.org,
>>>test...@lists.laptop.org, de...@laptop.org, support-g...@laptop.org
>>>Subject: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>>>
>>>A big thank you to anyone who can test RC1, almost three months after
>>>XSCE 0.2 -- we now have big changes for all to try out with the
>>>imminent XSCE 0.3:
>>>
>>>   * XSCE runs on XOs' brand new OLPC OS 13.1.0,
>>> thanks to XSCE's fast migration from Fedora 17 to 18 these past weeks
>>>   * XSCE now runs on XO-4 and XO-1.5, in addition to the its XO-1.75
>>> origins--with x86 & x64 testing just now beginning in earnest.
>>> Highly experimental XO-1 functionality now proven, tho NOT advised!
>>>   * Auto-recognition and mounting of USB hard drives
>>>   * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services,
>>> perhaps soon including http://internet-in-a-box.org
>>> successfully tested this wkd: http://schoolserver.org/0.3/IIAB
>>>   * Full offline installs possible going forward:
>>> set up your own USB memory stick installer.
>>> Compare To: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
>>>   * Moodle is Back!
>>>   * Content filtering via openDNS.com and dansguardian.org
>>>
>>>So grab an old XO-1.5 or similar and give XSCE 0.3 RC1 give these
>>>earnest/sleep-deprived volunteers' offering a whirl:
>>>
>>>   http://schoolserver.org/0.3
>>>
>>>Many people would LOVE to hear your feedback testing the above before
>>>final release just a couple weeks away!  Til then, these little guys
>>>rock (TM, iLoveMyXO.com !)  Monster thanks to the folks whose
>>>months of springtime work went into this imminent accomplishment--
>>>traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make
>>>this community product real.
>>>
>>>With photos for those who missed Toronto's hard-driving volunteer
>>>sprint in person: http://haitiDreams.org and http://planet.laptop.org
>>>Finally, read more about this humble little community all contributors
>>>are welcome to join at:
>>>
>>>  http://schoolserver.org
>>>
>>>Lastly. for the real art contest?  We could really use a logo/design
>>>if any artistically-inclined volunteer can contribute visual
>>>inspiration(s) -- embracing the Open Education Movement we hope
>>>will be unleashed by "offline cloud" scho

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

[tkkang]

Ha... I keep poking it maybe not often enough :-(

My XO is OLPC 1C2, OpenFirmware Q4D24 and SKU228.

As for moodle registration I try again to see if itis consistent and will file 
if it indeed a bug - lately having been messing up the XO with a XO 0.7 
installation.

Also tried startx into gnome (any way to get back to Sugar?) and reconnect to 
another wireless internet connection and hence was able to change my internet 
connection. Now need to see if hardwire connection to the internet will work :-)

>-Original Message-
>From: David Farning [mailto:dfarn...@activitycentral.com]
>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 02:49 PM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: 'Adam Holt', 'server-devel'
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>
>Do you have one of the early 1.75 models? I get a similar install
>glitch on one of my early 1.75s. Somewhere near the end of the install
>the screen goes blank if I haven't poked the touchpad lately.
>
>Would you mind filing a bug about the moodle login at
>https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/issues ?
>
>It will be our first public bug reported to the project :) After hours
>and hours working late into the night and talking to each other We
>will finally have feedback from a potential user!
>
>
>On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:36 AM,   wrote:
>> Great work. I installed the XSCE on a Class 10 SD card today to run on a 
>> XO1.75. Still get a blank screen towards the end of the installation. 
>> Connection seems working well so far. Manage to connect a bunch of XO to 
>> test. Tested two registration and was able to autologin to Moodle on OS 
>> 12.1.0 but not on a 13.1.0.
>>
>> Thanks for all the hardwork. Looking forward to new features.
>>
>>>-Original Message-
>>>From: Adam Holt [mailto:h...@laptop.org]
>>>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:48 AM
>>>To: server-devel@lists.laptop.org, i...@lists.sugarlabs.org,
>>>test...@lists.laptop.org, de...@laptop.org, support-g...@laptop.org
>>>Subject: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>>>
>>>A big thank you to anyone who can test RC1, almost three months after
>>>XSCE 0.2 -- we now have big changes for all to try out with the
>>>imminent XSCE 0.3:
>>>
>>>   * XSCE runs on XOs' brand new OLPC OS 13.1.0,
>>> thanks to XSCE's fast migration from Fedora 17 to 18 these past weeks
>>>   * XSCE now runs on XO-4 and XO-1.5, in addition to the its XO-1.75
>>> origins--with x86 & x64 testing just now beginning in earnest.
>>> Highly experimental XO-1 functionality now proven, tho NOT advised!
>>>   * Auto-recognition and mounting of USB hard drives
>>>   * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services,
>>> perhaps soon including http://internet-in-a-box.org
>>> successfully tested this wkd: http://schoolserver.org/0.3/IIAB
>>>   * Full offline installs possible going forward:
>>> set up your own USB memory stick installer.
>>> Compare To: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
>>>   * Moodle is Back!
>>>   * Content filtering via openDNS.com and dansguardian.org
>>>
>>>So grab an old XO-1.5 or similar and give XSCE 0.3 RC1 give these
>>>earnest/sleep-deprived volunteers' offering a whirl:
>>>
>>>   http://schoolserver.org/0.3
>>>
>>>Many people would LOVE to hear your feedback testing the above before
>>>final release just a couple weeks away!  Til then, these little guys
>>>rock (TM, iLoveMyXO.com !)  Monster thanks to the folks whose
>>>months of springtime work went into this imminent accomplishment--
>>>traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make
>>>this community product real.
>>>
>>>With photos for those who missed Toronto's hard-driving volunteer
>>>sprint in person: http://haitiDreams.org and http://planet.laptop.org
>>>Finally, read more about this humble little community all contributors
>>>are welcome to join at:
>>>
>>>  http://schoolserver.org
>>>
>>>Lastly. for the real art contest?  We could really use a logo/design
>>>if any artistically-inclined volunteer can contribute visual
>>>inspiration(s) -- embracing 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
>>>
>>>___
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>>
>>
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)

[David Farning]

Do you have one of the early 1.75 models? I get a similar install
glitch on one of my early 1.75s. Somewhere near the end of the install
the screen goes blank if I haven't poked the touchpad lately.

Would you mind filing a bug about the moodle login at
https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xsce/issues ?

It will be our first public bug reported to the project :) After hours
and hours working late into the night and talking to each other We
will finally have feedback from a potential user!


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:36 AM,   wrote:
> Great work. I installed the XSCE on a Class 10 SD card today to run on a 
> XO1.75. Still get a blank screen towards the end of the installation. 
> Connection seems working well so far. Manage to connect a bunch of XO to 
> test. Tested two registration and was able to autologin to Moodle on OS 
> 12.1.0 but not on a 13.1.0.
>
> Thanks for all the hardwork. Looking forward to new features.
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Adam Holt [mailto:h...@laptop.org]
>>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:48 AM
>>To: server-devel@lists.laptop.org, i...@lists.sugarlabs.org,
>>test...@lists.laptop.org, de...@laptop.org, support-g...@laptop.org
>>Subject: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>>
>>A big thank you to anyone who can test RC1, almost three months after
>>XSCE 0.2 -- we now have big changes for all to try out with the
>>imminent XSCE 0.3:
>>
>>   * XSCE runs on XOs' brand new OLPC OS 13.1.0,
>> thanks to XSCE's fast migration from Fedora 17 to 18 these past weeks
>>   * XSCE now runs on XO-4 and XO-1.5, in addition to the its XO-1.75
>> origins--with x86 & x64 testing just now beginning in earnest.
>> Highly experimental XO-1 functionality now proven, tho NOT advised!
>>   * Auto-recognition and mounting of USB hard drives
>>   * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services,
>> perhaps soon including http://internet-in-a-box.org
>> successfully tested this wkd: http://schoolserver.org/0.3/IIAB
>>   * Full offline installs possible going forward:
>> set up your own USB memory stick installer.
>> Compare To: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
>>   * Moodle is Back!
>>   * Content filtering via openDNS.com and dansguardian.org
>>
>>So grab an old XO-1.5 or similar and give XSCE 0.3 RC1 give these
>>earnest/sleep-deprived volunteers' offering a whirl:
>>
>>   http://schoolserver.org/0.3
>>
>>Many people would LOVE to hear your feedback testing the above before
>>final release just a couple weeks away!  Til then, these little guys
>>rock (TM, iLoveMyXO.com !)  Monster thanks to the folks whose
>>months of springtime work went into this imminent accomplishment--
>>traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make
>>this community product real.
>>
>>With photos for those who missed Toronto's hard-driving volunteer
>>sprint in person: http://haitiDreams.org and http://planet.laptop.org
>>Finally, read more about this humble little community all contributors
>>are welcome to join at:
>>
>>  http://schoolserver.org
>>
>>Lastly. for the real art contest?  We could really use a logo/design
>>if any artistically-inclined volunteer can contribute visual
>>inspiration(s) -- embracing 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 list
>>Server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
>>
>
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)

[tkkang]

Great work. I installed the XSCE on a Class 10 SD card today to run on a 
XO1.75. Still get a blank screen towards the end of the installation. 
Connection seems working well so far. Manage to connect a bunch of XO to test. 
Tested two registration and was able to autologin to Moodle on OS 12.1.0 but 
not on a 13.1.0.  

Thanks for all the hardwork. Looking forward to new features.

>-Original Message-
>From: Adam Holt [mailto:h...@laptop.org]
>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:48 AM
>To: server-devel@lists.laptop.org, i...@lists.sugarlabs.org, 
>test...@lists.laptop.org, de...@laptop.org, support-g...@laptop.org
>Subject: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)
>
>A big thank you to anyone who can test RC1, almost three months after
>XSCE 0.2 -- we now have big changes for all to try out with the
>imminent XSCE 0.3:
>
>   * XSCE runs on XOs' brand new OLPC OS 13.1.0,
> thanks to XSCE's fast migration from Fedora 17 to 18 these past weeks
>   * XSCE now runs on XO-4 and XO-1.5, in addition to the its XO-1.75
> origins--with x86 & x64 testing just now beginning in earnest.
> Highly experimental XO-1 functionality now proven, tho NOT advised!
>   * Auto-recognition and mounting of USB hard drives
>   * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services,
> perhaps soon including http://internet-in-a-box.org
> successfully tested this wkd: http://schoolserver.org/0.3/IIAB
>   * Full offline installs possible going forward:
> set up your own USB memory stick installer.
> Compare To: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
>   * Moodle is Back!
>   * Content filtering via openDNS.com and dansguardian.org
>
>So grab an old XO-1.5 or similar and give XSCE 0.3 RC1 give these
>earnest/sleep-deprived volunteers' offering a whirl:
>
>   http://schoolserver.org/0.3
>
>Many people would LOVE to hear your feedback testing the above before
>final release just a couple weeks away!  Til then, these little guys
>rock (TM, iLoveMyXO.com !)  Monster thanks to the folks whose
>months of springtime work went into this imminent accomplishment--
>traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make
>this community product real.
>
>With photos for those who missed Toronto's hard-driving volunteer
>sprint in person: http://haitiDreams.org and http://planet.laptop.org
>Finally, read more about this humble little community all contributors
>are welcome to join at:
>
>  http://schoolserver.org
>
>Lastly. for the real art contest?  We could really use a logo/design
>if any artistically-inclined volunteer can contribute visual
>inspiration(s) -- embracing 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
>
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[Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.3 (Release Candidate 1)

[Adam Holt]

A big thank you to anyone who can test RC1, almost three months after
XSCE 0.2 -- we now have big changes for all to try out with the
imminent XSCE 0.3:

   * XSCE runs on XOs' brand new OLPC OS 13.1.0,
 thanks to XSCE's fast migration from Fedora 17 to 18 these past weeks
   * XSCE now runs on XO-4 and XO-1.5, in addition to the its XO-1.75
 origins--with x86 & x64 testing just now beginning in earnest.
 Highly experimental XO-1 functionality now proven, tho NOT advised!
   * Auto-recognition and mounting of USB hard drives
   * Modular Architecture: cleanly integrate extendable services,
 perhaps soon including http://internet-in-a-box.org
 successfully tested this wkd: http://schoolserver.org/0.3/IIAB
   * Full offline installs possible going forward:
 set up your own USB memory stick installer.
 Compare To: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
   * Moodle is Back!
   * Content filtering via openDNS.com and dansguardian.org

So grab an old XO-1.5 or similar and give XSCE 0.3 RC1 give these
earnest/sleep-deprived volunteers' offering a whirl:

   http://schoolserver.org/0.3

Many people would LOVE to hear your feedback testing the above before
final release just a couple weeks away!  Til then, these little guys
rock (TM, iLoveMyXO.com !)  Monster thanks to the folks whose
months of springtime work went into this imminent accomplishment--
traveling days from quite different parts of North America to make
this community product real.

With photos for those who missed Toronto's hard-driving volunteer
sprint in person: http://haitiDreams.org and http://planet.laptop.org
Finally, read more about this humble little community all contributors
are welcome to join at:

  http://schoolserver.org

Lastly. for the real art contest?  We could really use a logo/design
if any artistically-inclined volunteer can contribute visual
inspiration(s) -- embracing the Open Education Movement we hope
will be unleashed by "offline cloud" schoolserver-like technologies!

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

[Holt]

FYI our http://schoolserver.org community will be meeting as we do 
bimonthly near Toronto May 8-13, this time finalizing XSCE version 0.3, 
which we hope will enter code freeze / testing on Monday May 13th.


The focus is active software engineering contributors and testers -- 
with details evolving in coming weeks here:


http://schoolserver.org

If you'd like 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!


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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[tkkang]

With the right build 12.1.0-21 the XSCE installation work well.
Thank you all for responding as I learned more about the process of 
installation the "difficult" way. Much appreciated. 

Now will be testing to see how things work with wireless internet and USB AP. 
Will shift to 2 USB later on in my testing.

Cheers


>-Original Message-
>From: Jerry Vonau [mailto:jvo...@shaw.ca]
>Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 05:08 AM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: 'Anna', server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>
>On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 17:31 +, tkk...@nurturingasia.com wrote:
>> Yes it is a 12.1.0 (build 10) as I cannot flash the new build 21 since the 
>> image I have is "customised".
>> 
>
>Is your 1.75 locked?
>
>> For the 1st installation I did not have the USB-Ethernet-AP connection 
>> plugin.
>> 
>
>Your best bet is to have all your interfaces plugging in before booting
>the XO, otherwise when we detect the number of interfaces we will miss
>installing some components that is vital to using the XS as a router. We
>prompt if we detect less than what is required for a router, but I
>prefer to have the interfaces appear in the same order as what the
>kernel will find if just rebooted. This is more of an issue when your
>using 2 usb based interfaces and not using the XO's internal wifi.
>
>> Maybe I should use another XO to start all over again!
>> 
>
>I would prefer if you could use 12.1.0-21 as a starting point as that is
>what we are testing with. If you can't do that, please ensure your
>network adaptor is inserted before booting then run the install.
>
>
>> Thanks for the detail step by step. Hope I have better luck the next time.
>> 
>
>see:
>
>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking 
>Installing.
>
>
>> Does Moodle, registration, etc work as usual with a complete install?
>> 
>> 
>
>Moodle is left uninstalled, but can be added later if wanted/needed,
>instructions to follow.
>
>Thanks for the valuable feedback, 
>
>Jerry
>
>
>> Cheers
>> >-Original Message-
>> >From: Anna [mailto:ascho...@gmail.com]
>> >Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:42 AM
>> >To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>> >Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>> >Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>> >
>> >Just to clarify, you're on a 1.75 running 12.1.0?  And before you started
>> >doing anything in the instructions, did you plug in a USB wifi dongle
>> >connected to a powered up AP?
>> >
>> >My usual process for getting ready to install is:
>> >
>> >1.  Flash 12.1.0 on a 1.75
>> >2.  It reboots itself, I set the buddy name
>> >3.  In NH, I connect to my home wifi
>> >4.  Turn off power management in the Sugar Control Panel
>> >5.  Plug in the ethernet cable that connects the usb wifi dongle to the AP
>> >6.  Plug the AP's power into the wall outlet
>> >7.  Insert the usb wifi dongle into the 1.75
>> >8.  Open the terminal activity and start following the install instructions
>> >
>> >On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:23 AM,  wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Must I use an external AP or there is more magic if the XO wirless can
>> >> function as this ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >As far as I know, the XO's wifi chip doesn't support AP mode, so
>> >unfortunately no.
>> >
>> >Anna Schoolfield
>> >Birmingham
>> >
>> 
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[tkkang]

Just registered for developer key for the XO. See if I could run XS-setup again 
with the XO unlock. Pity I have no way of flashing to the latest 12.1.0 build 
21.

Without ejabberd running or http runnig at least I am able to support 10 XO via 
a external AP and a wired WAN from another USBEthernet. The power source for 
the external AP is powered by the XO USB and hence no external power supply is 
needed for it to server as a school server. That is cool.

Will update on progress but I will be back to the XS7 for a coming deployment.

Cheers

>-Original Message-
>From: Tim Moody [mailto:timmo...@sympatico.ca]
>Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 09:34 AM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>
>Initially, at least, the expected configuration is that the internal wifi is 
>used for external access (wan) and the ap is attached to a usb ethernet 
>device for interanl access (lan).
>
>-Original Message- 
>From: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 8:23 PM
>To: Jerry Vonau
>Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>
>Great getting support for the list.
>
>No it is a brand new XO 1.75 which have not been unlocked. Is that a must?
>
>What is the typical setup ? As the XO internal Wifi can be turned into a 
>WiFi I will need a external AP connected to my USBEthernet plug. To get 
>internet access I will then need another USBEthernet plugin with connection 
>for wired internet access. It will so nice that the XO internal wifi can act 
>as a AP making less need for external AP!
>
>Looking forward to future addition. The ability for the XO to server as a 
>webs erver while providing connection for other XOs is really a great 
>start - esp for small deployments!
>
>Great weekend to all.
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Jerry Vonau [mailto:jvo...@shaw.ca]
>>Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 05:08 AM
>>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>>Cc: 'Anna', server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>>
>>On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 17:31 +, tkk...@nurturingasia.com wrote:
>>> Yes it is a 12.1.0 (build 10) as I cannot flash the new build 21 since 
>>> the image I have is "customised".
>>>
>>
>>Is your 1.75 locked?
>>
>>> For the 1st installation I did not have the USB-Ethernet-AP connection 
>>> plugin.
>>>
>>
>>Your best bet is to have all your interfaces plugging in before booting
>>the XO, otherwise when we detect the number of interfaces we will miss
>>installing some components that is vital to using the XS as a router. We
>>prompt if we detect less than what is required for a router, but I
>>prefer to have the interfaces appear in the same order as what the
>>kernel will find if just rebooted. This is more of an issue when your
>>using 2 usb based interfaces and not using the XO's internal wifi.
>>
>>> Maybe I should use another XO to start all over again!
>>>
>>
>>I would prefer if you could use 12.1.0-21 as a starting point as that is
>>what we are testing with. If you can't do that, please ensure your
>>network adaptor is inserted before booting then run the install.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the detail step by step. Hope I have better luck the next 
>>> time.
>>>
>>
>>see:
>>
>>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking
>>Installing.
>>
>>
>>> Does Moodle, registration, etc work as usual with a complete install?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Moodle is left uninstalled, but can be added later if wanted/needed,
>>instructions to follow.
>>
>>Thanks for the valuable feedback,
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>
>>> Cheers
>>> >-Original Message-
>>> >From: Anna [mailto:ascho...@gmail.com]
>>> >Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:42 AM
>>> >To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>>> >Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>>> >Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>>> >
>>> >Just to clarify, you're on a 1.75 running 12.1.0?  And before you 
>>> >started
>>> >doing anything in the instructions, did you plug in a USB wifi dongle
>>> >connected to a powered up AP?
>>> >
>>> >My usual process for getting ready to install is:
>>> >
>>> >1.  Flash 12.1.0 on a 1.75
>>> >2.  It r

Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[Tim Moody]

Initially, at least, the expected configuration is that the internal wifi is 
used for external access (wan) and the ap is attached to a usb ethernet 
device for interanl access (lan).


-Original Message- 
From: tkk...@nurturingasia.com

Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 8:23 PM
To: Jerry Vonau
Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

Great getting support for the list.

No it is a brand new XO 1.75 which have not been unlocked. Is that a must?

What is the typical setup ? As the XO internal Wifi can be turned into a 
WiFi I will need a external AP connected to my USBEthernet plug. To get 
internet access I will then need another USBEthernet plugin with connection 
for wired internet access. It will so nice that the XO internal wifi can act 
as a AP making less need for external AP!


Looking forward to future addition. The ability for the XO to server as a 
webs erver while providing connection for other XOs is really a great 
start - esp for small deployments!


Great weekend to all.


-Original Message-
From: Jerry Vonau [mailto:jvo...@shaw.ca]
Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 05:08 AM
To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
Cc: 'Anna', server-devel@lists.laptop.org
Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 17:31 +, tkk...@nurturingasia.com wrote:
Yes it is a 12.1.0 (build 10) as I cannot flash the new build 21 since 
the image I have is "customised".




Is your 1.75 locked?

For the 1st installation I did not have the USB-Ethernet-AP connection 
plugin.




Your best bet is to have all your interfaces plugging in before booting
the XO, otherwise when we detect the number of interfaces we will miss
installing some components that is vital to using the XS as a router. We
prompt if we detect less than what is required for a router, but I
prefer to have the interfaces appear in the same order as what the
kernel will find if just rebooted. This is more of an issue when your
using 2 usb based interfaces and not using the XO's internal wifi.


Maybe I should use another XO to start all over again!



I would prefer if you could use 12.1.0-21 as a starting point as that is
what we are testing with. If you can't do that, please ensure your
network adaptor is inserted before booting then run the install.


Thanks for the detail step by step. Hope I have better luck the next 
time.




see:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking
Installing.



Does Moodle, registration, etc work as usual with a complete install?




Moodle is left uninstalled, but can be added later if wanted/needed,
instructions to follow.

Thanks for the valuable feedback,

Jerry



Cheers
>-Original Message-
>From: Anna [mailto:ascho...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:42 AM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>
>Just to clarify, you're on a 1.75 running 12.1.0?  And before you 
>started

>doing anything in the instructions, did you plug in a USB wifi dongle
>connected to a powered up AP?
>
>My usual process for getting ready to install is:
>
>1.  Flash 12.1.0 on a 1.75
>2.  It reboots itself, I set the buddy name
>3.  In NH, I connect to my home wifi
>4.  Turn off power management in the Sugar Control Panel
>5.  Plug in the ethernet cable that connects the usb wifi dongle to the 
>AP

>6.  Plug the AP's power into the wall outlet
>7.  Insert the usb wifi dongle into the 1.75
>8.  Open the terminal activity and start following the install 
>instructions

>
>On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:23 AM,  wrote:
>
>>
>> Must I use an external AP or there is more magic if the XO wirless can
>> function as this ?
>>
>>
>As far as I know, the XO's wifi chip doesn't support AP mode, so
>unfortunately no.
>
>Anna Schoolfield
>Birmingham
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[tkkang]

Great getting support for the list.

No it is a brand new XO 1.75 which have not been unlocked. Is that a must?

What is the typical setup ? As the XO internal Wifi can be turned into a WiFi I 
will need a external AP connected to my USBEthernet plug. To get internet 
access I will then need another USBEthernet plugin with connection for wired 
internet access. It will so nice that the XO internal wifi can act as a AP 
making less need for external AP!

Looking forward to future addition. The ability for the XO to server as a webs 
erver while providing connection for other XOs is really a great start - esp 
for small deployments!

Great weekend to all.

>-Original Message-
>From: Jerry Vonau [mailto:jvo...@shaw.ca]
>Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 05:08 AM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: 'Anna', server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>
>On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 17:31 +, tkk...@nurturingasia.com wrote:
>> Yes it is a 12.1.0 (build 10) as I cannot flash the new build 21 since the 
>> image I have is "customised".
>> 
>
>Is your 1.75 locked?
>
>> For the 1st installation I did not have the USB-Ethernet-AP connection 
>> plugin.
>> 
>
>Your best bet is to have all your interfaces plugging in before booting
>the XO, otherwise when we detect the number of interfaces we will miss
>installing some components that is vital to using the XS as a router. We
>prompt if we detect less than what is required for a router, but I
>prefer to have the interfaces appear in the same order as what the
>kernel will find if just rebooted. This is more of an issue when your
>using 2 usb based interfaces and not using the XO's internal wifi.
>
>> Maybe I should use another XO to start all over again!
>> 
>
>I would prefer if you could use 12.1.0-21 as a starting point as that is
>what we are testing with. If you can't do that, please ensure your
>network adaptor is inserted before booting then run the install.
>
>
>> Thanks for the detail step by step. Hope I have better luck the next time.
>> 
>
>see:
>
>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking 
>Installing.
>
>
>> Does Moodle, registration, etc work as usual with a complete install?
>> 
>> 
>
>Moodle is left uninstalled, but can be added later if wanted/needed,
>instructions to follow.
>
>Thanks for the valuable feedback, 
>
>Jerry
>
>
>> Cheers
>> >-Original Message-
>> >From: Anna [mailto:ascho...@gmail.com]
>> >Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:42 AM
>> >To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>> >Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>> >Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>> >
>> >Just to clarify, you're on a 1.75 running 12.1.0?  And before you started
>> >doing anything in the instructions, did you plug in a USB wifi dongle
>> >connected to a powered up AP?
>> >
>> >My usual process for getting ready to install is:
>> >
>> >1.  Flash 12.1.0 on a 1.75
>> >2.  It reboots itself, I set the buddy name
>> >3.  In NH, I connect to my home wifi
>> >4.  Turn off power management in the Sugar Control Panel
>> >5.  Plug in the ethernet cable that connects the usb wifi dongle to the AP
>> >6.  Plug the AP's power into the wall outlet
>> >7.  Insert the usb wifi dongle into the 1.75
>> >8.  Open the terminal activity and start following the install instructions
>> >
>> >On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:23 AM,  wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Must I use an external AP or there is more magic if the XO wirless can
>> >> function as this ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >As far as I know, the XO's wifi chip doesn't support AP mode, so
>> >unfortunately no.
>> >
>> >Anna Schoolfield
>> >Birmingham
>> >
>> 
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[Jerry Vonau]

On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 17:31 +, tkk...@nurturingasia.com wrote:
> Yes it is a 12.1.0 (build 10) as I cannot flash the new build 21 since the 
> image I have is "customised".
> 

Is your 1.75 locked?

> For the 1st installation I did not have the USB-Ethernet-AP connection plugin.
> 

Your best bet is to have all your interfaces plugging in before booting
the XO, otherwise when we detect the number of interfaces we will miss
installing some components that is vital to using the XS as a router. We
prompt if we detect less than what is required for a router, but I
prefer to have the interfaces appear in the same order as what the
kernel will find if just rebooted. This is more of an issue when your
using 2 usb based interfaces and not using the XO's internal wifi.

> Maybe I should use another XO to start all over again!
> 

I would prefer if you could use 12.1.0-21 as a starting point as that is
what we are testing with. If you can't do that, please ensure your
network adaptor is inserted before booting then run the install.


> Thanks for the detail step by step. Hope I have better luck the next time.
> 

see:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking 
Installing.


> Does Moodle, registration, etc work as usual with a complete install?
> 
> 

Moodle is left uninstalled, but can be added later if wanted/needed,
instructions to follow.

Thanks for the valuable feedback, 

Jerry


> Cheers
> >-Original Message-
> >From: Anna [mailto:ascho...@gmail.com]
> >Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:42 AM
> >To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
> >Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
> >Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
> >
> >Just to clarify, you're on a 1.75 running 12.1.0?  And before you started
> >doing anything in the instructions, did you plug in a USB wifi dongle
> >connected to a powered up AP?
> >
> >My usual process for getting ready to install is:
> >
> >1.  Flash 12.1.0 on a 1.75
> >2.  It reboots itself, I set the buddy name
> >3.  In NH, I connect to my home wifi
> >4.  Turn off power management in the Sugar Control Panel
> >5.  Plug in the ethernet cable that connects the usb wifi dongle to the AP
> >6.  Plug the AP's power into the wall outlet
> >7.  Insert the usb wifi dongle into the 1.75
> >8.  Open the terminal activity and start following the install instructions
> >
> >On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:23 AM,  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Must I use an external AP or there is more magic if the XO wirless can
> >> function as this ?
> >>
> >>
> >As far as I know, the XO's wifi chip doesn't support AP mode, so
> >unfortunately no.
> >
> >Anna Schoolfield
> >Birmingham
> >
> 
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[Anna]

We are just about to push some fixes and changes, so if you're not
impatient to try this out, I'd suggest waiting a couple of days or so.
Stay tuned for some news!

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:31 AM,  wrote:

>
> Does Moodle, registration, etc work as usual with a complete install?
>
>
No Moodle, but the basic set of XS services listed here should work:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Test_Plan

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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[tkkang]

Yes it is a 12.1.0 (build 10) as I cannot flash the new build 21 since the 
image I have is "customised".

For the 1st installation I did not have the USB-Ethernet-AP connection plugin.

Maybe I should use another XO to start all over again!

Thanks for the detail step by step. Hope I have better luck the next time.

Does Moodle, registration, etc work as usual with a complete install?


Cheers
>-Original Message-
>From: Anna [mailto:ascho...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:42 AM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>
>Just to clarify, you're on a 1.75 running 12.1.0?  And before you started
>doing anything in the instructions, did you plug in a USB wifi dongle
>connected to a powered up AP?
>
>My usual process for getting ready to install is:
>
>1.  Flash 12.1.0 on a 1.75
>2.  It reboots itself, I set the buddy name
>3.  In NH, I connect to my home wifi
>4.  Turn off power management in the Sugar Control Panel
>5.  Plug in the ethernet cable that connects the usb wifi dongle to the AP
>6.  Plug the AP's power into the wall outlet
>7.  Insert the usb wifi dongle into the 1.75
>8.  Open the terminal activity and start following the install instructions
>
>On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:23 AM,  wrote:
>
>>
>> Must I use an external AP or there is more magic if the XO wirless can
>> function as this ?
>>
>>
>As far as I know, the XO's wifi chip doesn't support AP mode, so
>unfortunately no.
>
>Anna Schoolfield
>Birmingham
>


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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[Anna]

Just to clarify, you're on a 1.75 running 12.1.0?  And before you started
doing anything in the instructions, did you plug in a USB wifi dongle
connected to a powered up AP?

My usual process for getting ready to install is:

1.  Flash 12.1.0 on a 1.75
2.  It reboots itself, I set the buddy name
3.  In NH, I connect to my home wifi
4.  Turn off power management in the Sugar Control Panel
5.  Plug in the ethernet cable that connects the usb wifi dongle to the AP
6.  Plug the AP's power into the wall outlet
7.  Insert the usb wifi dongle into the 1.75
8.  Open the terminal activity and start following the install instructions

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:23 AM,  wrote:

>
> Must I use an external AP or there is more magic if the XO wirless can
> function as this ?
>
>
As far as I know, the XO's wifi chip doesn't support AP mode, so
unfortunately no.

Anna Schoolfield
Birmingham
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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[tkkang]

Thanks for the reply and support!

No.. I tried a number of time and it NEVER got me to the end where it ask me to 
reboot with a message of a successful installation. Drop me there with 
instruction to manuall start ejjaberd. 
 
For the time being when I reboot .. at least it works with my the AP and 
provide successful internet connection to other XOs - that is an achievement 
indeed thanks to the hardwork of many! Hence can't http://schoolserver to get a 
response, etc.

Must I use an external AP or there is more magic if the XO wirless can function 
as this ?




>-Original Message-
>From: Anna [mailto:ascho...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 12:14 AM
>To: tkk...@nurturingasia.com
>Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org
>Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion
>
>On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 9:53 AM,  wrote:
>
>> I followed the procedures here (
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking#Installing)
>> and manage get to the part where I was advice to take a coffee break
>> (ejjaberd starting, etc).
>>
>> After a long wait I get the following info:
>>
>> systemctl start ejabberd-xs-service
>> Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for detail
>>
>
>I always get that message about ejabberd failing to start during the
>installation process.  It times out, then the installation process moves on.
>
>Did the install continue after you got that message?  It should have done
>some other stuff, then after another little while, it should have told you
>to reboot.
>
>Anna Schoolfield
>Birmingham
>


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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[Anna]

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 9:53 AM,  wrote:

> I followed the procedures here (
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking#Installing)
> and manage get to the part where I was advice to take a coffee break
> (ejjaberd starting, etc).
>
> After a long wait I get the following info:
>
> systemctl start ejabberd-xs-service
> Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for detail
>

I always get that message about ejabberd failing to start during the
installation process.  It times out, then the installation process moves on.

Did the install continue after you got that message?  It should have done
some other stuff, then after another little while, it should have told you
to reboot.

Anna Schoolfield
Birmingham
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[Server-devel] XS Community Edition: XO 1.75 installtion

[tkkang]

I followed the procedures here 
(http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2/Hacking#Installing)
 and manage get to the part where I was advice to take a coffee break (ejjaberd 
starting, etc).

After a long wait I get the following info:

systemctl start ejabberd-xs-service
Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for detail

I checked log and it say specified file is not readable 
/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.pem 

What should I do to continue ... things went smooth until I hit this.

For the time being I could login into the system via an AP and get internet 
access. So something is still working with a 1/2 an installation!






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Re: [Server-devel] XS Community edition

[Tim Moody]

First, let me say that I don’t find much below to disagree with, though to 
paraphrase George’s comments with Tony’s metaphor, I would say that what we 
have done so far is take a wheel and get it to work on other makes and newer 
models of the vehicle.  But this is not our final aim and we are probably not 
even at the end of the beginning.

If we could have anything we wanted we would have a pool of content and 
services any combination of which could be easily installed and configured 
locally or remotely using a graphical interface.  They could be run on low 
power devices if needed or larger machines if available.

I think we are now at the point of starting to include more features rather 
than simply getting a subset to work, and the list below is excellent for that 
purpose.  I wish we had a dozen such lists and that the authors of those lists 
would at the very least help prioritize them and possibly pitch in and help 
implement them as we are not a very large group of people.

Tim


  Subject:  [Server-devel] XS Community edition 
  Date:  Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:55:24 -0500 
  From:  Tony Anderson mailto:t...@olenepal.org 
  To:  server-devel@lists.laptop.org 


Hi, All

I am disappointed that this team appears to be proceeding to re-invent 
the wheel.

If you are interested in "What will schools worldwide really want from a 
server in the coming 10 years?", it would appear appropriate to start 
from what is available now and what new capabilities may be needed.

The XS Community edition has performed a vital service in enabling an 
Arm-based server. However, in the process I have lost track of the 
download and installation procedure in the discussions of some kind of 
cherry-picking procedure for 'services'.

It would be helpful to have a web page which provides a download and 
install procedure for the Arm-based server equivalent to XS-0.7.

If and when the services selection procedure is in place, it would be 
helpful to have a page which shows the services which can be provided 
and how this is done.

Currently (and for many years) OLE Nepal has deployed a school server 
with an extensive library (pustakalaya). This library is also available 
online (http://www.pustakalaya.org). A comparable library capability is 
deployed in Rwanda and Lesotho on XS-0.7 based on Django. However, 
unlike Pathagar, the library content (pdfs and so forth) is on the 
schoolo server so that the library is fully available at schools which 
have no internet connection. In addition, the school server at these 
schools has a complete set of Sugar Activities from ASLO (as of 5/2012) 
so that XO users can download and install any of these activities (with 
WebKit version of Browse). The Learn activity also enables teachers to 
develop their own lessons and provides for students to download these 
lessons (so they can be completed at home).

I think it would be a great use of the very limited available technical 
resources to look at what is already available, determine limitations in 
these capabilities, and devise plans to add new capabilities or to 
enhance those already available.

For example, in Uruguay, the urgent request was for a capability for a 
teacher to present a lesson on her laptop simultaneously to the laptops 
of all of the students in her class. Currently Ejabberd includes all 
registered (and connected) laptops in a single group. I suspect this 
will result in confusion when the students in a single class (e.g. 40 of 
120 laptops) try to connect to their teacher's lesson. Another option is 
to provide a single url for the lesson; however, someone would need to 
set up a synchronization (web2.0) method so the teacher can move all 
laptops to the next slide in the lesson. The ShowNTell activity attempts 
to provide this capability via Ejabberd but has not been tested in a 
classroom setting.

Even in schools not connected to the internet, it might be useful to 
have an email capability and a mailing list capability. This would 
require a very lightweight email client as a Sugar activity (not 
dependent on gmail) and a mail server (pop3, smtp) on the school server. 
It would be helpful if this capability supported a sneakernet access to 
the rest of the world (someone takes mail to be sent on a usb key to the 
internet cafe and sends it and then collects email for the school on the 
usbkey for upload to the schoolserve).

In many deployments such as Rwanda and Lesotho, the only internet access 
is via the mobile network. This network charges by time or by megabytes 
transferred. Aside from bandwidth issues, it is unlikely that schools 
will be able to afford the cost of 120 students surfing independently. 
If the school server could connect to a 'mothership' via a chron task 
uploading new content created at the school (email, local wiki, forums, 
blogs, ) and downloading new content for the school server (lessons, 
additions to the library, ...), 

[Server-devel] XS Community edition

[Tony Anderson]

s 
interactive bilingual dictionaries as well as age-appropriate 
monolingual dictionaries. Availability of picture dictionaries on the 
school server would also be very helpful. The kamusi project 
(http://kamusi.org/) is an example of what might be done. Currently, the 
dictionary is not technically capable of rehosting on a school server. 
One valuable project would be to define a standard framework for these 
dictionaries that could be rehosted as well as support 'pootle-like' 
opportunities for contributors to supply bilingual and multi-lingual 
definitions.


There is a book by Adam Smith, 'WordPress for Education' published by 
Packt. I think it would be relatively easy to install WordPress on a 
school server which would give students and staff a chance to exchange 
information. In particular, this may be a way to satisfy the request 
from Jamaica for a way that students can submit assignments via the 
school server which can be reviewed and marked by their teachers.


To make a long story short, there are many needs for additional 
capabilities on the school server. XS-0.7 meets the essential needs of a 
deployment and with the valuable addition of support for ARM based 
systems, the needs of deployments with only solar power are addressed.
It would be wonderful if some of this team which is interested in making 
the server more usable could address some of these needs.


Tony



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1. Issues Backing Up XO logs to jump drive (HALL,Brian C)


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Good Day All,


We are presently in the process of backup up the logs from the XO's (1.75's) to 
a jump drive. Most of them have been successful. However I am getting an error 
for a couple. The error I get is

Backup up Journal to /media/DEAN

Org.freedesktop.dbus.pythom.IOError: Tracebook (most recent call last):



Could you assist?


Thanks in advance,
Brian Hall
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Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:37 PM
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OLPC Community
Subject: [Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.2 Release & Invitation

Toronto-area School Server Hack Sprint

This weekend, seven dedicated souls pulled together to solidify,
plan and build -- getting to know each other much better en route.
What will schools worldwide really want from a server in the coming
10 years?  What's the most constructive community & solid product
we as volunteers can build within 1 year?

Careful advanced planning helped us release version .1 Friday late,
strengthening our minimal core of AP-like features on an XO-1.75:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.1

Next we tackled version .2 with a small set of extended services,
also for XO-1.75 but with experimental support for x86 "big iron":
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2

Further down our main page (http://schoolserver.org) thoughtful
documentation has begun under "Getting Started":

   * Get Started Hacking (developers, contributors)
   * Get Started Implementing (administrators)
   * FAQ

What's new?  In our prelim releases we're aiming towards a drop-in
equivalent of February 2012's XS 0.7 but running on Fedora 17+
including ARM.  Working forward, we want to refine core services
for modularity (Squid, etc) and content/collaboration services
(eg. Mediawiki, OPDS/Pathagar to curate ebooks, etc) in support
of library-like "offline clouds" for very rural communities that
won't have Internet for many, many years.

We invite you to join, installing/testing scenarios most vital to
your (micro)deployment and planet.  Thanks al

[Server-devel] XS Community Edition 0.2 Release & Invitation

[Adam Holt]

Toronto-area School Server Hack Sprint

This weekend, seven dedicated souls pulled together to solidify,
plan and build -- getting to know each other much better en route.
What will schools worldwide really want from a server in the coming
10 years?  What's the most constructive community & solid product
we as volunteers can build within 1 year?

Careful advanced planning helped us release version .1 Friday late,
strengthening our minimal core of AP-like features on an XO-1.75:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.1

Next we tackled version .2 with a small set of extended services,
also for XO-1.75 but with experimental support for x86 "big iron":
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.2

Further down our main page (http://schoolserver.org) thoughtful
documentation has begun under "Getting Started":

  * Get Started Hacking (developers, contributors)
  * Get Started Implementing (administrators)
  * FAQ

What's new?  In our prelim releases we're aiming towards a drop-in
equivalent of February 2012's XS 0.7 but running on Fedora 17+
including ARM.  Working forward, we want to refine core services
for modularity (Squid, etc) and content/collaboration services
(eg. Mediawiki, OPDS/Pathagar to curate ebooks, etc) in support
of library-like "offline clouds" for very rural communities that
won't have Internet for many, many years.

We invite you to join, installing/testing scenarios most vital to
your (micro)deployment and planet.  Thanks all who can help think
this through, joining our Thursday weekly voice calls where you can!
Finally, sketching out v.3 and v.4 is underway, eg. for modularity,
GUI console and fuller support for x86, XO-1.5 and XO-4:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3

Early spring we hope to meet again to make this happen & much more =)

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[Server-devel] XS Community Edition prebeta test

[Holt]

We're really hoping this will eventually help many different kinds of 
schools.  Does anyone have time to test this today on an XO-1.5 or XO-1.75 ?


http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/Install_Recipe

George Hunt & Jerry Vonau have worked their butts off over the past week 
especially.  We're not quite there yet, but plz admire/evaluate things 
like :)


* Registration
* Squid (DHCP / named, Browse from an attached XO)
* Moodle
* ejabberd
* VNC's admin page (see 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/Install_Recipe#Further%20Quick%20Testing 
)
* Gateway: try to use your XS/XO as an actual 
Gateway-to-the-Internet as George is attempting in NYC

* OpenDNS stuff likely won't work yet
* Stay tuned for partitioning of external disks (SD, USB memory 
sticks, USB disks)


Send email for informal feedback please, privately or publicly! What 
_you_ want to add in future?  Thanks all for getting in touch with 
ideas/contributions/critiques/whatever.


In future we hope to work well with non-XO server hardware (big iron), 
Puppet (sysadmin tools), Pathagar (ebooks etc), KLS (Karma Learning 
System) and an increasing amount of Aleksey's work, far better 
documentation, XS-0.8 monikering if/where appropriate, etc.


Of course, file proper bug tickets here if you can: 
https://sugardextrose.org/projects/xs-config/issues/new

Registering here first: https://sugardextrose.org/account/register
As we're in a rapid bug-fixing stage -- please always include the 
version of xs-config (type "rpm -q xs-config") and detail what hardware 
you're running.


Thanks!!

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