Re: [Server-devel] Booting from a big USB stick

2019-03-19 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Adam As you know this is an area where we agree to disagree. Currently the schoolserver's valid, useful content exceeds 500GB. I really do not want to get into the game of deciding what is worthwhile and what is not. It is clear that the planned expansion of OSM will require increased

Re: [Server-devel] Booting from a big USB stick

2019-03-19 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Gerhard The trick is to separate the server software from the content. Install the basic IIAB on a smaller SD card (e.g. 16GB). Then mount the 128GB usb drive (mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb0 for example). IIAB expects the content to be in /library. This should be possible by a symbolic link

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 129, Issue 9

2018-04-30 Thread Tony Anderson
What is the impact of this approach on internet dependence? The main problem I have is to create an offline service with content. This has led to the creation of 'bernie', a copy of the schoolserver on an external 1TB drive. There are, of course, many problems with dependencies. I view resolving

Re: Devel Digest, Vol 132, Issue 2

2017-09-18 Thread Tony Anderson
as exactly as possible. Tony On 09/18/2017 01:04 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> wrote: Has anyone tested a current fedora release on an XO model? It would seem reasonable to install Fedora with the gnome desktop indep

Re: Devel Digest, Vol 132, Issue 2

2017-09-18 Thread Tony Anderson
Has anyone tested a current fedora release on an XO model? It would seem reasonable to install Fedora with the gnome desktop independent of Sugar as a starting point. Tony On 09/17/2017 05:00 PM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Send Devel mailing list submissions to

Re: [IAEP] do OLPC browsers support WebRTC microphone audio, input? (Adam Holt)

2017-03-13 Thread Tony Anderson
See http://www.webrtcinwebkit.org/ Tony On 03/14/2017 12:00 AM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Send Devel mailing list submissions to devel@lists.laptop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel or, via email,

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 114, Issue 9

2017-01-22 Thread Tony Anderson
evice, but if we can get similar performance at lower price, I am all for that. In terms of battery, if anyone is interested in experimenting dead laptop battery packs to make battery packs for NUC, please ping me. I have been experimenting with the same :) On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Tony

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 110, Issue 5

2016-08-24 Thread Tony Anderson
Sugar Labs develops and supports Sugar. The goal of Sugar is to improve the educational experience of its school age users. For the vast majority of Sugar users who have limited or no access to the internet, the school server is a vital and integral element of the improved experience. I

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 106, Issue 14

2016-04-14 Thread Tony Anderson
t/plain; charset="utf-8" On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> wrote: James I can't think of a use case for an XO to access multiple school servers. Apologies am not following all the details of this conversation, but just to point out some of our ne

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 104, Issue 6

2016-02-11 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Adam Indeed, the devil is in the details. The Pine64 appears focused on implementing Ubuntu on the board. With James Cameron's Sugar on Ubuntu, this could give the board an ability to run Sugar. The problem, of course, is how to upgrade the board to a usable laptop with keyboard and

Re: how to install essential codecs from rpmfusion to, gstreamer 1.0 comparable to current script for gstreamer0.1

2016-02-02 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, James Clearly installing codecs for mp3 and mp4 does not meet anyones standards for software freedom. I notice this issue did not impact OLPC's decision to support importing WIndows XP. I really have no idea now who this OLPC is that makes these interesting decisions. OS-builder is

how to install essential codecs from rpmfusion to gstreamer 1.0 comparable to current script for gstreamer0.1

2016-01-31 Thread Tony Anderson
Your question is how to abstract the filesystem changes made by install of non-free codecs from the rpmfusion repository on a Fedora 18 system. On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 11:42:57AM +0800, Tony Anderson wrote: Aside from my rants, this is the crux. If I could have a script which installs

download.laptop.org

2015-11-19 Thread Tony Anderson
It appears that 13.2.5 is no longer accessible as download.laptop.org is not responding. Tony ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 100, Issue 10

2015-10-27 Thread Tony Anderson
In XS, usbmount executed scripts included in /etc/usbmount/mount.d when a removable device was inserted. There may be an upstream problem with this feature in CentOS 7 so the first step may be to see if usbmount executes a script (echo hello world). If usbmount works, the script should

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 98, Issue 2

2015-08-09 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, All In an ideal world, the server name would be schoolserver and there would be no domain name (totally unnecessary in a lan). If a school needs more than one schoolserver, they are all still named schoolserver. Which one an xo connects with is determined by which ssid it connects with

[Server-devel] 13.2.5 simple tests

2015-07-17 Thread Tony Anderson
I have started some testing with 13.2.5 release. These results are probably of more interest to users than developers. 1. All of the images installed without problem. This includes XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75, XO-4, and XO-1 SD Card. 2. The image on XO-1.75 shows 1.6G when intially installed. 3.

Re: [Server-devel] [IAEP] [XSCE] RE: [UKids] Re: [support-gang] Taking, OpenStreetMap Offline - DESIGN Call - Thur June 11, 10AM EDT / 2PM UTC

2015-06-15 Thread Tony Anderson
There seem to be two independent problems. First, make an updated version of the IIAB OSM. The goal is to understand what are the computer requirements to do this and how long it takes and then be able to make a new version whenever needed. Second, make available more detail than IIAB OSM

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 96, Issue 2

2015-06-07 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Adam Thanks, this is much more what I expected. This will need some time to read carefully. Tony On 06/06/2015 06:00 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:43:24 -0400 From: Adam Holth...@laptop.org To: server-develserver-devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: Devel Digest, Vol 109, Issue 19

2015-04-27 Thread Tony Anderson
I also believe based on some observations in Rwanda that the firmware was modified. Tony On 04/27/2015 06:00 PM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Message: 5 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:14:50 -0400 From: Ed McNierneyedmcnier...@gmail.com To: Jhon Diazlinuxs...@gmail.com

Re: [Server-devel] laptops as servers

2015-03-02 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, The hard drive will certainly be replaced by a new 1TB drive. I am more concerned about the battery, but at a deployment the server would run from AC power with the battery used only for a UPS. Naturally 4GB would be more comfortable than 2GB - although the processor is certainly more

[Server-devel] laptops as servers

2015-03-01 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I am using a laptop as my development server system (Gateway LT0004U). I replaced the 320GB drive with a 1TB drive. Given the issue with UEFI, I am warming to the idea of deploying a laptop as the server. So I googled (duckduckandwent?) and found: Lot 5 Dell Latitude D620 Core Duo

[Server-devel] Project Bernie

2015-02-13 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, All I have finally got most of the project bernie site (www.projectbernie.org) showing what is available on the school server. The major missing piece is the 'homeview' button on the Class page. This piece is being uploaded at the moment and with luck will be added later today. I think

Re: [Server-devel] [IAEP] Intel's attempt at an offline server

2015-01-28 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I am currently using a laptop as my development server. It is certainly has a cheap ups. I managed to break the screen by dropping a book on it (not a test I recommend). However, it happily serves with the lid down (I think I set the system not to sleep at some point). Naturally, the

Re: Devel Digest, Vol 100, Issue 8

2014-06-15 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, James Thanks for your response. I would conclude that the best approach at the moment is to use 13.2.0 on the XO-1. This fixes the issue with the firmware and the libertas problem. It also means working with only one build across the XO versions. In my experience, the children we are

Re: Announcing the development of OLPC OS 13.2.1

2014-06-13 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, James It would also be very helpful to have a release 12.2.0 for the XO-1. This release would incorporate the libertas patch and correct the firmware version. Perhaps the ds-backup.sh and ds-backup.py could be replaced with versions that correct the reported problems. If politically

restart by ctl+alt+bs

2014-05-12 Thread TONY ANDERSON
At some point, the ctl+alt+backspace signal to restart was dropped. This was a very handy way to get out of dead-ends caused by starting too many activities. What I would like to do is have this signal show a screen similar to the switch desktop screen but with a set of options:

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 81, Issue 23

2014-01-12 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I am taking a simplistic approach to this problem. KA-Lite has a simple coach report which basically shows a table with a row for each registered student and a column for each activity. The cell is blank for no attempts, a light green for attempts which did not reach 'proficiency', and a

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 79, Issue 20

2013-11-25 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, In my experience the overwhelming majority of mobile phones are basic Nokia models, not Android devices. Tony On 11/25/2013 10:45 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Send Server-devel mailing list submissions to server-devel@lists.laptop.org To subscribe or

Re: SharedActivity

2013-11-21 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Hi, At Pycon 2008, Mike Fletcher gave a tutorial on implementation of tic-tac-toe as a shared activity (www.vrplumber.com/olpc/pycon2008-handout.odt). The idea is that two children play while others watch. At the end of the game, watchers can play (e.g. loser becomes watcher). Nim might

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 79, Issue 10

2013-11-18 Thread Tony Anderson
George, Excellent! Tony On 11/18/2013 01:00 AM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Send Server-devel mailing list submissions to server-devel@lists.laptop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: Devil is in the details

2013-11-04 Thread Tony Anderson
On 11/04/2013 10:49 PM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Message: 7 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:50:52 -0800 From: Sameer Vermasve...@sfsu.edu To: Devel's in the Detailsdevel@lists.laptop.org, Sugar-dev Develsugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org Subject: different perspectives Message-ID:

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 78, Issue 39

2013-10-30 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, TK You are right, it will be a good opportunity. If you consider a one-classroom deployment of 30-40 XOs, it would be worthwhile to test collaboration performance with a single router and ejabberd. The mesh potato seems to offer benefits to deployments with more than one classroom and

[Server-devel] mesh potato

2013-10-29 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, There was discussion of this at the SF sprint. As I understand it, openWRT (from the Shuttleworth project) can be installed on a TP-Link router. It can be configured to serve connected XOs (such as in a classroom) on a mesh. It could also serve as a gateway to the school server's LAN.

Re: [Server-devel] authentication method

2013-10-28 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, As usual, I am way behind the curve. The Moodle authentication is based on the serial_number of the XO. This is established by the 'registration' on the XO menu. Moodle, itself, supports authentication by virtually every mechanism you can think of since it is used by for-pay educational

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

2013-10-24 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I looked at the Compulab website and the Trim-slice H is no longer offered. All links to Trim-slice now go to Utilite. I was only able to find one vendor in the UK which offered the Trim-slice for 208 pounds. I suspect that the Trim-slice has gone out of production. Perhaps, David

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 78, Issue 24

2013-10-22 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, The 'Sugar' approach is using ejabberd (ClassRoomBroadcast, ShowNTell). My concern is the ability of ejabberd to support use in a 30+ student classroom. Does this approach appear to scale up more effectively than ejabberd? Tony On 10/22/2013 09:00 AM,

[Server-devel] Fwd: Khan Academy now available in Spanish

2013-10-21 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, This from Caryl. Tony Original Message Subject:FW: [somos-azucar] Fwd: Khan Academy now available in Spanish Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:39:06 -0700 From: Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com Reply-To: olpc-soc...@googlegroups.com To:

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 78, Issue 15

2013-10-12 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, George The following from Sridhar's page appears to be relevant: Project vs Distribution vs Product It is important to define the concepts of project, distribution and product. A projectis an ongoing effort to develop a technical solution. It is under constant flux and hence is not

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 78, Issue 8

2013-10-07 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, It is important to download content to the XO so that children can access them offline. This is not a technical problem. In the Karma Learning System, this is done using cgi-scripts which access the school server using sftp. Tony On 10/07/2013 12:00 PM,

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Reflashing over a network

2013-08-29 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, This is a very valuable discussion which I hope gets summarized on a wiki page. It probably also belongs in server-devel as well. I believe the 'boot net' would require only moments more per laptop than the 4-key approach. The real advantage of wireless 'flashing' could be that a

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 76, Issue 22

2013-08-17 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Adam The model I have been pursuing is that the library contents are checked out by the child - i.e. copied to the Journal on the XO. There is no need to be connected to the school server to read a book. The same approach applies to media (audio, image, video). Naturally, the child will

Re: [Server-devel] village server

2013-08-17 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I assume this situation is also solar-powered. What is the range over which the school server has to be accessible? Do you wire the APs back to the central location or provide solar power directly to each? I fully agree that the school server needs its own power in a solar environment.

Re: [Server-devel] village server - oops

2013-08-17 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/17/2013 04:19 PM, Anish Mangal wrote: At the second school, the laptops are charged from individual panels so that the school server needs a dedicated solar panel and set of batteries. Even in the community server situation, I would expect it would be on say from

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

2013-08-16 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, What is the disk capacity required by internet-in-a-box? The purpose of the server is to deliver the information not available from the internet. The cost of a UPS which is required for a system on the grid is $80-100. In my experience, there is need for one school server at a school

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

2013-08-16 Thread Tony Anderson
Vonau wrote: On Sat, 2013-08-17 at 05:49 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, What is the disk capacity required by internet-in-a-box? 600-700 gigs The purpose of the server is to deliver the information not available from the internet. Yup, or when your offline. The cost of a UPS which

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-08 Thread Tony Anderson
to the internet and so are unable to use cloud-based resources. Tony On 08/08/2013 11:39 AM, Sebastian Silva wrote: El 06/08/13 08:33, Tony Anderson escribió: As mentioned, there are server developments at many deployments. What would be great is a co-operative team that would work to provide capabilities

[Server-devel] 20-xc-generic

2013-08-06 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/06/2013 05:40 AM, Jerry Vonau wrote: Think the attachment got scrubbed in digest mode. Can you reply to this tread with the contents of 20-xc-generic script please? #!/bin/bash # Author: Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org # XS auto-usbmount import script for code parts of the e-library

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 25

2013-08-06 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/06/2013 05:40 AM, Jerry Vonau wrote: I'd be interested in the contents of the xs-moodle files or is that an example? Sounds like 20-xc-generic looks for xc-* directories and files in those directories to execute, need to see the code to be sure on what you require. The install file for

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 25

2013-08-06 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, My purpose is to illustrate the technique. Frankly, since each script is intended to install one package or content module, they change to meet the specific requirement. For example, xc-moodle in a repository should probably install a simple example of a Moodle course since the one I use

[Server-devel] config.php

2013-08-06 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/06/2013 08:46 AM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Naturally, Moodle itself is installed as part of XS-0.7. This installs a PostgreSQL backup of Moodle content (courses). It also moved the Moodle data to /library. This was a mistake in the XS implementation. Data directories

Re: [Server-devel] Questions for today

2013-08-06 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/06/2013 03:06 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Sameer Vermasve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Just noticed that on http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software_0.7 it says that stable version is XS 0.7 and unstable is XSCE 0.3 Is this correct?

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 76, Issue 3

2013-08-05 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I think there is a real misunderstanding of the school server software. Daniel Drake updated XS-0.6 to a CentOS 6.2 base because the Fedora base was obsolete. There is no need for continued development of XS at this time, it is functional and stable. XSCE appears to be a substantially

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 76, Issue 4

2013-08-05 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/06/2013 05:39 AM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Tony, you have quoted me and misunderstand my use of the word unstable. It means something that continues to change, that develops, in response to user input in the form of enhancements and bug fixes. I would like to see

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 25

2013-08-02 Thread Tony Anderson
On 08/01/2013 06:33 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Tony Andersont...@olenepal.org wrote: Hi, As I have unsuccessfully tried to explain many times. OLE Nepal, with help from Daniel Drake, an effective and proven means to add selected capabilities to the base server.

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 25

2013-07-30 Thread Tony Anderson
create a home page or, at least provide an example that deployments could modify to their needs. Tony On 07/29/2013 07:56 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Tony Anderson t...@olenepal.org wrote: Hi, The XS-0.7 release of the school server software is built with CentOS

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 25

2013-07-29 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, The XS-0.7 release of the school server software is built with CentOS 6.2. The main problem is that CentOS does not support the ARM isa. XSCE, as I understand it, arose to fill an urgent need to implement the school server on ARM to reduce the power requirements of the school server.

Re: [Server-devel] Firmware install

2013-07-21 Thread Tony Anderson
the laptop was getting power from an individual solar panel via a lead with a standard OLPC power plug. Tony On 07/20/2013 05:08 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 07:33 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, We had this experience in Lesotho where we were rarely working directly from the mains

[Server-devel] Firmware install

2013-07-19 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, We had this experience in Lesotho where we were rarely working directly from the mains. However, if the firmware is not installed, the message will appear on each subsequent boot. I am not sure that the battery charge is an issue. The firmware installs when the laptop detects that it is

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-12 Thread Tony Anderson
branches, and contribute to one another's code. If you'd like, you can have your own github account (they're free), or I can give you shared access to the repo that we create together at the github.com/georgejhunt http://github.com/georgejhunt account. George On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Tony

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-11 Thread Tony Anderson
are XO-1 or XO1.5. However, I think a Nandblast facility working across all the models would be very useful for the start-of-year update. Yours, Tony On 07/11/2013 09:32 AM, James Cameron wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:07:04AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, Thanks again for this! What I

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-10 Thread Tony Anderson
Cameron wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 09:33:29AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: The flash level needs to be handled by the firmware. I believe the firmware is capable of obtaining the image from a network. This is where the 'lock' is invoked so the trick will be to find out how to do this for locked XOs

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-10 Thread Tony Anderson
:55 AM, James Cameron wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:11:14AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: The 'locked' XO problem derives from XOs distributed in the minimum 100 XO purchase - many of these are locked. Also, in Rwanda the policy is to keep the laptops locked even though they have indefinite leases

Re: [Server-devel] XSCE Sprint

2013-07-10 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, On 07/10/2013 02:07 PM, David Farning wrote: Pathagar is based on Django. The digital library on the school servers in Rwanda and Lesotho is based on the same technology but supports any item with a recognized mime-type. The issue is how to organize the contents so that it can be easily

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 75, Issue 3

2013-07-03 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Naturally, the primary problem is servers which have no access to the internet. In some cases, these servers can access the internet by expensive gsm modems. In such cases, the server has a leased ip address via DHCP and so must initiate the communication with the 'mothership'. Once the

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

2013-06-10 Thread Tony Anderson
), An interesting point is that usb cables with the mini plug are becoming more readily available. With these, an XO charged from a solar system can charge a cell phone via a usb port. Tony On 06/10/2013 06:59 PM, David Farning wrote: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Tony Anderson tony_ander...@usa.net

Re: [Server-devel] Pathagar

2013-06-05 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, When I looked at Pathagar originally, it only worked when connected to the internet. Has this changed? What can Pathagar store? Is it limited to pdfs? As I remember, it created database entries with extensive (library standard) cataloging information. Is that still required? In many

Re: Install Firefox

2013-05-30 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I have found it unproductive to try to install Firefox by rebuilding. It is far easier to update the XO with a bash script from a usb drive. This also avoids the problem with using a signed release (the basic build is signed). I am currently using Firefox 20 on build 12.1.0. The install

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

2013-05-29 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, The setup at the Kokobe Primary school in Lesotho has a small solar panel (too small) which attempts to charge two car batteries (deep cycle would be better but not available). The router (Belkin) runs directly from the battery (we cut the cable). Linksys and other routers I have used

Re: [Server-devel] Journal backup on school server

2013-04-07 Thread Tony Anderson
experience, or ideas, about such a proposal? I'm not sure whether ds-backup might be used to introduce puppet client back into XOs. George On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Tony Anderson tony_ander...@usa.net mailto:tony_ander...@usa.net wrote: Hi, I will send you the scripts as soon

Re: minimizing footprint

2013-03-24 Thread Tony Anderson
On 03/24/2013 09:38 AM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: It's true, we need learn new tricks, but does not have sense have a service not needed on every xo, if we can do it in a better way. Does this logic apply generally? 12.1.0 has a control panel entry 'Modem configuration'. How many

Re: [Server-devel] Puppet

2013-03-19 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Daniel Drake implemented Puppet for XS-0.7 (it is included in the services.). Tony On 03/19/2013 12:00 PM, server-devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Send Server-devel mailing list submissions to server-devel@lists.laptop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide

Re: [Server-devel] Puppet

2013-03-19 Thread Tony Anderson
: On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 12:20 -0400, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, Daniel Drake implemented Puppet for XS-0.7 (it is included in the services.). Tony I believe the rpm is installed but the service is left disabled as there would need to be some configuration needed to be preformed before rolling out

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

2013-03-10 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, As I understand the question, he is asking about backing up the Journal (ds-backup.sh). In order for this to work, the XO must be registered with the server. Registration adds a user = serial-number and creates teh backup folder /library/user/serial-number. Tony On 03/10/2013 12:00

[Server-devel] XS Community edition

2013-02-28 Thread Tony Anderson
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

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

2013-02-28 Thread Tony Anderson
George, Tim, et al I can not speak for the server situation in Latin America but OLE Nepal upgraded from XS-0.4 to XS-0.6 and added services to it such as Dan's Guardian. (Actually during most of that time I was doing it). I don't think we need to re-open the XO as server issue. Installing

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 70, Issue 7

2013-02-26 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I am not sure why you addressed the server-devel mailing list. I don't see any connection with what you are doing and a server. If there is, that could be part of the problem. With an XO as a standalone system, what you did should have worked. However, you might want to find out if the

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 67, Issue 12

2012-11-27 Thread Tony Anderson
on the school server were not obvious and I haven't really had time to pursue it. Django is a simple way to proceed (see Pathagar, for example). Tony On 11/27/2012 09:04 AM, Jerry Vonau wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 08:46 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, I placed the activities in the library

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 67, Issue 12

2012-11-26 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I placed the activities in the library on the school server -Django app. Browse downloads a selected activity. Users can erase unneeded activities to manage storage (they can always be installed again). The updater is not really needed since the model is that the deployment updates the

Re: OLPC OS on Zync Z930 Tablet

2012-11-22 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, As I understand it, Android is not a GNU Linux. My guess is that an XO-4 would be a quicker way to get there. Tony On 11/22/2012 05:00 PM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Message: 3 Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:37:20 +0100 From: Christoph Derndorferchristoph.derndor...@gmail.com To:

Re: 12.1.0 on XO-1 customization stick

2012-11-15 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, One alternative is to write a simple script to do this using sugar-install-bundle. I put the activities to be installed on the stick. An example, #run as olpc cd /run/media/olpc/xxx #so relative paths work #remove unwanted activity rm -rf /home/olpc/Activities/someactivity.activity #rm

Re: 12.1.0 on XO-1 customization stick

2012-11-15 Thread Tony Anderson
, 2012 at 12:34:32PM -0500, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, One alternative is to write a simple script to do this using sugar-install-bundle. I put the activities to be installed on the stick. An example, #run as olpc cd /run/media/olpc/xxx #so relative paths work #remove unwanted activity rm -rf

Re: 12.1.0 on XO-1 customization stick

2012-11-15 Thread Tony Anderson
available, and I'm aware of more than one deployment using it. On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 07:16:04PM -0500, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, As I understand it, if you make your own build, it cannot be installed on a 'locked' laptop unless you have local signing capability. It is also my understanding

Re: 12.1.0 on XO-1 customization stick

2012-11-15 Thread Tony Anderson
wrote: On Nov 15, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, If I understand this: 1. Get a developer key for each laptop in the school. 2. Use the developer key to unlock each laptop. 3. Do a normal install of the build image. 4. Relock the laptop by removing the developer key on the XO Once

[Server-devel] usbmount alternatives

2012-11-13 Thread Tony Anderson
...@laptop.org mailto:h...@laptop.org wrote: Thanks Tony..adding a couple others involved too :) On 11/12/2012 6:59 PM, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, First, usbmount is the software that mounts a removable drive. So I would think Fedora is replacing it with an alternative

Re: [Server-devel] XS Community Skype Calls: Nov 12/14/16 (5PM NYC Time)

2012-11-12 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, tony_anderson37 Tony On 11/12/2012 04:43 PM, Holt wrote: XS Community Hacking Week has begun...see you in 15 min on Skype (voice call!) Reply with yr Skype name if you want to contribute to the conversation, thanks much. Progress report/agenda: * work has begun here outside Toronto

Re: gathering use cases

2012-11-09 Thread Tony Anderson
...@laptop.org.au mailto:srid...@laptop.org.au wrote: On 9 November 2012 10:19, Tony Anderson t...@olenepal.org mailto:t...@olenepal.org wrote: Hi, Sridhar Thanks for the clarification. I guess I was mislead by statements such as: The platform for the One Network

Re: gathering use cases

2012-11-08 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Sridhar One of the important potential benefits from gathering use cases is to clarify the roles of the Community XS project and XS-0.7. From my perspective, if you can afford to deploy a server with 2GB or more main memory and 500GB or more hard drive capacity, XS-0.7 serves well and

Re: gathering use cases

2012-11-08 Thread Tony Anderson
On 11/08/2012 05:01 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: Hi Tony and all, On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 13:32 -0500, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, Sridhar One of the important potential benefits from gathering use cases is to clarify the roles of the Community XS project and XS-0.7. Why is that an issue at at all

Re: gathering use cases

2012-11-08 Thread Tony Anderson
On 11/08/2012 05:25 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 17:10 -0500, Tony Anderson wrote: On 11/08/2012 05:01 PM, Jerry Vonau wrote: Hi Tony and all, On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 13:32 -0500, Tony Anderson wrote: Hi, Sridhar One of the important potential benefits from gathering use cases

Re: gathering use cases

2012-11-08 Thread Tony Anderson
responsibility for the ongoing development and maintenance of the school server as neither Daniel Drake nor Martin Langhoff are likely to have adequate time for this in the foreseeable future. Tony Tony On 11/08/2012 05:59 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On 9 November 2012 09:10, Tony Anderson t

Re: [Server-devel] Moodle connection

2012-11-08 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, This message means that Apache was not able to complete a connection to the Moodle database. Some relevant items are: /etc/httpd/conf.d/moodle.conf - this file tells Apache how to route urls to Moodle /etc/init.d/moodle - start up script for Moodle executed on boot

Re: Gnome in os9

2012-11-07 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, I get a similar error trying to run Firefox on an xo-1.75. I suspect the problem is that these are binaries that can not be run on an Arm system. Tony On 11/07/2012 12:00 PM, devel-requ...@lists.laptop.org wrote: Send Devel mailing list submissions to devel@lists.laptop.org To

Re: Adobe Flash no longer compatible with XO-1

2012-10-17 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, OLE Nepal's EPaath includes a flash player. I am not sure about the distribution issue. Tony Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:05:28 -0600 From: Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org To: Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca Cc: OLPC Devel devel@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: Adobe Flash no longer compatible

Re: Setting the time

2012-08-29 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, The primary need is for the XOs in the school to have the same time (to a few seonds, even a minute or so, is probably ok. The primary need is to have information from the XOs be somewhat consistent. The school server time should also be accurate to a few minutes, of course. At the

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 64, Issue 9

2012-08-29 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, If you connect an XO to a different school server, you will get an known host error. The solution is to use the Terminal activity and enter: cd (cd with no parameters goes to the user's home folder). rm -rf .ssh/known_hosts ssh admin@schoolserver You should get a question whether to

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 64, Issue 8

2012-08-29 Thread Tony Anderson
...@laptopstolesotho.org) 2. antitheft:: avoiding the need - cont. (jbalc...@laptopstolesotho.org) 3. Re: antitheft (Tony Anderson) 4. Re: antitheft (Yannick Warnier) 5. Re: antitheft:: avoiding the need - cont. 2 (jbalc...@laptopstolesotho.org) 6. Re: antitheft:: avoiding

Re: Setting the time

2012-08-27 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, In a school deployment, it is desirable that all of the XOs have the same time. This time should be synchronized with/by the school server (even if the school server is wrong). It is not reasonable to base this capability on access to the internet. Casio sells 'atomic' watches that

Re: [Server-devel] antitheft

2012-08-26 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, The Saint Jabob school in Kigali where I am providing deployment support is not currently allowing the students to take laptops home because the antitheft capability is not implemented. The laptops were donated by WCE in Stuttgart. The laptops are locked. The software version installed

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 62, Issue 1

2012-06-04 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, What build are you running? Registration updates config in early builds and updates gconf in recent builds. In gconf, registration creates an entry in /home/olpc/.gconf/desktop/sugar/%gconf.xml. This is used by the backup procedure to recognize that the laptop is registered. In earlier

Re: [Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 58, Issue 28

2012-03-23 Thread Tony Anderson
cannot afford to become a free ISP here in semi-rural Haiti, given so many visitors to our school especially. (*) XS as set up by Tony Anderson early autumn 2011, and currently maintained by George Hunt I. -- Help kids everywhere map their world, at http://olpcMAP.net

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