Making an XS installable img for the XO

2009-03-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
What is the state of the Fedora / Puritan / Pilgrim toolchain if I want to build an installable img of the XS spin? Noting that... - targetting developer-key-unlocked XOs so no signing of initrd needed - XS is F9 - the current XS build is F9 - (a mock chroot with any Fedora can be used too)

ReckonPrimer application

2009-03-23 Thread Walther Neuper
1. Project name :ReconPrimer 2. Existing website, if any :http://www.ist.tugraz.at/projects/isac/rp/reckonprimer.html 3. One-line description :exercises for the four basic arithmetic operations 4. Longer description :experiences in Austrian primary schools show, that most

[Server-devel] Is a USB-Ethernet NIC appropriate for the XS?

2009-03-23 Thread Bryan Berry
Bernie and friends on the server-devel list We want to use the MSI Wind PC for the XS but it has one big problem. It only has 1 on-board NIC and no PCI slots. As you know, the XS requires 2 NIC's. We have tried several different USB NIC's and are having serious throughput problems. Is this issue

mesh only

2009-03-23 Thread Sameer Verma
Hello everyone, Is there a way to run an XO in mesh configuration only (say Simple mesh) and disable AP association? The parents at a Montessori school I'm working with have raised this question. They are ok with the XOs associating via mesh, but are wary of several open APs in the neighborhood.

yum install lyx fails os767

2009-03-23 Thread Chris Marshall
I tried to install LyX on my XO running os767 with the error: texlive-2007-32.fc9.i386 from updates-newkey has depsolving problems -- Missing Dependency: libpoppler.so.3 is needed by package texlive-2007-32.fc9.i386 (updates-newkey) Error: Missing Dependency: libpoppler.so.3 is

Problems w/ USB-ethernet device

2009-03-23 Thread Bryan Berry
I am reposting this e-mail from the server-devel to the general developers list to see if I can find more kernel hackers w/ knowledge of this particular problem. We want to use the MSI Wind PC for the XS but it has one big problem. It only has 1 on-board NIC and no PCI slots. As you know, the XS

Re: Problems w/ USB-ethernet device

2009-03-23 Thread Hal Murray
I have a USB Ethernet dongle. lsusb says: Linksys USB200M 10/100 Ethernet Adapter It was the cheapest available at Frys a couple of years ago when I first got an XO and needed some way to connect it to the world. I just ran some quick TCP tests with it plugged into a XO. I had no troubles

Re: [Server-devel] mkusbinstall link broken?

2009-03-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: I've got Squid running and one AA (prototype) and two XOs. The server pulls in 8 watts at the adapter (110V-12V). Works fine! Nice! I see it's rated for 0-45C, what temps are you trying it with? Will it now be part of your

Re: [Server-devel] help regarding Gsoc ...

2009-03-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
2009/3/20 ^ CrOsS FiRe ^ da.comp@gmail.com: hello people ... i needed some help regardin google summer of code. This was my original idea , here's the abstract (More of a brain dump): Hi! Getting an assignment and posting it, and comparing it to other participants' work is an async task,

Re: [Server-devel] Apache proxy CRCsync mozilla gsoc project?

2009-03-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Rusty Russell ru...@rustcorp.com.au wrote:        Tridge just cc'd me on on a GSOC rsync-http mozilla project; given that Martin is coordinating an apache proxy plugin, I thought I'd send a big inclusive mail to make sure we all know about each other! My

[Server-devel] Apache proxy CRCsync mozilla gsoc project?

2009-03-23 Thread Rusty Russell
Hi, Tridge just cc'd me on on a GSOC rsync-http mozilla project; given that Martin is coordinating an apache proxy plugin, I thought I'd send a big inclusive mail to make sure we all know about each other! My involvement: a crcsync module in CCAN which can be used as a (simplified)

Re: [Server-devel] mkusbinstall link broken?

2009-03-23 Thread Sameer Verma
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: I've got Squid running and one AA (prototype) and two XOs. The server pulls in 8 watts at the adapter (110V-12V). Works fine! Nice! I see

Re: [Server-devel] Apache proxy CRCsync

2009-03-23 Thread Alex Wulms
Hi Toby, I did not have much time last week to work on the project but want to continue again this week. I have been thinking about the integration between the standard cache module of apache and the crccache_client cache-handler module. At this moment, the cache module unfortunately does not

Re: [Server-devel] Is a USB-Ethernet NIC appropriate for the XS?

2009-03-23 Thread Bryan Berry
The ever helpful cjb and Mitch_Bradley directed me to the root of the problem, the USB-ethernet devices I am using are USB 1.1 which has horrible throughput. A USB-ethernet device that supports USB 2.0 should fix the problem. BryanWB Mitch_Bradley: great, do u think I can buy a usb2 ethernet nic

Re: [Server-devel] Is a USB-Ethernet NIC appropriate for the XS?

2009-03-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Bryan Berry br...@olenepal.org wrote: The ever helpful cjb and Mitch_Bradley directed me to the root of the problem, the USB-ethernet devices I am using are USB 1.1 which has horrible throughput. A USB-ethernet device that supports USB 2.0 should fix the

Re: [Server-devel] Apache proxy CRCsync

2009-03-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Alex Wulms alex.wu...@scarlet.be wrote: What are your thoughts on this subject? I'm not Toby, but I do have some notes from the chat we had with Rusty back in January. The idea at the time was that - The 'normal' caching proxy would cache things that have good

Re: [Server-devel] Apache proxy CRCsync

2009-03-23 Thread Toby Collett
Hi Alex, I think you are on the right track, there is a third option which is to add a few extra configuration options to the cache module to make it more aggressive about caching. Basically to cache everything except pages marked 'private' (and possibly even them as long as you can ensure the