Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Simplifying Ubuntu install documentation (was:Installing on Ubuntu7.10 - ejabber problem)

2008-07-31 Thread Dan Scott
2008/7/30 Faiz Ishaq [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Dan, Thanks for your prompt action. I just finished a quick first attempt. It was quite smooth. The only glitch was finding the password for the linux user 'postgres'. It is probably there in one of the install files but I just changed it from

Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Simplifying Ubuntu install documentation (was:Installing on Ubuntu7.10 - ejabber problem)

2008-07-29 Thread Dan Scott
Okay, initial revision is complete and has been tested on a fresh Ubuntu VMWare image: http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=installing_evergreen_1.2_on_ubuntu_7.10 One good learning experience; if you opt to set a non-zero timeout in CPAN config, set it to something high like 500, or else

Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Simplifying Ubuntu install documentation (was:Installing on Ubuntu7.10 - ejabber problem)

2008-07-28 Thread Dan Wells
Hello Dan S., I think this sounds like a great idea. I know the instructions have not kept up with Evergreen installation best practices, but I have been hesitant to rewrite them, since they do (mostly) work. Ejabberd in particular has always been a problem area, and I have only just

Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Simplifying Ubuntu install documentation (was:Installing on Ubuntu7.10 - ejabber problem)

2008-07-28 Thread Dan Scott
That's awesome, Dan! If you could add the Mnesia spool-clearing to a troubleshooting section of the wiki, I'm sure that would help lots of people out (versus the current draconian dpkg --purge ejabberd approach). I'll let you know when I've updated the docs so you can wrap a Kevlar vest around