Re: [Server-devel] /tmp, /var/tmp and tmpfs (was: Re: [PATCH] ds_backup - major rework)

2008-06-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Good point. This part of the code is removed, but I haven't made it a >> point to ensure that the code can backup a RO homedir. Actually, we >> aren't well setup for a RO root fs at all (should an error kick us >> into r

Re: [Server-devel] [PATCH] Detect school network, fix sleep and race, fix AC

2008-06-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do we know if this XS detection works with UY's school servers? Can we > run olpc-netstatus and scrape its output (or break it into separate > tests, then have olpc-netstatus run those) instead of copying its code? I've si

Re: [Server-devel] [PATCH] Introducing ds_backup.sh - a lightweight wrapper.

2008-06-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Why not use /var/lock like everybody else? We can add appropriate users >>> to the lock group if needed. (Or however Fedora does these things.) Are >>> we better off making ~/.sugar/default contain our complete parallel >>

Re: [Server-devel] Edublog - How do I select tinyMCE in moodle?

2008-06-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Tarun Pondicherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For Edublog, will it matter much > which version we use? Sorry, perhaps I haven't been clear - when I've said 1.9, I was thinking of the tip of MOODLE_19_STABLE, the latest in the 1.9.x series. Right now, it would be "

[Server-devel] XS - Packages chat

2008-06-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
Yesterday, as the light receded in the horizon, Dennis and I had a good chat about F7, some RPMs that need finding/building/backporting, and some good ideas for server mgmt. These are my quick notes. Packages we need - Pg 8.2/8.3 and and the reverse-dependencies we'll use (php-pg, python-pg, etc)

Re: [Server-devel] kernel panic in XS-163

2008-06-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Tony Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin, > I tried different kernels: > 2.6.25.04-fd16 Gentoo-based SysRescueCD -- works > 2.6.23.17-88.fc7 Fedora 7-i386 install DVD -- works > 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 the XS-163 CD -- kernel panic > 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 Fedora 7-i3

Re: [Server-devel] kernel panic in XS-163

2008-06-18 Thread Tony Pearson
> Had a chat with Wad today about this - the kernel is the _latest_ > kernel on vanilla F7. The standard F7 install CD has a very early > kernel, our install CD has a recent F7 kernel. In short, the recent F7 > kernel doesn't like your SATA controller. > It's a nasty incompatibility. One alternati

Re: [Server-devel] Edublog - How do I select tinyMCE in moodle?

2008-06-18 Thread Tarun Pondicherry
Hi Martin, From my reading of the forums it looks like users can choose the editor they want to use in 2.0. I couldn't find any working patches for 1.9 (tried a few and got lots of errors). Most are for the latest version. I was able to get tinyMCE working if I upgrade to 1.9.1. I'm curiou