[Server-devel] debuginfo repositories for testing not valid

2008-07-28 Thread Bryan Berry
fyi, There are two repos in the testing.repo that are not valid [fedora-debuginfo-testing] [updates-debuginfo-testing] -- Bryan W. Berry Systems Engineer OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.o

Re: [Server-devel] reinstall to 164 or possible to upgrade 163?

2008-07-28 Thread Bryan Berry
nevermind just figured it out On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 11:57 +0545, Bryan Berry wrote: > I'm a n00b at fedora, how do I tell yum to point to testing instead of > stable? don't see a directive in 'man yum.conf' to change the repo. > > sorry for the trouble > On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:36 +1200, Martin

Re: [Server-devel] reinstall to 164 or possible to upgrade 163?

2008-07-28 Thread Bryan Berry
I'm a n00b at fedora, how do I tell yum to point to testing instead of stable? don't see a directive in 'man yum.conf' to change the repo. sorry for the trouble On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:36 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > D

[Server-devel] [PATCH] named: Fix syntax errors

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Langhoff
Fix stupid named zone file syntax errors. Comments start with semicolons, and CNAMEs are CNAME, not C, even if 'address' is A. My score in BIND administration 101 course: F --- fsroot.olpc.img/var/named/school.internal.zone.db | 12 ++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Re: [Server-devel] reinstall to 164 or possible to upgrade 163?

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David and I set up a testbed XS using 163 yesterday. Just after setting > it up I discovered 164 has been releases. Is there a way to upgrade 163 > or would we be best to install from scratch? Either reinstall, or can point

[Server-devel] reinstall to 164 or possible to upgrade 163?

2008-07-28 Thread Bryan Berry
Martin, David and I set up a testbed XS using 163 yesterday. Just after setting it up I discovered 164 has been releases. Is there a way to upgrade 163 or would we be best to install from scratch? -- Bryan W. Berry Systems Engineer OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org

Re: [Server-devel] schoolnet activities?

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, have we sugarized Firefox 3? There is an unofficial sugarised FF, courtesy of Scott http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities cheers, m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interes

Re: [Server-devel] schoolnet activities?

2008-07-28 Thread Bryan Berry
Bernie, Have we configured Browse to display the Flash activities automatically? Also, have we sugarized Firefox 3? David, you can install firefox 3 as an rpm however we haven't completed sugarizing it. Currently we are launching it from the command line. We will sugarize it as we are using for

[Server-devel] Upgrade server on the XS -

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi Scott, I'm looking at the 'upgrade-server' project, considering packaging it for the XS. After a read of the sources, I see that it does extend the rsync protocol a bit, but the commands seem to not be needed for updates: server is an rsync cmd, but clean and install are not, but I don't expect

[Server-devel] Packaging the activation server for the XS

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi Scott, I am exploring what it will take to package the action lease server for the XS, and what usage scenarios we can support. So I had an initial look around act-server, which covers a much wider functionality than I had in mind. If we assume for a moment that the lease "management" is done

Re: [Server-devel] schoolnet activities?

2008-07-28 Thread Bryan Berry
thanks David, I will check those out. You can configure the XO so it loads the SWF files rather showing a blank screen or just use firefox 3 On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 10:15 +1100, David Leeming wrote: > Hi, > > Attached is the index page and associated files (put them in a folder > "images" if the

[Server-devel] OLPC_XS_164 is "xs-0.3-rc" and my short term plans

2008-07-28 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi! If you are running or testing earluer versions of the XS image, I need to ask you to test this one. It will become our 0.3 unless we get new bug reports against it. I will be working the next few weeks on 1 - system level admin and tools - + PAM SOTP + Installation fixups + RSSH conf

Re: [Server-devel] Testing EduBlog

2008-07-28 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Pablo, Looks good! Thanks for helping us clarify the final steps before Beta and for lining up the beta sites! I copied in the server list and I'll let Tarun comment on any that he can address. My only comment is that I would like to make it work without login needed by students but we can