[Server-devel] Browsing internet prb

2008-09-03 Thread dagne.semu
I have installed XS latest version and the XS detects the XO,s, however i have still a problem sharing internet to the XO,s because the only gateway i can access WAN is through Windows Network 2003 Active Directory. I have checked the schoolserver it doesn't include SAMBA configuration. Is th

[Server-devel] Using bridges and interrupt load

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
In the XS networking infrastructure we sometimes setup a bridge with an IP address and netblock (as you would with an interface) and then if-and-when the HW interface comes up, we assign the interface to the bridge. This is a technique used quite a bit on projects like OpenWRT where the main purpo

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-03 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 09:31:04AM +0545, Bryan Berry wrote: >On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 15:10 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > >good to hear we're on the same page. > >> AIUI, the user only has to get to the initial moodle page, and GG >> should take care of the rest. > >you've reached beyond my geek li

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-03 Thread Bryan Berry
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 15:10 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: good to hear we're on the same page. > AIUI, the user only has to get to the initial moodle page, and GG > should take care of the rest. you've reached beyond my geek lingo, what on earth does AIUI mean? :) -- Bryan W. Berry Technology

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then I have several questions, how many courses would offline moodle > cache locally? And how could a kid dump one course they took offline but > keep others? To browse to a cached course would gears have to cache all > the pa

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-03 Thread Bryan Berry
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 12:43 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey Tony, this is a good start. I have a somewhat different workflow in > > mind. Here is a narrative that describes what I am thinking > > > > User Story 1: Inter

Re: [Server-devel] new package: xs-activation

2008-09-03 Thread Erik Garrison
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 11:18:31AM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > A couple of notes related to it. > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Greg Smith > > Can you put this feature on the roadmap: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Roadmap > > It's already there - we're using Trac's "status overview" s

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-03 Thread David Van Assche
Have to agree with Martin... the concept of offline moodle is to get a functioning offline version of moodle running locally... If then, the teacher directs students to download .xo bundles from a repo or something, sure why not, but no need to automate this into offline moodle. It complicates and

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey Tony, this is a good start. I have a somewhat different workflow in > mind. Here is a narrative that describes what I am thinking > > User Story 1: Intermittent School attendance and School Server Outage Your user story

Re: [Server-devel] new package: xs-activation

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
A couple of notes related to it. On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Greg Smith > Can you put this feature on the roadmap: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Roadmap It's already there - we're using Trac's "status overview" searches, have a look :-) What happens is that - paraphrasing your email... >

Re: [Server-devel] offline moodle

2008-09-03 Thread Bryan Berry
On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 22:57 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: > Hi, > > My apologies - I need to do some research on how to setup the > repo.or.cz. As an immediate expedient, I have attached the relevant > files to this email. When I get a little time, I will set this up > properly. The readme tries

Re: [Server-devel] Work in progress - F9 install ISO

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Douglas Bagnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> - fix xs-config, idmgr > > In an unrelated goose chase, I removed sqlalchemy from idmgr today. > Not tested yet though. timely! I was wondering whether this was the right alibi .to chop chop chop!.. :-) m -- [EMAIL

Re: [Server-devel] Work in progress - F9 install ISO

2008-09-03 Thread Douglas Bagnall
Martin Langhoff wrote: > Bad news: > - idmgr dies with an sqlalchemy error > - xs-config has errors in %postinst > > Tomorrow, > > - fiddle with pungi to the kickstart included in the initrd and to > add grub options > - fix xs-config, idmgr In an unrelated goose chase, I removed sqlalchemy f

Re: [Server-devel] Work in progress - F9 install ISO

2008-09-03 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Martin Langhoff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Very rough install CD. It has the packages, but you'll have to install >> them by hand - >> >> It will be here in about 1hr (transfer from NZ takes its time...) >> http://xs-dev.laptop.org/xs/ot

Re: [Server-devel] Work in progress - F9 install ISO

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very rough install CD. It has the packages, but you'll have to install > them by hand - > > It will be here in about 1hr (transfer from NZ takes its time...) > http://xs-dev.laptop.org/xs/other/Fedora-0.5dev-i386-DVD.iso >

Re: [Server-devel] XS Splashscreen / logo

2008-09-03 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll write up some details as soon as I can, and announce it on the OLPC > artwork wiki too. *Fantastic*. After seeing your logo, I started thinking of "where would we put a logo" - a quick rundown of the spots I think we'll have on