Re: [Server-devel] Warning: breakage updating xs-config

2008-08-11 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: A few weeks ago Bryan and David reported breakage with xs-config, and over the last week over various tests we've had xs-config updates making a mess of already-configured XS setups. I haven't had a chance to look at it but yes, it is a high priority bug, and I'll be

Re: [Server-devel] Understanding the network scripts on F7-based XS

2008-08-11 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: Our current network migration scripts are reportedly build on interfaces that are F7 specific. To reimplement them on F9, we need to understand what they do. Jerry is knowledgeable in F9's networking and has offered help with the port. The first step is to understand

Re: [Server-devel] Warning: breakage updating xs-config

2008-08-12 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:49 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: A few weeks ago Bryan and David reported breakage with xs-config, and over the last week over various tests we've had xs-config updates making a mess of already-configured XS

Re: [Server-devel] A simple signed bundle/directory trust scheme for the XS

2008-08-12 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:24 AM, Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * What use cases are you trying to support? Insert a usb stick with content that is OK'd by the regional NOC (network operations centre) for execution/installation on the XS. * What threats

[Server-devel] F9 port

2008-08-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
Well, I received the AA's. As a quick test I plugged them into my F9 box, after using the olpc ifcfg-files as a template, with very little fiddling I think I have them running under F9. I'll post the diff later. More testing when the xo gets here, or my friend with a laptop. What does need work

Re: [Server-devel] installing a school server

2008-08-18 Thread Jerry Vonau
Joshua N Pritikin wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 09:57:47AM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: Yes, but you will need to tweak the kickstart file on the image (no do your own partitioning option yet, sorry). By default, the XS install CD will wipe the disk and setup an LVM (w/o RAID). I modified

Re: [Server-devel] F9 port

2008-08-18 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I received the AA's. As a quick test I plugged them into my F9 box, after using the olpc ifcfg-files as a template, with very little fiddling I think I have them running under F9. I'll post

Re: [Server-devel] F9 port

2008-08-18 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I received the AA's. As a quick test I plugged them into my F9 box, after using the olpc ifcfg-files as a template, with very little fiddling I think I have them running under

Re: [Server-devel] AP with fixed IP address

2008-08-19 Thread Jerry Vonau
David Leeming wrote: I am setting up a server using a outdoor access point from Rural Link (www.rurallink.co.nz) at our Patukae OLPC trial school site in Solomon Islands. It's a type that can't get an IP address from a DHCP server and on the LAN side needs to be fixed. Normally I have

Re: [Server-devel] AP with fixed IP address

2008-08-20 Thread Jerry Vonau
John Watlington wrote: I think Jerry misunderstood your question. No, just away for my computer. The next question was to ensure that the AP was really for use with the XOs and not for an ISP. You can assign the AP an address from the range 172.18.1.1 to 172.18.1.254. This is within the

Re: [Server-devel] AP with fixed IP address

2008-08-20 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:13 PM, David Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To clarify, I am talking about a minimal set up of a school server. Just So you are working with a single school server. - Is there an ISP / WAN / Internet connection? That will have a fixed

Re: [Server-devel] Pungi minimal installer, comps.xml trick

2008-08-27 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: Playing with a minimal Pungi kickstart file I get an install CD of about 500MB. If I add the xs-pkgs dependencies, things balloon to 759MB, no longer fitting in a CD. My guess is that a good 1/3 of that is related to the graphical installer and related dependencies which

Re: [Server-devel] Network address for activation - Fwd: [Techteam] Activating laptops from the school server

2008-08-28 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Jerry Vonau wrote: OR do you want msh0, msh1, and msh2 on the same bridge? That would require editing the BRIDGE= line to be the same bridge device in all three ifcfg-mshX files Sorry make that read TYPE= Which reminds me, I might be missing something here, but what

Re: [Server-devel] RFH: Script to make installable USB stick

2008-08-28 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: As part of porting the XS to F9 I am moving from using live CDs to anaconda-based installer CDs. This has a fundamental benefit - that you can now upgrade from the CD as well as installing - but a downside: there are not easy tools to turn

Re: [Server-devel] RFH: Script to make installable USB stick

2008-08-28 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Need to see the usb's layout that you had in mind. You were trying to do tree-install or a iso source install? I'm thinking of applying it to the iso that Pungi creates. As far as I've seen

Re: [Server-devel] RFH: Script to make installable USB stick

2008-08-28 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: As part of porting the XS to F9 I am moving from using live CDs to anaconda-based installer CDs. This has a fundamental benefit - that you can now upgrade from the CD as well as installing - but a downside: there are not easy tools

Re: [Server-devel] Network address for activation - Fwd: [Techteam] Activating laptops from the school server

2008-08-28 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:59 AM, John Watlington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin, that shouldn't be needed. Somewhere, network_config has gotten screwed up... What part of the network setup should cater for 172.18.16.x? Looking at the installed xs-0.4 I have here,

Re: [Server-devel] Network address for activation - Fwd: [Techteam] Activating laptops from the school server

2008-08-29 Thread Jerry Vonau
John Watlington wrote: DHCP was not recognizing msh0 interfaces brought up after DHCP was started. Instead of bringing DHCP down/up on every networking device insertion, you can use a bridge to isolate the issue. DHCP is happy --- it finds all its network interfaces at boot time. And

[Server-devel] usb drive based installs.

2008-08-30 Thread Jerry Vonau
Hi All: Here is a quick howto: Grab a usb flash drive, I chose a superstore core micro 2gb cost $11.19 cdn, no endorsement just the closest to my house. Insert the drive in to the usb port, mine became usb0 on the desktop, which is sdb1 in /dev. umount it, umount

Re: [Server-devel] RFH: Script to make installable USB stick

2008-08-30 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Need to see the usb's layout that you had in mind. You were trying to do tree-install or a iso source install? I'm thinking of applying it to the iso that Pungi creates. As far as I've seen

Re: [Server-devel] RFH: Script to make installable USB stick

2008-09-01 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.archivum.info/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2008-05/msg00016.html I'm around for a couple of hours, See the usb based install thread. I'm going to have to take some of that back, just checked anaconda's

Re: [Server-devel] Pungi minimal installer, comps.xml trick

2008-09-01 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: It is not clear to me how the anaconda team will support installs on embedded systems over serial port. And I have to keep that in mind for some of the HW options we have

Re: [Server-devel] usb drive based installs.

2008-09-02 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: grab: http://members.shaw.ca/jvonau/pub/mkusbinstall Wow, that's a good start! I'll play with it! Now

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...)

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

2008-09-05 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having had a look at the dvd, the size could be reduced by about 200meg by deleting everything in the /images directory except for stage2.img and re-rolling the iso

Re: [Server-devel] Anaconda install - conflicts over ifcfg-eth0

2008-09-05 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: Executive version: I am preparing a package that provides an ifcfg-eth0 file - and finding that Anaconda overwrites it... If the package says %config{noreplace} /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 then anaconda installs the file as an .rpmnew

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

2008-09-07 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: patch to F9's pungi http://members.shaw.ca/jvonau/pub/diet.patch Cool. I'm currently using revisor, but only because it knows how to install a kickstart file, and it seems I'll have to hack

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

2008-09-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having had a look at the dvd, the size could be reduced by about 200meg by deleting everything in the /images directory except for stage2.img and re-rolling the iso

Re: [Server-devel] Couple things I'm looking for help with... (revisor, GPG migration...)

2008-09-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the --isolinux-cfg helps here, doesn't it? Using ks=hd:LABEL=foo:ks.cfg in one of the menu items should work like Chris and Jeremy mentioned... Yes it definitely does, thanks! We need a tiny

Re: [Server-devel] Couple things I'm looking for help with... (revisor, GPG migration...)

2008-09-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the --isolinux-cfg helps here, doesn't it? Using ks=hd:LABEL=foo:ks.cfg in one of the menu items should work like Chris and Jeremy mentioned... Yes it definitely does

Re: [Server-devel] Couple things I'm looking for help with... (revisor, GPG migration...)

2008-09-14 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Jerry Vonau wrote: Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the --isolinux-cfg helps here, doesn't it? Using ks=hd:LABEL=foo:ks.cfg in one of the menu items should work like Chris and Jeremy mentioned... Yes

Re: [Server-devel] XS activity server

2008-09-15 Thread Jerry Vonau
Douglas Bagnall wrote: I wrote about this last week on the server-devel list[1], but in hindsight that was the wrong place to catch people interested in activities. XS 0.5 will make html microformatted indexes of all the activities it has, localised for whatever languages the activities

Re: [Server-devel] mkslim: shed off XS weight

2008-09-19 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in any case, I've run a quick check - cp -P does not imply --recursive, so I reverted to -a Yea, I know, that is why the mkdir/cp loop is there. ## selinux doesn't like cp -a ## That is

Re: [Server-devel] Revisor / yum oddity: anaconda-runtime

2008-09-19 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hence the log-file is of interest to me ;-) Sent it in a private email :-) Yes, anaconda-runtime needs to exist in the repositories you use. Sorry - I should have clarified -

[Server-devel] ifcfg-mshbond1

2008-09-21 Thread Jerry Vonau
The DEVICE= line for mshbond1 should be mshbond1 not mshbond0 Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Revisor / yum odd error with f9 updates.newkey repo: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.8-3 is needed by package glibc-2.8-3.i386

2008-10-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: Right now, revisor can build a pristine F9 installer CD but cannot build a F9 + updates installer CD. The problem appears by merely enabling the additional repo in the stock F9 config files that ship with Revisor. It has also been reported elsewhere:

Re: [Server-devel] Tying yum to a package stream?

2008-10-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
would need to release a revised config/pkgs to enable the update to install. I think that should give you enough version control. Just a thought, Jerry Vonau ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo

Re: [Server-devel] Getting closer: XS-0.5-dev5 preview

2008-10-16 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well there are 2 issues here, that one above and the root cause of having named, dhcpd, etc.. fail on firstboot is that olpc-network-config was used to call domain_config and network_config to enable

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5 upgrade notes

2008-11-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Jerry Vonau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, since /etc/yum.conf is provided by yum itself, there should of been a yum.conf.rpm(olpc?)new file created as not to overwrite our modified one. Ok - I've pushed out a new xs-config that should

[Server-devel] iso size

2008-11-15 Thread Jerry Vonau
The iso size grew from approx 550 to 760 megs, doesn't fit on a cd now.. d/l dev10 to have a look.. Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] iso size

2008-11-16 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spinning hopefully the last one. There's a dev11 now in the server, and I think it's The One. But I'll formally release it tomorrow, I think :-) cheers, m Well, the upgrade is not

[Server-devel] rpm signing

2008-11-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
Any plans on gpg signing for the rpm packages? That should be in place before you plan on a final release candidate, need the key on the iso and reflected in the repo files. Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: [Server-devel] Planning for XS-0.6

2008-11-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, if you can help a bit and you have other priorities, you can make your feature happen in time for 0.6 too (and I'll try my darndest to help!) I've been asked in private for

Re: [Server-devel] Setting up XS-0.5 for testing

2008-11-18 Thread Jerry Vonau
Martin Langhoff wrote: 2008/11/18 Dan Poltawski [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm looking at setting up a simple test rig for playing with the school server, and I have the following hardware for use: * An XO * A generic laptop with a wired a wireless interface and XS-0.5 installed * A generic

Re: [Server-devel] how to use swapnic utility

2008-11-23 Thread Jerry Vonau
Eroni Tuiloma wrote: hello . I have downloaded xs_server version 0.5 and im stuck at configuring the two NIC's on the server . How do i go about using xs_swapnics utility . Iam helping out with a school server in Nauru an island in the south pacific and this server is part of the pilot

Re: [Server-devel] how to use swapnic utility

2008-11-23 Thread Jerry Vonau
Eroni Tuiloma wrote: Where is the script stored and whats the full name of the script as in if i was to run it would it be something like this /etc/xs_swapnic ? that is the confusing aspect . It's in /usr/bin/ with a - not a _. /usr/bin/xs-swapnics Jerry

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5 - eth1 not coming up

2008-12-02 Thread Jerry Vonau
Anna wrote: I installed XS 0.5 and am having trouble configuring the LAN. I have 2 NICs - eth0 to the outside world and eth1 facing the LAN. I've read README.networking in /usr/share/doc/xs-config and looked at the ifcfg scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, but I still can't figure

Re: [Server-devel] Anna's /var/log/messages

2008-12-02 Thread Jerry Vonau
Anna wrote: Hi Jerry, Here's my /var/log/messages as of a couple minutes ago. I reinstalled XS 0.5 this morning, so it should be *relatively* short. http://alabamaxo.org/downloads/anna/messages Yes, that is my XS 0.5 test box. At least you know httpd is working! Anna Dec 2

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5 Second Attempt at eth1

2008-12-04 Thread Jerry Vonau
Anna wrote: I tried the XS 0.5 install on another box to see if the LAN issues on my previous attempt were a hardware problem or something. It's a different model Dell with 2 nics. Here are my notes: Basic install from the CD, text mode, default everything. Boot up, then:

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5 Second Attempt at eth1

2008-12-04 Thread Jerry Vonau
Reuben K. Caron wrote: I too am having problems with DHCP (and ejabberd) on XS 0.5. Let me detail my steps Appended upgradeany- ran default install Restarted NICs were swapped. Ran xs-swapnics Check var/log/messages found (snipet): Dec 4 09:36:58 schoolserver1 dhcpd: Listening on

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5 Second Attempt at eth1

2008-12-04 Thread Jerry Vonau
Jerry Vonau wrote: Reuben K. Caron wrote: I too am having problems with DHCP (and ejabberd) on XS 0.5. Let me detail my steps Appended upgradeany- ran default install Restarted NICs were swapped. Ran xs-swapnics Check var/log/messages found (snipet): Dec 4 09:36:58 schoolserver1

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5 Second Attempt at eth1

2008-12-04 Thread Jerry Vonau
Anna wrote: Not having done this before, and after getting syntax errors and command not found for speed, I googled and edited /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 like so. I figured 100 might be a good place to start. I haven't tried half duplex yet, but I can if you think that would

Re: [Server-devel] Exploding wireless interfaces on your laptop

2008-12-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 11:12 -0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: It was, however, something a lot more mundane. This test machine is a laptop, and sports its own wifi gear (centrino). Our device naming scheme for the pair of devices that the Libertas appears as is wlanN/mshN. However, the built-in

Re: [Server-devel] XO

2009-01-08 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 15:02 -0500, Reuben K. Caron wrote: Jerry, This should jump start you into the right direction: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/No-Fail_Upgrade Good Luck, Reuben Thanks, I figured as much. Jerry Vonau wrote: Hi All: Ok, I just received my XOs, being

Re: [Server-devel] Notes about XS on XO...

2009-01-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 19:05 -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: OK lets backup a second, I'm thinking that the OS could be on a SD disk/NAND with an external USB harddrive holding most of the write intensive directories. thoughts? My plan is to use a high quality SD card, not NAND (jffs2

Re: [Server-devel] Notes about XS on XO...

2009-01-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 21:00 -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote: On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 21:43 -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: Just a question, would we be needing a do-it-yourself explanation of the steps involved, or are we just going

Re: [Server-devel] Notes about XS on XO...

2009-01-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 14:02 -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote: On the list of things to try, along with adding the bits needed to mkusbinstall for /boot/olpc.fth to boot from the usbdisk. More later, Well, that was sort of productive, the xs-05's kernel boot on the XO, but anaconda fails

Re: [Server-devel] XS 05

2009-01-20 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 14:15 -0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Henry Vélez Molina henry.lap...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Martin for you answer. No problem! We have been trying to install the server via the Kickstart, but that happens when anaconda to start

[Server-devel] updates

2009-01-25 Thread Jerry Vonau
Hi Martin: latest re-roll of anaconda, srpms, rpms and patch used, updated mkusbinstall for the XO at: http://members.shaw.ca/jvonau/pub/anaconda/ - finds kickstart file without asking where it is... - loader doesn't copy stage2 to RAM - fix compile error re: MD_NEW_SIZE_BLOCKS(size) -

Re: [Server-devel] updates

2009-01-27 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 17:08 -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: latest re-roll of anaconda, srpms, rpms and patch used, updated mkusbinstall for the XO at: http://members.shaw.ca/jvonau/pub/anaconda/ That's such good news

Re: [Server-devel] Install from NFS server

2009-02-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 19:03 +1100, David Leeming wrote: Jerry The USB install was prepared for me by someone else, loaded with version 0.5.0. It worked fine, but the install failed at the final stage due to some hardware issue which (I am told) is now fixed. When the 0.5.1 version

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5.1 RC - Last round of testing...

2009-02-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 23:30 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: was with eth0

[Server-devel] [Fwd: Re: XS 0.5.1 RC - Last round of testing...]

2009-02-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 10:19 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 23:30 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Martin

Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5.1 RC - Last round of testing...

2009-02-14 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 15:28 +1300, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: I'm seeing the same errors in the install log as Sameer while installing on an XO. openssl does not get installed, because uname returns as an i586 while

Re: [Server-devel] mkusbinstall enhancements

2009-02-18 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 15:06 +1300, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Jerry je...@vonau.ca wrote: User impression doesn't count? ;-) Kind of throws fully automated installs out the window. To support installs to CF or from the network, anaconda needs to be patched for

Re: [Server-devel] mkusbinstall enhancements

2009-02-21 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 15:02 +1300, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: I need to append method=hd:LABEL=XSRepo:/iso to the same line, Can you change this line in the patch from: sed -i -e 's/cdrom:/hd:LABEL=XSRepo:/g' $USBMNT

Re: [Server-devel] mkusbinstall enhancements

2009-02-24 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 14:47 +1300, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: Wow, did I have a fun night for once, sorry for the delay in replying. :-) That should of read --baseurl=file:///mnt/isodir/updates I am a bit lost -- you do

Re: [Server-devel] adding custom dns entries on XS

2009-03-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 12:00 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote: 2009/3/17 Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org: But the iptables idea is a good one, thanks! ...but unfortunately the redirect is done by IP, which results in all services/sites that might be running on the same system as activation.laptop.org

Re: [Server-devel] adding custom dns entries on XS

2009-03-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 16:04 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote: 2009/3/17 Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com: It's in my plans to have a means to do what you're doing. I was wondering about - a conf.d approach - a pre-processor for the .in files that handles ifdef-style blocks -

Re: [Server-devel] mkusbinstall link broken?

2009-03-22 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 18:02 +, Sameer Verma wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:37 AM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org wrote: The OLPC web-based git interface was changed, due to security holes in the previous one. Unfortunately, links into it still haven't been changed. On Mar 20,

Re: [Server-devel] Upgrade to 5.2

2009-04-02 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 12:13 +1100, david wrote: Hi Sorry I have not been able to keep up with things for a few weeks. My questions: Yea, me too.. 1. Can we upgrade to 5.2 using apt-get or such like, instead of having to do a clean install? If so what is the download size upgrading from

Re: [Server-devel] Debugging booting problems with F9 on SD card...

2009-04-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
I can download the image, or at least the initrd.img, from where? Jerry On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 12:29 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On the mission of getting a XS image running on the XO, I have abused imagecreator (part of livecdtools) to create an ext3 image based on the XS ISO we

Re: [Server-devel] Debugging booting problems with F9 on SD card...

2009-04-13 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 08:26 -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 14:44 +0200, Alexander Boström wrote: Maybe something is missing from the initrd. The process of creating it is a bit of a mystery to me, but making sure /dev/root is set up right before generating the initrd

Re: [Server-devel] Debugging booting problems with F9 on SD card...

2009-04-14 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 20:45 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: If I replace the kernel with an OLPC kernel, at least it tries to open mmcblk0p1 -- and fails, because the drivers we need are built as modules.

Re: [Server-devel] Booting F9 kernels on XO...

2009-04-15 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 12:14 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote: 2009/4/15 Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com: - dsd has a nice fixup F9 for XO script described here http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/08/regular-linux-desktops-on-the-xo/ The script builds a custom 2.6.25

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-27 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 18:00 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Reuben K. Caron reu...@laptop.org wrote: While more complex to implement, perhaps something like NetReg would be viable: http://netreg.sourceforge.net/ Exactly. What we've been discussing w

Re: [Server-devel] XS Help, please

2009-05-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 17:38 -0400, Gerald Ardito wrote: Tim, I want to make sure I understand what you are saying. First, I need to add the second NIC (which I bought today). Then, I need to reinstall the server software. No, not really, adding the second NIC will most likely end up being

Re: [Server-devel] DNS strangeness on 0.5.2

2009-05-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 12:42 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: We have a server with XS -0.5.2 on it, yum updated as of yesterday. When I plug it into my home network, which talks to a WRT54G+dd-wrt over Ethernet, it works fine. When I use the XS on a segment of our campus network, it does not.

Re: [Server-devel] Moodle/Server configuration for static IP external access

2009-06-18 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 16:19 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Dave Bauerdave.ba...@gmail.com wrote: Most Moodle installs are available to the internet. Does it really make sense to rely only on Moodle being on the internal network to provide security? You are

Re: [Server-devel] XS build setup

2009-07-31 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 15:56 +0545, Daniel Drake wrote: 2009/7/31 Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org: One more build question... Do you do anything special with the iso after revisor has finished? I just built it and it ended up at 780mb in size, vs your 549mb. The difference seems to be in

Re: [Server-devel] skipping or automating anaconda during install

2009-08-03 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 12:40 +0545, Daniel Drake wrote: Hi, Does anyone know how to automate the anaconda step of the XS install? I placed the details that we want (disk layout, root password and timezone) in the .ks file but anaconda still prompts for that information and more or less

[Server-devel] xs-dev.laptop.org Down?

2009-08-16 Thread Jerry Vonau
Hi all: Anybody else having trouble reaching xs-dev.laptop.org? Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Troubles running F9 mock chroot under F11

2009-09-16 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 10:32 +0545, Daniel Drake wrote: 2009/9/15 Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca: Are you just adding rpms to the install media? Or are you trying something more difficult? I have a process in mind if you're just adding rpms to the mix... Just adding RPMs would be enough

Re: [Server-devel] server ecurity

2009-09-21 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 10:39 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: Hi Henry! 2009/9/19 Henry Vélez Molina henry.lap...@gmail.com: Our server is working very good with 0.5.2 version. But now, we have a big network in the neighborhood that is coming to the children´s houses through each access

Re: [Server-devel] server ecurity

2009-09-22 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 12:05 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: 2009/9/21 Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca: Your proxy is slow to re-load the iptables rule-set? How many lines? No no. You got a mixup there :-). Adding/removing rules from iptables is fast -- we can create a new chain and add rules

Re: [Server-devel] DNS/dhcp question

2009-09-26 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 08:13 -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote: Gerald: On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 08:24 -0400, Gerald Ardito wrote: Reuben (and others), I will try to ask my questions in the most basic way I can think of. My XS box has two NICs eth0 and eth1. Eth0 connects to an internet

Re: [Server-devel] DNS/dhcp question

2009-09-26 Thread Jerry Vonau
Gerald: On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 08:24 -0400, Gerald Ardito wrote: Reuben (and others), I will try to ask my questions in the most basic way I can think of. My XS box has two NICs eth0 and eth1. Eth0 connects to an internet connection, and works just fine (I can ping yahoo.com, for

Re: [Server-devel] DNS/dhcp question

2009-09-26 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 13:21 -0400, Gerald Ardito wrote: Jerry, Yes, we are adding the XS server to an existing network. Our tech people created a VLAN for the XOs, points to 10.125.140.31 as the DHCP server. So, computers coming into the network from these APs have no other DHCP servers.

Re: [Server-devel] DNS/dhcp question

2009-09-29 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 18:49 -0400, Gerald Ardito wrote: Jerry, I am still having problems. I thought I would try to simplify the network to see if that would make a difference. How about this: 1. eth0 is plugged into our school network/internet 2. eth1 is connected via ethernet cable to

Re: [Server-devel] firewalling/nocat

2009-09-30 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 11:22 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: I've worked up what I think the basic layout of what the firewall rules need to look like that would be used with nocat's access.fw I've Hey, that looks good

Re: [Server-devel] fresh 0.6 install

2009-10-01 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 14:15 -0400, Tim Moody wrote: Here are some comments on a fresh install of 0.6d5. (Some things go by quickly so it is hard to record them.) There was a complaint about /var/lib/pgsql/data missing. There was a complaint about upgrading moodle. That should be fixed

Re: [Server-devel] fresh 0.6 install

2009-10-02 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 09:39 -0400, Tim Moody wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:27:16 -0500 From: Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: [Server-devel] fresh 0.6 install To: Tim Moody timmo...@sympatico.ca Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org Message-ID: 1254425236.22407.83.ca

Re: [Server-devel] Name server operation

2009-10-04 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 18:01 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: I was thinking of a clean way to introduce the forward nameserver info for the nameservice that the XS provides. The nice way that dnsmasq uses I like

Re: [Server-devel] CCCS XS deployment

2009-10-11 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 15:23 -0400, Josh Totoro wrote: Hey all, We currently have 350 xo’s on our network and 1 xs server running. How well does the XS fair when fully loaded? What specs? We just purchased 300 more xo’s and will purchase 300 more in a month or so. Yea, more fun

Re: [Server-devel] CCCS XS deployment

2009-10-11 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 19:50 -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote: On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 15:23 -0400, Josh Totoro wrote: snip When I set up the first XS server back in march (0.5.1) there was a lot more info on the Wiki about setting up multiple XS servers in one network. Does anyone have any

Re: [Server-devel] fresh XS 0.6 install

2009-10-12 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 18:20 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:13 PM, tkk...@nurturingasia.com wrote: Thanks. As I read the threads I figured out that I need to make some change to the idmgr.conf so that it listen to specific IP of my XS. Timely help from Dave

Re: [Server-devel] .6 release and Dansguardian

2009-10-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 13:46 +, Devon Connolly wrote: Ok. So I'll give you guys an overview of applicable config files to see if we can't spot the problem. I will only list applicable entries. First, the basic setup: 2 NICS, onboard and USB. USB nic is eth0 with fixed IP

Re: [Server-devel] .6 release and Dansguardian

2009-10-17 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 17:48 +, Devon Connolly wrote: What is the output of iptables -t nat -L -v I can't cite any explicit benefits as this is my first XS install and my first time using Dansguardian. I'm still getting used to iptables and the wonderful science of redirecting

Re: [Server-devel] eth1 problems

2009-10-25 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 20:11 -0700, Alex Kleider wrote: I'd be grateful if someone on the list could help me set up an XS using a desktop. For reasons I can not understand, the eth1 is not recognized although research suggests that the correct driver is there. ie dmesg output includes skge

Re: [Server-devel] eth1 problems

2009-10-26 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 08:48 -0700, Alex Kleider wrote: Jerry (and others,) Forgive me for not being clear enough: (I mentioned eth1 picking up an IP under another OS only to demonstrate that the hardware seems good.) The XS configuration is pretty standard: I have the Internet connected

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