=== signifer123 [n=michael@pool-70-16-12-170.balt.east.verizon.net] has joined #edubuntu === \sh_away is now known as \sh === bumparocky [n=rockwell@c-24-63-196-242.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] has joined #edubuntu === bumparocky [n=rockwell@c-24-63-196-242.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] has joined #edubuntu === \sh [n=nsh@server3.servereyes.de] has joined #edubuntu [02:43] hello [02:44] newbiw question, why is not smbfs part of it?...windows connectivity a must here [02:46] great job , though, very impressive...would like freenx technology also === magnon [n=co@photogeeks/magnon] has joined #edubuntu === pitux [n=pitux@138-176-222-201.adsl.terra.cl] has joined #edubuntu === \sh is now known as \sh_away === mhz [n=mhz@moinmoin/fan/mhz] has joined #edubuntu [04:11] hi all === cafuego_ [n=cafuego_@ppp77-178.lns1.mel3.internode.on.net] has left #edubuntu [] [04:13] hi === Yagisan [n=jamie@60-240-79-237-nsw-pppoe.tpgi.com.au] has joined #edubuntu === cafuego [n=cafuego@ppp77-178.lns1.mel3.internode.on.net] has joined #edubuntu === cafuego [n=cafuego@ppp77-178.lns1.mel3.internode.on.net] has left #edubuntu [] === highvoltage [n=Jono@196.36.161.235] has joined #edubuntu === zzone [n=daniel@CPE000bdb97337f-CM000f2120db83.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] has joined #edubuntu === cafuego_ [n=cafuego_@ppp77-178.lns1.mel3.internode.on.net] has joined #edubuntu === zakame [n=zak@ubuntu/member/zakame] has joined #edubuntu === P3L|C4N0 [n=gcamposm@201.240.209.108] has joined #edubuntu [07:02] hi all [07:02] is ogra around? [07:03] perhaps, but he may still be in Montreal or enroute home [07:03] hmmm ok :) [07:03] zakame, I think he is travelling right now [07:04] the ltsp guys finished yesterday, if my memory serves me correctly [07:04] anyway, can i request edubuntu cds via shipit? [07:04] Burgundavia: oh [07:04] ogra [07:04] OGRA [07:04] wake uuuuuupp!!! [07:04] :) [07:14] edubuntu is giving me too much grief! [07:15] how come? [07:16] No matter what i do, I can't login via a netbooted client (I got them booting OK now) [07:17] Do I need to manually add users in the chroot? [07:17] I thought I could ltsp into gdm (xdmcp) back to the server. [07:23] cafuego_: on the sever ltsp-update-sshkeys reboot client and try again === cafuego_ grumpily deleted it, so will reinstall && try again ;-) [07:30] Also means I can do it in vmware and not on the crusty P233 [07:32] Oh, there is a buglet actually, /etc/exports here won't accept * as network/mask. === cafuego_ should update that in the wiki === juliux [n=juliux@141.30.211.85] has joined #edubuntu [07:34] Hmm, locked. Do any of you have edit access to http://wiki.edubuntu.org/LTSPServerSetup ? === zakame [n=zak@ubuntu/member/zakame] has joined #edubuntu === zakame [n=zak@ubuntu/member/zakame] has left #edubuntu ["Leaving"] [10:25] Yagisan: ... and the people rejoiced. Thankyou :-) === aeon17x [n=aeon17x@210.213.221.14] has joined #edubuntu === trondm_gone is now known as trondm === zakame [n=zak@210.213.80.87] has joined #edubuntu === raphink [n=raphink@bur91-2-82-231-159-240.fbx.proxad.net] has joined #edubuntu === raphink [n=raphink@bur91-2-82-231-159-240.fbx.proxad.net] has joined #edubuntu === jinty [n=jinty@205.134.224.215] has joined #edubuntu === \sh_away is now known as \sh === bluefrog-10 [n=James@81.56.254.229] has joined #edubuntu === sven-tek [n=sven-tek@p508E5A43.dip.t-dialin.net] has joined #edubuntu === zzone [n=daniel@CPE000bdb97337f-CM000f2120db83.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] has left #edubuntu ["Kopete] === mhz [n=mhz@pc-252-84-215-201.cm.vtr.net] has joined #edubuntu [12:51] hi all [12:51] highvoltage, ping [12:51] hello ghz (free upgrade) [12:52] hi cafuego_ [12:52] you left b4 I could get back with the files :) [12:52] my hosting provider's uplink died :-( [12:52] oops [12:52] Yeh [12:52] it's OK though, got it all working now. [12:52] cafuego_, are you keen on rescuing (rm -rf) data? [12:53] mhz; That's why i run rsync every night. [12:53] (coz rm -rf is sometimes not your friend) [12:53] me too, except I got confused with domains :( [12:53] and yesterday night i did a lot of work [12:54] which unless I rescue in next 5 minutes, I'd be lost for my talk [12:54] isn't the an undelete thingie for ext2? [12:54] hmm, me ignorant on that [12:55] however i do use ext3 [12:55] http://www.billjonas.com/papers/undeletion.html === mhz reading [12:57] try to mount the partitoon with the files read-only ASAP [01:00] cafuego_, glup! I'd betta start rescuing [01:00] thx for the cheering up [01:23] bah === \sh is now known as \sh_away === \sh_away is now known as \sh === \sh is now known as \sh_away [01:59] anyone seen JaneW around? [01:59] edoo: seen JaneW [02:00] JaneW was last seen on #edubuntu 35 years, 321 days, 13 hours, 6 seconds ago, saying: np [Thu Jan 1 01:59:59 1970] [02:01] hmmm... [02:02] lol [02:02] i think my small server at home's time is a bit out :) === pitux [n=jose@106-43-246-201.adsl.terra.cl] has joined #edubuntu === pips1 [n=chatzill@127.5.203.62.cust.bluewin.ch] has joined #edubuntu [02:15] highvoltage: hi [02:15] hi pips1 [02:15] i'm just on my way to a quick meeting at work, talk to you later? [02:16] ok, I take it the next official meeting is 16 Nov 12:00 UTC: Edubuntu [02:16] ? === jinty [n=jinty@205.134.224.215] has joined #edubuntu === mhz [n=mhz@moinmoin/fan/mhz] has joined #edubuntu === Yagisan [n=jamie@60-240-79-237-nsw-pppoe.tpgi.com.au] has joined #edubuntu [02:50] Yagisan: hi there [02:50] G'day mhz === mhz will relogin === Grant_ [i=grant@85-210-43-207.dsl.pipex.com] has joined #edubuntu === pips1 [n=chatzill@127.5.203.62.cust.bluewin.ch] has left #edubuntu [] === jsgotangco [n=jsg@ubuntu/member/jsgotangco] has joined #edubuntu === jelkner [n=jelkner@158.59.194.150] has joined #edubuntu [03:08] hi all, anyone here know anything about the new virtual file system? [03:08] i've done something *very* bad to my hard drive :-( [03:09] jelkner: no. What did you do ? === neurogeek [n=neurogee@200.93.35.152] has joined #edubuntu [03:19] Yagisan: here is what i did: [03:20] 1. i installed edubuntu on a new hard drive [03:20] 2. for file system configuration, i chose "auto configure with virtual file system" [03:20] (or something like that) [03:21] 3. since everything worked, i wanted to get /home copied over from the old system [03:21] 4. so i put it on the other ide chain, and planed to mount it and copy, like i've done many times in the past [03:22] 5. but when i went to mount it, i couldn't find the partition (hdc2) [03:22] 6. when i put it back in the computer as the main drive, grub could no longer find a file system [03:23] i've got an ubuntu live boot in there now [03:23] oh dear [03:23] yeah! [03:23] when you did 2, was the old drive in the pc ? [03:24] no [03:24] I think it should have said LVM on install [03:24] but it did something to that drive when i booted up the new system with the old system present [03:24] hold on, let me try fdisk -l and see what i get [03:25] ok, the new file system is called LVM [03:25] Ah, I understand a bit clearer now [03:26] I also use lvm (actually lvm over raid) [03:27] I'll take a quick look and see what it tried to do when you put a new drive in [03:27] did /var/log/syslog have any messages in there related to your hdc2 ? [03:29] sudo lvdisplay will give you a list of your lvm partitions (it scans all installed disks IIRC) [03:30] sudo lvscan is less verbose === magnon [n=co@photogeeks/magnon] has joined #edubuntu [03:32] jelkner: do you have gpart on that cd ? [03:33] i don't know, does the breezy live cd have it? [03:33] jelkner: I have no idea, I've never used the live cd, but if not [03:33] i have the broken drive in the /dev/hda postion [03:33] you can download from here http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/ [03:34] and when i try mount -t ext3 /dev/hda2 it can't find it [03:34] let me look [03:34] run gpart.linux /dev/hda [03:35] does it find your partition table ? [03:36] i just ran gparted [03:36] it is a gnome app [03:36] and it is on the live cd [03:36] jelkner: gpart != gparted [03:36] oh [03:36] jelkner: why are the names always so similar [03:37] gpart doesn't seem to be there [03:37] anyway, did gparted show a correct partition table for /dev/hda ? [03:37] no [03:37] oh dear [03:37] here is what it has: [03:38] /dev/mapper/casper-snapshot [03:38] and [03:39] /dev/mapper/casper-cow [03:39] this whole /dev/mapper stuff is new to me [03:39] jelkner: that looks like the livecd partition table [03:40] ok, ubuntu live does not mount harddrive partitions without being told [03:40] jelkner: don't worry /dev/mapper is a more flexible partition table (when it works) [03:40] jelkner: doesn't seem that way [03:40] i know that it doesn't [03:41] so how can i make it mount what i think should be /dev/hda [03:41] s/hda2/hda [03:41] s/hda/hda2/ :) [03:41] thanks ;-) [03:42] fdisk /dev/hda says hda can not be found [03:42] is there an easy way to prob what is available? [03:42] dmesg | grep hda [03:42] hold on, let me try that... [03:43] If that produces nothing, double check the cables [03:44] on my system I get [03:44] [ 26.852400] ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb000-0xb007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio [03:44] as the first line of output [03:45] second line is [03:45] [ 27.235047] hda: ST3200822A, ATA DISK drive [03:45] that is the important line [03:45] yeah, i get something like that: [03:45] [4294702.837000] ide0: MB-DMA at ... BIOS settings: hda: pio, hdb, pio [03:46] now, how can i look at hda to see what the file system table looks like? [03:46] jelkner: do you have anything that looks like the second line ? if not I suspect a loose cable [03:47] dmesg | grep hda only returned one line [03:47] before we pull the case off, try dmesg | grep hdc [03:48] it looks like a loose cable, but we will double check it is where we think it is [03:50] Yagisan: i don't think it is a loose cable [03:50] i can get to grup [03:50] s/grup/grub [03:51] and it can read the menu.lst file [03:51] jelkner: That line that dmesg returned indicates the hard drive isn't on /dev/hda, but you get grub, so it must be on hdb, hdc or hdd [03:51] but it can't find a file system when you try to load the kernel [03:51] hold on, let me reboot from the hard drive to get more details [03:54] morning all. [03:55] jelkner, did you solve the idle problem?? [03:55] Hello all [03:55] vmarks, Hi! [03:56] neurogeek: yes, by reinstalling === trondm is now known as trondm_gone [03:56] Yagisan: don't ask me why, but this time, the old system booted properly! [03:56] yeah! [03:57] I'm going to burn the home directories onto a cd [03:57] and install them on the new system that way [03:57] ok, i've got what i need, thanks! [03:58] jelkner: It's a sign, backup now :) [03:59] jelkner: glad it's working for you [03:59] G'day vmarks, neurogeek [04:01] Yagisan, Hello!! [04:01] jelkner, good!! [04:04] neurogeek, how are you today, I've a had a scorching day today, and it's still 27 degrees celsius at 2am [04:04] so I can't sleep :( [04:06] its pretty humid here as well in manila atm [04:09] Yagisan, bad to hear that.. in here is pretty hot these days too. Air Conditioning Systems rules === Yagisan doesn't have an air conditioner :( [04:11] Yagisan, sorry to hear that.. What part of Australia are you in? [04:11] jsgotangco: manila, it would be around midnight there ? [04:11] neurogeek: Sydney [04:12] Yagisan, Good.. i've always wanted to live there === mhz [n=mhz_chil@pc-252-84-215-201.cm.vtr.net] has joined #edubuntu [04:12] Yagisan: its only past 11pm [04:12] re [04:12] neurogeek: ?? really, it's been interesting the last few days [04:12] mhz: wb [04:13] but i'll be sleeping soon I have to be early at work (i just started at a new place) [04:13] Yagisan: how's things going? [04:13] jsgotangco: ok then [04:13] jsgotangco: Mr. RH admin [04:13] mhz: it's pretty neat really [04:13] mhz: I have some interesting news for you, and I wanted to chat to you about biz [04:13] Yagisan: did you get the urls for TC and Esfera sumup? [04:14] so you did [04:14] :) [04:14] mhz: yes, that is part of what I want to chat about [04:14] Yagisan: what time will you log in ? how many more hours? [04:14] biz? [04:14] jsgotangco: you know :D [04:15] mhz: it's 27 degrees and 2am, I can't sleep [04:15] hehehehe === jsgotangco likes some biz too [04:15] i see [04:15] mhz: so I'm up for a while === Yagisan checks his world clock [04:15] Yagisan: but I am solving rm -rf ATM [04:16] and I gotta get ready for a edubuntu demo at a university [04:16] mhz: It's what 12:15 in Santiago now (you are in Santiago right ?) [04:16] yup [04:16] so, I'll be leaving anytime soon [04:16] therefore, could it be either email or lets' meet in XYZ hours? === raoulduke [n=vmarks@adsl-065-015-231-005.sip.rmo.bellsouth.net] has joined #edubuntu === ogra [n=ogra@p5089F557.dip.t-dialin.net] has joined #edubuntu [04:18] mhz: ok, perhaps email is better. I need to take my wife to hospital for a checkup today [04:18] she is due in 10 days [04:18] WOW!!! [04:18] and I won't be back until late afternoot my time [04:18] s/afternoot/afternoon [04:18] that is X PM? [04:19] (+ -) === Yagisan is looking === mhz is also burning 16 edubuntu cd :( [04:21] mhz, looking http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?day=10&month=11&year=2005&p1=240&p2=232&p3=-1&p4=-1 [04:21] is 10pm my time 8am your time good ? [04:22] 22:30 could be betta :D [04:22] is it ok 4u? [04:22] mhz: I'm flexible between 10pm and 1am my time [04:23] hihihi === symbulos [n=symbulos@host213-122-141-246.in-addr.btopenworld.com] has joined #edubuntu [04:24] hi si juliux there? [04:24] juliux: are you online? [04:24] ops, away [04:25] Yagisan: cool, then. 22:30 (8:30 my time, tomorrow)? [04:25] mhz: yes [04:25] cool [04:25] and if you want you can still pre-tell me via mail === symbulos [n=symbulos@host213-122-141-246.in-addr.btopenworld.com] has left #edubuntu ["Hi] === mhz must log off now [04:26] mhz: I just noted that in my diary, will be there, and If I have time, I'll send a prelim email [04:26] educool\ [04:26] mhz: see you tommorow [04:26] bye then and hope good news from hostpital :D [04:27] jsgotangco: you are a RH admin ? [04:28] at work yes, i'm taking the rhce exam next month [04:28] jsgotangco: you poor thing ;) [04:28] brb [04:29] Yagisan: it'll kill my contribution output for sure === highvoltage [n=Jono@196.7.130.247] has joined #edubuntu [04:35] false alarm [04:37] jsgotangco: just standard sys-admin or network admin work ? [04:38] ogra: hi there [04:38] hi Yagisan [04:38] should http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDocumentation/StepByStepLtspSetup be on our documentation page? [04:38] hey highvoltage [04:39] it explains how to install ltsp.org on Ubuntu, I think it might be confusing to people. [04:39] eeek ! [04:39] wipe it please [04:39] Yagisan: a little of both, and a little more on game concepts [04:39] i'll remove it from the documentation page, i think hno73 is the only one who can delete pages. [04:39] it will break heavily if you run ltspadmin on top of edubuntu [04:40] and the way it is it won't work straight on 5.10 either [04:41] G'day highvoltage [04:41] jsgotangco: games ? lucky you [04:42] Yagisan: it only looks cool to work on computer games, in reality it can be hell [04:43] jsgotangco: In my spare time I maintain a game for Ubuntu - I know it can be hell [04:43] jsgotangco: but you get paid for it [04:44] highvoltage: yeah that page is definitely in the wrong spot [04:45] a question i'm going to ask here and on -doc as well... [04:45] can anyone please take time to review what's in the Cookbook, i'm afraid my schedule won't accomodate it anymore for dapper [04:45] it's the best option to use the ubuntu doc team for ubuntu and edubuntu, right? [04:46] or would it be better to have a subteam of the docteam for edubuntu-doc? [04:46] highvoltage: i dont think anyone in the docteam is interested in edubuntu at all [04:48] jsgotangco: do you feel that a sub-group would be better, or should we encourage everyone who wants to work on edubuntu-doc to join the main docteam? === jsgotangco feels a subgroup would be better [04:49] i think educators are better like mhz [04:50] ok, it might make things easier to manage. the subgroup will be part of the doc-team on launchpad, so people will indirectly be part of ubuntu-doc. [04:51] ogra: do you know who https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-graywolfcomputers is? [04:51] he started a team called LTSPUbuntu. [04:51] has he been involved in the Ubuntu LTSP implementation / do you know who he is? [04:52] he is one of the ltsp.org guys, i see he is in #ltsp [04:52] so this seems fine to me... [04:52] i'll join his team... since i'll become upstream for ubuntu ltsp soon, matt will hand it over to me [04:53] ogra: excellent, and I know just where to find you hahahahaha === ealden [n=ealden@219.90.93.251] has joined #edubuntu [04:53] heh [04:54] ogra: cool. [04:54] first let me become familiar with bzr ... since we also switch from bazaar for this tree [04:54] i'll join ltsp too. [04:54] you are already member [04:54] at least the team page ays so [04:54] ogra: Lets start by getting rid of that foolish idea that thin clients don't need restricted modules [04:54] i meant #ltsp :) [04:54] sorry. [04:55] ah :) [04:55] ogra: i'm happy that you're taking over the ltsp part, just because you're more accessable than mdz [04:56] yes, that's the reason... [04:56] ogra: I'm also interested in the team, but I freely admit I'm not much of a coder [04:56] he just has to much other stuff to do... he'll still review the patches though [04:56] ogra: oh yes, you were away... I'm also now an Ubuntu member. [04:56] highvoltage, i read the report on -devel today, congrats [04:58] thanks :) [04:58] highvoltage: congratulations (my digest must be delayed, I haven't seen it yet) [04:58] thanks, Yagisan === pitux [n=jose@183-42-246-201.adsl.terra.cl] has joined #edubuntu === edoo [n=edoo@196.7.130.247] has joined #edubuntu [04:59] edoo: hola [04:59] hi there, highvoltage! [05:00] join #Comos [05:00] ogra: are you seriously removing restricted modules from the clients to save ram ? [05:01] why does the thin clients need restricted modules? [05:02] highvoltage: I like having 3d acceleration on my clients, but restricted also has firmware [05:02] highvoltage: which makes things work [05:02] good night [05:03] highvoltage: on hoary, restricted modules where on disk, in breezy they are in tmpfs [05:03] jsgotangco: goodnight [05:03] jsgotangco: goodnight [05:03] ah. [05:03] highvoltage: so now restricted is needlessly using up ram [05:04] highvoltage: and I have no idea why that was thought to be a good idea [05:04] highvoltage, see the thin client specs we worked out at ubz (not fifshed yet) they talk about things like restricted modules === Yagisan was reading the specs a short while ago [05:04] Yagisan, for normal systems thats fine ... [05:05] ah, ok. well, reducing the number of restricted modules in thin clients will certainly help? [05:05] but on thin clients its pretty useles to have them installed by default [05:05] yes, but thin clients aren't normal, there thin [05:05] i mean, ipw2200 firmware is probably never needed in thin clients. [05:05] we'll wipe them completely [05:06] who thinks he needs a nvidia or ati binary driver can still install them later === Yagisan looks like he'll be building his own kernel packages for his thin clients then [05:07] isdn will never be used on a thin client and as long as we dont support wlan we wont need the other modules [05:07] ogra: isn't there a proposal for wireless ltsp [05:07] ? [05:07] nope [05:07] there are several whishes.... [05:08] but you'll need at least 16MB for a working bootimage ... (the initramfs is huge) [05:08] so bootfloppies wont work for example [05:09] ogra: and that is why $DEITY created rom-o-matic [05:09] there is no wlan support for rom-o-matic images afaik [05:09] not even pcmcia [05:10] s/for/from/ [05:11] i think it will be safe to increase the thin client minimum spec to 64MB soon. [05:12] people really shouldn't implement pc's that so old that they have less than that at this stage. [05:12] nopr [05:12] e [05:12] we just agreed on 32MB [05:13] i think it's a good target [05:13] so the default setup must run on 32MB ... which will cost u a lot... but all the ltsp people seemed to agree with jelkners approach [05:14] i'd just have set the spec to 64MB.... since we'll never be able to support 32MN *and* local devices [05:14] well, non-ubuntu ltsp boots and runs in 32MB [05:14] but that doesnt use hal and udev for automagic hotplugging for example [05:15] if these two have to run on the client we'll nee more than 32MB [05:15] oh, and dbus indeed [05:15] i think you'll have memory challenges with xdmcp as well if you want to do local deviced effeciently. there's just no way around it, afaict. [05:16] memory compression anyone ? [05:16] we will never suport xdmcp in a default install [05:16] Yagisan, what solition are there ? i havent seen anything in this area yet === Yagisan remembered when such products were sold for a competing system [05:17] ogra: I remember seeing a compressed cacheing solution awhile ago [05:18] hmm... [05:18] might be quite CPU intensive i imagine === Yagisan remembers hp had something like that for linux [05:19] i vaguely remember something like that too, [05:19] but i think it booted from local memory, and then got the user environment remotely. [05:19] so i don't think it needed as much memory as ltsp. [05:19] whitepaper here http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Sumit_Roy/publications/ipdps01.pdf [05:21] eeek [05:21] thats using swap [05:22] wont work in a thin client solution... if you swap you have lost [05:22] swap should only be used as fallback so the client doesnt crash if it runs out of mem [05:23] i like the concept of compressed memory. [05:23] but if you swap during normal usage the systwm becomes unusable [05:23] assuming you're swapping over the network. [05:23] what if it swaps to compressed ram? [05:23] surely that should be faster? [05:24] this looks similar http://www.research.ibm.com/servertechnologies/MXT.html but may be hardware [05:24] although, on 32MB there's probably not much you can do. [05:24] if you run out, you run out or swap externaly. [05:25] this implementation uses the swap device for compressing... so you have read/write operations on the networked swap device ... [05:25] ah i see. === Yagisan is looking for another implementation [05:25] which is slow as hell no matter how hard you compress [05:25] yes :/ [05:26] and compressing the main memory wont work without heav intrusive kernel changes [05:26] which is nothing we can do in dapper ... [05:26] dapper is due o be the most conservative ubuntu release ever [05:27] closest I can find atm is http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20030428_214.html#11 [05:28] so linking the clients to ulibc is out of the question ? [05:28] whats ulibc ? [05:28] we use klibc [05:29] a typo. should ub uclibc [05:29] http://www.uclibc.org/ [05:29] ogra: will dapper be more conservative to focus on quality and testing? [05:30] just import debian's i386-uclibc port, and rebrand it as the thin client debootstrap script [05:30] highvoltage, yes, we have to support this release for 5 years... [05:30] instant shrink of all apps that use libc [05:30] oooh, I see. [05:30] that means a month less development time, earlier freezes and more time for bugfixes [05:31] Yagisan, i doubt thats feasable for dapper [05:31] but i'll have a look [05:31] ah, but it is interesting isn't it. [05:31] yup === Yagisan wishes he had been able to attend the bof [05:32] they were fun [05:33] except the local device stuff that was very hard to get specced... (we had a guy there who was very pedantic, was not real fun to have discussions there) === Yagisan might not be able to code well, but I like to squeeze every last ounce of space and performance from his boxes [05:33] Is he in the ltsp-3110.ogg ? I watched that today [05:35] he ? [05:35] oh, nope, thats scotty [05:35] he is fine and fun to work with... [05:35] as all the ltsp guys [05:35] Yagisan: or highvoltage: can i ask another question? [05:36] ok. I missed the ltsp guys in Sydney, so I have no idea who is who [05:36] jelkner: yep, but I'll be in bed soon [05:36] i need a bit of help getting idle to work [05:36] apparently, it binds to a tcp port [05:37] so the first person who launches it can run it, but everyone after that fails [05:38] jelkner: I'm sorry, I have no idea what idle is. And from your description, it doesn't do what it's name suggests [05:38] ogra: should i file an edubuntu bug on this? [05:38] jelkner: i know what idle is, but i don't know how to get around that. [05:38] Yagisan: idle is the default python IDE [05:39] jelkner: I didn't know that, I thought with a name like that it would be used for spinning down disks (sounds like a powersaving app) [05:40] hehe [05:40] jelkner, ?? [05:40] Yagisan: like much in the Python world, it is a joke on Eric Idle [05:40] jelkner, idle is *a* python ide... [05:40] its not installed by default [05:41] jelkner, file a bugzilla bug for it [05:41] ogra: but it is an edubuntu issue [05:41] not an ubuntu one [05:42] i think? [05:42] the problem is idle wants to bind to a tcp port [05:42] so the first one to connect to it can, but everyone else can't [05:43] jelkner: ubuntu/kubuntu/edubuntu are the same base system, the difference is what is on the cd, and what is installed by default [05:43] jelkner, idle bugs are not edubuntu related [05:43] ogra: i need to get some kind of usable, stable, python development environment going soon [05:43] ogra: what can i do? [05:44] all the wxpython tools have the mouse bug [05:44] jelkner, file a bug in bugzilla against idle [05:44] so drpython and spe are not good choices [05:44] and now idle doesn't work either === jelkner is filing a bugzilla bug [05:45] what is wrong with using $EDITOR to write python code ? [05:46] Yagisan: like gedit, perhaps? [05:46] I wasn't allowed to use an ide for programming at uni to prove I actually could write code [05:46] well, it is too slow to change, run, change, run [05:46] yes, eg gedit [05:47] Yagisan: my goal is not to be "hard core", but rather inclusive [05:47] i'm not trying to seperate the men from the boys, but to include everyone [05:47] i want things to be easy for them [05:47] jelkner: i think your approach is right [05:47] jelkner: just a thought if you don't find an ide you like in time for when you need it [05:47] so as many students as possible can be exposed to programming [05:47] jelkner, how about goby ? [05:48] *gobby [05:48] jelkner: running python from a terminal is also quite friendly enough for teaching. [05:48] ogra: what idle gives you is scripting and the shell integrated [05:49] jelkner: I wish my uni teachers wanted to be inclusive, but that's off topic [05:49] so you can be working on a script, press and your code is loaded into the shell's namespace [05:49] anyway it's almost 4am, so I need to go to bed [05:49] Yagisan: thanks for your help! [05:49] goodnight [05:49] Night all, and I'll most likely see you tomorrow [05:50] highvoltage: yes, but it makes scripting more ackward [05:51] anyway, i want idle to work [05:51] jelkner: i'm interested, what do you use to teach? [05:51] do you have python curriculum? [05:52] highvoltage: i'm working on the second edition of "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python" [05:52] and I'm using that [05:52] but mostly as a resource [05:53] i try to make the class as project based as possible [05:53] less talking, more doing [05:53] nice. [05:53] i made a guide in 2003 [05:53] cool, can i see it? [05:53] let me re-phrase, I started with a guide in 2003, but had many distractions since then. [05:53] sure, i'm uploading it now. [05:55] jelkner: here it is: http://wiki.edubuntu.org/JonathanCarter/Python [05:55] it's rougher than it should be to be at all useful, but it might give you a few ideas. [05:55] highvoltage: give me a few moments to report this bug, then i'll get back to you.. [05:55] when i did that, i did it with grade 5+ in mind. [05:55] ok. === \sh_away is now known as \sh [06:01] edoo: logs for wiki.edubuntu [06:01] #edubuntu Tue, 8 Nov, 17:26: Burgundavia: No, check history on http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDocumentation/BootingClientsWithoutPxe [06:01] #edubuntu Tue, 8 Nov, 21:59: http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDocumentation/BootingClientsWithoutPxe [06:01] #edubuntu Tue, 8 Nov, 23:53: <\sh> http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuCommunity [06:01] #edubuntu Wed, 9 Nov, 08:33: Hmm, locked. Do any of you have edit access to http://wiki.edubuntu.org/LTSPServerSetup ? [06:01] #edubuntu Wed, 9 Nov, 18:55: jelkner: here it is: http://wiki.edubuntu.org/JonathanCarter/Python [06:11] ogra: i had submitted the bug (#18714) on 31-10-2005, but it still said, "unconfirmed" [06:12] so find someone who uses idle to confirm it ... [06:13] additionally these are two totally unrelated bugs [06:14] re [06:14] one is a bug in tkinter (the first one) and the other is actually idle related it seems [06:14] and the tkinter bug seems to be a missing dependency in ubuntu ... [06:14] neither of them is edubuntu related [06:15] jelkner, try to install xrgb and see if the first one goes away [06:17] ogra: starting with idle -n would do the trick [06:18] i don't understand why idle wants to connect to a port, but the problem is that each instance wants to connect to the same port [06:19] ogra: my concern, of course, is getting edubuntu to the point where teaching high school cs works "out of the box" [06:19] it doesn't now [06:20] ogra: what is xrgb supposed to do? [06:20] installing rgb.txt which contains the rgb color mappings [06:20] is there a problem with the color mappings? [06:20] i never reported that [06:21] thats why xorg-common depends on it, it didnt do that during the development version [06:21] its the core of your bugreport [06:21] that was my old bug report [06:21] which was the problem i had with the prerelease install of edubuntu [06:21] which number is your new one under then ? [06:22] hmm... i think i did the wrong thing [06:22] i didn't file a new one, since it was still a "idle won't start" problem [06:22] but i guess a new one is called for, yes? [06:23] yes, you added a bugreport with edubuntu in its neam which has noting to do with edubuntu is the first problem [06:23] the second was to just add a followup to this bug for a unrelated other bug [06:23] yes [06:24] ogra: i'm sorry for the mess ups, oliver, but i'm just a simple man, and i make simple mistakes [06:24] thats why you should be more descriptive in the subject line ... "idle doesnt start" is not a good short description [06:24] ok, but i didn't know what to put [06:24] i hope launchpad makes this easier [06:24] i'm new to bug reporting, as i'm sure many other people will be [06:25] "idle fails becuse it cant find the color black" would directly have become a duplicate of an xrgb bug [06:25] ahh [06:25] launchpad doesnt make the subject clearer, thats up to you [06:25] try to be as descriptive as you can in the subject... [06:25] but a good system will have integrated help, that teaches new users to use the system [06:26] so a new bugreport should be: "idle can't bind TCP/IP port 8833" [06:26] what to do now [06:26] thats short but describes the core of the problem... [06:26] ? [06:26] i can file the new report [06:26] and remove the comment from the old one [06:26] file a new bug with the above description [06:27] does the color problem still occur for you in the final release ? [06:27] no [06:27] so this is an example of the upgrade process not doing something right [06:28] so i'll close this one then... and you can just file a new one for the new prob :) [06:28] nope [06:28] ok [06:28] nope? [06:28] thats normal in a development cycle... [06:28] ahh [06:28] the problem was fixed in the final release.... [06:29] how will upgrading to dapper work? [06:29] its just that noone saw the relation of your bug to xrgb, so it was never closed when xrgb was fixed [06:29] the same [06:29] ahh [06:29] the same? [06:29] you change the repositorys and upgrade your system ;) [06:29] lol i know that! [06:29] as it worked from wart to hoary and from hoary to breezy... [06:30] *warty [06:30] what i'm asking is this: i have several edubuntu breezy sites set up [06:30] i will want them using dapper as soon as possible [06:30] but from the sound of it, i should wait until the official release [06:30] you shouldnt do that in a production environment [06:31] shouldn't do what? [06:31] run the prerelease, or upgrade? [06:31] upgrade to unstable releases [06:31] things can break all the time, thats development [06:31] but upgrading to the final release will work, yes? [06:31] sure [06:31] i understand [06:32] you mentioned something about having to chroot [06:32] it will also work to the development release, but you might find strange bugs that make working impossible [06:32] ok, i have things working now [06:32] so dont do it in production systems :) [06:33] you can either chroot or rebuild the chroot environment.... [06:33] the only problem is, ogra, in the environment in which i'm working, all the systems are production systems [06:33] i would recommend the latter since we'll make some heavy changes to the chroot [06:33] thats why i said that :) [06:34] set up a testing system to play around ;) [06:34] i have a removable hard drive that i can use to swap in a testing system [06:34] but dont play with the patience of your users if they have strange development related bugs all the time, they will be upset [06:35] i understand [06:35] but i try to find the adventurouse students to help in the testing [06:35] i warn them that things will break [06:35] but if i don't let them bang on the system, i can't really test it [06:35] true... [06:36] anyway, i mentioned the small environment with only four brave students using the system [06:36] but for example if i change things on ltsp you will always have to rebuild the chroot... [06:37] is there a how to on that? [06:37] and things in the chroot might be broken heavily... it will see very intrusive changes (you were there in the BOFs :) ) [06:37] yeah, i won't touch it for about 8 weeks, yes? [06:37] i'll write one as soon as we have the first changes [06:37] at that point dapper will be ready to begin testing, yes? [06:38] since all new features will be in [06:38] then there might still be bugs... bugs consist the whole release cycle [06:38] but aren't we testing to try to find bugs? [06:38] all feature means also more beakage [06:38] in 8 weeks the fixing begins [06:38] so the testing begins, yes? [06:39] around prerelease the testing should be 50/50 [06:39] before things might be broken heavily [06:39] i'll let you be my guide on when i should begin testing... [06:39] yup [06:40] i'll make a call on the mailing list and provide a wikipage with instructions [06:42] ok, bug #19429 is filed [06:42] great [06:42] one other thing to ask about [06:42] we have a bug (and this time, i think it really is an edubuntu bug ;-) over at hb-woodlawn [06:43] whenever a user tries to logout, the session freezes === jeang [n=jeang@c6-dbn-139.absamail.co.za] has joined #edubuntu [06:43] that rather sounds like a ltsp bug [06:43] which in turn is a ubuntu feature ... [06:44] when i say edubuntu, i mean ubuntu ltsp [06:44] should i stop doing that? [06:44] edubuntu bugs are bugs related to the educational software we provide, edubuntu metapackages or bugs in the installer changes i made [06:45] so everything thats not in ubuntu but edubuntu [06:45] so moo-cow bugs are not part of that [06:45] yup [06:45] they are plain ubuntu ltsp bugs === [cyb3rM4N] [n=cyb3rM4N@200.237.66.12] has joined #edubuntu [06:45] thanks, that clears things up [06:45] the distinct use of a package in edubuntu makes a bug an edubuntu bug [06:46] s/distinct/exclusive [06:46] how can you install moo-cow without edubuntu? [06:46] there is a thin client howto anywhere on the wiki... [06:47] but beware, many users added strange comments so the instructionsa might be wrong or broken [06:47] yes, and there are docs which refer to installing the old ltsp [06:47] nope [06:47] not these [06:47] hold on... [06:47] they will get deleted as soon as we can, they created a lot of confusion [06:48] good [06:48] like the packaging bug you discovered in ltsp-server ;) [06:49] is that fixed? [06:49] nope [06:49] i will fix it in my first upload... but i have some other tasks to do before i can work on ltsp [06:50] especially converting the archive from bazaar to baz and convince my contributors for ltsp to do the same [06:50] before i cant do any packaging [06:51] i understand, my only concern is that i'll be working with the folks at citi to setup those five labs soon [06:52] and in one of those labs, we have clients with 32 megs of RAM [06:52] it doesnt harm anything, its just a wrong dependency [06:52] ah, k [06:52] so i'm thinking classic ltsp is the way to go there [06:52] then just install the classic ltsp [06:52] so just install ltsp-utils and you have everything you need [06:53] got it [06:53] for the rest i have to refer you to the lrsp docs, i never instralled classic ltsp [06:53] s/lrsp/ltsp [06:54] as long as there are going to be 2 versions, it would be helpful to clear up the naming conventions [06:54] do you like calling the old one "classic ltsp"? [06:54] and what should moo-cow be called that clearly distinguishes it? [06:55] it wont matter anymore... ltsp-utils will be demoted to universe in dapper anyway [06:55] it still will matter [06:55] i'm surprised that it's in breezy's main. [06:56] moo-cow will not go into ubuntu... its feastures will be included in ubuntu ltsp, thats why we worked on the specs together === jeang [n=jeang@c6-dbn-139.absamail.co.za] has left #edubuntu [] [06:56] if we find there are circumstances where it is still needed (like low end clients), then i will still want to document it on the wiki [06:56] and i don't want to cause confusion [06:57] you were there when we made the specs... [06:57] yes? [06:57] no need for classic ltsp anymore ... [06:57] ubuntu ltsp will support 32MB [06:57] in dapper, you mean [06:58] yes [06:58] there still is now [06:58] now, use the ltsp docs [06:58] fair enough [06:58] they apply for the classic ltsp [06:59] and to get all the tools you need for classic, just install ltsp-utils :) [06:59] let me make one more comment and i'll let you be ;-) [07:00] i've noticed that breezy does not install on lots of older machines [07:00] something to do with the cdrom drives [07:01] there i can only refer you to Kamion [07:01] i keep wondering if it is possible to be all things to all computers in one distro [07:01] i'm not deep into installer stuff [07:01] hi [07:01] hey ajmitch_ [07:01] home already ? [07:01] jelkner: what kind of old machines? [07:01] how are you? [07:01] no, in the US [07:01] tired [07:01] i'm not looking for a solution to this (i just use debian stable), but trying to make a general point [07:01] *very* [07:01] some old bioses just can't boot newer cd's. [07:02] :) [07:02] jelkner, yes, but i cant help here at al [07:02] ogra: you need to take a holiday "_ [07:02] .ca, perhaps [07:02] ajmitch_, only 8 weeks :) [07:02] ogra: i understand, i'm not asking you to [07:02] i'll take my holiday after feature freeze ;) [07:02] heh [07:02] but this will be an issue for ubuntu ltsp, even in dapper [07:03] i'm saying i'm not sure it will be so easy to get it to work with older machines [07:03] since that is not an ubuntu focus [07:03] but is necessary in edubuntu [07:03] you wont have old machins as servers, they wont be able to fulfill the basic requirementsd [07:03] ok, i'll drop this for now until i get a concrete case [07:03] i'm just thinking we will find times when older clients don't work [07:04] you dont need the installer on old machines [07:04] and CD roms will be supported by the installed kernel/udev... [07:05] and if that kernel doesn't work with the older clients? [07:05] the problem with the installer are certain driverse some old CD roms need [07:05] s/driverse/drivers [07:05] which are not included in the installer,m but in the installed kernel [07:06] i need to leave for my next class, but i'm eager to begin testing dapper with old clients as soon as you think it is ready [07:06] i've got plenty of old clients around, and it is a very important use case [07:06] will still take some weeks to have the first stuff to test for you :) [07:06] yes, i know [07:07] so let me be quite now and let you take care of more important things! ;-) [07:07] i'll talk to you later... [07:08] (and i'll file that ltsp bug today) [07:08] on bugzilla [07:08] cya [07:10] hmm, i really doubt http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19429 is a bug, he should do as the message says and read the help ... [07:17] i haven't seen the error message he sees. [07:19] me neither ... [07:46] ah, there it is on his ticket "Run [07:46] ah, there it is on his ticket "IDLE with the -n command line switch [07:46] to start without a subprocess and refer [07:46] to Help/IDLE Help 'Running without a [07:46] subprocess' for further details." === Snderfox [n=Sanderfo@82-217-220-148.cable.quicknet.nl] has joined #edubuntu [07:54] hi [07:55] anyone here familiar with SchoolTool ? [07:55] <[cyb3rM4N] > hi === linescanner [n=andy@62.121.26.69] has joined #edubuntu [08:05] Snderfox: i've played with it before, but if you need very specific help, you might need to try #schooltool [08:06] k [08:06] highvoltage: I can't find the default user and pass [08:09] i think the username is "manager" and the password is "schooltool" [08:10] k, I'll try [08:10] tnx [08:10] :) === Snderfox [n=Sanderfo@82-217-220-148.cable.quicknet.nl] has left #edubuntu ["I'll] [08:12] edoo: schooltool.password is Schooltools default username is "manager", and the password is "schooltool" [08:12] highvoltage: okay === P3L|C4N0 [n=gcamposm@201.240.209.108] has joined #edubuntu [08:18] <[cyb3rM4N] > zzzZZZZzzz... [08:19] [cyb3rM4N] : sleepy? === Seveas [n=seveas@ubuntu/member/seveas] has joined #edubuntu [08:20] <[cyb3rM4N] > yes, i am from brazil... [09:03] hi ogra === francoisb [n=francois@lns-bzn-37-82-253-33-69.adsl.proxad.net] has joined #edubuntu [09:17] Bonjour, j'avais demand conseil pour un problme de clavier QWERTY sur les clients LTSP [09:18] J'ai test l'adresse propose : http://wiki.edubuntu.org/LTSPClientKeymap [09:18] Cela fonctionne trs bien, merci beaucoup. [09:22] Autre question : Existe-t-il un programme qui permette d'diter une image iso de Edubuntu pour ajouter un "language-pack"? [09:26] je pense que tu pourrais copier l'iso sur le disque dur, puis inserer ton pack (sans oublier les dependances) et ensuite refaire l'iso [09:27] Oui, mais le gestionnaire d'archive est en lecture seule [09:28] tu crees un dir la ou tu as de la place [09:28] mkdir /home/test [09:28] mkdir /mnt/iso [09:29] mount -o loop file.iso /mnt/iso [09:29] cd /mnt/iso [09:29] http://wiki.edubuntu.org/InstallCDCustomizationHowTo [09:29] ;) [09:29] tar c . | tar x -C /home/test [09:29] cool [09:29] Wonderful! [09:30] you need to do a bit more, like modifying the included archive data to make a added package known etc [09:30] see "Modify pool structure to include/delete packages" to add a language package [09:32] Ok, I have a look immediately. [10:08] Guys, there's a small issue on the wiki as well. The default /etc/exports needs to have the '*' changed into an actual network/netmask. [10:09] I give up for today. I'm not good enough in Linux AND English reading to do that. [10:10] cafuego_, why ? [10:10] and where on the wiki is that ? [10:10] ogra: The postsetup should perhaps mention it. [10:11] why ? [10:11] ogra: My servers (all three attempts) disallow mounts when * is used instead of a netwrork/mask entry. [10:11] it works fine with the wildcard... [10:11] your edubuntu ? [10:11] ogra: No, it doesn't here. [10:11] ogra: Yeah, default 5.10 install. [10:12] cafuego_, thats been tested many times, file a bug against ltsp-server if it doenst work on a unmodified edubuntu [10:13] it's a fucntion of portmap/nfsd though, isn't it? [10:13] Use launchpad to file a bug? [10:13] but it gets set by ltsp-server [10:13] nope, bugzilla [10:13] nad it surely works for many users out there, i'm quite surprised [10:14] s/nad/and [10:15] This is going to sound odd, but I just changed it back and _now_ it's happy with it :-/ [10:16] what was the error you got ? [10:17] Initially I got "mount: 10.10.42.250:/opt/ltsp/i386 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied" on all the clients. [10:18] And on the server the usual "mount request from unknown host 10.10.42.80 for /opt/ltsp/i386 (/opt/ltsp/i386)" [10:18] hmm, strange... [10:18] I concur [10:19] Those errors are what got me to change exoports to begin with; I check hosts.{allow,deny} but they were both empty and shouldn't make a difference in that case. [10:19] yup [10:20] i guess the restart after editing the file fixed it... [10:20] Quite possibly, oh well. i'll leave it, see what happens on (a) next install.. then file a bug if it recurs again. [10:21] could you try rebooting the server with the default setting and see if it occurs again ? [10:21] Yeh, vmware, so easy :-) [10:21] ah, vmware... [10:22] might be an interface issue ... [10:22] For what it's worth, the P233 did it too [10:22] ok [10:22] I just switched to vmware coz that's an Athlon with far too much ram, so it runs somewhat faster. [10:22] then i revert that theory [10:23] rebooting... [10:25] ogra, take a look at http://www.juliux.de/linux/ubuntubanner1.jpg [10:26] Would you know offhand if it's particularly hard to make the server authenticate against a novell directory server? (I'm checking this out for a guy at a school here) [10:26] erm... the colors are somewhat erm, pinkish... [10:26] ogra, is from my mobiletelefoncamera [10:26] cafuego_, i havent played with nds yet [10:27] juliux, so assuming the colors are right it looks fine :) [10:27] Cool... I'll make sure to document what I do then when I get around to it :-) [10:27] cafuego_, cool, thanks :) === cafuego_ hits reset on the client [10:28] ogra, http://www.mpathy.de/files/messe-ubuntu/ubuntu_BANNER_okay.pdf there you can see the right colors [10:28] woah... [10:28] heavy orange :) [10:29] ogra, but everybody on a fair will see that there ist the *ubuntu both [10:29] yes, why do germans like to use dutch royal orange? ;-) [10:29] cafuego_, it is a ubuntu orange === cafuego_ won't be tricked [10:29] cafuego_, because it looks cool ;) [10:30] cafuego_, it looks very very cool [10:30] we have no royals here, so we have to steal from our neighbors ;) [10:30] ogra, the banner is 0.8m x 2.5m [10:31] Oh come on, Angela has all the making of a queen, surely ;-) [10:31] cafuego_, lol [10:31] yes, thts what my laptop just discovered too when i switched to 100% size and the CPU freaked out ;) [10:31] *shudder* [10:31] ogra: nfs is happy on reboot, oh well. [10:32] hmm [10:32] weird [10:32] did you reboot it before or was this right after install ? [10:33] Right after install it had the problem; I didn't reboot it at that point, just edited the exports file and restarted the nfs server. [10:33] strange ... [10:34] it sounds like a portmap issue ... [10:34] this is windows like [10:34] .. and without KDE, very special. [10:34] heh [10:34] ogra: Well, I'll see how I go and chalk it up to gremlins if it doesn't reoccur. [10:35] yes, but if you had it on two independent installs its somewhat worrying, i'll keep an eye on it [10:36] I'll set up another server on vmware, see how that fares. [10:36] do you use one or two NICs ? [10:37] just the one [10:37] hmm... [10:38] Ok, that's booting off the ISO... should be done in about an hour. [10:38] thanks [10:41] Oh the only thing that comes to mind is that i use a different box as dhcp server; it refers clients to edubuntu via the next-server directive. [10:43] hmm === bdoin [n=coudoin@home.gcompris.net] has joined #edubuntu === Seveas [n=seveas@ubuntu/member/seveas] has joined #edubuntu [11:44] ogra: Nope, it's ahppy now. oh well :-) [11:49] ok, gremlins or cosmic rays [11:49] :-) === ajmitch__ [n=ajmitch@port161-157.ubs.maxnet.co.nz] has joined #edubuntu