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mhzMaybe this is a good doc to read: http://www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer/12:48
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hekarhi12:57
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mhz_dinnerI'll be right back04:08
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lucasvohi ogra_ibook 12:33
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dadeduring usage edubuntu hangs alot on via gigapro board01:56
Yagisandade: using nvidia binary module ?01:57
dadeno! just the onboard vga card which is sis 01:58
Yagisandade: ok. does it happen on a specific application ?01:59
dadeit happens randomly after logon, it happened while i was trying to configure the ext modem02:01
Yagisandade: no heating issues ?02:04
dadewell may be i needto check that out. Though I have ubuntu on this laptop with the same chipset and performance has been ok02:05
Yagisandade: just thought I'd check - I know locally - it is unusually warm and we are having heating issues02:06
Yagisandade: edubuntu is just ubuntu with different default packages02:07
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dadeI would like to get edubuntu to work on this type of boards because it will serve thelow end user environment like the rural schools02:11
dadeI just feel heating might be an issue considering the small fan on that processor02:13
Yagisandade: I'm honestly not familiar with that board, but in my experience, recently there seems to be scrimping on adequate cooling in many systems, as it's "too loud"02:15
Yagisandade: do you have any messages in syslog when it hangs ?02:15
Yagisandade: you can open /var/log/syslog up in a text editor, and see if there were any odd messages just before a hang02:16
dadeI tried checking out the syslog and it hang again before i could get thru. The board has its procesor etched in on the motherboard  and is very cheap02:18
Yagisandade: yet it works with "normal" ubuntu ?02:19
Yagisandade: if you press "Esc" on startup to get the grub menu, can you run memtest86 without it hanging ?02:20
dadeI have done memtest before but did wait for it to complete, I will redo it and surely feedback02:26
dadeI have done memtest before but didn't wait for it to complete, I will redo it and surely feedback02:28
dadeThanks Yagisan02:38
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zakamehello mhz , writer :D03:09
writerHi03:09
mhzhi zakame 03:09
mhzzakame: I know this is OT, but any idea how to convert ogg into mp3?03:11
Yagisanmhz: you don't want to do that03:14
zakamemhz: hm there are scripts to do that I think :) like mp32ogg, except that in your case it should be ogg2mp3 :)03:14
mhzYagisan: i know, it is not for me03:14
mhz:(03:15
mhzI can make ogg into wav03:15
Yagisanmhz: ahh, so they don't have the source anymore03:15
Yagisanmhz: mp3 & ogg are like jpg03:15
mhzyup03:15
zakameI suppose you can also make a gstreamer pipeline from vorbis src to mpegsink03:15
Yagisanmhz: they work by throwing away information03:15
Yagisanmhz: any mp3's made from an ogg, will sound crap to anyone with working ears03:16
Yagisanmhz: that said, we can convert them03:16
Yagisanmhz: http://marginalhacks.com/bin/ogg2mp3 ?? this help03:17
zakamenot unless mp3 is encoded as vbr03:18
zakame(but usually mp3s are cbr)03:18
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sTo0zAlright guys, this is going to seem hilarious to some of you, but I can't for the life of me, add users to an edubuntu server so that thin clients can login.03:27
YagisansTo0z: System -> Administration -> Users and Groups03:29
sTo0zYep, was there :)03:29
sTo0zAdded users in the standard fashion, but the clients would not log in.03:29
ogra_ibookdoes the admin user work ? 03:30
sTo0zhmm let me try03:30
mhzogra_ibook: I'd like some words with you when i'm back home (about 6 hours :( ) Any chances you might be around ?03:31
ogra_ibooki hope so ...03:31
sTo0zYes, the admin account worked03:31
ogra_ibookhmm, thats strange ...03:31
ogra_ibookdo you have anothe machine handy ?03:31
sTo0zSo just adding users in the standard way is the way to do it?03:31
ogra_ibookcould you try to log in via ssh with one of the users you created ? 03:32
sTo0zUmm, not especially, there is an obnoxious mix of NICs here, i'd have to go through another PXE/ rom-o-matic session ;)03:32
sTo0zyah I can try that03:32
ogra_ibooknormally users work right away if they are added to the system either way03:33
ogra_ibookany use that can ssh into the system can also use ltsp ...03:33
ogra_ibooks7use/user03:33
sTo0zhad to restart the server, the mouse went nuts03:35
sTo0z:P03:35
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sTo0zok03:42
sTo0zcreated a fresh user03:42
sTo0zunable to login from thin client machine03:42
sTo0zCAN ssh03:42
sTo0zand just for the record, when a user tries to login, the screen flickers for a bit, then it goes back to the login screen, no error or anything03:47
sTo0zif that tells you anythiong03:47
ogra_ibooknot really03:48
sTo0zheh, didn't think so03:49
zakamehm perhaps something's wrogn at the local level03:49
ogra_ibookcan you create a root password in the chroot and log in on console at the thin client ?03:49
ogra_ibookthen have a look at /var/log/ldm.log03:49
sTo0ztrying03:50
sTo0zits wierd that the admin account logged in fine though, isn't it?03:50
ogra_ibookits weird that th eaccounts that can ssh into the server cannot login via the thin client03:51
sTo0zright so it cant be the machine, because thre is at least one login that is working (the admin)03:51
ogra_ibookit can only be a ssh problem ... since all login stuff happens at this level03:52
lucasvosTo0z: have you ever tried to log in on the server int a normal gnome session?03:52
ogra_ibookbut ldm.log will show03:52
lucasvoogra_ibook: my ppc installation somehow hangs03:53
ogra_ibooklucasvo, edubuntu ?03:53
sTo0zlucasvo: you mean locally onto the machine itself?03:53
lucasvojup03:53
lucasvosTo0z: yes03:53
ogra_ibooklucasvo, but you selected workstation ?03:54
lucasvoogra_ibook: yes03:54
ogra_ibooknote the default instll wont work yet03:54
sTo0zlet me verify that real quick :)03:54
ogra_ibookthats strange ... look at console 4 where it hangs03:54
lucasvoogra_ibook: how can I get to console 4? ctrL+alt+ f4 doesn't wok03:55
sTo0zalright logged into the server with a user and got a bunch of home directory errors03:55
sTo0zone that it didn't exist03:55
sTo0zand one about permissions03:55
ogra_ibookah03:55
ogra_ibookthat explains it03:55
ogra_ibookyou didnt tell whatever tool you used for making the users to create the homedirs for them03:56
sTo0zso what is the standard way to add users with the "Users and Groups" interface to avoid this problem?03:57
lucasvoogra_ibook: what do you think of:http://www.digitec.ch/ProdukteDetails2.aspx?Reiter=Details&Artikel=11398603:57
lucasvoogra_ibook: Bad archive mirror, the specified Ubuntu archive mirror is either ont available, or does not have a valid release file on it. please try a different mirror03:58
ogra_ibooklooks like your network card is down ...03:59
lucasvoogra_ibook: do I really need internet connection for edubuntu install?04:00
lucasvois it a joke or what?04:00
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ogra_ibooknope, you didnt choose an english install i guess04:01
lucasvoogra_ibook: I did, but I selected the swiss keyboard layot04:02
lucasvoand I chose country: CH04:02
ogra_ibookso thats your prob then ... as noted in the flight2 release notes ;)04:02
lucasvoanother error: No NewWorld boot partition was found. The yaboot boot loader requires an Apple_Bootstrap partition at least 819200 bytes in size, using the HFS file system04:03
jsgotangcoogra_ibook, hi04:03
lucasvobut there is:#1 32.2kB Apple04:04
ogra_ibookhi jsgotangco 04:04
sTo0zthanks for your help guys!04:04
ogra_ibooksTo0z, works now ? 04:04
jsgotangcoogra_ibook, ppc fetish lately?04:04
sTo0zno, but i think i can get there now :)04:04
sTo0zjust gotta figure out how to add users correctly in the users and groups interface04:04
ogra_ibookjsgotangco, long standing whish :)04:04
sTo0zim guessing its in the advanced tab somewhere04:05
ogra_ibookjsgotangco, and i want to make JaneW happy with a working ppc image this release :)04:05
lucasvoogra_ibook: could it be, that guided partitioning with LVM isn't working correctly?04:05
jsgotangcooohhh04:05
ogra_ibooklucasvo, no idea, never used lvm on a desktop ...04:05
jsgotangcoi'm getting a ppc by feb, it'll be fun04:05
ogra_ibooki got ppc ltsp working since yesterday, quite cool 04:06
lucasvo*LOL*04:06
lucasvowhen I choose guided partitioning and then no LVM, erase entiredisk:04:06
lucasvoError informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/hda3 -- Device or resource busy. This means LInux won't know about any changes  you made to /dev/hda3 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.04:08
lucasvoERROR!!!04:08
lucasvoIgnore/Cancel04:08
Yagisanogra_ibook: you never used lvm on a desktop - shame on you04:08
ogra_ibookwhy ? 04:09
Yagisanlucasvo: when I did breezy, I did a manual lvm. I blatantly ignored that error myself04:09
ogra_ibooki usually have 2 partitions ... no matter how big the disk is on my desktops04:09
lucasvoogra_ibook: what should I do with my installation?04:10
Yagisanogra_ibook: I take it you've never had to resize desktop partitions04:10
ogra_ibookYagisan, if i take all space, there is nothing left to resize ;)04:10
Yagisanogra_ibook: btw - the shame on you was tonge in cheek04:10
ogra_ibook:)04:11
Yagisans/tonge/tongue04:11
ogra_ibooki know04:11
jsgotangcoogra_ibook, i wonder though if there are people actually using a mac as an ltsp server though04:11
ogra_ibooklucasvo, go on with a normal manual partitioning ? 04:11
lucasvoogra_ibook: how do I have to partition manually?04:11
ogra_ibookjsgotangco, not really, but lots of cheap old imacs 04:11
ogra_ibooklucasvo, with the partitioner tool ... 04:12
ogra_ibookit offers a manual partitioning04:12
Yagisanogra_ibook: well, when all your windows using mates joke that you could be your own torrent site, you do fine resize handy04:12
Yagisanjsgotangco: ppc would be a nice server - but even I think it will be ppc clients04:13
ogra_ibookjsgotangco, if apple drops ppc you'll get tons of cheap imac, so the ppc arch is important for thin clients04:13
Yagisanogra_ibook: did you get my explanations about qemu and ppc binaries the other day ?04:13
ogra_ibookYagisan, i *could* use gparted and resize my ext3 partition without any hassle if i wanted ...04:14
ogra_ibookno need for lvm04:14
jsgotangcoogra_ibook, lots of legacy support love yes...04:14
Yagisanogra_ibook: onto a second disk too ...04:14
ogra_ibooknope04:15
Yagisanogra_ibook: which nope - qemu or disk ?04:16
ogra_ibookYagisan, true, that wont work ... but there is no reason that i couldnt mount the second disk in my homedir if i really need it ... and i save a lot of layers between me and the hardware04:16
ogra_ibookquemu04:16
Yagisanogra_ibook: ok - just a sec, I'll dig up my log04:17
sTo0zhilariously enough the mouse flipped out again and now im stuck at 640 x 480 resolution :P04:19
ogra_ibookwhat kind of mouse is this and what kind of graphics card ? 04:20
Yagisanogra_ibook: found the log04:21
ogra_ibookgot it04:21
Yagisanso people, what filesystem(s) are you using on your edubuntu or ltsp server ? I'll get started - /boot & / = ext3, all others jfs04:26
ogra_ibookext3 all over the place04:27
ogra_ibookand surely no /boot04:27
ogra_ibooki'm a big fan of xfs on servers though04:27
Yagisanogra_ibook: I tried xfs. It died horribly depending on whether I booted a 64bit or 32bit kernel04:28
ogra_ibookheh, i dont play with kernels on production servers04:29
Yagisanwuss :-P04:29
sTo0zok so when I'm making accounts04:37
sTo0zit's putting in the home directory in their settings04:37
sTo0zbut it's not creating the directory04:37
sTo0zi;m supposed to create them all manually?04:37
ogra_ibooknope04:37
sTo0zthat's the login error they get, the home dir doesnt exist and it asks if you want to use / instead, which they wouldnt have privs for obviously04:37
ogra_ibookthere is something wrong i guess04:37
sTo0zwhich is why the thin clients arent getting in04:38
ogra_ibookyup04:38
sTo0zwierd.. this is all a fresh install :\04:38
ogra_ibooki never had such probs and havent heard something similar yet04:38
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sTo0zjust tried to make a directory on administrator (the account i setup during install) and he got denied.04:40
ogra_ibookis /home/$user shown in the second tab of the add-user popup win ? 04:40
ogra_ibookhmm04:40
ogra_ibookis your /home mounted read only by chance ? 04:41
sTo0zjust looked, seems fine, there's write permissions on it04:42
ogra_ibookvery strange04:43
ogra_ibookand the dirs you created manually have the right owners and permissions ? 04:43
sTo0zhavent made any manually yet, well just did sorta04:44
sTo0zsu'd in and made one, testing now04:44
ogra_ibooksu'd ??04:45
ogra_ibookin an edubuntu ? 04:45
sTo0zok had to manually create the folder and then manually change all the permissions to the new account04:46
sTo0zyah the account made during install was getting denied, so sudo su -04:46
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ogra_ibooksure, the account is as powerless as any other unless you use sudo in front of your commands04:47
ogra_ibookwe didnt just clone root and called it differently ;)04:47
sTo0zhehe04:49
sTo0zso yah the foldres arent getting created when new users are added04:49
sTo0z:\04:49
ogra_ibookhmm they get here ...04:49
ogra_ibookthere is something weird with your setup ... how did you install ? default install, workstation or server install with setting up anything manually04:50
ogra_ibooks/anything/everything/04:50
sTo0zdefault04:54
sTo0zhit enter at the prompt04:54
sTo0znot server or anything04:54
sTo0zlet it run, set up the IP and everything with 192.168.0.1 etc04:54
ogra_ibookhmm04:55
sTo0zso during setup04:55
sTo0zthe account yuo create04:55
sTo0zshould you be able to log in wih that account04:55
sTo0zand use the users and groups thing?04:55
sTo0zor do you need root and do it from the command line?04:56
ogra_ibookyou do it with the admin account you created ...05:01
ogra_ibookroot is disabled by default ... in the default setup the user and groups admin tool will ask you for your password before showing the window05:02
sTo0zright05:02
sTo0zit does all that05:02
sTo0zwanna hear something funny?05:02
sTo0zits working now apparently05:02
sTo0zand i didnt even change anything05:02
sTo0zjust created some more accounts and now they are showing up in home directory for some reason05:03
ogra_ibookhmm05:09
sTo0zno idea :x05:14
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sTo0zthere's two other "better than me at linux" guys here, but they said they didnt touch anything either05:15
sTo0zwell i thank you a whole bunch for your effort you put in for me ogra, it is much appreciated.. luckily this was a small test environment, hopefully the real deal goes a little smoother ;)05:25
ogra_ibookfeel free to come back with more questions :)05:27
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solvwhat sort of user/desktop administration comes with edubuntu?  Can I control menu & desktop settings for all and specific users when using ltsp?09:19
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