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konfuzedhey there, can any one tell me if this is true http://digg.com/linux_unix/Administrator_root_password_readable_in_cleartext_on_Ubuntu_Breezy08:34
Burgundaviakonfuzed: yes it is and it has been fixed08:37
Burgundaviakonfuzed: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-262-108:37
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JaneWhighvoltage: you're on planet! ;)08:59
highvoltageJaneW: :)09:00
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=== Topic for #edubuntu: Edubuntu - the education version of Ubuntu, download: http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/5.10/ | Mailing List http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel | Wiki: http://wiki.edubuntu.org | Website http://www.edubuntu.org | MEETING: March 08 at 12:00 UTC | Read before installing: http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuInstallNotes | Flight 5 is out, grab it while its hot http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/dapper/flight-5/
=== Topic (#edubuntu): set by ogra_ at Sun Mar 12 00:46:38 2006
(jsgotangco/#edubuntu) but even people in a mission need to rest04:19
(jsgotangco/#edubuntu) ciao04:19
ograciao 04:21
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Petarisogra: ping04:53
ograPetaris, pong04:53
PetarisDoes that flight 5 cd have the ltsp stuff?04:53
PetarisI'm think I am going to try to rebuild that server today04:54
PetarisIts a snowday so no teachers/students04:54
ograsure, all isos have the ltsp stuff 04:54
Petarisok, anything broken/not implemented yet that I should know about?04:55
ograppc has some issues ...04:55
PetarisShould I ust the x86_64 install?04:55
ograso if you run a ppc server with ppc clients, you need to run ltsp-update-kernels post install04:55
Petarisdual opteron server w/ x86 clients04:55
ograyou want x86 clients ? 04:55
Petaris?04:56
ograthen you need some manual work afterwards ... we can only install a amd64 chroot since there are no i386 packages on the CD 04:56
Petarisahh04:56
PetarisSo x86 is the way to go for a fast install config?04:56
ograso wipe /opt/ltsp/amd64 and run ltsp-build-client --arch i386 04:56
Petarisoh, so not much work04:57
Petariswill there be issues with the software?  Openoffice, firefox, etc by doing that?04:57
ograthats additional to the https://wiki.edubuntu.org/LTSPServerSetup 04:57
ograflash wont work04:57
Petarisoh, need flash04:58
ogramacromedia doesnt offer binarys04:58
Petarisx86 it is04:58
ograyou can build a x86 chroot and run firefox from there with dchroot04:58
ograbut thats a bit of work04:58
Petarisyeah, I have limited time on this04:59
ograchroot != client chroot here04:59
Petarisit has to be working by tomarrow04:59
ograugh04:59
Petarisright04:59
ogratake the i386 build then ...04:59
PetarisI can do a proper build in the summer after school is out04:59
ogranot sure if that uses the second CPU though05:00
Petarisbut k12ltsp is having lots of issues and I need to reslove them05:00
ogra(best to ask in #ubuntu-kernel)05:00
Petarisogra: can't I just build the kernel manually?05:00
ograi know there are some ways to cheat with an amd64 kernel under i38605:00
ogra#ubuntu-kernel knows :)05:00
Petarisright05:00
Petarisasking now05:02
Petarisok, seems it will work05:06
Petarisgrr, why is my download going so slow05:09
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=== Topic for #edubuntu: Edubuntu - the education version of Ubuntu, download: http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/5.10/ | Mailing List http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel | Wiki: http://wiki.edubuntu.org | Website http://www.edubuntu.org | MEETING: March 08 at 12:00 UTC | Read before installing: http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuInstallNotes | Flight 5 is out, grab it while its hot http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/dapper/flight-5/
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Petarisogra: Does edubuntu use lvm by default?05:36
ogranope, optional 05:37
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Petarisgood05:42
PetarisI wish this iso would download faster05:42
seniori ll try05:42
ograjust keep one around in the future and use rsync instead :)05:42
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ograit will only sync the binary changes05:43
Petarisright05:43
Petarisbut the one I have is _very_ old05:43
Petarisits from last summer05:43
Petaris:/05:43
Petarisare the downloads capped at the download server?05:44
ograah, yes, that wont gain you anything05:44
ogranope05:44
Petarishrm05:44
Petarisand I have 3 Mb here05:44
Petariswhy am I stuck at 74.6 Kb05:44
Petaris:/05:44
ograi have only 786k here... so i cant confirm it works faster05:45
Petarishrm05:46
senior?05:48
Petarissenior?05:50
seniorhallo petaris05:52
senior:/05:53
Petarishi05:56
seniorleave05:57
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C_J_ProOn a thin client setup, can each PC still use it's local CD Drives, USB ports, etc?06:10
ogranot out of the box, no06:12
C_J_Proeither way, thin clients wouldn't work for my school's systems06:12
C_J_Prowe need to have about 750 PCs all running off of one server06:13
ogra750 ? 06:13
C_J_Proactually, school district06:13
ograthat cant work, unless you have a house to put the server in :)06:13
ograi.e. it must be a huuge server06:14
C_J_ProI realize that06:14
C_J_ProMy district is looking into open source alternatives06:14
ogra100-128MB per client ...06:14
C_J_ProI was thinking about edubuntu06:14
ograyou will rather need a cluster ... 06:14
C_J_Probut any linux would require massive amounts of work to get it satisfactory for my school >_<06:14
ograbut edubuntu isnt ready for district use yet ...06:15
ograits aimed at a single classroom ...06:15
C_J_Proah, ok06:15
ograyou can easily size it bigger, but a whole district will be a lot of extra work to put in there06:15
C_J_ProI should make a ubuntu based distro for district wide use06:16
C_J_Prowhole lot extra?06:16
ograits planned for edubuntu 06:16
C_J_ProMy school district is insane when it comes to their requirements06:16
ograyou'll need clustering ... a network wide centralized user management ....06:16
ograsomething that balances the load 06:16
C_J_ProI was thinking of a 3 server setup06:17
C_J_ProPublic server, for website and email06:17
ograits all on the TODO for edubuntu at some point06:17
C_J_ProData server, no need for explanation here06:17
C_J_ProPrivate server, User home folders06:17
ograbut currently we're trying to get the basics *perfect* before we move on to the next size :)06:17
C_J_Probtw, here's an idea06:18
C_J_Proput in a feature to opt out from installing games during installation06:18
ograyou can talk to neuralis in #ltsp, he has some experience with openssi clusters with ubuntu ltsp06:18
C_J_Proquite a few school districts have problems with students playing games, lol06:18
ogragames are an essential part of edubuntu 06:18
C_J_ProI'm talking about the older agegroup06:19
C_J_Promost schools don't utilize games to teach students06:19
ograit was requested by all teachers and school admins we had at the edubuntu summit when we made the app selection06:19
C_J_Proah, ok06:19
ograi agree that it shouldnt be there for higher grades ...06:19
ograbut you can easily uninstall them 06:20
C_J_Probut the lower grades is where they come in handy06:20
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C_J_ProActually, couldn't authentication be done through a MySQL Database for logging in on clients?06:27
ograyou usually do it through ldap and kerberor06:27
ograkerberos06:27
C_J_Proah, ok06:27
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PetarisThis is going to be a long day06:40
ograwhats wrong ? 06:41
Petaristhings are taking longer then expected06:41
Petaris:/06:42
PetarisI wish this download would finish06:42
Petarisand I am waiting for files to finish coping off from the current k12ltsp install06:42
ograah06:42
PetarisI wonder if ReadNaturally will work under wine06:43
PetarisI dout it06:43
ograits a matter of luck ...06:44
Petarisyeah06:44
Petarisotherwise its plan B06:44
Petarisvmware player06:44
ograyep06:45
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StRHi there..06:56
StRwhere can I get a copy of edubutnu drapper?06:57
ograsee the topic ;)06:57
StRok...06:57
ograflight 5 was released on the weekend ... its the latest tested alpha release we have ...06:58
StRogra: what does LVM mean?06:58
StRogra: at the partition stage?06:58
ogralogical volume manager06:59
StRogra: and what is that?06:59
ograit sits below your filesystem and makes it possible to add physical volumes (disks) to resize a partition 06:59
ograits totally transparent to the user/admin ...07:00
ograi.e. if you add a 100GB disk to your machine and have /home on an lvm, you can just add these 100GB to /home easily07:00
StRIC.... ok.. thanks07:00
ogra /home is on a logical volume in this case07:01
StRhow can I see if I downloaded the drapper or the breezu iso?07:01
StRno... I found it.. sorry07:02
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highvoltagehi!07:29
highvoltageanyone else had problems connecting to freenode earlier?07:29
PetarisHello highvoltage07:29
Petarisnot me07:29
highvoltagehi Petaris 07:29
ograhey highvoltage i have a jabber account i didnt use for about a year ...07:30
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highvoltageogra: yeah I wanted to contact you over jabber since i couldn't connect to freenode. i get the feeling JaneW had the same problem07:31
highvoltagepips1: guess what, i can access spock too now :) i think we had some international bandwidth issues this side.07:32
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Petarisdarnit this download still isn't done07:51
highvoltageslow downloads--07:53
Petaristhe dapper iso07:53
Petaris:/07:53
PetarisI'm stuck at 54.9 Kb for some reason07:54
littlepaulping ogra 07:55
ograpong littlepaul 07:55
littlepaulogra, need to talk you in your role as an association member :) - just a few minutes #edubuntu-de07:56
ograok07:56
highvoltageogra: busy right now?07:57
ograhighvoltage, got an interview in #edubuntu-de, apart from that no ... :)=07:57
highvoltageok, i have nothing urgent, it can wait.07:59
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highvoltageogra: have you announced flight5 on edubuntu-devel yet? perhaps i just missed it...08:00
highvoltageogra: i don't know if many people know that edubuntu flight5 is also available yet08:00
ograhighvoltage, the changes were to minor, i decided against a separate announcement this time08:00
highvoltageok, understandable.08:01
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highvoltageogra: also, i think we should split edubuntu-devel to have an edubuntu list ast well (normal users list)08:01
highvoltagei've found that some people don't want to join -devel because either they think it's just for developers,08:01
highvoltageor they think there'll be too much technical talk on there, and then they don't want to join.08:02
highvoltagei think an edubuntu list will encourage more people to join.08:02
ograi dont think we have enough subscribers to part it yet08:02
ograwe might rename it though08:02
highvoltagei think the reason why we don't have lots of subscribers is for that same reason08:02
highvoltageyes, renaming might be a better idea08:02
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highvoltagethen we could split later on, when it gets too big08:03
highvoltagealthough, you'll be on the normal list anyway, so there'd be little use for a -devel list :)08:03
highvoltagei'll bring it up again at the wednesday meeting.08:03
ograi've got 60 mailing lists currently ...08:03
ograand i'd like to rather lower the number than raise it :)08:04
highvoltagei've got about the same number.08:05
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highvoltagemy problem isn't so much the ammount of mails coming in, but the amount of folders i have in my male client(s)08:05
ografor me its both 08:05
ograbetween 400 and 600 mails/day08:06
highvoltagemy mails are more though, it's just over a thousand a day. but i tend to subscribe to way more mailing lists than i can really read.08:06
highvoltagei like to keep them for reference purposes too.08:06
highvoltageanyway, /me moves to bed.08:07
highvoltagethanks ogra, talk to you again...08:07
highvoltagegoodnight!08:07
konfuzedhhhhmmmmmmm   where do i go to change the desktop theme to soem other buntu theme08:13
ograin the theme selector ? 08:18
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konfuzedoh wow there is a theme selector08:44
konfuzedwhere do I find that08:44
konfuzedooooooooo system preferences theme08:44
konfuzedwould this theme selector include software package changes in the way that the edubuntu theme also has additional education software packages included08:45
konfuzedif I change my theme from edubuntu to kubuntu, will the educational software be removed08:46
ogranope08:47
ograand thats not a theme, you install a complete desktop if you use kubuntu 08:48
PetarisThis damn iso still isn't downloaded08:59
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tsurcjust read a post on edubuntu-devel >(we use a "booter" machine that just performs the boot09:19
tsurc> functions and then directs to the appropriate server, running the09:19
tsurc> Symbiont program with it's easy Webmin interface). 09:19
tsurchows this done?09:19
tsurcstill looking for options for load balancing you see.09:20
ograah, i just answered your mail :)09:27
ograplease dont use ltsp-utils at all with edubuntu :)09:27
ograit will surely trash your setup09:27
ograabout the bootserver stuff, you can just use tftp, dhcp and the nfs root from one machine and log in on another one, you just need to specify the SERVER in lts.conf ...09:34
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tsurcwas a standard install. I was just trying to diagnose the problem as per wiki.ltsp.org09:43
ograah...09:44
tsurceither way sound doesn't work out of my box.... yet ;).09:45
ograwe use the muecow spec from ltsp.org (in fact we helped developing it) with our own implementation09:45
ogradid you remove the spaces from the SOUND=Y ?09:45
ogragetltsconf (the tool that reads the lts.conf) seems to have issues with spaces, i have on my todo list to check that ...09:46
ograits the only tool we use from ltsp.org09:46
ograoh, or try SOUND=True 09:47
ogramight be that it doesnt interpret Y as boolean value ...09:47
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ogra[default]        X_COLOR_DEPTH=1609:48
ogra                SOUND=True09:48
tsurcah..... spot the space...and case09:48
ograthats what i used for flight5 testing and it worked fine09:48
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tsurcmine had both spaces and a lower case y09:49
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ograi'll still have a lot docs to write :)09:49
tsurcI'll check that out tomorrow. Should brighten my day up if it works.09:49
ograbut since it looks like we'll delay the release by 6 weeks and edubuntu is on schedule i should have plenty of time to even write books :)09:49
Petarisogra: That download _just_ finished09:50
Petarislooks like the rebuild will have to wait for another day09:50
ograif you have an opportunity to come here from work, try that, its way easier to debug via IRC than via mail09:50
tsurcI'll try it on the spare server we have with dual Gb Nics and bonding then. That'll be good09:50
ograPetaris, sad ...09:50
Petarisogra: thanks for the help earilier09:50
ograPetaris, no problem ... :)09:50
PetarisI'm off for now09:50
Petarislater09:50
tsurcI've tried. I think there is an issue with our school firewall. I'll look into it09:51
tsurcAt least on the mail I can look through and easily search problems and the like09:52
ograthere are web based clients, but if you cant get through, mail is a good fallback09:52
ograthis channel is logged, you can easily serach the logs as well :)09:53
ograhttp://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/09:53
tsurcOooooo....... new shiny flint. Me happy :)10:01
ograyou know flint ? 10:02
tsurcyeh makes fire10:02
ogralol10:02
ograi thought you mean paul flint :)10:02
tsurcsorry british humour10:02
ograone of our users10:02
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ograwe germans usually cope with that :)10:03
tsurcMy house s like 30mins away from the school and round here its like the film Deliverence10:04
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spaceyogra: having nightmares? :P10:31
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