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_46hi05:59
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highvoltageLaserJock: how do you know that!?08:34
LaserJockjabber08:35
highvoltageaaah :)08:35
LaserJockactually it was because we spent a week together in Paris, but I didn't want to go there ;-)08:37
highvoltagewhat happens in Paris stays in Paris!08:38
LaserJockman, I could really use some Subway right now08:40
highvoltagewell, seems like that story made it quite far :)08:42
LaserJockhmm, now that I'm a Fridge editor I could always put it there ;-)08:42
=== highvoltage wonders how many people know about the "do you think this is McDonalds!?" incident by now
highvoltageLaserJock: heh08:43
LaserJockman, and think about that Burger King08:43
LaserJockthat was soooo good08:43
LaserJocknot that the Sevilla food was bad08:44
LaserJockit was just more like home or something08:44
highvoltagetoo be honest, the Burger King was the best Sevilla food I had :)08:44
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LaserJockI liked that Mexicanish place08:44
highvoltageRichEd: actually I think the hotel food was quite good. had bacon and eggs quite often there :)08:45
highvoltageoh yes, that mexicanish place was fantastic08:45
highvoltagepity we didn't go there again.08:45
RichEd:) agreed ... b&e with tabasco ... that's a good way to start the day08:45
RichEdmehico was good as well08:45
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LaserJockit was much nicer than Paris, which was a relief08:46
LaserJockthe hotel food was just fine and going out for dinner was enjoyable08:47
LaserJockno shuttle ride then 30min train ride08:47
highvoltageyes, transport was way better in spain.08:50
LaserJockanybody here running gutsy, is more like it09:06
LaserJock?09:06
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RichEdhello pips109:29
LaserJockRichEd: when are you and ogra going over specs?09:34
RichEdLaserJock: in 2.5 hours time09:34
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Rictoo|SLPhow do I see my current kernel version?09:44
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pips1Rictoo: uname -v09:46
pips1or you probably want the kernel release, which you get with "uname -r"09:46
pips1^^^ type that command into a text console (shell) :-)09:47
RichEdpips1: he left already ... ducked in, asked, and ducked out again :(09:47
pips1arg, I missed that09:47
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LaserJockpips1: don't worry, I do that all the time09:49
pips1LaserJock: :-)09:49
LaserJockwhat would you guys call our 3 age ranges?09:51
LaserJockwell, or what age ranges do you think we should have for a set of applications09:51
LaserJockI was thinking young, primray, secondary09:52
LaserJockbut perhaps there isn't much distinction between young and primary09:52
LaserJockRichEd, pips1 ^^ ?09:53
RichEdLaserJock: yep ... that does not fit with all nations naming of schools, but it is a universally understood set of brackets09:54
RichEdI'd see 4 actually: young, primary, secondary and then the naming should go tertiary, but somehowe university seems more appropriate to me09:55
RichEd*but* I think we are a way away from convincing Universities to install Edubuntu and not Ubuntu, so that target level will not be in our sights for a while09:56
LaserJockwell, it kinda depends09:58
LaserJockif we could choose the artwork on install09:58
LaserJockand I produces some decent uni-level metapackages09:58
LaserJockI'd say Edubuntu would pretty much be ready to rock quite a few University labs09:59
LaserJockof course stuff like network auth and some of the more corporate applications might not be ready yet09:59
LaserJockbut as far as the smallish (10-30 computer) labs I see often in Uni deparments I think we're not too bad off10:00
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RichEd-1<LaserJock> of course stuff like network auth and some of the more corporate applications might not be ready yet10:07
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LaserJockbut as far as the smallish (10-30 computer) labs I see often in Uni deparments I think we're not too bad off10:08
RichEdLaserJock: the points you raise are valid, but we need to sort out the "perception stuff" before we can push it ...10:09
RichEdand by perception, I mean:10:09
RichEd1. desktop look & feel for older students10:09
RichEd2. menus for older students should not have the little kids stuff (or less prominent)10:09
RichEd3. the edubuntu web site needs to move up an age level and get and stay updated10:10
pips1:-)10:10
LaserJockRichEd: exactly10:11
LaserJockbut I think those aren't terribly hard things to do10:11
LaserJockin the whole scheme of things10:11
RichEdLaserJock: agree again, but i'd say that we "position ourselves" over the next release cycle, then give hard timelines for specific targets at release date, and then go for gold with 8.0410:12
LaserJocksounds good10:13
RichEdWe're almost there, but we often wheelspin, so I think we need to be able to set a realistic date / time-frame, and nail it10:13
LaserJockRichEd: got a sec to do a brief look over my spec?10:13
LaserJockI need to go to bed but I'd like it in at least a reviewable state before I do so10:14
LaserJockpips1: you too10:14
RichEdsure ... where can I find it ?10:14
pips1url?10:14
LaserJockhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdubuntuAddonEnhancements10:14
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RichEdLaserJock: looks good, and is a significant need ... I'll make sure ogra and I give it high priority10:19
LaserJockRichEd: do you think there needs to be any additional metapackages?10:21
RichEdLaserJock: as per above, let's aim at the short list, and hit them properly. once the mechanisms are in place, we can extend the group10:22
LaserJockalright, as long as you think it'll fly, I'm happy10:23
LaserJockspecs aren't so important for me as they are for the "employees"10:23
LaserJockif I'm implementing a spec I'm going to add/subtract as I go along as I'm not good enough yet to be able to figure out all the implemention before I start doing it ;-)10:24
RichEdjust a comment, for milling around in the brain soup ... what about considering them as education-young, education-primary etc. so that they are meaningful for a dad who wants to install the packages on top of his ubuntu installation on his home PC ?10:24
RichEdi.e. do they need to be tied into edubuntu ?10:24
LaserJockhmm, let me check real quick, we might have a conflict with debian-edu10:25
LaserJockyep10:25
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LaserJockeducation-* is taken by Debian-Edu metapackages10:25
RichEdso let's go with edubuntu for the spec, but we can always change names if we come up with a cohesive approach10:26
LaserJockyep10:26
LaserJockI'd almost rather we blacklist the Debian-Edu metapackages10:27
RichEd?? that sounds heavy ... what do you mean by that ?10:27
crimsunwhy not consider carving up the namespace with the edubuntu- prefix (as I suppose RichEd alluded to)?10:27
LaserJockit might not seem very nice, but I don't know that they're useful for us10:27
LaserJockwell, if we're trying to go more generic than edubuntu-10:28
LaserJockthen education- seems like the only obvious alternative10:28
RichEdthe longer view may be to consider naming the packages as: ubuntu-education-*10:28
RichEdthe approach forming now is that:10:29
LaserJockbut then I'm afraid of getting really really long package names10:29
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LaserJockI'd love to split secondary into content areas10:29
RichEdedubuntu is the turnkey ubuntu bundle that give you a simple one-process install for education10:29
RichEdubuntu is a general base, to which you can add any or all of the education packages10:29
RichEdbut let me get that laid out clearly for discussion before we leap into the great beyond10:30
RichEdso LaserJock for the moment, go simple ?10:30
crimsunLaserJock: (long package names are not a constraint.  I -doubt- you'll hit even the 16-bit char limit.)10:30
LaserJockwell, no, not a technical constraint10:31
LaserJockbut I'm afraid of confusing people and making it just look bad in synaptic say10:31
crimsunErr, I hope people read the descriptions foremost...10:31
LaserJockhehe, that might be a bit of an assumption10:32
LaserJockanyway, you're probably right10:32
LaserJockat this point though, I don't foresee us putting very many apps in10:32
LaserJockI want to use the Universe meta packages as "these are good apps we should think about putting on the CD" rather than "here is every app in Ubuntu for X"10:33
pips1LaserJock: read your spec, sounds good. however, you might want to add a paragraph about "discussion points" <-- the meta package naming discussion (possible name space conflict with debian "education-" packages...)?10:33
LaserJockpips1: I could, but then I'm admitting I don't know exactly what I'm doing ;-)10:34
pips1don't start a flamewar in the wiki though :-)10:34
pips1LaserJock: hehe10:34
pips1LaserJock: ok, go for bold statement, then, that's close to the sabdfl's spirit anyway ;-)10:35
LaserJockpips1: ok, reload it and look at the bottom10:39
pips1LaserJock: well done10:41
LaserJockok, I'm going to leave it at that10:42
LaserJockit's almost 2:00am10:42
LaserJockgood night everybody10:42
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pips1highvoltage: I'm sorry I won't be able to attend the meeting, since I have another meeting, but I'm definitely interested in what you discuss about the edubuntu.org site (your template chages). I'll read the meeting log and get in touch via mail01:07
pips1*changes01:07
RichEdogra or ogra-classmat1 : ping01:08
ogra-classmat1RichEd: i'm here01:12
RichEdhi there01:13
ogra-classmat1trying to find wills spec overviviwe page01:13
RichEdokie01:13
ogra-classmat1https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Devel/RoadMap01:13
ogra-classmat1there we go01:14
RichEdloading it now01:14
ogra-classmat1oh,m there is one missing01:14
RichEdwhich one is missing ?01:16
ogra-classmat1ltspfs-virtual-hal-devices01:16
ogra-classmat1just adding it01:16
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ogra-classmat1whoops, you got the lock01:17
RichEdnah abandoned it ... you can grab the page ... i ws just checking if the table of contents was added automatically or if will put it in01:18
RichEd*was01:18
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ograok01:22
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ogramy high prio list: ltsp-boot-performance, ldm-improvements, edubuntu-application-review, edubuntu-artwork-procedures01:23
ogramy medium list: ltsp-update-manager-integration, ltspfs-virtual-hal-devices, edubuntu-addon-enhancements, edubuntu-menus-completion, edubuntu-documentation-procedures01:25
ograthe rest would fall under low prio for me01:25
RichEdogra: check msg for some quick context01:26
highvoltageogra: good list01:31
RichEdogra: great ... my first question is how much of the LTSP stuff can we assume distro resources will take up ?01:31
highvoltageogra: did we perhaps discuss the dual-cd thing at uds? I'm coming down with a cold so my memory isn't very good atm. some users have been unhappy about the applications on the live cd not available on install01:32
RichEdhighvoltage: I'll need to add to the objectives or the spec list that we need to review the way the CDs are named and put together.01:33
highvoltageRichEd: ok. that would be really nice01:33
ograhighvoltage, dual-cd as in ubuntu server and edubuntu-addon ?01:33
RichEdwe'll need to bed that down in the next week or two, but I see that as rearrangement and not a new requirement per se01:33
ograor dual CD as in we need to fix that livecd ?01:33
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RichEdhi there mr vagrantc :)01:34
ograthe first wont happen ... we'll likely even drop the ubuntu server Cd and have an LTSP feature on a new server DVD01:34
vagrantcgreetings01:34
ograthe second one is a bug i talked with cjwatson about and we agreed to take care for it before release together01:34
ograhey vagrantc :)01:35
highvoltageogra: I meant, we just need to make it more straight-forward for the users, it's a bit confusing as it is at the moment (as you know, of course). I don't really mind so much in how it gets better, as long as it is kept in mind for the next release01:35
highvoltageogra: ok, great01:35
highvoltagegreetings vagrantc01:35
ograhighvoltage, the liveCd will install everything the user sees on the desktop in gutsy01:35
ograyou wiont need the addon for this01:35
vagrantcogra: what list are we looking at?01:35
RichEdhighvoltage: some of the issue is in the descriptions ...and we can solve this with some nice "how to get where you want to be" pages01:35
highvoltageogra: cool, that's perfect!01:35
ograso the naming can stay as is because it will be correct then01:35
ograwe correct the world, not the docs ;)01:36
RichEdthat will be web site revision ... not needed as a spec ... but will need to taken care of.01:36
ogravagrantc, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Devel/RoadMap01:36
ogravagrantc,01:36
ogra<ogra> my high prio list: ltsp-boot-performance, ldm-improvements, edubuntu-application-review, edubuntu-artwork-procedures01:36
ogra<ogra> my medium list: ltsp-update-manager-integration, ltspfs-virtual-hal-devices, edubuntu-addon-enhancements, edubuntu-menus-completion, edubuntu-documentation-procedures01:36
ogra<ogra> the rest would fall under low prio for me01:36
RichEdogra: a couple of people (as you have seen) asked why they need to use the Server CD to add applications to their workstation install. Will that also be resolved through the changes you anticipate ?01:37
ograRichEd, nope, but we can fix that in the CD menu with adding "(needs the addon cd)" for example01:38
ograthat way its right in the face of the user01:39
vagrantcogra: do you group ldm-load-balancing in with ldm-improvements ?01:39
ograin the moment he nee4ds to know it01:39
ogravagrantc, oh, yes, i did ---01:39
ograi shouldnt01:39
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ogralocald balancong is mid-low to me01:39
ogracould as well go into gutsy+101:39
ograthe general rewrite of ldm is way more important01:40
ogravagrantc, what was the specname of our spec for that ?01:41
RichEdmy comments: I'd like to move edubuntu-documentation procedures up to high priority01:41
ograwe hd created a separate one01:41
vagrantcogra: ldm-load-balancing ?01:41
ograRichEd, even though we didnt hzave much input from the doc team yet ?01:41
ograah, registered inder ltsp, thats why i dont find it01:42
RichEdogra: a couple of reasons ... #1 we need to get a "clockwork release cycle" to reduce the ad hoc last minute panics of gaps01:42
RichEdpanics *or* gaps01:43
RichEdit is a pity if we have a quality product that is let down a bit by documentation (and I include web site in this)01:43
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ograi hope some community members will pick up01:45
RichEdogra: I think we will be able to arrange that, if they have a framework to work under ...01:46
RichEdIf they do not have a framework, then it goes ad hoc again. So I am not talking abou getting it all done for the next release, but getting a structure is a high priority01:46
RichEdw.r.t. on the priorities list, could we perhaps look at priorities against future versions, with a longer view ...01:47
RichEdso instead of labelling high/medium/low ...01:47
RichEdwe arrange them in gutsy/gutsy+1/gutsy+201:47
RichEdmy specific example is that I think that: edubuntu-addon-enhancements, edubuntu-menus-completion : are almost non-negotiable for gutsy+101:48
RichEdif something is low priority now for the next release, then it stays low ... and can get missed again.01:48
RichEdI'd like to see that we "prepare for edubuntu-addon-enhancements, edubuntu-menus-completion" in this relase cycle ... and then hit them for the next one ?01:49
ograright01:49
ograwell01:49
RichEdi.e. look at any obstacles now, and get those under control ... like that gnome menu bug or wobbly you mentioned01:49
RichEdalso then, it gives our audience an idea of what will arrive when ... pinned more accurately to a delivery ?01:50
ograi would tag mid prio stuff as "can be finished next release"01:50
ograand low prio stuff "if we find time"01:51
ograthe high prio stuff has to be done by release imho01:52
RichEdwhat about listing columns for releases, and arrranging features by release ...01:52
ograthats a LP feature01:52
RichEdso what you call high is simply in the gutsy column as "definate"01:52
ograyou can tag specs for releases01:52
RichEdwell for our planning then, I'll arrange as per releases ... and you can use the LP features to be consistent with the distro guys01:53
ograwell, we need to use that LP feature anyway, else they will get ignored01:54
RichEdperhaps we can allocate reponsibility that you manage the delivery of the current release cycle, and I'll look at managing the preparation for the *following* release cycle01:54
ograwell, i'm fine going on with managing the tech specs01:55
RichEdalso a query: is moodle bundling covered in the application review process, or do we need to make it a specific target / spec ?01:55
ograthe thing is that you have to approve/decline01:55
ograi dont think we need a spec for it ...01:56
ograbtw01:56
RichEdokay ... I'll keep it as a target ...01:56
ogramoquist, what happened to your moodle packaging effort ?01:56
ograRichEd, i know moquist is/was on it ...01:56
RichEd^^ approve decline ... walk me though how this would work in practice ?01:57
ograadd a distro target :)01:57
ograi'll go through them and set priorities01:57
ograafter we agreed on proios indeed01:57
ograthere is an approver set for every spec, we need to set this to you01:58
ograthen you approve it for a release01:58
RichEdokay ... and to confirm ... we need this finalised by end of tomorrow w.r.t. the ubuntu gutsy schedule ?01:58
ograno01:58
ograthe deadline for specs is tomorrowq01:59
ogranot the one for approval01:59
ograbut we should have our prio list done now01:59
RichEdso lets move to #ubuntu-meeting and continue in there ?01:59
ograapproval can go on over the week01:59
ogralet me get some fresh coffee :)02:00
ogra3mins02:00
RichEd=== edubuntu meeting === #ubuntu-meeting === in 3 mins ===02:00
moquistogra: thx for the ping. :)02:02
moquistogra: It's not dead, it's just...resting.02:03
moquistogra: I've put it on the evening-time schedule for tonight or tomorrow night.02:04
ogratake your time, we just need to get it done this release :)02:04
moquistogra: But the longer I let it go, the less I remember (even if I did save my bash history, etc.).02:05
ograindeed02:05
moquistogra: I'm sufficiently caught up after returning that now's a good time to return to it.02:05
moquistogra: today I'm working more on the evil laptop, unless I get distracting word orders (always a possibility).02:05
moquistavahi seems to do funky things to my network interfaces. I'm not sure what it is, but after I kill it things behave more like I expect them to...02:07
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ogravagrantc, any proposals for the spec prio stuff ?02:21
ogra(we're in #ubuntu-meeting btw)02:21
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ace_suaresogra!03:45
ograhey03:45
ace_suaresnow you said, ldm patching would be easy, can we try it ?03:45
ace_suaresdo I need to compile03:45
ogranope, its plain python03:45
ogratry to catch Gadi in #ltsp, he has a patch03:46
ace_suaresokay going to #ltsp03:46
ograits actually just setting the DISPLAY variable to the03:46
ograthin client ip03:47
vagrantcand not using -X03:47
ograright03:51
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RichEdace_suares: I'd be interested in chatting further on how we could work together ...04:00
RichEdgive me a week to finalise our goals, objectives and actions for the rest of this year, and then I will share them with you and you can comment04:01
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sbalneavMorning all04:03
RichEdhi sbalneav04:06
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cliebowScottie:!!!!04:31
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_46Just installed edubuntu, ti's great04:37
highvoltage_46: :)04:38
_46Thank you for the acknowdgement :D04:39
_46this is my 1st. day on this channel.04:40
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highvoltage_46: welcome to edubuntu!04:41
highvoltage_46: sometimes we may take a while te respond, but whenever you need help, just give us a shout and hang around04:42
_46ok, thank you04:42
highvoltageyou're welcome.04:42
_46I've only been using Linux for less than 6 months, and I type with the 2 index fingers.04:43
highvoltageare you a teacher? or installed at home?04:46
moquistogra: I'm sitting here with a feisty system defaulting to "US English". It uses A4 papersize for any new printers I set up.04:46
moquistogra: I mention this just because we discussed it @UDS.04:46
_46installed at home, no teacher04:49
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_46I am not affraid to open a box and check it for hardware etc.04:50
_46I do little things like change out hard drives or memory sticks...04:51
_46Have been known to change OS 2 or3 times a day, my installs must be perfect...04:53
_46 I have to go away now, till later...04:55
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RichEdogra: pingidy ping05:35
RichEdcomment at leisure or sendme an email on the following:05:36
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RichEd#1 are there any specs left over from feisty or edgy that we need to revive for gutsy05:36
RichEd#2 I'm making an action to tidy out the old LP pecs (for a task to do soon) and have also asked will to add it to the version cycle requirements05:37
RichEdLP specs ... not pectorals05:37
jsgotangcohi!05:38
RichEdhello jsgolatindancing05:39
jsgotangcohuh?05:40
jsgotangcoyou're into ballroom dancing?05:40
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RichEdtango ... bad pun05:45
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RichEdbye for today peops05:46
ograciao05:46
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pips1_awaygood evening06:39
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LaserJockbah07:55
LaserJockis RichEd gone?07:55
ogra-classmateyep07:56
LaserJockI think the doc spec is sort of a weird thing07:56
LaserJockall that needs to be done is for Edubuntu docs efforts to fall in line with the general Doc Team07:57
LaserJockthey already have the framework07:57
LaserJockand by the end of Feisty we were pretty much there07:57
LaserJockwe were just a bit behind ;-)07:57
LaserJockI'm not sure why we even need that doc spec07:57
ogra-classmatewell, if he wants it, give it to him and set it to implemented in a week :P07:58
ogra-classmatebut i think he thinks beyond docteam ...07:58
ogra-classmatei.e. the contributor side and how to organize that07:59
LaserJockwell, whatever, like you said, I'll give it to him ;-)07:59
LaserJockogra-classmate: crimsun and I had a talk about gcompris last night07:59
LaserJockit looks to me like gcompris only needs gnuchess at runtime08:00
LaserJockI don't know why it's in the ./configure script08:00
LaserJockit has a hard coded path to gnuchess08:00
LaserJockI'm going to just patch it to look for gnome-gnuchess from gnome-games and see if that works08:01
LaserJockrather than rip out all the gnuchess stuff08:01
LaserJockyou'd think they would have a configure flag to disable it, but no08:01
ogra-classmatetsk08:02
LaserJockthey just have:08:03
LaserJockgnuchess_bin = g_build_filename( exec_prefix, "bin", "gnuchess", NULL);08:03
LaserJockso I think I can remove the build dep on any chess08:03
LaserJockand change the above line to look for gnome-gnuchess08:03
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quintinIs there anything in edubuntu for managing the length of login sessions on public computers?08:04
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LaserJockQuintin: I don't think there is a particular tool yet for that08:07
LaserJockQuintin: it's a fairly often requested feature08:07
Quintinwell dammit make it already08:07
QuintinI've made something that sort of works in perl08:07
Quintinin combination with the "slay" program.  It's hardly professional though08:07
ograLaserJock, yes, and i got this code from linus for it he refused to license :(08:07
LaserJockogra: for what? the timer?08:09
ograyes08:10
LaserJockthat's too bad08:10
ograa little c proggy running in his daughters session08:10
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Quintinogra: what did you get from Linus?08:14
ogra-classmatea proggy to restrict login time08:15
Quintinwhy not just rewrite it then? :p08:16
QuintinI don't see why he wouldn't license it08:16
ogra-classmatehe didnt like to care about it ...08:16
ogra-classmate(about anything related to it... he didnt answer my mails anymore at some point and i didnt want to be pushy)08:18
ogra-classmateit should become a TCM plugin and should be trivial to implement now that we have python-tcm08:18
Quintinwell, get on it!08:19
QuintinI'm in a library now full of Windoze machines with cybrarian08:19
Quintinmeh08:19
ogra-classmateafter i did the three million other things, yes :)08:19
ogra-classmatewe have a slight lack of developers in edubuntu08:20
LaserJockQuintin: you want to help everybody out and work on it?08:21
LaserJockthat would be a cool thing08:21
QuintinI'm a very bad coder.  nothing I have made is fit for public consumption08:21
LaserJockhehe, I can understand08:22
LaserJockI'm a Chemist and I think sometimes my programming reflects it08:22
Quintinif my perl thing ever gets practical, I'd release it under GPL08:22
Quintinbye for now08:22
LaserJockogra-classmate: blah, I found it, this is going to be easyish :-)08:25
LaserJockthe build dep actually does do something08:26
ogra-classmateah08:27
LaserJockit just has a fallback to a hard-coded path08:28
LaserJockok, in a few minutes I should have a .deb to test08:29
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john_shello all I have a question about large memory support, does anyone care to talk about that?08:41
LaserJockI'm not sure, you can just ask and see if anybody knows08:47
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ogra-classmatejohn_s: thats your mail thread, right ?08:52
LaserJockogra-classmate: have you seen any recent reviews/stories on Edubuntu?08:53
ogra-classmatenope08:53
LaserJockany for Feisty?08:53
ogra-classmatewill might be a better bet08:53
LaserJockhmm, yeah08:54
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LaserJockgo faster!08:54
ogra-classmateLaserJock: get your classmate and you will not complain anymore :P08:55
LaserJockheh08:55
LaserJockhopefully it's comings sson08:56
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LaserJockogra-classmate: I should have a debdiff for you in a little bit09:00
LaserJockI'll send it in an email09:00
john_sHi ogra-classmate09:08
john_sare you stil there?09:08
john_sI do see your response on the list, but I am running the edubuntu server edition09:09
john_sunless I had a complete brain freeze09:09
john_safter all thats the only version of edubuntu with LTSP built in, isn't it?09:10
LaserJockI think so yes09:12
john_sthanks09:12
LaserJockjohn_s: was he talking about the Desktop CD?09:12
john_sperhaps09:12
john_sI think I am going to have to recompile the kernel to get high memory support09:13
john_sstrange but true09:13
john_swell, perhaps not true, but that's my impression right now.09:13
LaserJocklet me go read his email real quick09:17
john_sthanks09:17
LaserJockah09:17
LaserJockwell, we have several kernels09:17
LaserJockhe meant to get the -server kernel09:17
john_sgreat09:17
LaserJocknot install the the server disk09:18
john_sok, sounds good. So what ships with the server edition of edubuntu?09:18
LaserJockconfusing terminology09:18
LaserJockI think the normal Ubuntu kernel09:18
john_shmm09:18
john_sok09:18
john_sThanks09:18
LaserJockas and LTSP server is essentially an Ubuntu desktop09:18
john_swhere should I go to find the server kernel09:18
LaserJockit's in the repos09:18
LaserJockjust use synaptic or apt-get09:19
john_sok09:19
john_sthanks09:19
sbalneavTo get high memory support, you'll want the linux-image-server package09:19
john_sok09:19
john_swill I loose ltsp functionality do you think?09:19
sbalneavno09:19
john_shurray09:19
sbalneavThat will just install a kernel that will support > 4G09:19
john_sok, and ideally all of the other switches that were thrown for the stock kernel will be thrown for this one as well09:20
john_s?09:20
sbalneavShould be.09:21
john_sok, I'll see what I get09:21
john_sthanks for your help09:21
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sbalneavNP09:21
john_sok09:22
john_ssorry one more question09:22
john_sdo i want linux-image-server or linux-image-server-bigiron09:23
john_ssynaptic isn't very descriptive in this cas09:23
LaserJockhmm, I'm not sure what bigiron is09:26
LaserJockI'd guess you'd want just -server09:26
john_sok09:26
john_sYeah, big iron to me is a mainframe09:27
john_sIs there a place where I could go to find stuff out about the various kernels?09:27
sbalneavBig iron's got all the stuff compiled in for >64 cpu's, or for running on an E39009:28
john_sok09:28
john_snot me then09:28
john_sthanks09:28
sbalneavI think the joke would be, "if you have to ask if you need the bigiron kernel, you don't need the bigiron kernel" :)09:29
john_sheh09:29
ace_suaresit hink -server is for 'Server Equipment' and I thinks that's different from standard intel 686 stuff09:35
ace_suaresaltough I happen to be running -server on one of my dual xeons... it seems to work.09:35
PyldAnyone using Edubuntu/Ubuntu as diskless clients?09:48
LaserJockPyld: do you have a particular problem?09:50
PyldLaserJock: I have problems with NFS mounts. I have a separate rootfs for each diskless client and a shared /usr that is mounted ro, but the clients stalls for about 1 minute during the mount and Ubuntu prints Failed even if /usr is mounted.09:52
PyldI have tried Debian 4.0 as well and do not experience such problems so my NFS setup is okay on the server09:53
PyldI have checked with rpcinfo -p <hostname>. rpc.lockd, rpc.statd and portmap is running on the diskless client.09:54
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Pyldthe server setup also seems okay. By the way, if I try to mount /usr after the diskless client finally have booted I do not experience such delays. /usr is mounted instantly. It is just during boot09:55
LaserJockPyld: boy, I haven't really done anything with NFS10:00
LaserJockso I don't have much of anything to offer10:01
LaserJockPyld: but perhaps the edubuntu-users mailing list might be a good place to try10:01
LaserJockthere are quite a few people there that might know10:01
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PyldLaserJock: okay, I will try.10:03
moquistogra-classmate: jammcq's 4.2 kernel config saved me about 62 seconds on this craptop10:12
moquistogra-classmate: Now I'm down to 184 seconds from DHCP->login prompt10:12
moquistogra-classmate: gtk (the C implementation) still uses almost all the processor it can get for 60-70 seconds every time.10:13
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moquistI guess that looks crappy, or something.10:14
LaserJockwell, it might be worth a shot10:16
LaserJockbut if you need a console-based login screen isn't running a desktop going to be a problem?10:16
LaserJockor is it just on the clients end?10:16
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