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gwardoes anyone know about "perl: warning: setting locale failed" while running ltsp-build-kernel on a powerpc02:50
gwar?02:50
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gwardoes anyone know about "perl: warning: setting locale failed" while running ltsp-build-kernel on a powerpc03:02
gwar?03:02
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_46On another box, I was installing edubuntu, at % a notice saidmemory too low mode8004:57
_46so, I shut the install down and now the monitor is blank, does that mean my CR2032 battery on mother board id dead?04:58
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mindslantHi, I'm working on a proposal for a school I was just hired into to finally use all there donated computers.  Of course I chose edubuntu (it's wonderful)  Does anyone know of any resources I might use for the presentation?05:30
mindslantI guess first things first, is anyone here?05:31
kgoetzhang around, someoen might be abel to help you05:33
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mindslantI can for a bit05:34
mindslantI've never run a large network either.  I'm thinking I'll need to plug the modem into an edubuntu server, server to big switch box, to all the clients.  I'm guessing at spending about $300.05:35
mindslantI'm I kinda close or way off05:35
mindslant*Am I05:35
kgoetzdepends how many clients, if you have cables, what teh switch is, etc05:36
mindslantYeah, I figured a lot of variable would come into it05:36
mindslantI'm thinking ~20-30 clients per room (i.e. server) on cables (cat-5)05:37
kgoetzswitches come in 24 then 48 ports05:37
mindslantIf I'm not running a thin-client scenario, what is the purpose of the server?05:38
kgoetzusually +2 or +4 for uplinks05:38
mindslantI know there a lot of noob questions, I've just never run large networks05:38
kgoetzthere isnt one. unless you create a erason05:38
kgoetzand you can run all the rooms back to a central serrver, if thats sane for you, otherwise  aserver per room or set of rooms05:38
mindslantSo just modem to big switch box huh?  Much simpler.  I'm gaining confidence by the second.  Uh...+2 or  +4 <---what do the numbers mean?05:39
mindslantNo big server, no budget05:39
kgoetz+2 or +4 ports on switches05:40
kgoetzdepends on the switch05:40
mindslantOh okay05:40
kgoetzwhat sort of modem?05:40
kgoetzservers can also == proxies05:40
kgoetzwhich may be important in a schooll......05:40
mindslantI appreciate you answering all my silly little quandries.  Proxies are?05:40
kgoetzused for filtering and speeding up the connection05:41
kgoetzquestions are ok, if they help you make a good impression :)05:41
mindslantWell right now I'm the 6-9 social studies guy.  They saw my comp. sci background and want a computer guy.  I want to be a linux guy.  It's all coming together05:42
mindslantSo a high speed line comes into the building.  I put that in a proxie.  The Proxie hooks up to switches which hook up to more switches which are located in each class room?05:42
kgoetzif i wasnt at work, i'd be able to just help you atm05:43
mindslantYour at work now...thx for the dedication helping05:43
kgoetzim sort of flicking back and forth between you and our servers ;)05:43
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mindslantSo does the reasoning above make sense?05:45
kgoetzmore or less. not knowing any details of the network i cant be 100% 'yeh thats it' of course05:46
mindslantYeah, I know I'm just trying to get the concept.05:47
kgoetzthats abotu it05:47
mindslantWell good news, I really appreciate it.  I'll just figure out how proxies work and I'm in business kind of05:48
kgoetzlook at http://help.ubuntu.com/community/SquidGuard05:49
kgoetzit should be pretty much it :)05:49
kgoetzi used that and a bit extra at my work05:50
kgoetzmy other work ;)05:50
mindslantThx :).  I wikipediad Proxies and I get their purpose, now for the details.05:50
kgoetzsee above:)05:51
mindslantI think I can stumble along quickly enough that they won't realize I'm not sure what I"m doing and fire me.05:52
kgoetzremember to come and ask. its teh key thing. and loko in the wiki. fair bit of help there and teh site above05:53
mindslantCan do sir.  I'll let you get back to your real work.  Really, thanks a lot.05:54
kgoetzits ok, i'm working atm ;)05:54
kgoetzand if your asking for help, expect to wait a bit05:54
kgoetzpeople arnt always around05:54
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mindslantDo you work for ubuntu?  Or a school?05:55
kgoetzi use ubuntu at a community centre05:55
mindslantEither it stays open late or your accross the ocean from Texas05:56
kgoetzheh. the world does corss teh water ;)05:56
kgoetz*cross05:56
mindslantI meant you've got to live on another continent05:59
kgoetzyes, i'm in australia05:59
mindslantWe think of Australia as the bigger Texas06:00
kgoetz... i'im not sure how i'mi going to take that06:01
mindslantIt's a compliment.  Every Australian I've met I've naturally got along with.  We love you guys06:02
mindslantLots of similar mindsets usually06:02
kgoetzlong as its a good thing06:03
mindslantI hope to visit someday.06:04
mindslantIt's late here though, I just needed to spitball some ideas to make sure I wasn't about to bite off more than I could chew or that I wasn't way off track.  I really appreciate all the help. g'night sir.06:05
kgoetzlater mate, sleep well :)06:06
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fxchI just got a problem when I install Edubuntu yesterday. Could anybody help me?07:34
kgoetztell us teh problem, and if someone is able and available tehy will help you07:35
fxchAfter I configured the keyboard, the installer checked the CD and told me the CD didn't contain a complete distro07:38
fxchIt happened before the picture of 'IP address' of http://www.edubuntu.org/GettingStarted07:39
kgoetzis it a custom cd?07:40
fxchWhat do you mean 'custom cd'?07:40
fxchI received them from 'shipit.kubuntu.com'07:41
kgoetzedubuntu from kubuntu shipit?07:41
fxchSorry, it is 'shipit.edubuntu.com'07:41
fxchDoes anyone can solve this problem?07:45
fxchSorry, poor english07:45
kgoetzi'm confused by your error - i havent heard of it before07:45
fxchI even can't believe it. But it happened07:46
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=== Topic for #edubuntu: Order: http://shipit.edubuntu.org || Edubuntu - the education version of Ubuntu || http://www.edubuntu.org | Wiki: http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuWiki | MEETING: every Wednesday see http://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuMeetingAgenda | feisty (7.04) is released ! grab it while its hot ! http://www.edubuntu.org/Download | Upgraders see: https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuLTSPUpgradeNotes
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RichEdhey nixternal ... doin' okay ?09:30
LaserJockhi RichEd09:31
LaserJockhe seems to be having issues today09:31
RichEdhi LaserJock ... I picked up your comment on the doc spec yesterday.09:31
LaserJockmhm09:32
RichEdI must go through it, but my request to Will was basically:09:32
RichEddraw up a timeline based process for each dev cycle that indicates what doc work must be done and when, with "triggers" to make sure we start the work in good time.09:33
RichEdIt should include things like "prepare release notes" "ensure that old dosc on wiki / web are updated" "clean out old LP specs that are no longer relevant" etc.09:33
RichEdNot just tech doc, but all docs asociated with a cycle.09:34
LaserJockyeah, you can get a bit more detailed like that09:34
RichEdAnd the "rule is" dock into ubuntu processes, try not to splinter.09:34
LaserJockyes09:34
LaserJockwe got that going at the end of Feisty I think pretty well09:34
RichEdSame as artwork one basically, all about making a sausage machine, and less of a ad hoc seat of the panties.09:34
LaserJockwe just had to blow off the doc string freeze because we were trying to get the first release going09:35
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LaserJockbut things like release notes and wiki updating is good09:35
LaserJockprobably will need website update as well09:35
LaserJockRichEd: did you or ogra happen to prioritize the specs on the Roadmap wiki page?09:36
LaserJockI was going to suggest when he had his list of high, medium, and low that we should actually do that in the wiki page as well09:36
LaserJockblah, I gotta get to bed09:39
LaserJocksilly research09:39
LaserJockdon't they know I've got specs to impliment? ;-)09:39
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RichEd<LaserJock> we just had to blow off the doc string freeze because we were trying to get the first release going09:42
RichEddid I miss anything after that ?09:42
LaserJockbut things like release notes and wiki updating is good09:43
LaserJockprobably will need website update as well09:44
LaserJockRichEd: did you or ogra happen to prioritize the specs on the Roadmap wiki page?09:44
LaserJockI was going to suggest when he had his list of high, medium, and low that we should actually do that in  the wiki page as well09:44
LaserJockblah, I gotta get to bed09:44
LaserJock silly research09:44
LaserJockdon't they know I've got specs to impliment? ;-)09:44
RichEdyep ... the more defined tasks we have, the more places that volunteers can pick up a ball to help09:44
LaserJockthere, that's what you midded09:44
LaserJock*missed09:44
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pips1good morning09:57
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RichEdhi pips1 nixternal HedgeMage10:04
HedgeMagehi RichEd10:05
pips1hi all10:05
RichEdping pips110:09
pips1pong RichEd10:10
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Paul_UKhi, is there much difference between edubuntu and ubuntu server 7.04, with server edition having ltsp installed?10:28
RichEdPaul_UK: ogra can answer that best ... te main difference is the \education apps10:30
RichEd*the10:30
Paul_UKok, its just that i have a server running, ltsp is installed and im using the quickstart guide, but now i cant run any clients because of errors, such as : yeah - warning : xrdb command not found; X resources not merged and unable to start X session --- no "/home/paul/.xsession" file, no session managers, no windows managers, no terminal emulators found10:31
Paul_UKnot sure where to go next.10:31
Paul_UKdoes edubuntu come with a gui, or is it cli based ?10:39
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pips1Paul_UK: what do you mean by gui? do you mean a desktop environment and graphical applications?10:43
Paul_UKyep10:44
pips1There is the edubuntu-desktop debian package... which will provide a gnome desktop environment and educational applications10:44
RichEdPaul_UK: let me get you the link for the LTSP documentation10:44
Paul_UKRichEd: you mean the quickstart guide?10:45
RichEdthe whole list ... brb ...\10:45
Paul_UKRichEd: ok cool10:45
RichEdhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP10:45
RichEdthere you go ...10:46
RichEdnote also that you can get good help in #ltsp as this is the core LTSP we bundle10:46
Paul_UKoh, i know abot that10:46
Paul_UK*about10:46
RichEdmost folks there are on US time though10:46
Paul_UKno disrespect, but that documentation is a joke10:46
RichEdPaul_UK: none taken ... give us feedback ... what's good what's bad what's ugly10:47
Paul_UKi got an ubuntu server up and running, got dhcp setup and installed ltsp following the quickstart guide.  but now i have a client starting up with pxe and its looking like there is no x-session manager installed.  of which i cant find no mention, of how to administrate "published" thin client desktops.10:47
Paul_UKcoming from a citrix background, well after an hour of working with ubuntu server and ltsp, i wanted to beat someone in the street lol.10:48
Paul_UK1 thin client doesnt work because of this : warning : xrdb command not found; X resources not merged and unable to start X session --- no "/home/paul/.xsession" file, no session managers, no windows managers, no terminal emulators found10:48
Paul_UKso any help would be greatly appricated, otherwise i will download edubuntu10:48
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RichEdour tech types take stuff for granted ... do to them beiing close to the coal face10:49
RichEdwhat I can tell you is that LTSP was born in Edubuntu ... and was built as a one process Edubuntu install10:49
RichEdLTSP is now being generalised to Ubuntu ... and you are in the cusp period10:49
RichEdthe focus on this is ramping up10:50
RichEdSo *my suggestion* would be to install Edubuntu LTSP ... and play around with that ...10:50
Paul_UKhmm, yeah i understand that.  its just i would love to have this installed in a production environment for next month10:50
RichEdThen go vanilla Ubuntu if you need to as a 2nd attempt.10:50
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RichEdAnd by all means, bitch about the missing links ... but do so via email to the edubuntu-devel mail list so we can address.10:51
pips1Paul_UK: if you want to setup an LTSP server setup, it might be easier to go via edubuntu just now10:51
Paul_UKpips1: thats the conclusion im coming to, so yeah will just do that10:52
RichEdPaul_UK: I've been asked to clarify my broad statement above ...10:52
Paul_UKclarify?10:52
RichEdThe Ubuntu effort to build an LTSP environment stared with the education project  - ogra to be precise10:52
RichEdWe did not start LTSP ... which my earlier comment seemed to imply10:53
Paul_UKoh i realise that.10:53
Paul_UKI find its great you guys picked up LTSP and are wanting to bundle it with Ubuntu.10:53
RichEdUbuntu tackled getting an LTSP implementation into place to address low spec h/w in resource strapped schools.10:53
Paul_UKIts just that, going to the server page, it states that LTSP is ready to go for server edition.10:54
Paul_UKmaybe the wording needs to be changed.10:54
RichEdThe distro team is in the process of taking on an LTSP dedicated reource for Ubuntu ...10:54
RichEd*resource10:54
RichEdHe will look at some of those gaps10:55
Paul_UKok, well let me take a look at Edubuntu and then monitor the progress made for the server + ltsp10:55
RichEdRight now, ogra would be able to help you ... and if somone could document the hand-holding required, that would give us a good Gap analysis10:55
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cbx33anyone got any experience with firewalls?11:21
ograPaul_UK, sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop11:27
ograPaul_UK, you need a desktop session to log in to ...11:27
ograunless you want something special like a fullscreen xterm or something, then just set LDM_REMOTECMD=xterm or so ...11:29
ogra(in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf)11:29
Paul_UKok, thanks will take a look11:35
ograPaul_UK, the docs we have are suited for any normal ubuntu desktop install indeed sorry, its an assumption that users knw they need a desktop on the server side, i will fix the docs11:36
Paul_UKogra, its cool.  i knew i needed a desktop, but didnt know how to go about it.  im totally new to ubuntu and ltsp, can really only do basic stuff with linux lol11:36
Paul_UKogra, does edubuntu have this all configured and a desktop ready to go?11:38
ograwe're workig on a solution or the server CD by adding the necessary packages but there are some business related probs with that (desktop on long term supported releases will have only 3 years of support while server has 5 so puting these on a CD together is problematic) once these are properly solved we will just have an "install LTSP server" in the server installer11:39
ograPaul_UK, yep, if yu have a two network card setup everything will work out of th box in edubuntu11:39
ograif you have only one NIC you need to configure /etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf to match the IP of that one NIC11:40
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Paul_UKogra: good news to hear about the install LTSP option.  also i have 2 networking cards in the box.  another question, is the LTSP manager in edubuntu or do i need to download and install that?11:42
ograltsp manager isnt functional yet11:43
ograits only a proof of concept mockup11:43
Paul_UKahhh ok11:43
Paul_UKhehe just noticed the alpha comment11:43
ograin feisty we introduced python-ltsp, it provides all backend functions for ltsp manager, in gutsy i'll connect the gui with the backend stuff11:44
ograso in october there will be something functional11:44
Paul_UKcool11:44
Paul_UKok well im downloading edubuntu, hopefully i can get something working soon. i really need up to 40/50 thinclients locally and maybe 20 clients remotely by july.11:45
cbx33ogra: did I tell you we have someone interested in working on the KDE front end to TCM?11:59
ogracbx33, i met some people in spain who expressed interest, who is it ?12:22
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cbx33Yuriy12:31
ograah, right he said that before in here i think12:37
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rc55Hello! :) - I'm working for a small youth club with 10 Windows XP systems and I need a way to block adult / myspace style sites - does anyone have any suggestions? I could quite easily put in a new server to act as a proxy if needed.01:35
rc55I was just curious as to whether there was a standard way of doing things.01:36
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Paul_UKrc55, your router could have a word list to use to block sites.  otherwise use something like dansguardian with squid proxy01:41
rc55Paul_UK: funnily enough I could possibly use Ubuntu Christian Edition!01:44
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LaserJockogra: get my gcompris email?06:52
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ograLaserJock, i'll get to that tonight, currently i'm poking around in ltsp08:52
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Paul_UKhey there, is there anyway to troubleshoot dhcp server not starting up?  i've change the interface to eth1, eth1 has a static ip, and the dhcpd.conf is setup.  but its not working.  can anyone suggest anything?09:21
Paul_UK*its not starting up09:22
ograit should autodetect the right interace if you didnt fiddle around in /etc/defaults09:22
ogra*interface09:22
Paul_UK:) ok will remove what i put in09:23
ograpaste your /etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf and the ourput of ifconfig -a to a pastebot09:23
ogra*output09:23
Paul_UKah, theres me editing /etc/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf09:25
Paul_UKand now dhcpd3 starts09:26
LaserJockogra: great, I think as soon as gcompris and tuxpaint go through I'll submit my core-dev application09:26
Paul_UKand now my pxe client boots up09:27
Paul_UKthanks ogra09:27
ogra:)09:27
Paul_UKwell since you are on.  any documentation to setup thinclients?  i have the same issue where i need to install the desktop, so im guessing its yum install ubuntu-desktop?09:31
ograwell09:31
ogras/yum/apt-get/ :)09:32
LaserJockogra: you sure you don't want to use yum?09:32
LaserJockit's tasty09:32
Paul_UKis the client the same as the desktop iso?09:32
ograLaserJock, never tried to be honest, i'm happy with what i got09:32
LaserJockogra: I don't blame you :-)09:33
ogragar, ltsp-build-client fails on usplash09:33
Paul_UKogra? is the apt-get ubuntu-desktop the same as getting the iso?  as im sure i'll break the server and dont want to keep on downloading 470mb09:35
ograPaul_UK, ubuntu-desktop is on the alternate CD, get that one09:35
Paul_UKcool thanks09:36
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ogra*sigh*09:36
LaserJockuh oh09:36
Paul_UKgood luck09:36
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LaserJockah, cool09:37
Paul_UKso ogra, is there some documentation or do people bug you all the time :P09:38
ograhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/2007-May/001059.html09:39
ograPaul_UK, ^^^09:39
tristan_lala09:41
tristan_do you ppl only talk about edubuntu?09:41
Paul_UKyes09:41
tristan_:(09:41
tristan_so when i bother you with news about my gaybike you kick my ass?09:42
tristan_actually gaybike isn't a good name09:42
tristan_have to give it another name09:42
Paul_UKgaylord bike?09:42
tristan_http://fotos.marktplaats.nl/kopen/e/31/z.133bcfee7cac89eb036125488464ec2e.jpg <= that one09:42
tristan_thought about spacebike too09:43
tristan_to confuse the police09:43
tristan_:P09:43
tristan_so I don't need insurance and license crap09:43
tristan_and a vehicle registration plate09:44
tristan_ok09:45
tristan_sorry for this offtopic shit09:45
tristan_how do I run ubuntu on it? :P09:45
tristan_edubuntu, sorry09:45
tristan_ohw wait.. I have stickers :)09:45
LaserJockmmmm, free hotdogs and hamburgers at the uni today09:57
Paul_UKhmm nice09:57
Paul_UKwish i was there09:57
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Paul_UKoooooohhh yes09:59
Paul_UKi have a thin client09:59
Paul_UKogra, am i right in saying, the thinclients take their desktop from the server?10:03
ograright10:04
Paul_UKok.10:04
Paul_UKoh ogra, two more things.  have you ever used thinstation with this and what protocol does edubuntu use, rdp, ica, nx ?10:05
ograssh10:06
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sbalneavPaul_UK: X tunnelled over ssh10:07
Paul_UKright, i have no way to compare that, as i dont know x over ssh..  is it heavy on the bandwidth?10:08
Paul_UKand can you turn off the ssh?  to save on that bandwidth consumption?10:08
sbalneavWell, I guess the first question is, what are you trying to run over, a lan?10:10
sbalneavX is pretty bandwidth intensive.10:10
Paul_UKdamn10:10
sbalneavStub your toe?10:11
Paul_UKhehe yeah pretty much10:11
Paul_UKits over a lan, but really wanting something lightweight like rdp or ica10:11
LaserJockI think in general over lan X is faster10:12
sbalneavWell, RDP is a Windows only protocol, and ICA is not only windows only, but propriatary to Citrix.10:13
Paul_UKsbalneav: ica is used by 2x, as far as i know.10:14
sbalneavIf you're worried about bandwidth on your main backbone, the simplest, and easiest way around that is simply to put two ethernet cards in one machine.  Hang the terminals off the second lan card.10:14
sbalneavPaul_UK: they're using the "free" ica client to connect to windows citrix boxes.10:15
Paul_UKyeah10:15
sbalneavYou can't connect to a Linux machine with ica.10:15
Paul_UKi agree with the 2nd card, thats what im doing, but im going to have 40 thinclients, but also wanting to do voip as well.10:16
sbalneavWell, either way, you'd be looking at updating your backbone.10:16
sbalneavIs is gigE now?10:16
Paul_UKif it needs to be, its max 4GB10:17
sbalneavWell, that should be ok10:20
Paul_UKhey silly question, whilst i think about it.  can you set specific desktops to groups?10:42
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lynn_i'm having trouble w/ ltsp10:44
lynn_anybody know how to netboot a powerpc thinclient?10:45
Paul_UKthru pxe?10:45
ograyou need a special dhcpd.conf10:45
ograhttp://people.ubuntu.com/~ogra/dhcpd.conf10:46
ogrause that one as base10:46
ogralynn_, ^^^10:46
lynn_thanks, i'll try it10:46
ogra:)10:46
Paul_UKogra, is there a way to turn off ssh?10:47
ograPaul_UK, you can use XDMCP with the loss odf all security and most of the features (sound/local devices)10:47
Paul_UKoh need the sound.10:47
Paul_UKok last question, can you set a desktop to a group?10:48
lynn_ogra, do you know what command i should use to boot the thin-client?10:57
lynn_from yaboot?10:57
ograthere is a key combo you have to press to make  ppc netboot, i dont know it from the top of my head its a while ago i had to poke on ppc10:58
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lynn_i held down "n", and it flashed a globe for a sec, but then fell back to the hard-drive11:02
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lynn_ogra, did that dhcpd.conf work for you?11:12
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ogralynn_, yes11:16
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john_sHi all,11:16
ograhey11:17
john_sAre they're any LTSP guru's local to the NW US on this channel?11:17
john_sHey Ogra11:17
john_sThanks for the help yesterday11:17
ograNW like in north west ?11:17
john_syes11:17
ograthere are some in the east ... maine michigan etc11:18
john_sI am wondering if anyone else is doing this thing within eyeball distance of me11:18
john_syeah, I know that LTSP isn't folks main focus here, but I thought I would ask :)11:18
ograwell, i just dont know any from the westcoast but that doesnt mean there arent any :)11:19
john_syeah11:20
john_sfair enough11:20
john_swhat part of the world are you in?11:21
lynn_ogra, did you have to have to specify the hosts specifically in the dhcpd.conf?11:21
ogralynn_, i used the file i gave to you 1:111:23
ograjohn_s, germany11:24
ograbut 1/3 of the year travelling arond (at least it feels like that)11:24
john_sLucky you! I won't bug you anymore sounds like your busy and so am I11:24
john_sAh well hopefully thats fun for you?11:24
ograindeed it is11:25
john_skewl11:25
ograbuilding edubuntu and promoting it is the best job i can imagine ;)11:25
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john_sI would imagine so, it seems like a neat, eclectic crowd11:25
john_salso good for the world, which is a rare and happy thing11:26
john_sok, bye and thanks!11:26
lynn_ogra, did you get it working with a mac?  i may be doing something else wrong11:27
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Meshezabeelheya, I am creating some language learning software and need to use the Canadian Aboriginal Unicode fonts that are under Character Map. In edubuntu 6.10 none of them show up, in 7.04, some of them show up, but not all of them. What do I need to do to get all of them to show up? For example 1401 through 1406 show up, then 1407 to 1409 are missing, etc.11:27
ogralynn_, yes, i got it working with a mac ... what did you do so far ?11:27
ograMeshezabeel, if you know font names (instead of numbers) you might be able to find them in synaptic11:28
lynn_i got an i386 thin client running properly, then did the ltsp-build-kernel on an old mac, it said it built it successfully, but we can't get the ppc thin-clients running11:30
Meshezabeelogra, in Character map it shows up as "Canadian Aboriginal" doesn't this mean the font is installed on the computer if it knows it's name?11:30
lynn_i replaced the dhcp.conf with the one u gave me, restarted the dhcp3-server successfully, but still cannot boot any macs11:31
ograMeshezabeel, try: sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig -> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=17014111:32
ogralynn_, how did you build your client for the ppc ?11:33
lynn_i mounted the /opt/ltsp file on a powerpc from the server, then ran ltsp-build-client11:34
ograok11:34
ograyou need ltsp-server installed on your server as well11:35
ograand run ltsp-update-kernels and ltsp-udate-sshkeys11:35
lynn_i think i already did that, but i'll try again, thanks11:36
ograhttp://elliot.ecowizards.com/wp/archives/2006/05/18/ltsp-booting-old-mac-hardware/11:36
ograthats a bit better than the wii doc11:36
ogra*wiki11:37
ograseems the wiki instructions dont wokr on all macs (they are from an G4 ibook)11:38
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lynn_ok ogra, i just tried what u said and i got a "can't read elf" error.  I'll check out that wiki11:39
Meshezabeelthanks ogra11:39
ogracant read elf ? that sounds like a wrong architecture11:39
ograare yu sure you got a powerpc chroot in /opt/ltsp ? not i386 ?11:39
lynn_both folders are in there, how do I make it point to ppc?11:40
ograthe dhcpd.conf "root-path" needs to point to powerpc for the ppc clients11:41
lynn_i'm using the one u gave me and it does that for sure11:42
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racterogra do you have a sample yaboot.conf that you used?11:46
ractercould it be a problem w/that?  we are just using whatever was generated by ltsp-build-client11:47
ograhmm, not handy, the script should have generated one though11:47
ograso how far does your boot get ? do you see any kernel messages or does it already hang in openfirmware ?11:48
lynn_can't read elf11:48
racterit just hangs in open firmware11:48
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ogra(read since 7 months or so)11:49
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ograracter, i think there is a way t boot from opefirmware in verbose mode so you could see more errors (not sure though)11:50
tristan_anyone here who can help me with something offtopic?11:50
tristan_I'm looking for a new haircut11:50
ograalso check the server logs if you even get requests from the client11:50
tristan_I was thinking of shaving linux backwards on the back of my head11:51
racterogra: we are definitely getting requests showing up in /var/log/syslog11:52
ograon tftp as well or only for dhcp ?11:54
racterhow can we check tftp?11:54
racteri'd like to check that out11:54
ograit should show up in syslog11:54
ractero ok - nothing there11:54
racterps aux | grep tftp is empty also11:54
ractershould it be running?11:54
ractersorry n/m it's running11:54
racter/usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftpboot11:55
ograno, it shouldnt11:58
ractersorry?11:58
ograit wil break if you run it as a static daemon, it needs to run from inetd to serve kernel and initramfs11:58
ograltsp-server should have set that up for ou during install ...11:59
racterok it's set up in inetd; not sure how it got running as a daemon but i killed it12:00
racterbut still can't read elf12:00
ogrado you see tftp requests now ?12:01
racterno still no requests in syslog12:01
racternothing about tftp in there12:01
ograwell, that your tftpd was running is a bt strange12:03
ogramake sure you have disabled it in /etc/default so it doesnt break in the future12:03
lynn_ok done12:04
racterany idea what would stop the client from requesting a rom by tftp?12:08
Meshezabeeltristan_: nah, if you want a decent haircut then you should shave into it supercalifragilelisticexpiealladocious.12:09
Meshezabeeler, I guess it's spelt: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious12:12
racterok i tried running a little tftp session independent of netbooting and there are no messages in syslog about it12:15

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