[olpc-help] ejabberd server interaction

[Wilson Farrell]

Hi all:
I have been struggling with setting up my own ejabberd server inside my 
home network.  I did this just to try a few things out.  The public 
servers (such as xochat.org) were just too crowded.  Before anyone asks, 
I did follow the instructions at 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ejabberd_Configuration .
After much gnashing of teeth and lessons learned (I plan to update the 
wiki as soon as I get a few of the kinks worked out),  I got things 
mostly working.

Before I explain my current issue, I must say that I am not sure if what 
I am seeing (or not seeing) is the expected behavior.

I am running two XO's as clients and one fedora 7 (not XO) as the 
ejabberd server.  One XO is an actual OLPC laptop and the other runs in 
emulation in VMWare.  The ejabberd server is also in VMWare.  Both XO's 
are running version 653. (I upgraded the laptop)  As far as my problem 
goes, it does not seem to make a difference if I am running a real XO or 
an emulated one.

Both XO clients can see each other in the neighborhood view.  Getting 
that far was a struggle, but it now works reliably.  I can "make 
friends" with each other, but that seems to do nothing except bring the 
other XO into the group view.  When XO_1 opens an activity and shares it 
with the neighborhood, XO_2 does  not see the shared activity (e.g., a 
shared chat session) in its neighborhood view.  Actually what happens is 
that the position of the XO_1's icon moves (as if it is being refreshed) 
on the XO_2's neighborhood view.  It is not until I "invite XO_2 to 
Chat" that it appears on XO_2's neighborhood view.  Then I can 
collaborate.  However, once I stop the activity on XO_2 (not XO_1, the 
XO sharing the activity), it disappears from XO_2's neighborhood view again.

The question is "Should I expect to see shared resources of other XO's 
in my neighborhood view without being explicitly invited to them?"  If 
not, then that is not what I am seeing on public servers such as 
xochat.org.  If I am having a problem, would this be a problem with my 
server configuration or my XO software.

I can provide more details about configuration, etc., but I did not want 
to as I was not sure this was the best forum.

Thanks,

Wilson