Forwarded message by <a href="mailto:wilsonfarrell@gmail.com">wilsonfarrell@gmail.com</a> :<br><br>I have been struggling with setting up my own ejabberd server inside my <br>
home network. I did this just to try a few things out. The public <br>
servers (such as <a href="http://xochat.org">xochat.org</a>) were just too crowded. I posted basically <br>
the same thing to olpc-open and no one responded. I followed your <br>
advice on:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ejabberd_Configuration">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ejabberd_Configuration</a> .<br>
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After much gnashing of teeth, I got things mostly working.<br>
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I am running two XO's as clients and one fedora 7 (not XO) as the <br>
ejabberd server. One XO is an actual OLPC laptop and the other runs in <br>
emulation in VMWare. The ejabberd server is also in VMWare. Both XO's <br>
are running version 653. (I upgraded the laptop) As far as my problem <br>
goes, it does not seem to make a difference if I am running a real XO or <br>
an emulated one.<br>
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If I follow your advice in the section "Setting up a Shared Roster", I <br>
get the following behavior. Sibling online uses may or may not see each <br>
other. They usually do not. Shared activities sometimes appear, but <br>
usually disappear after they are closed by a remote user, although they <br>
remain shared by the sharing XO.<br>
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On a whim I decided to change the Members in my Shared Roster Group <br>
"Everybody" from @online@ to @all@. Now I see the following behavior <br>
which is a whole lot better than the @online@ setting (but not right). <br>
Both XO clients can see each other in the neighborhood view, <br>
consistently without fail. I can "make friends" with each other, but <br>
that seems to do nothing except bring the other XO into the group view. <br>
However, when XO_1 opens an activity and shares it with the <br>
neighborhood, XO_2 does not see the shared activity (e.g., a shared chat <br>
session) in its neighborhood view. Actually what happens is that the <br>
position of the XO_1's icon moves (as if it is being refreshed) on the <br>
XO_2's neighborhood view. It is not until I "invite XO_2 to Chat" that <br>
it appears on XO_2's neighborhood view. Then I can collaborate. <br>
However, once I stop the activity on XO_2 (not XO_1, the XO sharing the <br>
activity), it disappears from XO_2's neighborhood view again.<br>
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I am wondering if the wiki is missing some critical step. The wiki is <br>
missing other things such as the need to create an admin user before you <br>
can access the web admin interface.<br>
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I can provide more details about configuration, etc., but I did not want <br>
to as I was not sure this was the best forum.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Wilson