[Server-devel] Help test OLPC_XS_169 - RC1 for xs-0.4

[Martin Langhoff]

Even *more* testing of the major xs-config revamp coming for xs-0.4 .
IMO 169 is pretty close so I am keen on fixing any remaining issues
and calling it done on Monday (NZ time, Sunday for everyone else). So
*now* is the time to give it a spin -- bear in mind that a good xs-0.4
will make life easier for people testing the _XO_ against it during
next week, in the run up to their 8.2 release.

So help me help them - go hard at this one!

Note that the install notes are slightly different from earlier builds:

 - Grab it from http://xs-dev.laptop.org/xs/

 - The install should be similar to 165 and earlier builds. Do
complete the install steps (domain_config, ejabberd...)

 - _Note_: domain_config now takes only _one_ parameter (your new
domain) and if called with no params, it will re-build the config
files with the last-set domain.

 - It can install on small disks (5.5GB minumum) so fire up your qemu
(but note that the install is _very_ slow under qemu, and that qemu's
qcow2 format corrupts itself past the 4GB mark - claimed to be fixed
in 0.9.1 but I met this bug several times last week).

 - FIXED recently:
   - Right after the initial boot, named and dhcpd do _not_ come up, do
   - newer rssh package, with a patch for rsync v3 compat
   - idmgr sets additional grp rsshusers
   - various missing config files are included and 'made'
   - Squid was missing subdirectories
   - usbmount was missing mountpoints
   - various other minor issues

 - Right after the install, as root run

     chown -R xs-rsync.xs-rsync /library/xs-rsync/{pub,tmp,state}

  this is a workaround for the (nasty) http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8077

 - Note: there is a minor bug in ds-backup-client (on the XO). If you
are testing ds-backup, grab
http://dev.laptop.org/~martin/public_rpms/joyride/ds-backup-client-0.8.1-1.olpc3.noarch.rpm

Rough list of what we have tested -- worth retesting, and also testing
other angles we may have missed

 - Clean install
 - Upgrades from 165 / xs-0.3 using yum
 - Registration
 - XO OS upgrade installation via USB stick triggered on insert
 - XO OS upgrades using rsync
 - ds-backup operation
 - Internet/WAN connection (nat gateway)
 - Squid proxy (and interaction with internet connectivty, ds-backup
and activity updates)
 - ejabberd intiial install, basic presence services

C'mon! File some bugs, you know you wanna...




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