[Server-devel] XS software compatibility question

[Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect)]

The two servers are ready to go.

I had edited idmgr.conf. I didn't know if there were other files that
needed to be updated.

I tried Fedora 8 & 9.

With Fedora 9, installing the jabber does not work because libexpat is a
different version. I probably could have compiled, but I'd prefer to
stay with RPMs so the server will be easier to upgrade. I did not try
idmgr.

With Fedora 8, I had SCSI drivers issues.

So we're back to Fedora 7. 

I did not install xs-config. I just copied config files from a working
server and modified them for this one. 

The wiki mentions some .diffs to install for the ejabberd. Can I safely
assume those directions are outdated?
 



-----Original Message-----
From: John Watlington [mailto:wad at laptop.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:36 PM
To: Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect); Dennis Gilmore
Cc: John Watlington; Martin Langhoff; server-devel
Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS software compatibility question


On May 21, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) wrote:

> OK, the jabber is working fine. The problem was that hostname was 
> working correctly but hostname -s & -f were not.
>
> I installed the idmgr with yum install idmgr.  Are there any 
> configuration files I need to edit?

Take a look at /etc/idmgr.conf
It should have the FQDN for the server listed for both variables.

> I did manage to crash the server after updating all packages. I could 
> see which one it was.
>
> This server is running Fedora 7. If I try Fedora 8 or 9 to avoid that 
> incompatible package, should your packages still work?

There lie uncharted waters.
Dennis might be able to help with that answer.

I suspect that the answer is probably yes, given the limited number of
packages you are trying.

>  Thank you
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Watlington [mailto:wad at laptop.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:21 PM
> To: Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect)
> Cc: John Watlington; Martin Langhoff; server-devel
> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS software compatibility question
>
>
> I don't have enough information to suggest anything, just offer 
> condolences and vague comments  :-)
>
>  From your command line info I assume that you are having problems 
> keeping ejabberd running, not connecting or collaborating after 
> starting it up.
>
> There is a brief time during startup when ejabberd is running
> but the status is returned as stopped.    Other than during time,
> I usually don't see ejabberd processes running while service (or
> ejabberdctl) say it isn't running.  This only lasts for a minute or 
> so.
>
> Can you take a look at /var/log/ejabberd/sasl.log ?  Usually when 
> ejabberd has problems starting, the error is logged cryptically 
> there...
>
> wad
>
> On May 20, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) wrote:
>
>> I am having a problem with the ejabberd.
>>
>> I took the ejabberd.cfg & ejabberdctl.cfg files from a working server

>> and then changed the domain before starting ejabbered.
>>
>> What do you suggest?
>>
>> [root at localhost ~]# ejabberdctl ejabberd status Node 
>> ejabberd at schoolserver is started. Status: started ejabberd is not 
>> running [root at localhost ~]# ps auxxwww | grep jabber
>> ejabberd  2672  0.0  0.0   1932   340 ?        S    10:32   0:00
>> /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.6.1/bin/epmd -daemon
>> ejabberd  3320  0.1  0.8  65200 18116 ?        Sl   10:39   0:00
>> /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.6.1/bin/beam.smp -K true -- -root /usr/lib/ 
>> erlang -progname erl -- -home /var/lib/ejabberd -pa 
>> /usr/lib/ejabberd-2.0.0/ebin -sname ejabberd -s ejabberd -ejabberd 
>> config "/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg" log_path 
>> "/var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log" -sasl sasl_error_logger 
>> {file,"/var/log/ejabberd/sasl.log"} -mnesia dir 
>> "/var/lib/ejabberd/spool" -kernel inetrc "/etc/ejabberd/ 
>> ejabberd.inetrc"
>> -noshell -noinput
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Watlington [mailto:wad at laptop.org]
>> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:39 PM
>> To: Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect)
>> Cc: John Watlington; Martin Langhoff; server-devel
>> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS software compatibility question
>>
>>
>> On May 19, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project
>>> Connect) >
>
>>> The installation was perfect with the full Fedora 7 installation.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to install all of OLPC's customizations on top of a 
>>>> stock Fedora installation?
>>>
>>> Yes. Add the XS repositories to your yum sources, and install xs- 
>>> pkgs
>
>>> from there (which should pull all the right dependencies). I suspect

>>> it will muck up a few things, such as user accts created for 
>>> processes. The kernel might also be missing those specific drivers 
>>> you
>>
>>> need.
>>
>> The config file for ejabberd is in xs-config, so you will probably 
>> want to replace the Fedora repos with the OLPC ones, and install 
>> xs-pkgs and xs-config.
>>
>> (I'm thinking evil thoughts about just installing the idmgr and 
>> ejabberd
>> packages and grabbing the ejabberd config file from git...   Since in
>> the NYC installation you provide all networking services externally!)
>>
>>> So I can't guarantee it will work.
>> Definitely not, but I bet it will be close.
>> Don't forget to reboot after installing xs-config, to trigger any 
>> post-first-boot network configurations...
>>
>>>> How else would you suggest we proceed?
>>>
>>> Hmmm. As you aren't using AAs, you probably don't need ourcustom 
>>> kernel. So perhaps install xs-config and then review what xs-pkgs 
>>> will
>>
>>> pull in - you'll want to install all of that except for the custom 
>>> kernel.
>>
>> We have no custom kernel, our repositories simply contain a freeze of

>> the Fedora 7 release/update repos at a recent date.  You are safe 
>> there...
>>
>> Thanks for working on this!
>> wad
>>
>>
>>
>>
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