[Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] GPA XS Report

[Dave Bauer]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Caroline Meeks<solutiongrove at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Anurag Goel<agoel23 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > We booted several computers with SoaS and changed the
>> > network settings from the default (jabber.sugarlabs.org) to the IP
>> > address
>> > on the XS. After doing this, the computers in the computer lab still
>> > would
>>
>> That is a workaround to the missing "register" button in SoaS, right?
>
> no, we are still just trying to get the machines in the lab to see the
> Jabber Server in the lab via the server setting in the control panel.
>
> I think some of your comments below may still be relevant but I don't
> entirely understand.
>>
>>
>> I suspect that part of the problem is that you are using the IP
>> address. Sugar will see whatever DNS or IP addr you provide there and
>> will try to connect to jabber and create an account as follows:
>>
>>  - <machine-id>@<jabberservername>
>>
>> On XO hardware, machine-id is the serialnumber. On other hw, it
>> creates a random string on first boot.
>>
>> The problem with the scheme is that jabber on the XS expects a very
>> specific jabber servername for the account: its own name (as given to
>> domain_config) prefixed with 'schoolserver.'

OK, we can workaround this two ways,

Use schoolserver as the jabber server name in the settings then
1) set the IP in /etc/hosts as a quick hack to make sure things work
2) set up the SoaS to use the built in DNS on the XS.

Using the DNS seems problematic, probably due to my lack on knowledge.
If we do that we need to defer to the network DNS for everything
except the schoolserver hostname. If kids take the stick home, what
happens with the DNS if we put the XS into resolv.conf? The SoaS is
not getting DHCP from the schoolserver due to the setup where the XS
is just inserting into the same LAN as the clients.

Dave

>>
>> If the name doesn't match that format, then it breaks.
>>
>> The workaround is to use "schoolserver.<mydomain>" in the SoaS control
>> panel. A more proper solution is probably to bring back 'registration'
>> :-)
>>
>> hth,
>>
>>
>>
>> m
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