[Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

[David Leeming]

OK ... but can you give me a preview, I will test it and give feedback

David 


-----Original Message-----
From: David Farning [mailto:dfarning at activitycentral.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 10:34 a.m.
To: David Leeming
Cc: George Hunt; Jerry Vonau; server-devel
Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

Let's add it to the 0.4 install section since it has not passed anna's
QA for 0.3.

Seem reasonable?

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:10 PM, David Leeming
<david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
> Hi George
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> It’s a great job the XSCE team has done and good thinking on the offline
> install.
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>  – would it be possible to add step by step instructions on using the yum
> cache for a subsequent offline install, to the wiki please?
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> David
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> From: George Hunt [mailto:georgejhunt at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 8:41 p.m.
> To: David Farning
> Cc: David Leeming; Jerry Vonau; server-devel
> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
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> There were kernel problems with 11.3.1 which kept us from getting the XO-1.5
> to become an XSCE.  It was only with the 13.1.0 release, that we were able
> to get the network adapters to work properly after a reboot.
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> So I'm afraid that everyone will save a lot of time, and pain, in the long
> run, if the install procedure is followed exactly.
> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing)
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> We were not able to test adequately the offline install for subsequent XSCE
> installations to have it be part of the 0.3 release. But for situations
> where internet access is slow, and expensive, it is possible to use a USB
> stick to transfer the rpm packages contained in the /var/yum/cache from the
> first XSCE to the next one, and greatly speed up the install process. (And
> if you leave a USB stick in the XSCE, during the first install, it is our
> intention, and design, that the /var/yum/cache will be copied to that USB
> stick during the install process on that first machine -- and then used
> automatically on a subsequent install)
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> George
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> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:31 PM, David Farning
> <dfarning at activitycentral.com> wrote:
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> Hmm, that is an interesting point that we kind of took for granted.
>
> Our goal with the 'reference' hardware and software is to provide a
> known set of stuff which 'just works.' While other hardware, software,
> and features might work... they have not been tested.
>
> Maybe george or jerry have a good answer for you.
>
> At the risk of carbon dating myself... I grew up in the era where my
> nerdy friends and I drooled over the pages of 'Computer Shopper' for a
> 9.6 kbit/s modem. Auto Resume for stalled downloads was a life saver:)
>
> Now, for simplicity, our testing involves reflashing everything to get
> back to a known state. As you point out, that is probably not the best
> assumption for low bandwidth areas.
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> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:36 PM, David Leeming
> <david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
>> Sorry just realised the XO is only installed with 11.3.1 (os855)
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>> However, is it still possible to work around? It’s not easy or cheap to
>> download the os file.
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>> David
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>> From: David Leeming [mailto:david at leeming-consulting.com]
>> Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 12:28 p.m.
>> To: 'server-devel'
>> Subject: Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
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>> Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
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>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing
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>> I get as far as step 13, after the SD card (I am testing with an 8GB card)
>> successfully configures.
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>> When I enter “bootstrap-xo” is replies
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>> Not an XO please run ‘xs-config’
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>> Tried to do that but
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>> xs-config: command not found
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>> David Leeming
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>> Solomon Islands
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