[Server-devel] XSCE 0.2 - Network problems running xs-setup

[Jerry Vonau]

On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 11:05 -0300, Rodolfo D. Arce S. wrote:
> I downloaded the RPM, installed using yum and didn' t ask for any dependencies.
> 
> ran xs-setup and it failed, it did restarted the Network and waited
> for a bit, but later it just failed, didn' t try to download anything
> 
> http://pastebin.com/vdgfuHtY
> 

Think we have an undeclared dependency on the rpm package 'hostname',
which may not be installed, can you check for that rpm package with
'rpm -q hostname' please. 

Jerry

> 
> 2013/3/22 Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca>:
> > On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 10:24 -0300, Rodolfo D. Arce S. wrote:
> >> > That time to restart NM seems excessive, but we need to cover that
> >> > situation. What would you time is a safe amount of time to wait before
> >> > bailing out of the install? I'm thinking 2 minutes.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> It takes some time because the conection is wi-fi and it takes a long
> >> time to "negotiate" the conection, the is restored a couple seconds
> >> before the scripts exists. The ideal would be to check if connection
> >> is up and then continue, with a simple ping to the previously found
> >> gateway should work and timeout after 2 minutes or so. DHCP servers on
> >> most routers are fast enough for that window of time with cable
> >> connections, but wireless could take a while. 2 minutes is more than
> >> enough.
> >>
> >> > I have some revisions related to that in the testing repo, could you
> >> > start the next install with the testing repo enabled:
> >>
> >> I have to enable testing and upgrade the xs-cofig package? or is there
> >> a specific package that needs to be downloaded?
> >>
> >
> > We haven't updated the stable repo yet, the latest testing rpm is at:
> >
> > http://build.activitycentral.com/xs-repo/RPMS/noarch/?C=M;O=D
> >
> > You can then install the latest by hand with rpm if you wish. You will
> > still need to have the repo file present to be able to install other
> > packages.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> >
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