<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Team,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have gotten my active antenna from
OLPC. As soon as Julia or Michail provide me instructions </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">on how to put it together, I can begin
mesh testing.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">My current test configuration is:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">(internet)---(cable modem)---(Hub with
WiFi)---(XS) ---Active Antenna--XO</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If necessary, I can try to get a second
box to act as proxy, and some additional NIC cards and </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">cross over cables. Let me know
if that is required, or if the tests are valid with the configuration above.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Another option is that I can use my
one box in two configurations. </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">(internet)---(cable modem)---(Hub with
WiFi)---(Squid) ---Active Antenna--XO</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">This would mean testing the Squid box
by itself, and the XS by itself,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">for those testcases focused on one
or the other. I will pull one of my other</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PCs out of the closet, and perhaps
get that one to be my second box.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">SJ> You mentioned OLPC are doing
mostly in Python. While all of the XO client code is in Python, the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XS server code, driven by Moodle, is
in PHP. And I have received some sample PERL scripts for</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the install from mis amigos en Uruguay.
I am agnostic to languages, but would like to think we standardize</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> to Python for client, and PHP
for server side code for now. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Greg></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">As for backing up the /home directory
from the XO to the XS, I was envisioning a PHP page on the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">server that the student could navigate
to, and this would perform the file upload. It would require the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">students to take action to cause this
to happen. It sounds like an automated solution would be better,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">but how did you want this to be kicked
off, once per day? </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Brian></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I am looking at the spreadsheet you
sent. On "Software" I think you should add Fedora level,
especially</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">if Wad upgrades from Fedora 7 to Fedora
8, and also Linux kernel level. On "Content" can you provide
URLs</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">for all of these besides "Wikipedia.org"
I know, but the others? Do we have "OLPC Library Content"
to </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">test with? What were you looking
for under "Space Used"? Did you mean memory RAM used, or
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">disk MB used? Please clarify.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">My thoughts on the Test Cases:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Apply image to XO from USB"
-- I have my developer key, but was under the assumption that most XO</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">do not have a developer key? Do
you want me to test this process with and without developer key?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I need instructions on how to do "Apply
Image from USB" as I have never done this before, and which </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">images (I am running 653 now) you want
me to test.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Chat with Other XO" -- Ok,
to test chat before, I used my Thinkpad T60 running QEMU using </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the website "xochat.org" to
connect with my XO laptop. If we have ejabberd running on the XS,
would</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I connect my laptop and XO to "ejabberd"
and have the XO over the mesh, and the Thinkpad over</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the Wi-Fi? If not, I will need
to borrow my friend's XO for a pure mesh-to-mesh test.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Can launch Squeak Activity from
Moodle" -- is this the same as eToys, or did you mean the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">developers version of Squeak on the
OLPC website?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Fill up the XOs hard drive"
-- I love this one. In general, I think we should also develop some
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">tools that generate activity, this would
help identify memory leaks and what logs needs to be</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">tailed over time.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Remove activities manually"
-- what does this mean. I have been able to add activities
to my</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XO by downloading the XO files to my
Journal and installing them, but the only way I have been</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">able to remove them was dropping down
into "Terminal" activity and hacking away at the file</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">trees with "rm" commands.
Is there a better way to test this?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Type in Nepali, Save text in Nepali"
-- as I mentioned before, Nepali text does not appear</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">properly on my XO. I had set
up this test page (http://www.990tony.com/olpc/index.php)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">which shows correctly on my Windows
XP with both English and Nepali script, but on my XO</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the Nepali script shows up as little
black-and-white rectengles. Is there an image I need to </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">install on my XO to be able to read
both English and Nepali script?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks</font>
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