[opensuse-edu] LI-F-E DVD feedback #2 - Build4.2
Greetings all! Let me stick my ignorant oar back in the water..... (hit delete if you desire...) First, it was a great install. Good job. A few issues tho, being nitpicky :) I wish I could honestly help building it out rather than just reporting on subjective issues... Cron: Moodle is not enable or configured on the end install. Result. Lots of emails generate by Cron to Root. Italc: I know, not your issue really, but I admit being unable to find an answer at the moment..... I generated the new keypair, but I cannot access any clients. The following is the only excerpt from the italc_client.log (master is empty) -- Tue Jun 30 15:51:12 2009: [warning] QDir::mkpath: Empty or null file name(s) Any clues would be helpful. I have read the wiki. Do I need to rebuild the client images in order for it to work correctly? That I did not do. Pulseaudio - does not kill itself. Leaves a lot of 'zombies' around. If the user reboots the terminal, then the previous session is still alive. They tend to accumulate. Temp workaround was to add a cron job to the cron.daily that runs at midnight (script checks to ensure it is the right hour and not 3pm) and do a killall pulseaudio. Zombie user sessions: Again, sometimes as a result of the end user rebooting. (I was configuring the system while it was in use, and had to ask a few to restart from time to time). It would leave both Pulseaudio and gconf running. Sabayon: probably an issue with the mainstream install. Does a error dump after any action. Yast: GUI errors crop up sometimes. I need to snapshot them and file them with the main distro bugzilla. Since Sabayon is not running, and the EDU switched to a Gnome build, I don't have a means of editing out the menus to restrict them per 'class'. I would like to only display the appropriate type of programs for the age groups that are using it. I have it broken down in to elementary and highschool. I would also like to remove the 'non-working' icons that they should not need from the side menu. In other words, simplify it. They don't need YAST on their menu. :) Thoughts? Dirty Jokes? Comments? Thanks! ------ Doug Glenn FORUM Information Systems, LLC http://foruminfosystems.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org
Thanks Doug for your help. Cyberorg has been looking for this information from me for some time and I have to admit. openSIS keeps me pretty preoccupied. I am supposing that you already have openSUSE credentials when I suggest that you join the bugtracker to continue submitting these issues http://devzilla.novell.com/education/ one set on Novell\openSUSE credentials is all you need to uses any of the edu teams tools. Have you been able to talk to Cyberorg in the IRC? you have to do so before 10 am EST. Again thanks Doug Glenn wrote:
Greetings all!
Let me stick my ignorant oar back in the water..... (hit delete if you desire...)
First, it was a great install. Good job. A few issues tho, being nitpicky :) I wish I could honestly help building it out rather than just reporting on subjective issues...
Cron: Moodle is not enable or configured on the end install. Result. Lots of emails generate by Cron to Root.
Italc: I know, not your issue really, but I admit being unable to find an answer at the moment..... I generated the new keypair, but I cannot access any clients. The following is the only excerpt from the italc_client.log (master is empty) -- Tue Jun 30 15:51:12 2009: [warning] QDir::mkpath: Empty or null file name(s)
Any clues would be helpful. I have read the wiki. Do I need to rebuild the client images in order for it to work correctly? That I did not do.
Pulseaudio - does not kill itself. Leaves a lot of 'zombies' around. If the user reboots the terminal, then the previous session is still alive. They tend to accumulate. Temp workaround was to add a cron job to the cron.daily that runs at midnight (script checks to ensure it is the right hour and not 3pm) and do a killall pulseaudio.
Zombie user sessions: Again, sometimes as a result of the end user rebooting. (I was configuring the system while it was in use, and had to ask a few to restart from time to time). It would leave both Pulseaudio and gconf running.
Sabayon: probably an issue with the mainstream install. Does a error dump after any action.
Yast: GUI errors crop up sometimes. I need to snapshot them and file them with the main distro bugzilla.
Since Sabayon is not running, and the EDU switched to a Gnome build, I don't have a means of editing out the menus to restrict them per 'class'. I would like to only display the appropriate type of programs for the age groups that are using it. I have it broken down in to elementary and highschool. I would also like to remove the 'non-working' icons that they should not need from the side menu. In other words, simplify it. They don't need YAST on their menu. :)
Thoughts? Dirty Jokes? Comments?
Thanks! ------ Doug Glenn FORUM Information Systems, LLC http://foruminfosystems.com
-- James A. Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com http://www.opensis.com e-mail james "at" os4ed.com Phone (678)392-4031 Registered Linux user #440182 openSUSE-Education founder http://en.opensuse.org/education e-mail sleducator "at" opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Doug Glenn
Greetings all!
Let me stick my ignorant oar back in the water..... (hit delete if you desire...)
First, it was a great install. Good job. A few issues tho, being nitpicky :) I wish I could honestly help building it out rather than just reporting on subjective issues...
Cron: Moodle is not enable or configured on the end install. Result. Lots of emails generate by Cron to Root.
Please file a bug on devzilla link provided by James.
Italc: I know, not your issue really, but I admit being unable to find an answer at the moment..... I generated the new keypair, but I cannot access any clients. The following is the only excerpt from the italc_client.log (master is empty) -- Tue Jun 30 15:51:12 2009: [warning] QDir::mkpath: Empty or null file name(s)
Any clues would be helpful. I have read the wiki. Do I need to rebuild the client images in order for it to work correctly? That I did not do.
No image rebuild is required, check /etc/sysconfig/ica to see if italc is enabled.
Pulseaudio - does not kill itself. Leaves a lot of 'zombies' around. If the user reboots the terminal, then the previous session is still alive. They tend to accumulate. Temp workaround was to add a cron job to the cron.daily that runs at midnight (script checks to ensure it is the right hour and not 3pm) and do a killall pulseaudio.
Zombie user sessions: Again, sometimes as a result of the end user rebooting. (I was configuring the system while it was in use, and had to ask a few to restart from time to time). It would leave both Pulseaudio and gconf running.
I think LTSP upstream are aware of this issue as it affects all distributions, fix will be in soon.
Sabayon: probably an issue with the mainstream install. Does a error dump after any action.
Sabayon has been broken for a very long time, follow upstream gnome bug tracker for that.
Yast: GUI errors crop up sometimes. I need to snapshot them and file them with the main distro bugzilla.
Yes, please do.
Since Sabayon is not running, and the EDU switched to a Gnome build, I don't have a means of editing out the menus to restrict them per 'class'. I would like to only display the appropriate type of programs for the age groups that are using it. I have it broken down in to elementary and highschool. I would also like to remove the 'non-working' icons that they should not need from the side menu. In other words, simplify it. They don't need YAST on their menu. :)
gconf is your friend. http://opseast.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/sledgnome-desktop-lockdown/ Thanks again for the detailed feedback. Cheers -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org
Thank you for the help. I will get the details filed a little later.
Great job!
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Jigish Gohil
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Doug Glenn -
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Jigish Gohil