[K12OSN] Re: Beta Fl_TeacherTool 0.71 for K12Linux (LTSP5)

Robert Arkiletian robark at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 20:04:22 UTC 2009


On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
>> Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Okay it's done. At least I hope it's done.
>>>>
>>>> I have developed this on F9,  it may need a tiny tweak for F11. I have
>>>> not done extensive testing so there may be some bugs. I know screen
>>>> blanking (lock) does not work but that is a general LTSP issue.
>>>>
>>>> The install procedure is long. I think this may be a barrier to entry
>>>> for some. If someone is interested to create a script for the install
>>>> (or an rpm) I think that would be much appreciated by many.
>>>>
>>>> BTW this new version does *not* have the security vulnerability that
>>>> the old version for ltsp 4.x did :)
>>>>
>>>> Download
>>>> http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/download.html
>>>
>>> Good news.
>>> Here is an i386 RPM for F9 or F10 prepared by Barry Cisna. Incredibly,
>>> it also takes care of the entire installation process except for
>>> adding persons who will run Fl_TeacherTool to the teachers group. I
>>> have *not* tested this RPM so please report any problems to this list.
>>>
>>>  http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/download.html
>>
>> Anyone interested in helping get this package reviewed and included in
>> fedora proper?  I'm offerring to help with reviewing, and potentially
>> comaintaining it.
>>
>
> Hi Rex,
>
> Since I am the developer one would expect me to be the obvious choice
> for this position. However, I am no longer using LTSP. I have switched
> to DRBL. I will be porting my software to that platform soon (as I
> need it for myself). However, I am committed to maintaining
> Fl_TeacherTool for LTSP in terms of  bug fixes and ensuring it works
> in the future but I probably won't be adding any new features. Except
> maybe one: shutdown class (LTSP5 makes this now possible)  As I
> understand it, being a maintainer involves testing it out in every new
> release of Fedora. What I propose is that I continue to maintain the
> code but that another person who is using ltsp be the package
> maintainer. I would of course work in co-operation with this person to
> ensure things work smoothly.
>
> On a side note: now that x11vnc is in the Fedora repo, this only
> leaves one package which Fl_TeacherTool needs that is not in the
> repos. It's vncsnapshot.
> http://vncsnapshot.sourceforge.net/

Actually there is tightvnc also. But I only need two files from that
package. From my install docs:

cp vncviewer binary to /usr/bin but rename it to teachertool-vncviewer
cp vncpasswd binary to /usr/bin but rename it to teachertool-vncpasswd



-- 
Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada




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