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 * Smaba schema in d-e-c is out dated  * Samba schema in d-e-c is out dated, new attributes required by samba ([[DebianEdu/Status/Lenny/SambaLDAP|SambaLDAP]])

Status of the Lenny-based DebianEdu

See also DebianEdu/roadmap (and DebianEdu/Status/Etch). Check the tagged BTS bugs in unstable and testing.

Netinstaller available from rsync ftp.skolelinux.no::cd-lenny-test-i386/debian-edu-i386-CD-1.iso multiarchdvd available from rsync ftp.skolelinux.no::cd-lenny-test-dvd/debian-edu-amd64-i386-DVD-1.iso

More verbose instructions how to test are available, too.

bugzilla view of issues

Issues which we need to fix for a release

  • Choose debian edu profile in text mode debian-edu expert: non-functional /!\ #1315

    • pere is working on this
    • pere confirmed it's still an issue
    • luk has prepared a workaround
    Bug #508042 closed at 05 April 2005, assumed fixed at version 0.140 of cdebconf, now in unstable.
  • pdnsd needs to be configured and bind kicked out
  • we need to check if adding machines with lwat is enough to put them in dhcp. /!\ #1333 #499707 also see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Lwat

  • Default browser (Iceweasel) refuses to connect to https://www/ by default because it do not like the self signed certificate. /!\ #1328

    • vegar engen and gisle (apologies in advance for spelling the names wrong) are working on this
  • LDAP connection refused by ldapvi (to test, use ldapvi -Z  -D cn=admin,ou=People,dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no). The error is "ldap_start_tls_s: Connect error (-11)"

    • To connect use --ldap-conf option, seems related to TLS_REQCERT option in ldap.conf

    • Same problem with kdm, from a workstation or ltsp-server: kdm: pam_ldap: ldap_starttls_s: Can't contact LDAP server /!\

    • Seems like a problem with ldapvi, investigating the source of ldapvi showed that it does not support tls properly (needs check)

    • Can the debian bug #505191 be a reason for this ?

  • PXE install is not enabled when installing from DVD. The d-i pxeinstall images are missing.
    • Need to be included on the DVD: either by copying from Debian archive or by creating and updating a package whenever debian-installer in Debian is changed.
      • Proposed fix implemented by Petter, waiting in NEW. h01ger rejects the idea of depending on binary .debs which dont build from their .dsc packages

      • h01ger plans to fix this by copying the tarballs on the DVD directly and making use of them and documenting how to update them
  • LTSP is not generated when installing over PXE. ltsp-client-builder logs "no CD-ROM found ! Not installing ltsp chroot" /!\ needs confirmation if still exists!

    • bard aase is working on this
  • Samba schema in d-e-c is out dated, new attributes required by samba (SambaLDAP)

  • before the release, we need to update the release version numbers in svn://trunk/src/build/CD-administrator/CONF-lenny* and in svn://trunk/src/debian-edu-install/version #1329

Issues which we would like to fix for a release

  • OCS Inventory server is not installed properly, and the client do not automatically know how to connect to the server #1332.

  • ?Browser plugin for multimedia is unable to handle some popular video sites. (pere: FIXED?) (needs list which!)

  • The diskless workstation setup should be enabled by default on thin client servers. This is not yet implemented.
  • We should switch to consolekit instead of obsolete libpam-foreground. Should be fixed, need verification (pere 2009-03-28).
  • Popular flash sites do not work out of the box. (needs list which!)
  • Squid disk usage is not dynamically scaled to match the partition size available. Hardcoded to 100 MB in the squid.conf file. Should be 90% of disk space.
  • Nagios is not properly configured based on sitesummary data.

Fixed Issues

  • installing german standalone installs a belgian kde UI.
    • Fixed with localization-config >1.03 (./)

  • LWAT is unable to connet to the LDAP server. Perhaps related to the gnutls issue, or because we use a snake-oil certificate.
    • Works now. Problem was that the certificate of the ldapserver referenced in ldap.conf (/etc/ldap/ssl...) was not readable by the apache process. (./)

  • the profile question is garbled for some languages (eg. german) in the text installer.
    • Should be fixed with svn-version (needs upload to Debian)

  • Thin-clients fail to load: "Connection refused" - /!\ #1320

  • the partition sizes generated by the installer are too small, which is worked around by extending partitions during installation, but this lead to fsck on first boot because of a misfeature in online ext3 resizing. a fix is needed to make sure the minimum partition sizes are large enough to avoid resizing during normal installs. /!\ #1237

  • nagios3 - if you upgrade from a previous Debian Edu installation you need to run rm -rf /etc/nagios3/* ; cp -a /etc/nagios2/* /etc/nagios3/ - we need to confirm this actually works in our default setup. /!\ #1326

  • pkgsel failes to install octave cousing a error in the installer, when installing a thin client server profile(perhaps also workstation?) . rerunning the default selected step works. /!\ #1330 /!\ needs confirmation if still exists!

  • Installation doesn't find cdrom on SIS5513 IDE-chipset /!\ #1339

  • drop sugar from expert mode. its not working yet.
  • exim4-daemon-heavy is missing for mainserver #1343

  • installer: tasksel is broken (installing not needed desktop packages) - works (at least in lenny-test)
  • consolekit is leaking resources, need a oneline patch, http://patch-tracking.debian.net/patch/series/view/consolekit/0.3.0-2/11-unref-dbus-proxy.patch #521651 - this will either go into 5.0.1 or if it doesnt (and only gets into 5.0.2) we can upload a fixed package to our repo. Fixed in 5.0.1 (see bts and p.d.o)

New Features in Lenny

  • also see http://wiki.debian.org/NewInLenny

  • we finally have a killer feature ! :)

  • nagios3 - if you upgrade from a previous Debian Edu installation you need to run rm -rf /etc/nagios3/* ; cp -a /etc/nagios2/* /etc/nagios3/ - and we need to confirm this actually works in our default setup.

  • per default all .xsession-errors are truncated automatically or redirected to /dev/null, the user can disable this by creating ~/.xsession-errors-enable
  • The Barebone profile has been renamed to Minimal, a Sugar profile has been added.

  • The name of the LDAP server isn't hardcoded anymore for NSS lookups, instead we use DNS SRV records to find it. PAM still uses the LDAP server name.
  • http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/edu/tasks/ is a new overview page, what tasks are available in Debian Edu.

  • rsyslogd instead of syslogd
  • setup PXE environment (for workstations? ltsp servers?) automatically (doesnt work for DVD installs without internet access yet) - only for i386 clients too
  • dhcp3 server gets config from LDAP
  • to ease installation of Debian Edu on some hardware, we include the following non-free firmwares on our installation media: firmware-bnx2, firmware-iwlwifi, firmware-qlogic. If you know of other useful and distributable firmwares, please let us know.