[Bio-linux-dev] Upgrade to Bio-Linux 7 (at last)

[Tony Travis]

On 11/10/12 09:29, Mike Cox wrote:
> [...]
> I don't have the BioLinux background, so I suspect that I still have a
> partial install.  Is there a way to compare what should be installed and
> what I actually have?

Hi, Mike.

I've got a simple script to compare what's installed on a system 
relative to the distribution manifest generated from an iso image or on 
two Debian/Ubuntu systems. I tried posting it to this list before, but 
it was blocked by the automatic moderation policy. Let me know if you 
want a copy and I'll email it to you directly.

> NX also not yet working (users attempting to access get a message saying
> 'access disabled by host').  Attempted to follow Tony's suggestions
> above - installed Fallback (which hadn't been installed), installed
> ubuntu-desktop (or so  thought) and purged network-manager, breaking my
> internet connection.

Was NX working before the upgrade?

Our NX is broken, because much of "ubuntu-desktop" consists of 
recommended packages that are not installed by default. In particular, 
there is no logout button on the Gnome fall-back desktop and only the 
system font is available and it renders very badly on the NX desktop. 
I'm working on these problems and will post an update about what I discover.

>  This fool suggests the update isn't quite
> fool-proof yet - I should be a professional caving canary ;)
> Also I left my keys at home, which means my laptop is locked in a
> drawer. I'm fairly sure you can't help with this, but a lend of a jemmy
> would be useful. Today is fired.

Personally, I think creating a Bio-Linux 7 terminal server would be 
quite useful. We're not quite there yet, but Tim's efforts have brought 
us within reach of that goal and *any* contribution you can make about 
using Bio-Linux in this way would be very useful. Bio-Linux is as much 
about building a community as it is about creating a Linux distribution.

> Any reccommendations?  Everything is backed up in case a full install is
> required - but we have a lot of users, so that would be a pain.

Check /var/log/auth.log to see what is happening when people try to 
connect via NX. Make sure nx and the users are permitted to login via 
SSH. Check the ~/.nx folder.

If you create a temporary account for me with sudo rights I'll login and 
check it out for you (please contact me at my company email if you want 
me to do this: tony.travis at minke-informatics.co.uk).

Bye,

   Tony.