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== Fourth quarter ==
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http://xkcd.com/874/
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== Third quarter ==
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=== File server ===
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* Get a proper AFP or NFS server running on the PE700 under Ubuntu or Debian.
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** 250 GB RAID 1 setup working properly ✓
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** Install an OS (Debian 6) ✓
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** Build compatible version of Netatalk
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** Get autodiscovery working with Avahi
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** Fix any remaining issues by testing over Fortress of Solitude with MBP
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* Research getting a domain server running so people can log into a thingy with it without logging into the thingy itself ('''LDAP'''/'''OpenDS''' or '''ADDS''')
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* '''Do not''' install DHCP server ✓
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=== PHP stuff ===
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* On the same server, make it able to do all the stuff [http://ael.ath.cx/  Monolith] can (LAMP/Transmission/basic GUI etc)
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** Apache + PHP ✓
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** MySQL ✓
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** Transmission (torrents) ✓
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** Basic GUI ✓
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*** Openbox + Tint2 + Conky ✓
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*** Nautilus + Firefox working properly ✓
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*** Nonspecific tweaks to keep it from breaking ✓
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=== Lego stuff ===
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# Install LeJOS on NXT brick? Or use NXT-G if it doesn't get über früsträtïng
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# Make a program that makes the robot scurry around exploring stuff
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# ?
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# Profit.
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Also reinforce the robot and make it know if it's going strait or not.
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== Second quarter ==
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Finish the WLHS Foundation website.
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(to do list is on the website)
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http://wlhsfoundation.org/
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== First quarter ==
 
== First quarter ==
  
Make an LCD display show and scroll system information.
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Make an LCD display show and scroll system information like:
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
 
Monolith
 
Monolith
 
uptime: 3d 12h 45m
 
uptime: 3d 12h 45m
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cpu usage: 10% [|||          ]
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disk temperature: 100 F
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
then after a few seconds...
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[[File:lcd.jpg|right|200px]]
<pre>
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Monolith
 
load: 0.03 0.05 0.01
 
</pre>
 
  
 
=== Links ===
 
=== Links ===
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* LCD4Linux http://ssl.bulix.org/projects/lcd4linux/
 
* LCD4Linux http://ssl.bulix.org/projects/lcd4linux/
  
=== Goals ===
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=== What do ===
 
 
* Make a small display scroll lots of text, like:
 
** uptime
 
** load average
 
** memory usage
 
** network usage
 
* Make the display work over USB or serial.
 
* Make a button that toggles the backlight (if I get a display with a backlight), either over hardware or software
 
* Build a little plexiglas stand for the display so it doesn't sit on the table.
 
 
 
=== Progress ===
 
  
Ordered display + USB cable today (9/16/2010):
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# hostname ✓
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# uptime ✓
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# load average ✓
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# cpu usage ✓
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# memory usage ✓
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# disk usage ✓
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# disk temperature ✓
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# Make the display work over USB or serial ✓
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# Build a little stand for the display so it doesn't sit on the table ✓
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# Make it work across multiple computers ✓
  
* [http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFA634YMCKU CFA634YMCKU] - 20 x 4 chars - yellow-green on black - $65
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=== Finished product ===
* [http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/WRUSBY03 WRUSBY03] - USB cable to connect display to computer - $5
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[[File:Lcd4linux.conf.txt]]
* + $13 shipping (3-day from Spokane, WA)
 

Latest revision as of 23:47, 30 April 2011

Fourth quarter

http://xkcd.com/874/

Third quarter

File server

  • Get a proper AFP or NFS server running on the PE700 under Ubuntu or Debian.
    • 250 GB RAID 1 setup working properly ✓
    • Install an OS (Debian 6) ✓
    • Build compatible version of Netatalk
    • Get autodiscovery working with Avahi
    • Fix any remaining issues by testing over Fortress of Solitude with MBP
  • Research getting a domain server running so people can log into a thingy with it without logging into the thingy itself (LDAP/OpenDS or ADDS)
  • Do not install DHCP server ✓

PHP stuff

  • On the same server, make it able to do all the stuff Monolith can (LAMP/Transmission/basic GUI etc)
    • Apache + PHP ✓
    • MySQL ✓
    • Transmission (torrents) ✓
    • Basic GUI ✓
      • Openbox + Tint2 + Conky ✓
      • Nautilus + Firefox working properly ✓
      • Nonspecific tweaks to keep it from breaking ✓

Lego stuff

  1. Install LeJOS on NXT brick? Or use NXT-G if it doesn't get über früsträtïng
  2. Make a program that makes the robot scurry around exploring stuff
  3.  ?
  4. Profit.

Also reinforce the robot and make it know if it's going strait or not.

Second quarter

Finish the WLHS Foundation website.

(to do list is on the website)

http://wlhsfoundation.org/

First quarter

Make an LCD display show and scroll system information like:

Monolith
uptime: 3d 12h 45m
cpu usage: 10% [|||          ]
disk temperature: 100 F
Lcd.jpg


Links

What do

  1. hostname ✓
  2. uptime ✓
  3. load average ✓
  4. cpu usage ✓
  5. memory usage ✓
  6. disk usage ✓
  7. disk temperature ✓
  8. Make the display work over USB or serial ✓
  9. Build a little stand for the display so it doesn't sit on the table ✓
  10. Make it work across multiple computers ✓

Finished product

File:Lcd4linux.conf.txt