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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Co</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">lleagues</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">I would like to ann</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">ounce the development of the "</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Access Grid Installation Guide for Fed</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">ora 10</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> documentation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au">.<FONT FACE="Consolas"> See</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.accessgrid.org/node/1133"><SPAN LANG="en-au"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Consolas">http://www.accessgrid.org/node/1133</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-au">.</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Some of</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> the topics covered include:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Introduction</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Single and Multi-Node Access Grids Notes</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Installation of Fedora 10</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * First time Login</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Getting Networking to work under Fedora 10 (Under Development)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Updating to latest Software and Patches</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Installation</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> of the Access Grid Software</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Getting the Display to Work</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Setup For Access Grid Toolkit 3.x</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Configuring a Unicast Bridge</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Installing Multicast Beacon</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Installing Other Useful Software</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Scheduling useful tasks</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Security (Please note that this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">page</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> is going to be reviewed quite extensively and updated shortly)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Configuring a 3.x Venue Server</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Getting the DV and HDV Node Services to Work</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Handy Tips and Tricks</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Troubleshooting Tips</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> </FONT> <FONT FACE="Consolas"> * Conclusion</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Consolas">This install gui</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Consolas">de is currently under development and I would welcome feedbac</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Consolas">k on this.</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">There</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> a couple of sections that still require further work, such as</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">Getting Networking to work under Fedora 10 (Under Development)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">As I need to add more DHCP information</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">Handy Tips and Tricks</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">As I would like to add a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">Desktop Sharing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> section, which allows remote control of De</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">sktop!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">Security (Please note that this document is going to be reviewed quite extensively and updated shortly)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">I would like to do</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">some</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">extensive test</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">ing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> and update</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> information</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> more</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">... IE, what</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">system service actually need running</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> (Has anything changed much from previous Fedora Versions)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">. Additionally</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au">,<FONT FACE="Consolas"> I would like to redo the firewall section and test each setting for</FONT> <FONT FACE="Consolas">validly</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> and</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> whether any additional setting is required.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">Getting the DV and HDV Node Services to Work</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">It is my understanding that the DV and HDV services "may" be added to the AG repo,</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> which will make install</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">ing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> and configur</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">ing a lot simpler... I will wait fo</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">r this to be done, before adding the content.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">Getting the Sound Working</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">I would like to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> add a section on this. But before I do</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au">,<FONT FACE="Consolas"> I need to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> conduct more testing of ASLA and OSS, as I believe ALSA</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">setting</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> may have improved significantly</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">Additionally</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">, I would like to know if there are any more is</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">sues with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">PulseAudio</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">, as</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Consolas">there were</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Consolas">with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> Fedora 8.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Anyway, hopefully some of you might find it useful</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">, p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">articularly</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> the network</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">ing</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> section</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">, as that is quite problematic</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas"> in my opinion.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Thanks for your time,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Jason.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au">--------------------------------------------</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Jason Bell, B.I.T. (Honours)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Research Systems Support Officer</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Inform</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">ation Technology Division </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">CQ University Australia</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Australian Research Collaboration Service</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"><A HREF="http://www.arcs.org.au/">http://www.arcs.org.au/</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">E-mail : j.bell@cqu.edu.au</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> jason.bell@arcs.org.au</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Work : +61 7 4930 9229</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Mobile : 0409 630897</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Postal : Building 19</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> Ce</FONT><FONT FACE="Consolas">ntral Queensland University</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> Bruce Highway</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas"> Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 4702</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">--------------------------------------------</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">Patience is a virtue.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">But if I wanted Patience,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Consolas">I would have become a Doctor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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