[K12OSN] Local Apps and Firefox 6

[Jomegat]

On 08/28/2011 02:10 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Jomegat<jomegat at jomegat.com>  wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm planning to run Firefox as a local application and I'm looking for some
>> advice.  First I tried following the instructions at
>> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/LocalAppsSupport
>
> Not 100% sure as I can't verify this. It's been a while, but check if
> /proc  is mounted inside the chroot. I think you used to have to
>
> mount  /proc
>
> inside the chroot before you do yum install.

If that helped, it didn't help enough:

[root at termserv ~]# cd /opt/ltsp/i386/
[root at termserv i386]# setarch i386 chroot .
bash-4.1# mount /proc
bash-4.1# yum install firefox
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: 
epel. Please verify its path and try again
bash-4.1#

>
>>
>> but when I got to the yum part, there was no joy:
>>
>> [root at termserv i386]# setarch i386 chroot .
>> bash-4.1# yum install firefox
>> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:
>> epel. Please verify its path and try again
>>
>> I thought - maybe I need to run ltsp-server-tweaks, since I do not recall
>> having run that when I last rebooted (but everything seemed to work then,
>> so... I dunno?)
>>
>> Here's what happens when I try running that:
>> [root at termserv ~]# ltsp-server-tweaks
>> Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact configuration
>> server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking
>> for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See
>> http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details -  1: Not running
>> within active session)
>>
>> Hmmm.  Not sure what all that means.
>>
>> I tried all this while remotely logged in, as Tropical Storm Irene might
>> make it a bit dodgy to get to the school (or get home afterwards).  I don't
>> think that's significant, but just in case it is, I'm disclosing it here.
>>
>> My next thought was that maybe I should try FF 6 instead of 3.6 (which is
>> what yum will install).  Is there a reason I should avoid that?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
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>> Jim Thomas            jomegat at jomegat.com
>> Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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