[mdlug] Raspberry Pi setup and test before Conclave 40

Mustafa Siyaj msiyaj at gmail.com
Sat Sep 24 23:53:22 EDT 2016


I have a spare monitor and wired mouse that can be used for the entire
event.

Mustafa Siyaj

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Dr. Robert Meier <
list1c30fe42 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Michael,
>
> I should be there and will help however I can.
>>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Before the con, could you assemble, load, and test
>   several raspberry pi with linux, mice, keyboards, and screens?
> The largest effort of this task is logistics, identifying,
>   borrowing (or buying) needed support hardware (power strips,
>   dongles, usb converters, ...),
>   keeping track of assets, and returning borrowed items to their
>   owners after the con.
> Most of the setup will involve "watching paint dry" during
>   bootstrap and configuration.
> Contact Gib and/or myself for raspberry hardware,
>   flash media, and image.
> The goal is to have ~6 raspberry pi stations, setup and tested,
>   throughout the con weekend.  Additionally, we'd like to be able
>   to sell some or all of the raspberry pi and media at 200% of cost
>   (i.e. underwriters get their funding back, remaining (half?) goes
>    to mdlug)
> Could you manage packaging and marking raspberry pi and media
>  sales during the con (and delivery after the con)?
>
>
>
> All,
>
> Screens are our current bottleneck.
> Does anyone have a spare flat screen, keyboard, and/or mouse, especially
>   wired (or with bluetooth dongle).
>
> Once assembled and tested, does anyone have time (~8h) to load,
>   configure and test applications on the Raspberry stations?
>     local open wifi access point
>     dhcp server
>     apache2 kiosk
>     moinmoin wiki
>   Contact myself and/or Gib for packages and configuration details.
>
> --
> Dr B
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