[Live-demo] ncWMS installer added

[Guy Griffiths]

Angelos,

Thanks for that.  I'll have a look at the menu configuration.

Regarding the known issue with running tomcat you're correct in assuming 
that my username wasn't "user".

Cheers,

Guy

On 03/07/13 14:05, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Hi Guy,
>
> Thanks for your e-mail. I am keeping the mailing list in CC so that 
> others can comment/provide suggestions too.
>
> Some comments inline:
>
>
> On 07/03/2013 01:35 PM, Guy Griffiths wrote:
>> Angelos,
>>
>> I am having a couple of problems with the installer and Cameron 
>> suggested I talk to you about them.  If you think they are better 
>> suited to the mailing list please feel free to move this conversation 
>> there.
>>
>> I have downloaded the nightly build ISO (for 02/07/13) and run it in 
>> a virtual machine.  There are links for "Start ncWMS" and "Stop 
>> ncWMS" as expected.  However, there are 2 of each, and they are found 
>> in the "Other" menu.  Could you explain how the links in Desktop get 
>> moved to the correct menu?  Or simply how to get them in the right 
>> menu and only have one of each?
>
>
> Thanks for your testing of the nightly builds.
> This issue is something that I have noticed too, and have tried to fix 
> a couple of times.
> Menus are configured in the following files:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/install_icons_and_menus.sh
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/desktop-conf/xfce/xfce-osgeo.menu
>
> I have added ncWMS in there as you can see, but for some unknown 
> reason it gets moved to "Others" folder... still searching this issue.
>
> I opened a ticket for this:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1152
>
>
>>
>> The second problem is that the "Start ncWMS" link doesn't work after 
>> installing the live DVD to the hard drive.  I know this was discussed 
>> on the mailing list (issue #1141 - Projects using default tomcat...), 
>> but I have copied the script used by 52nWPS and others:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> STAT=\`sudo service tomcat6 status | grep pid\`
>> if [ "\$STAT" != "" ]; then
>>     sudo service tomcat6 start
>>   (sleep 2; echo "25"; sleep 2; echo "50"; sleep 2; echo "75"; sleep 
>> 2; echo "100") | zenity --progress --auto-close --text "ncWMS starting"
>> fi
>> firefox $WMS_URL/godiva2.html $WMS_QUICKSTART_URL $WMS_OVERVIEW_URL
>>
>> However I have checked 52nWPS and others and they have the same 
>> problem - tomcat is not started.  To clarify, this works fine on the 
>> live DVD, and only fails after installation to the hard drive.
>
> This is a known issue, but I forgot to open a ticket for this.
> What is the user name you used during installation?
>
> As a workaround, you can add to the /etc/sudoers.d the following:
>
> *<username> ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service tomcat6 
> start,/usr/sbin/service tomcat6 stop,/usr/sbin/service tomcat6 status*
>
> We need to find a way to handle this for installed systems.
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1153
>
>>
>> Any help you can give me would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Guy Griffiths
>
> Regards,
> Angelos
>
>
> -- 
> Angelos Tzotsos
> Remote Sensing Laboratory
> National Technical University of Athens
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos

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