just installed bbb-VM-0.8, i get "bbb-conf: command not found"

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omer hameiri

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Jun 29, 2012, 5:18:51 AM6/29/12
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Hey,
Didnt find anything about this on google, so im guessing its only my problem.

i just installed the latest VM, played it, it promptedme to change my password, which i did, and then - it cant seem to find bbb-conf.

am i doing somthing wrong ? how come cant find it ?

Second, i translated all the strings to hebrew. are they embedded in the vm file ?

thanks,
Omer

Fred Dixon

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Jun 29, 2012, 6:00:52 AM6/29/12
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Hi Omer,

In


It states

   3. A DHCP Server for the VM to acquire an IP address on boot

    The third requirement is important: the VM must be able to connect 
    to the internet on first bott to update from packages. If the VM cannot 
    connect, it won't be able to finish the setup of BigBlueButton.

Can you login into your VM and confirm it is able to connect to the internet, specifically, can you try


You should see 

    $ ping bigbluebutton.org
    PING bigbluebutton.org (184.73.201.230): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 184.73.201.230: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=28.371 ms
    64 bytes from 184.73.201.230: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=41.748 ms

If you can't reach the internet, then the VM would have been unable to finish the installation of BigBlueButton, which could explain why bbb-conf is not available.  

With the VM, if you can establish a connection to the internet for it (and verify with a ping command as above), you should be able to manually finish the installation of BigBlueButton following the steps from


See also



Let us know if the above gets you going.  

Regards,... Fred

P.S.  This question isn't related to the development of BigBlueButton; rather, it's a setup.  Please post future setup questions to bigbluebutton-setup.  We monitor all the mailing lists, so it won't affect how quickly you get an answer.

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omer hameiri

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Jun 29, 2012, 6:08:44 AM6/29/12
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Hey Fred.
thank you for your quick reply.

- The machine did get its DHCP internet connection at startup.
- When i log in to it, i get the BBB welcome screen which i was used to from 0.71 (to launch bigbluebutton, open the following URL:...), Dosent this mean the the installation has finished ?
- I can PING whithout problem..
- apt-get install bigblubutton returns: 
   "E: couldn't find pakage bigbluebutton"

- Sorry for posting on DEV,wont happen again.
- What about my hebrew transtation ? is it in there ?

thanks again,
Omer

omer hameiri

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Jun 29, 2012, 6:12:48 AM6/29/12
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when i try to:

# Add the BigBlueButton key
wget http
://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/bigbluebutton.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

# Add the BigBlueButton repository URL and ensure the multiverse is enabled
echo
"deb http://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/lucid_dev_08/ bigbluebutton-lucid main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bigbluebutton.list
echo
"deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

i get timeout..

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omer hameiri

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Failed to fetch http://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/lucid_dev_08/dists/bigbluebutton-lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  Unable to connect to ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org

though i have no problem with any other server..
just this one.

is it up ?


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Fred Dixon

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Hi Omer,

The problem is on our end: our apt-get repository is off-line.

We'll switch the DNS to another repository and let you know when you can try downloading again.  Look for another e-mail shortly.


Regards,... Fred
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omer hameiri

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Jun 29, 2012, 8:23:20 AM6/29/12
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Thanks Fred, iv'e been having this problem for a few days now.

please note that before i ran:

# Add the BigBlueButton key
wget http://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/bigbluebutton.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

# Add the BigBlueButton repository URL and ensure the multiverse is enabled
echo "deb http://ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org/lucid_dev_08/ bigbluebutton-lucid main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bigbluebutton.list
echo "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

the problem was different.

are you sure that the VM has all the most current repositories in it ?

Omer

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Fred Dixon

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Hi Omer,

We're certain the VM is correct.  The server hosting the repository is currently off-line and we're making sure our back-up site has the latest packages before switching over.

We'll have ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org back on-line shortly.  At that point, we'll post when its ready and you can try the installation again.  Don't worry, if there are more issues preventing you from installing, we'll work through them with you to so you can get a VM setup properly.


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omer hameiri

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Jun 29, 2012, 10:13:49 AM6/29/12
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Back on line :)


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omer hameiri

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Hey Fred.

I have translated BBB to hebrew on MyGeno.com
Any idea why it dosent appear on the client ?


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Fred Dixon

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Yes.  Let us know if you have any further issues with the setup.

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, omer hameiri <oham...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Fred.
>
> I have translated BBB to hebrew on MyGeno.com
> Any idea why it dosent appear on the client ?

Edit /var/www/bigbluebutton/client/conf/locales.xml

Add
<locale code="he_IL" name="Hebrew"/>

Then refresh your browser.

Richard

>
>
> On Friday, June 29, 2012 12:18:51 PM UTC+3, omer hameiri wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>> Didnt find anything about this on google, so im guessing its only my
>> problem.
>>
>> i just installed the latest VM, played it, it promptedme to change my
>> password, which i did, and then - it cant seem to find bbb-conf.
>>
>> am i doing somthing wrong ? how come cant find it ?
>>
>> Second, i translated all the strings to hebrew. are they embedded in the
>> vm file ?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Omer
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omer hameiri

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Jun 29, 2012, 11:16:02 AM6/29/12
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Yes, 2 things:

1. after bbb-conf --clean, it just hangs on:
"Waiting for BigBlueButton to finish starting up (this may take a minute):" 

2. bbb-conf --check shows:
BigBlueButton Server 0.8-beta-4 (888)

is this really the beta ?
or just display error ?


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Fred Dixon

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Jun 29, 2012, 11:18:46 AM6/29/12
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Can you do make sure you have the following

PING ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org (134.117.48.101) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 134.117.48.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=38.0 ms

And try 

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and try again
 
 sudo bbb-conf --clean
 sudo bbb-conf --check

and let us know the results.

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omer hameiri

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Jun 29, 2012, 11:21:52 AM6/29/12
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No..  The IP i get from DNS is different:

PING ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org (50.16.204.157) 56(84) bytes of data.


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Fred Dixon

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Jun 29, 2012, 11:35:07 AM6/29/12
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Wait a few moments ... the DNS should update for you.  You can also put in your 

  /etc/hosts 

file

  134.117.48.101  ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org

if you don't want to wait.


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omer hameiri

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Jun 30, 2012, 8:39:33 AM6/30/12
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1) DNS updated to the correct adress, tried to apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade
it hed now updates to install and the version is still beta.

2) the clients now hangs on "connecting to server........................................"

Omer

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omer hameiri

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Jun 30, 2012, 8:56:18 AM6/30/12
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Spent all night on this.. I cant seem to get to the problem.

Here is where I am so far.

1) DNS goes to the correct address: PING ubuntu.bigbluebutton.org (134.117.48.101) 56(84) bytes of data.
2) bbb-conf --check shows "beta-4 (888)"  (after update, and dist-upgrade)
3) If i try to bbb-conf --clean, it sets stuck on: "Waiting for BigBlueButton to finish starting up (this may take a minute):"
4) whena client tries to log in, it downloads the flash app, tnd then gets stuck on "connecting to server.................."

Can anyone please help ?
thanks,
Omer

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Fred Dixon

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Jun 30, 2012, 8:56:03 AM6/30/12
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Hi Omer,

Can you do 

  sudo bbb-conf --setip <hostname/IP address>

(you may have already done this, but just to make sure) and try

  sudo bbb-conf --clean
  sudo bbb-conf --check

And if you have a problem, can you post the output of 'sudo bbb-conf --check' to bigbluebutton-setup


and we'll pick-up the thread there.


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