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RPM Repositories

For Fedora Core 3, 5 and 5, please use the new compat-Accessgrid-2.4 RPM from the AccessGrid 3.0 page.

• Fedora Core 1 (i386)
• Fedora Core 2 (i386)
• Fedora Core 3 (i386 & x86-64)
• Fedora Core 4 (i386 & x86-64)  (AGTk 2.3 PPC)

Installation Instructions and Notes

• Fedora Core 3 and 4
• Fedora Core 1 and 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
• Red Hat 9 and Enterprise 3

Related Links

• Fedora HomePage
• Fedora Extras
• The Unofficial Fedora FAQ
• File an AGTk Bug
• AGTk documentation including user guides
• AGCentral tutorials, including Fedora AGTk installation guides

Building from source code

Install the gpt and globus-accessgrid RPMs from the appropriate RPM repository above, then download AccessGrid-2.4-5.src.tar.bz2 and issue something like the following:

mkdir -p /sandbox/agtk
cd /sandbox/agtk
tar xvjf ~/AccessGrid-2.4-5.src.tar.bz2
export AGBUILDROOT=/sandbox/agtk
cd AccessGrid/packaging/
./BuildSnapshot.py --no-checkout --dist=fedora -m4

See, the instructions found in the AG-Linux-Build-HOWTO document in CVS for further details and prerequisites.

AGTk 2.3 RPMs and source code

AccessGrid-2.3-7.i386.rpm and earlier can be found in the following locations:

• Fedora Core 1
• Fedora Core 2
• Fedora Core 3
• Fedora Core 4

Source tarball:

• AccessGrid-2.3-7.src.tar.bz2

Changelog

11 November, 2005

• FC4 AccessGrid-2.4-5.i386 RPM released
  • Includes linux SharedPDF beta written by Rhys Hawkins
  • RPM dependency on 'vnc-server' changed to '/usr/bin/Xvnc'
    So now either Fedora Core 4's vnc-server RPM or the VNC RPM from www.realvnc.com can satisfy the dependency.

10 October, 2005

• AccessGrid-2.4-4 RPMs released
  • fix for rat GUI not being killed sometimes when changing venues
  • new SharedBrowser implementation
    (note: requires wxMozilla 0.5.3, doesn't work correctly with 0.5.4)

22 September, 2005

• x86-64 AccessGrid-2.4-3 RPMs released
• AccessGrid-2.4-3.01.src.tar.bz2 includes x86-64 fixes

5 September, 2005

• 32bit Intel AccessGrid-2.4-3 bug fix RPMs released
• Passphrase entry was broken due to a MacOSX fix in CVS, reverted affected file to working version from AccessGrid-2.4-1

2 September, 2005

• 32bit Intel AccessGrid-2.4-2 bug fix RPMs released
• includes correct version of SharedPresentation which works

29 August, 2005

• 32bit Intel AccessGrid-2.4-1 RPMs released

2 June, 2005

• New AccessGrid-2.3-7 RPMs released.
• Fedora Core 4 PPC RPMs released (big-endian V4L support for vic and AGTk added)
• built from latest source code in r_2_3_final branch of AG CVS
  fixes issues with unpacking of shared application packages containing nested folders, amongst other fixes
• now includes /usr/bin/VenueVNCServer.py
  issue 'VenueVNCServer.py --help' for usage
• SharedPresentation updated for OpenOffice 2.0
• VideoService and VideoProducerService now have sliders for contrast, brightness, hue and saturation.
  This is primarily intended for video capture cards based on the Conexant 2388x chip family using the cx88 V4L2 driver, where adjustment is required for a decent picture.
  Note: requires kernel >= 2.6.10
• Hauppauge WinTV cx88 specific fix for vic.
  The Hauppauge WinTV cx88 driver has an input called 'for debug only' which would confuse vic, which would treat it as 3 inputs (i.e. 'for', 'debug' & 'only') thus preventing 'Composete1' and 'S-Video' from being selected correctly.
• vic and rat are based on the code in Steve Smiths Darc reposity. Issue the following to get the latest version:
  darcs get http://people.vislab.usyd.edu.au/~ssmith/accessgrid/ag-media
• New globus-accessgrid-2.4-8 RPMs released.

14 Februrary, 2005

• New globus-accessgrid-2.4-7 RPM. Includes a patch by Tom Uram which makes the venue server stay up much more reliably.

13 December, 2004

• x86-64 Fedora Core 3 AGTk 2.3 RPMs released

22 November, 2004

• New AccessGrid-2.3-6.i386.rpm released
  • Added PyXML >=  0.8.3 dependency for Red Hat 9 and Enterprise 3 as they come with an older version
  • Webcams using pwc driver should be working once again, see bugzilla bug# 12033.

15 November, 2004

• /etc/yum.conf and /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources have changed.
  See Fedora installation instructions for the new URLs. The changes were necessary to make provisions for x86_64 RPMs.
• New AccessGrid-2.3-5.i386.rpm released
  • The problem with the rat GUI not coming up in some situations has been rectified.
  • vic now works with the Kensington webcams and other RGB24 capture devices.
  • SharedPresentation now works correctly in slide show mode.

Acknowledgements

Funding through UQVislab and QPSF.

Comments and packaging bug-reports can go to Douglas Kosovic <douglask@itee.uq.edu.au>