[LON-CAPA-admin] Version 2.1.3 released

[Lars Jensen]

Hi Jim,

We didn't see any of this. We're runnung FC 3.

Lars.

Jim Maxka wrote:
> Hi Guy  -- On Suse 9.3, loncapa-2.1.3 gives these errors on loncontrol 
> stop and start.  I verfied that loncapa-2.1.2 does not give the errors.  
> Loncapa appears to work OK.
> xxxxxxxstop
> naua1:~/loncapa-2.1.3 # /etc/init.d/loncontrol stop
> Stopping LON-CAPA
> lonsql          stopped
> lond            stopped
> lonc            killed
> lonhttpd        stopped
> lonmemcached    stopped
> Closing firewall access on port 5663.
> iptables: Bad rule (does a matching rule exist in that chain?)
> Error closing port.
> Closing firewall access on port 8080.
> iptables: Bad rule (does a matching rule exist in that chain?)
> Error closing port.
> xxxxxxxxon start
> naua1:~/loncapa-2.1.3 # /etc/init.d/loncontrol start
> Opening firewall access on port 5663.
> iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
> Error opening port.
> Opening firewall access on port 8080.
> iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
> Error opening port.
> Starting LON-CAPA
> Starting LON-CAPA client and daemon processes (please be patient)
> lonsql          started
> lond            started
> lonc            new started
> lonhttpd        started
> lonmemcached    started
> 
> 
> Thanks for any comments -- Jim
> 
> 
> Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> 
>> New Version 2.1.3 Released
>>
>>
>> - It's highly suggested to install this bugfix release.
>>
>>
>> Notable Bug Fixes since 2.1.2:
>> - search database was not being correctly built, such that many resources
>>  were not being included
>> - 'View Student Activity' data processing is 30-60 times faster
>> - course with large numbers of map conditions are evaluated significantly
>>  faster
>> - lond supports highly contended files correctly
>> - institutional student photo support integrated with auto-enrollment,
>>  (requires configuration and access to institutional photo repository)
>> - scantron grading, the Unique CODE checking is now actually running 
>>  when it option is selected
>>
>>
>> Minor Bug Fixes since 2.1.2:
>> - view classlist screen can include display of thumbnails of student 
>> photos
>>  (if student photo access is enabled for the course)
>> - searching multidomain machines correctly returns results for a specific
>>  domain on the machine
>> - bridgetask grading screen easier to use
>> - can now do a bridgetask regrading of a specific user
>> - bridgetask grading queue screen easier to read
>> - CSV grade upload correctly ignores blank lines in the uploaded file
>> - simple problems when printed had extra blank lines inserted
>> - slots now honor the 'Reservation allowed start time'
>> - some issues with Apache 2 have been fixed
>> - <instructorcomment>s are now hidden when printing CODEd exams
>> - searching specific domain works correctly
>> - slot management can now only show slots whose names match a substring
>> - slot reservation now correctly denies access to slots that have
>>  overlapping 'Unique Periods'
>> - slot reservation system no longer allows users to deregister for a slot
>>  that is closed
>> - slot management allows instructors to quickly 'Remove All' users from
>>  a slot
>> - display of users in slot screens and bridgetask grading screens 
>> includes
>>  both username and full name
>> - some external URLs were not being properly handled
>>
>>
>> To install this update:
>>
>> 1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 3 or 4, RHEL ES 4,      
>> SuSe 9.3, or SLES 9
>>
>>
>> 2) If running Fedora, use yum to update your machine and then install the
>>      LONCAPA-prerequisites (if not already installed).
>>
>> yum update
>> yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites
>>
>>    If running SuSe or SLES, use you to update your machine.
>>    if running RHEL, use up2date to update your machine.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3) Download the new Lon-CAPA tarball from
>> wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.1.3.tar.gz
>>
>> and untar it
>>
>> tar xzvf loncapa-2.1.3.tar.gz
>>
>>
>>
>> 4) Run the UPDATE script as root
>> cd loncapa-2.1.3
>> su
>> ./UPDATE
>>
>>
>>
>> 5) restart the Lon-CAPA system services
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start
>>
>> 6) restart the webserver:
>>
>> Fedora/Red Hat Enterprise:
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
>>
>> SuSe / SLES:
>> /etc/init.d/apache stop
>> /etc/init.d/apache start
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----NOTES
>> 1) Many questions are answered at http://help.lon-capa.org
>> 2) Defects reports, and enhancements requests can be entered at
>>   http://bugs.lon-capa.org
>> 3) Mailing lists can be joined and left at http://mail.lon-capa.org
>>
>>  
>>
> 
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