This ticket is for my reference and testing the newly checklist-ified instructions from https://github.com/servo/servo/wiki/SaltStack-Administration, because it turns out picking things back up at the right spot after handling interrupts isn't something brains are optimized for.
[x] Get password from ticket
[ ] Install latest or compatible Xcode and commandline tools from the Appstore
If the app store version of xcode is incompatible with the OSX version:
[x] Look up what version of xcode is required for the OSX version
[x] Download that version from developer.apple.com/download/more (use search box)
[x] When download is complete, double click the .dmg in downloads and follow the drag-and-drop instructions to install
[x] If there's a gray :no_entry_sign: on the xcode icon, OS updates are required to run it. Click applications, click the updates tab, and let it reboot and install updates.
[ ] Run xcodebuild --install when connected via VNC viewer. The installation command creates pop-ups which must be clicked to successfully install xcode.
This ticket is for my reference and testing the newly checklist-ified instructions from https://github.com/servo/servo/wiki/SaltStack-Administration, because it turns out picking things back up at the right spot after handling interrupts isn't something brains are optimized for.
[x] Get password from ticket
[ ] Install latest or compatible Xcode and commandline tools from the Appstore If the app store version of xcode is incompatible with the OSX version:
xcodebuild --install
when connected via VNC viewer. The installation command creates pop-ups which must be clicked to successfully install xcode.[ ] Verify the license:
[ ] Install brew and git and pip:
[ ] Download salt files:
[ ] Add the following to the
com.saltstack.salt.minion.plist
file just after the Label section:[ ] Set screen resolution to 1280x960 or else reftests will fail randomly
[ ] Create a standard user named 'Tom Servo', account name servo, give him a password, and log in.
[ ] Do the following to stop coreaudiod from using 100% of a cpu:
[ ] And do this to stop mds/mdworker from using another 100% of a cpu:
[ ] Delete any residual files which might be left in
/Users/administrator/Downloads
, as they're implicated in issues withFileStatsAgent
.