some adjustments after testing bootstrap process on a fresh machine

README.rst

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ This will setup the complete application, *except* for Solr::
 
 This part is tricky and will vary quite a bit depending on your operating system. The following instructions will get you up and running on OSX Lion, using `Homebrew <https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew>`_::
 
+    
     # In early development of PANDA, Brew installed an older version of Solr. Verify that you have the right version.
-    # 
     brew info solr
 
     # If the first line reads solr 3.4.0, you are fine. If not, update brew and check again.
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ To run the unit tests ensure that runserver and celeryd are **not** running then
     # Ensure you are in the PANDA source directory and your virtualenv is active
     fab local_solr
 
-    # Open another terminal
+    # Quite a bit of output will be printed to the screen. 
+    # Wait until you see something like
+    # 2011-11-02 14:15:54.061:INFO::Started SocketConnector@0.0.0.0:8983
+    # Then, open another terminal and change to your PANDA source directory.
     workon panda
     python manage.py test redd
 
@@ -80,16 +83,16 @@ Your new PANDA server should now be serving on port 80. (Ensure port 80 is open
 AUTHORS
 -------
 
+Lead Developer:
+
+* Christopher Groskopf
+
 The PANDA board:
 
 * Brian Boyer
 * Joe Germuska
 * Ryan Pitts
 
-Lead Developer:
-
-* Christopher Groskopf
-
 Contributors:
 
 * Your name here

fabfile.py

@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ def local_reset_solr():
     """
     Reset the local solr configuration.
     """
-    local('mkdir -p /var/solr')
+    local('sudo mkdir -p %(local_solr_home)s' % env)
+    local('sudo chmod 777 %(local_solr_home)s' % env)
+    local('sudo mkdir -p /var/log/panda')
+    local('sudo chmod 777 /var/log/panda')
 
     local('cp setup_panda/solr.xml %(local_solr_home)s/solr.xml' % env)