Linuxers July 2001

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Stallman lecture
by ambarish pathak 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Nagarjuna wrote: > I am Video recording the lecture. And then probably put up the _audio_ stream on website. :-) And, it better be in Ogg-Vorbis, or RMS is going to come back storming to TIFR! ;-) regards, ambarish

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Save yourself
by Philip S Tellis 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

I run XFig on Solaris, with desktop exported to my linux box. Within a few seconds of starting XFig, I get this error: No Response to the Save Yourself command. The program may be slow, stopped or broken. You may wait for it to respond or remove it. Stop It Now Wait The program has not stopped, is not slow and is not broken. I am using it while this error shows up, and using it well. Everything works perfectly. I could just put this window in the background, but it pops up every now and then. Any ideas? It doesn't happen everytime. In fact, happens at random. In my experience, this error normally occurs when one tries to stop X while some app is running. However, I am not trying to stop X. In fact, the only reason for starting X was to run xfig. Philip -- I liked things better when I didn't understand them. -- Calvin Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis

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Licence for using Linux
by noel seq 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

Hi Guys, I am thinking of installing Linux on all the computers/terminals in my office and also star office (or any such GUI similar to Word / Excel). Now we are using Win98 & MS office. I would like to know what are the licences that i will have to purchase. Can i install Linux from my chip cd / PCQ cd which i have with me. Will i have to purchase a cd for my co as well as my sister co. AS of now i am using linux installed from PCQ cd on my terminal and on my proxy, mail server. Also, I need some advice for the programs that i will need to replace my mail client, browser, etc, how to use foxpro under linux, etc. Thanks in advance. Noel _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Licence for using Linux
by noel seq 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

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Stallman lecture
by N. Shrikant 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

Hey all, I was really looking forward to the lecture, but as it happens, I'm leaving town today, and most definitely won't be back by the 17th. So I was wondering if it would be possible to have the lecture videotaped? - Shrikant

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Odd problem with reading CD-ROMs
by Rajen Parekh 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

Hi all, Okay, I have a odd problem here reading a CD. I have a CD full of MP3s which was burned by a friend of mine who burned by some software on Windows. So, unfortunately, my Linux box is not able to see it correctly. It is able to see only some of the mp3 files, not all. That is not the problem though. The problem is that I am not able to play the mp3 files properly. During the decoding of mp3 file, mpg123 gives me the following type of error : Illegal Audio-MPEG-Header 0x27240dc1 at offset 0x400e6. Skipped 292 bytes in input. It does not stop decoding, but the output is not proper whenever the error occurs (since it keeps on skipping some part of the file). I get many more such errors while the song is playing. I have verified that the CD is not damaged, and nor it is corrupt, because in Windows with WinAmp I don't find any such problem. NOW comes the odd part. I am using kernel 2.4.6, Red Hat 6.2. (highly modified then the standard distro). If I use the old kernel - 2.2.16, I *don't* get the above mentioned problem. The mp3 file from the CD gets decoded without any problem. I have tried using kernel 2.4.3, 2.4.5, and of course the current 2.4.6. But with all of them the problem persits, but with the old kernel there are no problems whatsoever. I tried to play the other mp3 files and with those files also some error is always reported by mpg123 (while decoding) and then it skips some input of the file. I tried using xmms, mp3blaster also. All of them give error exactly at the same spot of the song. And with *all* of them there is no problem with the old kernel (2.2.16). I also tried using the latest versions of mpg123, mp3blaster and xmms. But still the same thing. With all of them I don't get any errors with the old kernel, but with the new kernel (2.4.x), I still get errors. Could it be that there are any changes in the drivers for CD-ROM which could be causing the problem ? When I boot into the new kernel (2.4.x) I get the following boot message, hdd: CREATIVECD4820E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive With the old kernel (2.2.16) I get, hdd: CREATIVECD4820E, ATAPI CDROM drive Note the "CD/DVD-ROM" in the new kernel and only "CDROM" in the old kernel. Could this be driver problem ? Has anyone faced a similar problem. Regards, Rajen. P.S. : Sorry for such long mail, but thought I would explain all the things that I have already done so as to understand the problem better.

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Disk Partition Prob
by call2yogesh 12 Jul '01

12 Jul '01

Hi all ... Here is the problem : I have 20 GB HDD and I had windows 98 installed and runnning fine. I installed RedHat Linux 7.0 but during installation I need to partition my HDD like c: 6GB and linux 4GB Now the problem is I couldn't recover my remaining space in HDD. So pls Help me to recover it... Thanxs in advance, Regards, -Yogesh Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy Music, Video, CD-ROM and Audio-Books from http://www.planetmonline.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Permanent Setting of DMA
by Fart Crimson 12 Jul '01

12 Jul '01

> I would like to know if there is some file in which hdparm settings are >stored so that DMA is turned off *permanently* I am not sure about this one though you may try out.... "hda=nodma" at the LILO boot prompt after "linux" or whatever label that you have choosen. e.g, LILO: linux hda=nodma if this works then you can add the following line to /etc/lilo.conf append="hda=nodma" .....and rerun `lilo'. *Yes* Disabling DMA affects Disk read/write performance. *BEWARE* I am only hypothesizing!! (oooops) Please read the kernel documentation. I am currently running kernel 2.2.14 (yeah, I know, has a bug). I don't have the kernel-docs on my system right now. You could get more (definitive) info under /usr/src/linux/Documentaion/*

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SuSE to Distribute 1800 Pro Boxes in India
by Prakash Shetty aka Crux 12 Jul '01

12 Jul '01

Dear Linuxers, SuSE Linux AG is planning to distribute 1800 SuSE Linux Professional boxes to Colleges,Schools,Academic institutes,NGO's,LUG's etc in India. I hereby request all LUG's/Mailing List Subscribers to kindly let me know a list of such organisations in thier area. Please do contact me Prakash Shetty at ps(a)suse.co.in with your sugestions. Any Ideas and suggestions are highly welcome. Best Regards Prakash Shetty

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Can't connect to Rolta thru' Linux
by Fart Crimson 12 Jul '01

12 Jul '01

>Is there anyone one the lug who is using RoltaNet's dialup net >services? I've been facing problems in connecting to the RoltaNet I had used RoltaNet. They have WinNT and Linux servers for authentication. Most probably the server at the other end is an NT box(!!??). I use Wvdial to connect to ISPs.. In case you do too then you should add the following line in the RoltaNet Dialer Section of your /etc/wvdial.conf like... [Dialer Rolta] Stupid Mode = on # This is the line to add Username = abcd Password = xyz .... And yes, no point talking to there tech support, they won't help you at all!!! If you are using a chat script, then don't tell it to interpret the Login Sequence but just start `pppd' as soon as the connection is made. e.g., chat '"" ATZ OK AT(modem init strings) OK ATDT172301 CONNECT ""' Your chat script might be more complex, above is just an example. Fart

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