Linuxers February 2005

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ready to Samba ?
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi Network card is up and running. A big thanks to all the ppl who pitched in .. esp. Binulal and jtd. I then planned my next big jump. Installed Samba and reached my next dead end. This time it appears to be a common problem. Use google with the search string as "samba no service destination end-point" or http://news.cbn.net.id/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=article <http://news.cbn.net.id/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=article&group=comp.os.linux.net…> &group=comp.os.linux.networking&item=121336&utag= I am getting the same response. Couldn't get far with the docs either. Also was curious which user account would Samba use. Do I need to create a specific user account on the machine from where I access the share on the Linux box.... Also smbstatus gives me a cryptic lock error #Samba version 2.2.5 #Service uid gid pid machine #---------------------------------------------- #Can't initialise locking module - exiting Gishu Pillai

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] reliace at 230.4 kbps
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

On Sunday 27 February 2005 20:30, harshal(a)iucaa.ernet.in wrote: > hi, > i was just experimenting with the phone settings when i found > that the default 115 kbps can be changed to 230.4 kbps. LST250 FWT works at 230Kbps. Just set Baud = 230400 in /etc/wvdial.conf.Ofcourse the over-the-air speed stays at 4.5kbps or so. rgds jtd

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strange system behaviour
by Sarfaraz Kazi 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi Linuxers, Running Mandrake Linux 9.1 (kernel 2.4.21) out here. I copied couple of files (excel) from a floppy to my home dir. 2/3 hours later, i noticed that the floppy LED is constantly on and the drive is being continously accessed. So, i did ctrl+alt+f12 to see the kernel(?) messages and i found this:- +++ Feb 27 21:38:02 hansolo last message repeated 116 times Feb 27 21:38:59 hansolo last message repeated 107 times Feb 27 21:38:59 hansolo kernel: martian destination 0.0.0.0 from 10.12.88.160, dev eth0 Feb 27 21:38:59 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:39:30 hansolo last message repeated 58 times Feb 27 21:40:31 hansolo last message repeated 113 times Feb 27 21:41:09 hansolo last message repeated 72 times Feb 27 21:41:10 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:41:19 hansolo last message repeated 17 times Feb 27 21:41:19 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:41:36 hansolo last message repeated 32 times Feb 27 21:41:37 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:42:09 hansolo last message repeated 54 times Feb 27 21:42:18 hansolo last message repeated 18 times Feb 27 21:42:19 hansolo kernel: martian destination 0.0.0.0 from 10.12.88.160, dev eth0 Feb 27 21:42:19 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:42:50 hansolo last message repeated 55 times Feb 27 21:43:51 hansolo last message repeated 115 times Feb 27 21:44:52 hansolo last message repeated 115 times Feb 27 21:45:53 hansolo last message repeated 114 times Feb 27 21:46:54 hansolo last message repeated 115 times Feb 27 21:47:48 hansolo last message repeated 102 times Feb 27 21:47:48 hansolo kernel: martian destination 0.0.0.0 from 10.12.88.160, dev eth0 Feb 27 21:47:48 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 +++ To stop the floppy drive access, i put back in the same floppy, ran ls and then took it out. After that, my floppy drive's LED is repeatedly blinking on & off, even as i write this mail. On checking the messages again, i got this:- +++ eb 27 22:23:37 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG lowlevel.c:65:udf_get_last_session: CDROMMULTISESSION not supported: rc=-22 Feb 27 22:23:37 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:1426:udf_read_super: Multi-session=0 Feb 27 22:23:37 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:415:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 (2048 byte sectors) Feb 27 22:23:39 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs: No VRS found Feb 27 22:23:45 hansolo kernel: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. Feb 27 22:23:45 hansolo kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset utf8 Feb 27 22:24:32 hansolo kernel: VFS: revalidate called on non-open device. Feb 27 22:24:33 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG lowlevel.c:65:udf_get_last_session: CDROMMULTISESSION not supported: rc=-22 Feb 27 22:24:33 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:1426:udf_read_super: Multi-session=0 Feb 27 22:24:33 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:415:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 (2048 byte sectors) Feb 27 22:24:35 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs: No VRS found Feb 27 22:24:41 hansolo kernel: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. Feb 27 22:24:41 hansolo kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset utf8 +++ what's going wrong here? is my box being contacted by the martians?!!?:-) Please help. Regards, Sarfaraz. --- Disks are always full. It is futile to try to get more disk space. Data expands to fill any void. -- Murphy's Computer Laws n4 --- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Changing MTU values
by anandraj soni 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

I use reliance connection to access internet and their dialer too. I dont know why, but any other way fails to connect me to internet (like wvdial, kppp or pppd on command line). I am able to connect to internet at a very slow speed as against that in windoz. Also, it shows a very low value of MTU (264). I tried to change it in /etc/ppp/options to "mtu 1500", but whenever I connect again, the values get vanished (gayab). How do I change the MTU values? Or get faster internet? And one more thing, I always need to be root to run the reliance dialer (even switching to root is of no use) and changing permissions does no good. How do I make it run by a normal user (or even after su to root). Anandraj Soni.

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games for geeks
by sel 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

Hi all, I've so far been enjoying the stability,security and freedom because of OSS Linux,but I think the guys @ the Open Source has been straining more on applications of stability and security and making Linux easy to use but I think they miss out one area is gaming...look at all the major games they all run on Win with advanced graphics and high resolutions which leaves a geek like me sticking to Win for games. So here goes a request to all game developers to make a version on Linux where you can use OpenGL and make ppl like me happy :D ...waiting to exhale. Rgds, Sel (Freedom thy name is Linux) --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

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reliace at 230.4 kbps
by harshal＠iucaa.ernet.in 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

hi, i was just experimenting with the phone settings when i found that the default 115 kbps can be changed to 230.4 kbps. but the phone doesn't respond when i try to connect. but i found one web page which claims it can be done, anybody tried connecting at speeds higher than 115. the link is given below, its written on the bottom of the page, but i am not able to do it. here is the link... http://www.hackgnu.org/ril-howto.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] games for geeks
by Kartik Mistry 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

--- sel <selmails(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Hi all, > >I've so far been enjoying the stability,security and freedom because of OSS >Linux,but I think the guys @ the Open Source has been straining more on >applications of stability and security and making Linux easy to use but I think >they miss out one area is gaming...look at all the major games they all run on Win >with advanced graphics and high resolutions which leaves a geek like me sticking >to Win for games. > >So here goes a request to all game developers to make a version on Linux where >you can use OpenGL and make ppl like me happy :D >...waiting to exhale. >Rgds, >Sel Hi Sel, May almost all games from 'Activision' works fine in Linux; either they have publish linux version or patch is available on net; I played q3a and rtcw on linux better than window$. And go for 'frozen-bubble'. It's amazing game and OpenSource game of the year from LinuxQuestions.org !! Regards, Kartik B. Mistry GNU/Linux Enthu/Developer, Blog: kartikm.blogspot.com Talk2me: +91-22-28990490, 28990507 _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> An Online Linux Magazine

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] HSBC site (was Fwd: a battle won: icici bank conforms)
by Nagarjuna G. 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 07:25:33AM +0530, Amol Hatwar wrote: > > On Saturday 26 Feb 2005 10:24 pm, Sarfaraz Kazi wrote: > > > > On Saturday 26 Feb 2005 11:01 am, Rakesh wrote: > > > > > we need to convince these > > > > > banking sites that Linux is much more secure > > > > > > > > the only way to convince them is to hack them and > > > > > > ^^^^ > > > u mean to say, "crack", right?? > > [ah] We live in a country with absolutely stupid laws. Even if you intend to > do ethical hacking you'll be put behind bars. Using the term `ethical hacking' assumes that there is something called `unethical hacking'. All hacking is good. Cracking is bad. Nagarjuna

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Writing Linux device drivers
by Satya 26 Feb '05

26 Feb '05

Someone wanted to know about device drivers. There's a decent book by Alessandro Rubini. I forget the title, but a google or amazon search should turn it up. -- Satya. http://www.thesatya.com/ One program's data is another program's metadata.

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gtk related
by Nagarjuna G. 26 Feb '05

26 Feb '05

We are developing a pyTGK based application, in which we need the graphical output of other applications (blender, and gnuplot) to be shown in the parent window of our application. Presently we able to create new windows for them, but we wish them to be integrated with in our application window. How to do this? any clues? is there another application that does simialar thing? Thanks Nagarjuna

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