Linuxers March 2005

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Re:modem problem
by vidya bhosale 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

hello, my modem is internal---motorola sm56 PCI my kernel version is 2.4.21-4.EL i downloaded it from net but when i tried to confifure by redhat-config-network it gave error.......modem card not detected. but immediately it showed me the dailog box for configurations i configured it.....but when i tried to activate it....it said....cannot activate. failed to activate the modem connection...error 2 plz help me out waiting for reply vidya

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lancard,sound card problem
by swapnil ambre 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

i am new to linux. i am using red hat es-3.0. motherboard is 915 sound card is of realtek lancard is of intel pro/100 ve Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline.

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EEpro100 & realtek sound drivers
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

> I am using 915 motherboard,which has a lan card onboard on it. > In linux there is a problem with the sound driver as well as with > the lancard. i am not able to configure both. > lancard is of intel(r) pro/100 ve network connection. > sound is of realtek. Presuming your distro is debian. If not install debian sarge. modprobe eepro100 modprobe ac97_codec rgds jtd

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[Commercial] Inviting System Administrators to 'Rhythm and Hues, India']
by Binulal Narayanan 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

Dear All: Rhythm & Hues is an Academy Award® winning film production studio specializing in visual effects and computer animation for feature films, television commercials, theme park rides, and music videos. Founded in 1987, Rhythm and Hues, continues to push the boundaries of the digital frontier and has been singled out as a leader by virtually all the major competitions that recognize excellence in computer graphics. Rhythm and Hues is currently based in Los Angeles, California, where we have approximately 600 employees. We have opened a subsidiary in Mumbai in order to add some of the brightest minds and artists in India to our studio. Please visit www.rhythm.com adn www.rhythm.com/india. We are looking for Unix/Linux Administrator who are willing to wear multiple hats - for our Mumbai Facility . NOTE: Currently we use a customised version of RHL and we're migrating to SUSE Linux Professional 9.2. Responsibilities · Serve as escalation point for Linux-related issues · Resolve support requests and perform infrastructure maintainence · Troubleshoot hardware and software problems with servers and workstations · Perform general system maintainence and support · Install, upgrade and maintain hardware, software and peripherals · Identify tasks which require automation and automate them · Evaluate and qualify relevant new technologies and process suggestions · Analyze trends in system utilization to predict future growth for capacity planning purposes · Recommend and establish policies on system use and services · Produce documentation · Train end-users as needed Required Skills/Experience Must Have skills · 4+ years of related experience · Intimate knowledge of Linux/Unix · Experience with Linux/Unix in medium to large enterprises · Shell and Perl scripting to automate system administration functions · Ability to troubleshoot PC software problems, hardware problems, and connectivity issues · Experience supporting end users · Ability to work independently and with other members of a team · Ability to follow through on support requests in a timely manner, escalating to other members of the team when appropriate Good to have · A computer science degree is very helpful, but not required · Experience in a 3D animation/post production facility · Exposure to 3D modeling, 3D animation, 3D character setup, 3D lighting and 2D compositing · 3D and 2D computer graphics programming experience · Experience with Maya and Maya MEL scripting Keywords: Linux/Unix, Perl, C++,Systems Administration, Networking All interested applicants should email their resume to india-techjobs(a)rhythm.com and clearly state the position in Subject Line. Recruitment for other positions are also on. Please visit http://www.rhythm.com/india/career.html for details Binulal Narayanan Pipeline TD R&H, India

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Substitute for Flash
by Andy's Labs 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

Hi All, I'm new to this Group and to Linux also. As Gimp is a substitute for Photoshop, is there any substitute for Flash? -- Cheers__________________________ A N D Y's L A Bs netletters(a)gmail.com ________________________________

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Not detecting advansys scsi card in debiab 2.2.x
by Santosh Laxman Kyadari 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

I have Exabyte elite tape drive connected to advansys scsi card. When I do mt -f /dev/st0 it says no such device. First of all it does not detect any scsi of such hardware initially at the time of boot up. But it detected in knoppix 3.6. my debian kernel version is 2.2.20-idepci When I do dmesg it does not show any hardware of scsi but when I do lspci, It shows there. 0000:01:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940- U / ABP960-U (rev 03) Can anybody help me how to resolve this problem. Regards, Santosh K

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Windows to Linux Migration
by neel s Gurjar 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

Hi, all i have some querries please see down Queries : We are Planning to migrate from Windows to Linux Platform.Currently we are having two departments with below hardware and software configurations. We seek your guidance for this migration process. We will be very grateful if you can help us out in this pr We seek your guidance on following queries :- 1. Can you please suggest us which flavour of linux is suitable for each department depending upon software used by them? We have tried Suse 9.0 and RedHat 9.0 & Federo Core 3. 2. Can you please suggest us qually efficient linux based compatible softwares for below given softwares ? 3. Also we are looking for Diskless Networking (dumb client and HDD shared on server) for above 2 departments. Can you please suggest us which networking configuraton (hardware and software) is best suited. Kindly note that Department 2 is using Desktop P 4. As we are very much new to Linux environment, the linux flavour which we will choose should also have good online support available where we can ask our questions and get the results quickly. 5. Also our users are very much familiar to windows environment, so the softwares on linux which we will choose should be user friendly and GUI based. 6. Also those softwares should be tried, tested and stable so as we would not face any problem in future. Department -1 Current Configuration Hardware Software 15 Machines MS Excel C.P.U. - 200 to 300 Mhz Tally RAM 32 to 64 MB MS Access HDD 10 to 40 GB Developed Programs in Visual Basic Stand Alone Systems and No Server Department 2 Current Configuration Hardware Software 10 Machines Pagemaker 5.0 and 6.5 C.P.U. - 200 Mhz. To 1.7Ghz Devnagri Fonts Software RAM 32 to 256 MB Photoshop HDD 10 to 40 GB Stand Alone Systems and No Server Please reply neel

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Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

The most recent version of this essay can be found at http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Linux_PR/newlug.html. Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group by Rick Moen See the full essay online ****** Really good. -FN 1. You need a Web page. 2. Your Web page needs a reasonable URL. 3. You need a regular meeting location. 4. You need a regular meeting time. 5. You need to avoid meeting-time conflicts. 6. You need to make sure that meetings happen as advertised, without fail. 7. You need a core of several Linux enthusiasts. 8. Your core volunteers need out-of-band methods of communication. 9. You need to get on the main lists of LUGs, and keep your entries accurate. * http://www.ssc.com/glue/ * http://lugww.counter.li.org/ * http://nlug.org/webring/ * http://www.redhat.com/apps/community/LUG/ * http://www.linux.org/groups/ * http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/User_Groups/ * http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/ Operating_Systems/Unix/Linux/User_Groups/ 10. You must have login access to maintain your Web pages, as needed. 11. Design your Web page to be forgiving of deferred maintenance. 12. Always include the day of the week, when you cite event dates. Always check that day of the week, first, using gcal [2] (or cal). gcal is your friend. 13. Place time-sensitive and key information prominently near the top of your main Web page. 14. Include maps and directions to your events. 15. Emphasise on your main page that your meeting will be free of charge and open to the public (if it is). 16. You'll want to include an RSVP "mailto" hyperlink, on some events. 17. Use referral pages. 18. Make sure every page has a revision date and maintainer link. 19. Check all links, at intervals. 20. You may want to consider establishing a LUG mailing list. 21. You don't need to be in the Internet Service Provider business. 22. Don't go into any other business, either. 23. Walk the walk. LUG checklist. The following checklist may be useful for your group, once established. 1. Web page: a. Meetings: [ ] Current meeting info? Is it prominent? [ ] Day of the week? Beginning time? Ending time? [ ] Double-checked day/date matches against a calendar? (E.g., is the "Friday, March 28" you listed an error, because the 28th is a Thursday?) [ ] Location? [ ] Map? [ ] Directions (car, public transit)? Parking tips? [ ] Information on the next several meetings? [ ] RSVP mailto link on meetings where this is needed? [ ] Note that meetings are free and open to the public (if they are)? [ ] If there's a special fee, is it disclosed next to the event listing? [ ] If location / time / date formula has changed recently, is this noted prominently? [ ] Have you checked for event conflicts with other nearby groups, or with holidays? b. General: [ ] Includes event date-formulas (e.g., 4th Tuesdays)? Prominently? [ ] Maintainer mailto link? [ ] Last-revised date? c. Periodically (maybe every quarter): [ ] Checked all links on your site for dead links? [ ] Checked your Web server's logs for pages requested but not found? (You'll want to put a referral page at that URL.) [ ] Read all your Web content attentively for outdated content? 2. Other, periodical: [ ] Reviewed/updated all LUG lists that have entries concerning your group? [ ] Reviewed all sites that link to yours? Advised their webmasters of needed corrections? Last revised: 2003-08-04 Having seen (and run) quite a few Linux user groups (LUGs), and observed some thrive and others die, I can hazard some firm recommendations. If you're thinking of starting a LUG, or are running one now, please ponder these lessons, drawn from other LUGs' experience. In fact, please consider reviewing this list from time to time, as a kind of checklist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d88888b d8b db Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa India 88' 888o 88 f r e d @ b y t e s f o r a l l . o r g 88ooo 88V8o 88 http://www.bytesforall.org * http://fn.swiki.net 88~~~ 88 V8o88 Phone 0091.832.2409490 Mobile 09822 122436 88 88 V888 784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Sonarbhat Saligao Goa 403511 YP VP V8P Writing ... with a difference, on issues that matter

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Re: Linux Migration
by santosh rao 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

hi kenneth, " I would suggest that you identify which people need to use VB software and dont migrate them in the first stage. In second stage, perhaps you can have a Win3K server with remote desktop client running on Linux to give access to the VB Software. We worked that succssfully in an office with 75+ users. " i am interested in this. Can you shed more light on the implementation. If this can be done with VB is it possible to do the same with tally.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

On Wednesday 02 March 2005 09:33, Amit Bagadia wrote: > Hi people > i recently tried installing FC3 on my system, > the first problem i faced was it did not detect my mouse. > the second problem i faced was while trying to label the partitions > my version of FC3 setup showed hung up screens. > i had to abondon my setup. > anyone can tell me whats the problem? First put a meaningful subject line like "FC3 hangs during install". "Help" is (almost) useful when you are drowning or being whacked by someone... FC3 and ilk are unstable and not for newbies. Use debian sarge (pcquest dvd). It is stable, simple to install and simpler to maintain with an ( cable modem / ADSL) internet connection. And you will always get support from me. rgds jtd

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Linuxers March 2005