Linuxers December 2006

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] changing boot.ini
by Arun K. Khan 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 18:56 +0530, BombayNews wrote: > > How does one change the boot.ini on a computer? The problem is this: The You don't need to alter boot.ini. > the machine works okay GRUB, Ubuntu and all. According to the engineer > this is a usual problem with XP. He has advised editing boot.ini to make > Linux the default OS but he warned that it can be done only once. Also > that if Linux is made default Windows XP cannot be opened, etc. > Hogwash, with boot.ini you can boot WinXP as well as Linux but why bother with boot.ini. > So how does one configure boot.ini so that the computer begins working > even with the XP files corrupted, etc. The person who owns the computer If WinXP files are corrupted esp. ntloader or boot.ini then you are hosed. The easiest solution - Use GRUB to boot both Ubuntu and WinXP (/dev/hda is your IDE hard disk and /dev/hda2 is the root/boot partition of your Ubuntu install). 1. Boot Ubuntu Live from the CD. 2. Mount the root/boot partition e.g. on /mnt/hda 3. sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hda /dev/hda 4. Modify /mnt/hda/boot/grub/menu.lst to include your WinXP partition e.g. title Windows XP chainloader (hd0,0)+1 assuming WinXP is on the 1st partition of the first hard disk. HTH Arun Khan

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Core 2 Duo compatible system for Linux
by Dinesh Joshi 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hi, My Pentium 4 system is officially declared dead. I wish to replace it with a Core 2 Duo system. I wanted to know which motherboards are compatible with Linux. I would like to go in for a genuine Intel motherboard. The processor I am thinking of is Intel Core 2 Duo E6300/6400/6600/6700. I dont know which motherboard is most compatible with Linux ( FC5/6 ) specifically. The only Intel boards I could find were: - DG965RYCK - DG965WHMKR What would be the cost of the entire system with 512MB / 1GB of DDR2 RAM? My search on the Intel site came up with this ( Three matching boards for my requirements ): http://indigo.intel.com/mbsg/compare.aspx?orgID=16&aryAttrID=243%2c247%2c14 Please let me know of the cost and place where I can get it at the cheapest. Most importantly I need the board to work out of the box with Linux :) ciao! ( A special cry of help to Rony!! :) ) -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Core 2 Duo compatible system for Linux
by Rajesh Rajani 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hi Dinesh, > Hi, > > My Pentium 4 system is officially declared dead. I wish to replace it > with a Core 2 Duo system. I wanted to know which motherboards are > compatible with Linux. I would like to go in for a genuine Intel > motherboard. The processor I am thinking of is Intel Core 2 Duo > E6300/6400/6600/6700. I dont know which motherboard is most compatible > with Linux ( FC5/6 ) specifically. > > The only Intel boards I could find were: > - DG965RYCK > - DG965WHMKR > > What would be the cost of the entire system with 512MB / 1GB of DDR2 > RAM? > > My search on the Intel site came up with this ( Three matching boards > for my requirements ): > > http://indigo.intel.com/mbsg/compare.aspx?orgID=16&aryAttrID=243%2c247%2c14 > > Please let me know of the cost and place where I can get it at the > cheapest. Most importantly I need the board to work out of the box with > Linux :) > > ciao! > > ( A special cry of help to Rony!! :) ) > > Last month I got myself a Core 2 Duo E6600 (Rs. 16,500/-) with a DG965RY mobo (Rs. 7,300/-) and 1 GB DDR2-533 RAM (Rs. 4,750/-). All from Lamington Road. This motherboard has 1 IDE and 4 SATA ports. The IDE is powered by the Marvell PATA chipset which is not yet very well supported in the Linux world so when you connect a CD/DVD drive here, the installation doesn't find the installation CD/DVD. I've tried Knoppix 5.0.1, Ubuntu 6.06 and Suse 10.1 64-bit. The net suggests booting by giving the all-generic-ide option to the kernel but I have not been successful in getting it to recognize my DVD yet. It requires a kernel in which the generic ide driver is built-in rather than a module and I haven't checked if that's the case with the distros I've tried. I'll probably get a SATA harddisk so I can use the DVD on a SATA port using my SATA to PATA adapter and bypass this entire hassle. Haven't gone further than this, but searching the net doesn't show up any other googlies for this board with Linux. Regards, Rajesh

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Re: Wireless Linux Download Idea
by Vihan Pandey 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Sounds cool. The only question is how many people are going to be generous enough to shell out space on their hard drives? # ping generous.people.out.there awaiting Reply... :-) Regards, - vihan

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Wireless Linux Download Idea
by Rony 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hello All, I got this idea when I observed a client's SIFY connection. He wanted to have SIFY on his laptop so once the IP settings were done, there was a local LAN link of SIFY to download their dialer from SIFY's local network. Since the link was local LAN, it took about 2 seconds to download a 2 Mb file. Now with wireless I was wondering if we can have local wireless web servers in Mumbai where people can bring their laptops to hot spots and download linux softwares like latest distro ISOs, rpms, debs and tar gzipped files. The webserver will be simple tiny devices with hard disks, like the one in HBCSE. Their output can be given to a wireless AP. There will be no link with the internet so no wiring or ISP billing. The two devices are small in size and low on power consumption. They can be installed in coffee shops, book stalls, libraries etc. The devices can be provided free to the shops through institutional or corporate or collective funding with the condition that the shop will leave it on the whole day at his cost of electricity. The shop benefits from more visitors and good business like selling beverages and snacks, books etc. The devices will run independently and once in a few months the disks are updated with the latest distros and softwares through....say wireless itself. Just run a predefined package and wait till it says 'ok its done'. The advantage of this system is that local LAN speeds are much higher than internet so downloads will be much faster and one can simply log into the local web page and select the distro for download. Since there is no link with the net, security is good and the server anyway does not carry any sensitive information. Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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nokia 7710 with wdial
by francis pereira 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hey All , I was wondering if anyone managed to get the 7710's modem initialized with wvdial . I got the SE700i and the Nokia 6151 working . But the 7710 is different . I shows up an icon on the phone indicating that the modem is activated when the phone is connected to the dialer in m$ even without starting the dial out process . How do I replicate this in Linux . Because without that if I dial out here is what I get : Dec 2 12:12:56 bluehorizon hcid[4073]: HCI dev 0 up Dec 2 12:12:56 bluehorizon hcid[4073]: Starting security manager 0 Dec 2 12:13:04 bluehorizon ifup-ppp: pppd started for internet on /dev/rfcomm0 at 115200 Dec 2 12:13:04 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0 Dec 2 12:13:06 bluehorizon hcid[4073]: link_key_request (sba=00:11:67:06:D8:2A, dba=00:02:EE:98:4D:CB) Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Initializing modem. Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: ATZ Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: OK Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com","",0,0 Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com","",0,0 Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: OK Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: ATH Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: ATH Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: OK Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Modem initialized. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: ATDT*99# Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Waiting for carrier. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: ATDT*99# Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: CONNECT Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: ~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } g}%~ Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Carrier detected. Chatmode finished. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Serial connection established. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/rfcomm0 Dec 2 12:13:44 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Dec 2 12:13:44 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Connection terminated. Cheers { Francis; }

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Re: openSUSE ???
by Vihan Pandey 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

> Plus, the Integrated AIGLX based 3D Desktop is wayyyyy too cool. U'll > start making even MacOS guys jealous :) Hmm... the point of jealousy would be in terms of it looking ``wayyyyy too cool" AND being GPL through and through. Let's face it Apple rules when it comes to building interfaces, Aqua(on Mac OS X) is one of the most crisp and elegant looking UI's out there, moreover they take the same care and precision in making their widget sets !!! Pity they don't seem to have any inclination to release that bit under GPL. An interesting article on the same : http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html Regards, - vihan

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Linux on Acer 2428NWXCi . [Report]
by Rony 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hello All, The Acer 2428NWXCi comes with Linpus Linux pre-installed. On starting it up for the first time I was wondering what type of desktop I will be logged into and to my surprise, it booted up into a root command prompt. It would not recognize the 'startx' command. No wonder it has 'Limitted functionality' for those who expect a full fledged desktop environment. The os was replaced with Kubuntu 6.06 LTS and everything was detected smoothly. The wireless router is yet to arrive but the wireless network icon is present along with the ethernet so at least the device is properly installed. The grey area was the video player Kaffeine' Everytime I would try to play a vcd, it would go into an indefinite processing with no other function possible. I had to force the laptop to reboot twice on running kaffeine. There was not much choice available for kde in apt-get, so I installed VLC. It plays the vcd but sound is periodically clear and broken as it plays. So multimedia is a grey area for kubuntu 6.06 on Acer 2428. Kubuntu has a ready battery monitor icon in the system tray and it gives good indications of battery life, power mode and battery mode. The Acer 2428 is a good on system performance. It has a 14" wide screen. It runs pretty fast just like my P4 2.4 Ghz. + 256 Mb RAM. Battery life is 2.5 hrs+. It comes with a lovely carry bag that even lenovo does not give for its expensive laptops. I like the fact that Acer gives its best even to the lower end products. HDD is 60 Gb. More inputs once the wireless router is up. Has anyone tried out the Kubuntu 6.10? Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Help for Xine installation
by A A 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hello all, I use RH9 and recently downloaded following files for Xine. xine-lib-1.1.2.tar.bz2 xine-ui-0.99.4.tar I made a directory and opened these files. At command prompt both as root and as user I gave following commands. ./configure make make install. After each of these commands the system does something as apparently the terminal shows the data being read, scrolling upwards. As per instructions on Xine site and other help file, it means I'm done with installation and I only need to type "xine" at prompt to start the program. Alas! I get the message no command found. Whats being wrong here? Frustrated, I got libxine1-1.1.3-061202.i686.rpm. It installed but no success with xine command. Reinstalling doesnt help as it says the rpm is already installed. Then I give rpm -e filename command as root or user. Now it says there's no such package to uninstall. Whats happening? Can anyone please give lucid step by step instructions to get Xine up and running? TIA, Regards, AA --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.

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by Roshan 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

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Linuxers December 2006