Linuxers June 2006

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Re:Which (Fedora, Redhat) based distro; best?
by अिनकॆत (Aniket) 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

> If the subject line confuses, or indicates, best of > distros, the body of the email isn't. > > What I am interested to know, is which distro among > Fedora Core would be best for the hardware > configuration I have > > I plan to buy a new HDD and interested to know, which > Redhat / Fedora Distro would be best > > Microprocessor: Pentium IV 1.7 GHz > RAM: 256 MB DDR > Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse > SAMTRON 15" Monitor > SONY CD-RW CRX23EE 52x / 32x / 52x > Realtek Ethernet Card > > (here comes the odd part) > ASUS Motherboard P4S333VM > SiS 7012 Soundcard > SiS 650 onboard Graphics card > > Though the sound card was detected in Redhat 9.0 (the > one I am using currently), none of the sound modules > (arts, ALSA) worked properly. > > I am not interested in Debain Distros because, I have > absolutely no idea of a lot of things. Once, I have > some introduction (through different sources on the > internet), I'll dual boot... > > But, can I dual boot among different distro's > Something like Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE 10.2? > > Also, if anyone has used GAIM on MTNL TRIBAND, please > let me know. > > I also plan to buy a new keyboard. Any suggestions for > a new keyboard ? (Simple ...no MM) > I would suggest you should definitely go for Fedora 5 . Its just the best of all the Fedoras (atleast I have experienced so). Hardware detection is just great unless you have any exotic hardware...and you dont seem to have any. I never had a sound problem with Fedora. And in RH9 the sound problem is very common , many of my friends' and even my college comp went without sound in RH9...and SUSE10.0 too. Networking with ADSL/PPPOE is a breeze in fedora . Triband will work just fine...and gaim too. Also my MM Keyboard works fine in Fedora with the iTouch plugin for XMMS. I couls not get MM keys to work in Ubuntu Dapper at all. -- The Future is Open...The Future is LINUX

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ubuntu
by bombaynews 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

has anyone on this list test driven the new ubuntu 6.06 LTS (DAPPER DRAKE)? shiv kumar

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Which (Fedora, Redhat) based distro; best?
by Roshan 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

LO, If the subject line confuses, or indicates, best of distros, the body of the email isn't. What I am interested to know, is which distro among Fedora Core would be best for the hardware configuration I have I plan to buy a new HDD and interested to know, which Redhat / Fedora Distro would be best Microprocessor: Pentium IV 1.7 GHz RAM: 256 MB DDR Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse SAMTRON 15" Monitor SONY CD-RW CRX23EE 52x / 32x / 52x Realtek Ethernet Card (here comes the odd part) ASUS Motherboard P4S333VM SiS 7012 Soundcard SiS 650 onboard Graphics card Though the sound card was detected in Redhat 9.0 (the one I am using currently), none of the sound modules (arts, ALSA) worked properly. I am not interested in Debain Distros because, I have absolutely no idea of a lot of things. Once, I have some introduction (through different sources on the internet), I'll dual boot... But, can I dual boot among different distro's Something like Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE 10.2? Also, if anyone has used GAIM on MTNL TRIBAND, please let me know. I also plan to buy a new keyboard. Any suggestions for a new keyboard ? (Simple ...no MM) Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com <br><br> Stay connected with your friends even when away from PC. Link: http://in.mobile.yahoo.com/new/messenger/

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Re: tar question ...
by Amish Mehta 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Arun K. Khan wrote: > >On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 21:11 +0530, Amish Mehta wrote: >> Arun K. Khan wrote: >> ># tar -cvjf /data2/sys-backup.tar.bz2 / --exclude-from=/exclude-file >> > >> >/exclude_file is a text file with (directories space separated on one line): >> >/home /data1 /data2 >> >> Specify each on separate line (not separated by space). > >Does it work for you (version of tar)? My verions of tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 --- packaged with RH9 Command I run is tar czvp -X bkpexclude base libs demo website > bkp.`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.tgz base, libs, demo, website are directories to backup bkpexclude contains base/bin demo/bin website/notimp Amish.

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[OT] Harddisk required for Linux server...
by Dinesh Joshi 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Hi list, I need a harddisk to setup a new server. I am not looking for a big one. Anything from a 10GB to 40GB will do. Preferrably 20GB. If someone has a seagate which is _less_ that 3 years old and has no bad sectors then please contact me off list. I am willing to pay Rs.800-1000/- at the most. Thanks. -- Dinesh A. Joshi

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[OT] Any reliance powersurfer downtime?
by Dinesh Joshi 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Hi list, Are there any powersurfer (power sufferers :P ) customers here? Their andheri network has been down for the past 7 days i.e. from 31st May. The reason they are citing is that their switches got damaged in the rains. AFAIK this hasn't happened in the past. This down time is killing... Any good alternative ISP in andheri area who you guys would suggest? I am willing to pay upto 600 bucks a month for a 64Kbps (8kBps) connection and 800 bucks for a 128Kbps (16kBps). All I want is a public IP (doesnt matter whether its static or dynamic), no port blocks, consistent uptimes, stable speeds and ofcourse should be compatible with Linux. Airtel is available in our area but not in my particular building... Help! -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ubuntu
by अिनकॆत (Aniket) 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

> I recently dist-upgraded to Ubuntu Dapper Drake. Its awesome i must > say. I downloaded the Live+Install Cd and it refused to recognise the partitions on my first hard-disk . So people on the Ubuntu Forums suggested me to use the alternate CD. I downloaded that and got the same results. I am at my wits end tring to figure out the problem . Here is my Fdisk output from Fedora 5 ..I want to use /dev/hda2 to install Ubuntu. Also the current GRUB is installed in MBR of hda . Fedora and XP workin fine. [root@aniket aniket]# /sbin/fdisk -l omitting empty partition (5) Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 638 5124703+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 639 1275 5116702+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1276 4865 28836675 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda4 1914 3591 13478503+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda5 1276 1318 345334+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda6 1319 1913 4779306 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda7 3592 4865 10233373+ b W95 FAT32 Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 1305 10482381 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 1306 9733 67697910 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb5 1306 3916 20972826 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb6 3917 6527 20972826 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb7 6528 9688 25390701 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb8 9689 9733 361431 82 Linux swap / Solaris Also i want to know how to configure pppoe in Ubuntu. What I did in the Live Cd was , "sudo pppoeconf" . Then I followed the wizard. But it never asked me the service/access concentrator name . I need to enter those as there are multiple pppoe services on my LAN. Please help me as I really want to use Ubuntu.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ubuntu
by अिनकॆत (Aniket) 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

> > /dev/hda2 should be the Extended partition. For your first HDD, its not > the case. I think the partitions are numbered in the sequence any > detected Primary, detected Extended, then the ones inside Extended. hdx1 > to hdx4 are kept for the four main (for a lack of better term) > partitions (i.e. upto a max of 4 primary or 3 primary and one extended). > hdx5 onwards are given to the ones encountered inside the Extended > partitions. > > Thats what I've seen on my installs. If your FC is working (as it > obviously is), then maybe my reasoning is off-target. Well I found out the error ...... If you can see the entry for my extended partition , it says cylinder 1276 to cylinder 4865 . so , a partition from 1914 to 3591 (ie hda4 shown above) should be a logical partition inside this extended partition. But the partition hda4 above , from 1914 to 3591 is listed as a primary partition . So cylinders 1914 to 3591 were being counted twice causing the windoze partition manager to report my 40GB HDD as 59GB hdd. , and Gparted to not detect any partitions at all. Screw M$ and Winblows. Also I dunno how FC5 was working just great even with that error. I have to keep a copy of XP so that my local internet provider can debug it when the connection goes down, he cant use Linux at all, else I would have junked it for good. > > > Also i want to know how to configure pppoe in Ubuntu. What I did in > > Break into its config file somewhere in /etc/ppp. I forgot to check it > when hopping back from Linux. You will have to do a pppoe <some option> > to get your access concentrators listed, I believe. > I found out from the man pages that the kernel mode pppoe installed in Ubuntu cannot handle multiple access concentrators. Its designed to be used with Triband etc ie.DSL modems. If you have only one service on your LAN its ok, else you have to use rp-pppoe package from roaringpenguin website. It also has a GUI config utility to enter service name. Posting from Ubuntu Dapper now, its great but I just say not easy to configure repos in synaptic as Fedora/Yum . The utility itself is great but the default repo config did not work for me and had to be edited manually as it had some in.ubuntu... mirrors listed which gave 404 errors. -- The Future is Open...The Future is LINUX

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FYI - SuSE 10.1 DVD w/ LFY Jun/06
by Arun K. Khan 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Without prejudice and FWIW, LFY Jun/06 includes the SuSE 10.1 DVD (32 bit). Have not installed it but the _all_ the RPMs check out OK. -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) She liked him; he was a man of many qualities, even if most of them were bad.

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Re: tar question ...
by Amish Mehta 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Arun K. Khan wrote: ># tar -cvjf /data2/sys-backup.tar.bz2 / --exclude-from=/exclude-file > >/exclude_file is a text file with (directories space separated on one line): >/home /data1 /data2 Specify each on separate line (not separated by space). Amish.

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