Linuxers September 2006

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how to open multiple terminals in knoppix?
by krishnakant Mane 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

hello, I want to know how can I open multiple terminals on the shel using knoppix. with all other distros like debian, redhat etc ctrl + alt + f1 - 6 opens terminals. I however could not do the same with knoppix. will installation on the hard disk give that facility? Krishnakant.

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GPL Violations: DLINK bites the dust
by jtd 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Dlink was one of the crooked companies that violated the gpl and was taken to court by Harold Welte. They lost the case. Their defence shows their crookedness and greed. Dlink contended that linux indulged in price fixing by keeping price at zero and hence was indulging in monopolistic behaviour. Therfore by magic Dlink was allowed to violate the terms of the GPL. The court said that irrespective of the allegation of price fixing, Dlink ceased to be a licencee of the gpl if it violtates any clause of the gpl. Case was filed by Harold Welte of iptables fame. Krishnakant could u put this in the press. This is a great victory cause it immediately fixes all responsibility on the distributor without exceptions due to alleged gpl. Time to boycott dlink. Alternative is DAX for switches and low end network stuff. I belive that i have found another gpl violation from one of the largest IT houses in the country. They had developed an embedded kernel on arm for another multinational. The multinational's local contact says that thay dont have the source cause the IT house did not give them the source, and seemed to be unaware of the gpl requirements. Further investigation continues. I am not disclosing names until I am very sure. The company has already lost an order of Rs.30 lacs. If it can play dirty with the gpl it will most certainly do the same to me. -- Rgds JTD

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[commercial] PHP web scraper writers
by Abhishek Daga 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

I need scrapers written in php for several sites (6 or 7). These are https sites having username and passwords. There wil be several stages of navigation that require entering more data/criteria that would need to be pulled from the existing mysql DB. And finally, the data would need to be extracted. If there is anyone who is interested in taking up this project on a contract basis, please contact offline and we can discuss this further. -abhishek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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how can I create openoffice .odt files in emacs?
by krishnakant Mane 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

hello all, here is one more strange yet interesting query. if I want to use emacs to create, format, open and save .odt files from openoffice word processor, how can I accomplish it? I will be first interested to create odt documents and then even spreadsheets. I find emacs desktop very comfortable to use. I don't know how good it looks on the desktop but liked it very much. now if I can use it for createing formatted documents and spread sheets, nothing like it. I am already seeking some help for browsing internet with emacspeak. hope some one will drop in with the help for that as well. thanking all. Krishnakant.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] GPL Violations: Elitecore should bites the dust
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

> I might be stating the obvious here but using GPL licensed software and making > changes and using them internally (like within a company) is okay. Google, > Yahoo, Amazon and other companies does this and this is not a violation of the > GNU GPL license. Also providing a hosted service such as hardened FTP server > space (with patches whose source code is not available) also does not fall under > the purview of the GNU GPL license. It is perfectly legal to do that. It is only legal if the original package is licensed under the GPLv2 or earlier, which obviously it is. The GPLv3 tends to look at it differently as of now. Regards, Debarshi -- Microsoft does have a Y2K problem... it's called GNU/Linux!

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Debian 3.1 rocks
by Rony 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Hello All, This is a mini installation report on Debian 3.1. The linux26 kernel option was selected at boot prompt and Debian 3.1 was installed with a 2.6 kernel. The system was P4 2.4 GHz. and Intel 845 GEBV2 mobo. During installation itself the packages were updated from the net ( 120 MB). It detected the video with vesa drivers upto 800 x 600 resol. and sound was detected too. Printer setup was tricky as the kde could not initiate a setup for lpd printers. After a lot of googling I came across this unusual method of setting up a printer and it worked. I downloaded packages using synaptec. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=8302 Another problem was that sound did not work for the other user created for my family members. I looked up /etc/groups and added the new user in the line for 'audio' but still no good. Then after more googling I found this useful link http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html#a36 I downloaded the latest alsa-base alsa-oss and the new user too can access sound. Best part was that the 'totem' movie player could play VCDs and DVDs directly without the usual extra downloads. Still I installed the win32 codecs and libdvdcss later. The usb pen drive was also detected, though I had to manually mount it, but it was fun. In synaptec package manager, I came across a kernel for speech called speakup. The details are given below. Krish can try out this kernel for speech processing. The description is given below. "...Linux kernel image for version 2.4.27-speakup This package contains the Linux kernel image for version 2.4.27-speakup, the corresponding System.map file, and the modules built by the packager. It also contains scripts that try to ensure that the system is not left in a unbootable state after an update. If you wish to update a bootdisk, or to use a bootloader to make installing and using the image easier, we suggest you install the latest fdutils (for formatting a floppy to be used as boot disk), and LILO, for a powerful bootloader. Of course, both these are optional. Kernel image packages are generally produced using kernel-package, and it is suggested that you install that package if you wish to create a custom kernel from the sources. This kernel package contains a Linux kernel patched with speakup, a screen reader for the Linux console. Speakup currently supports the following hardware speech synthesizers: * DoubleTalk PC/LT * LiteTalk * Accent PC/SA * Speakout * Artic Transport * Audapter * Braille 'N Speak / Type 'N Speak * Dectalk External and Express * the Apollo2 NOTE: We don't claim this drivers to be stable, use them on your own risk...." All in all, Debian 3.1 is a good distro for those who want to get some installation experience. Its not too difficult. The online helping community is simply fantastic with so much online help available. This distro rocks. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Firefox Howto
by Rony 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Hello All, First, I want to thank all those who gave tips on installing debian 3.1 with linux26 kernel. I have downloaded firefox 1.5 but it is a self running software and I want to avoid duplicating it for every user. So what is a common location that I can use for installation for all users and only their profile is stored in their own home folder? Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] how to open multiple terminals in knoppix?
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

> I want to know how can I open multiple terminals on the shel using > knoppix. > with all other distros like debian, redhat etc ctrl + alt + f1 - 6 Check whether your /etc/inittab has some lines like these or not: # Run gettys in standard runlevels 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 If you have exactly these lines then. you will have 6 terminals in runlevels 2,3,4 and only 2 terminals in runlevel 5. Cheers, Debarshi -- Microsoft does have a Y2K problem... it's called GNU/Linux!

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Re: how to setup raspppoe internet on linux?
by अिनकॆत (Aniket) 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

well access concentrator is just server on the LAN which is offering PPPOE services. So there can be many on the LAN , and you need to select one. SO.... After you install rp-pppoe-3.8 , run the following command, "/sbin/pppoe -A " You will get a list of access concentrators and services on the command prompt., then make a note which one is yours.... Then , instead of "go-gui" ..just run "go" from the rp-pppoe directory, this will start the PPPOE dialer from command prompt without the GUI.. Also , if you need more assistance , you can give me a call, contact me off the list.

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Web server
by Mukund Deshmukh 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Hi, I am looking for compact Webserver for manipulating data received from embedded devices. The requirements are, 1. Free 2. Works on linux and window. 2. Support for CGI and perl (if possible) 3. Fast, light weight. Any inputs? Best Regards, Mukund Deshmukh. Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd 10/1, IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur-440022 Cell - 9422113746

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