Linuxers September 2006

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27 Sep '06

With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information technology. Yet the 71-year-old school is abandoning Microsoft Windows software in favor of its free, open-source rival, Linux. So when students -- typically eight to a machine, seated at two benches -- turn on their PCs they see Linux desktop software that helps them navigate their way to all manner of math, graphics, and writing programs. http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/27linux.htm -- --Dinesh Shah :-)

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: how to setup raspppoe internet on linux?
by अिनकॆत (Aniket) 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

To configure PPPOE follow these steps..I use PPPOE at my place since the last 2 years in Fedora core 5 and Ubuntu . I ll first describe how I did it in Fedora ..then I ll also describe how I did it in Ubuntu... U ll also need a lil help from Winblows... 1] In windows....run "raspppoe" or "pppoeconf" from start menu and click on "Query Services" ..Note down the relevant access concentrator name , and the service name for your provider. 2]In any fedora system , run "system-config-network", In the GUI you get, select New interface , and in the list of connection types, select XDSL . 3] In the GUI that follows , enter the username and password, and also other stuff like activate on boot., allow all users to activate the device etc.. Then click on OK , and click on "save" from file menu 4] Now double click on the interface you just created and in the "advanced" tab, enter the access concentrator name and service name you noted down from windows. Again save the configuration from file menu. 5] now just run "system-control-network" (from menu or terminal ..ur choice :) ..) ...you will get GUI to turn you PPPOE connection on/off. PS : in the menu;..."system-config-network" ==>menu->administration->network "system-control-network" ===> menu->system->network device control METHOD FOR UBUNTU... 1] download latest rp-pppoe (version 3.8 afaik) from http://www.roaringpenguin.com/penguin/open_source_rp-pppoe.php 2] On a standard system....just run "go-gui" from the package , it will give you GUI for PPPOE where you can enter all the relevant fields like username . passord, AC name , service name etc.... and just hit connect If "go-gui" doesnt work..... 3]Run following commands in the rp-pppoe-3.x folder from terminal... cd src ./configure make make install (as root) 4]Now try running "go-gui" In my Ubuntu dapper system, "go-gui" worked fine , and I did'nt need to compile anything much.... Hope this helps....... Please feel free to post any more doubts about this ....

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how to setup raspppoe internet on linux?
by krishnakant Mane 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

hello all. I have a machine with 2 lan cards one for internet and the other for internal lan. my isp uses raspppoe for internet connection. I believe there is a way to get my ubuntu, debian or knoppix system connect to the internet over ras PPPOE? one lan card has a static ip 192.168.0.2 and is used for my internal network. I have right now un plugged the cable from this card. the one that connects to the internet via ras PPPOE has no IP statically assigned by my isp. it seams to get it dynamically when I use their diler from my desktop. how can I set it up from the command line? since I don't have a gui based screen reader for linux, I have to do it from the shell. thanks, Krishnakant.

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[Commercial][Job] PostgreSQL Database Designers Wanted
by Rajesh Rajani 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Hi All, We require a couple of experienced PostgreSQL database designers for an onsite assignment in Japan. Skills: PostgreSQL Database Designer Platform: Linux Location: Japan (long-term >1 Yr) Experience: 2+ Years Please reply to me off the list for further details. Thanks and Regards, Rajesh

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blender - an apology
by Kenneth Gonsalves 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

hi, sometime back I had highly praised blender, but had criticised the interface as non-intuitive. On using blender i find i was wrong - the interface is intuitive and suprisingly easy to learn. The reason why i had got that impression was, that i had tried it out two years ago with a borked install, and with an unsatisfactory tutorial. The tutorials now available rock. And blender rocks. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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[Commercial] RTLinux Training
by hemendra jain 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

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remote desktop, local printing. Linux client
by Abhishek Daga 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

The situation is, Local Linux client connected via remote desktop to a windows server. how can one print off apps running remotely on a local printer? did find the windows client/windows server solution. but nothing where linux is client and windows is server. thanks abhi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Linux compatible motherboards
by Vivek Rai 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

> > > Onboard ethernet - OK > > what is the ethernet chip and what driver? product: CK804 Ethernet Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation driver: forcedeth

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Homebrew Debian distro for Indian Schools
by Arun K. Khan 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Quote: Education Minister M.A. Baby told the Associated Press. "The government is introducing GNU/Linux-based software as tools to teach various subjects." http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8687173118.html Hope education ministers in other states and the center take a cue from this initiative. -- Arun Khan

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux compatible motherboards.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

>> I use a Compaq notebook. Here are its details: >> >> Model no: Compaq Presario 2203AL >> Motherboard: Intel 855 GM with Intel Xtreme 2 graphics >> Procesor: Intel Pentium M 715 1.5GHz > I have a similar notebook - V5000. My wireless lan gets detected out > of the box on suse 10.1. But I have a problem with sound. It refuses > to play at max volume. Did you face similar a issue? Fedora Core 1 did not detect the sound card, but Fedora Core 2 and now Fedora Core 5 work fine. Sometimes, I do not get sound but that is easily fixed by going to the 'detect sound card' menu in GNOME and increasing the sound level using the slider there. Funnily the after exiting the utility, the slider goes back to where it was but the thing does not go mute. I suggest you try tinkering with any such utility if you have. Otherwise you might try the 'alsamixer' utility too. I use ALSA on my Fedora Core 5 system. > BTW, my modem is also not detected, but thats not an issue since I > don't need it. I understand HP has the drivers on their site. Same here with me. But the supplied driver works just fine. Cheerio, Debarshi -- Microsoft does have a Y2K problem... it's called GNU/Linux!

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