Linuxers February 2007

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Debian Etch Installation Report
by Mrugesh Karnik 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi, I have just posted the text only version of my Debian Etch Installation Report to the wiki. It's available here: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Debian_Etch_Installation_Report I have taken lots of screenshots and I'll post them tomorrow. The installer has a handy facility for taking screenshots if you're curious. Also, I found a MAJOR security bug with respect to the sudo integration. I enabled it and found that root login with a blank password was possible. I haven't tried updating the system yet. If the bug persists, I'll report it. Cheers. -- ---------------------------------------- Mrugesh Karnik GPG Key 0xBA6F1DA8 Public key on http://wwwkeys.pgp.net ----------------------------------------

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"Provide us business ideas" competition
by jtd 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

..but only for the chosen few from certain countries. http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2007/redhatchallenge.html -- Rgds JTD

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Re: problem in integrating ejabberd with mysql
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

http://jabberd.jabberstudio.org/2/docs/quickstart.html If you are not specific about ejabberd, but simply want to run a Jabber server, then follow the instructions in the above link to configure Jabberd2. It worked for me on Fedora Core 5 i386. If you are using an RPM to install Jabberd2 then you will find that most of the instructions can be skipped. Good luck, Debarshi -- husband v. use sparingly; conserve; save husbandry n. frugality; thrift; agriculture

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[Annoncement] Ubuntu-India at Carte Blanche 2007
by Parthan 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hello LUGies, Its our great pleasure in announcing that Ubuntu-India Team will participate in Carte Blanche 2007 held at MIT Campus Chrompet on 3rd and 4th March 2007. We have got a stall for Ubtunu-India Team and have prepared banners and fliers about Ubuntu & the Loco Team. We also plan to exhibit Ubuntu loaded computers as a hands-on system where visitors can have an Ubuntu experience. We also plan to display 3D desktop using Beryl. We hereby call for participation from all Ubunteros and Ubuntu fans, join our volunteers and help them display the power of the Ubuntu community and our favorite distribution. The stall will also serve the purpose of offering help and troubleshoot any of your Ubuntu related queries and assist you to enjoy the Ubuntu Linux experience. We will also try to make Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy CDs available for copies. We request those who are interested to get copies to bring Blank CDs (one CD per Ubuntu/Kubuntu) and get them burnt in the stall. We also thank the Carte Blanche Organizers for offering us a stall and hope we will get support from the community for Ubuntu-India Teams' endeavor on participating in a FOSS event like Carte Blanche. Thanks to the Ubuntu-India Team for all their support and contributions. We look forward to your continued support in all our further endeavors. For all further assistance and information regarding the Ubuntu-India stall please contact any of the following Ubunteros: [1] Baishampatan Ghose - b.ghose(a)ubuntu.com ** Ubuntu-India Loco Team Lead (Local Team Members at Chennai) [2] Aanjhan Ranganathan - aanjhan(a)gmail.com ** NA during the event [3] Parthan S R - parth.technofreak(a)gmail.com ** NA during the event [4] Sudharshan - sudharsh(a)gmail.com | 9840904288 ** Will be incharge of the stall during the event, along with other volunteers [ We welcome the other volunteers for the Ubuntu-In stall to provide their contact details by updating this thread] All comments and suggestions are welcome from the community to make this event a grand success. Some Relayed Links: [1] Carte Blanche'07 - http://cs-mit.org/cb07/schedule.html [2] Ubuntu India Team Home/Wiki - http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Main_Page [3] Ubuntu India Loco Team - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam [4] Ubuntu.com - http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- With Regards Parthan (TechnoFreak) . A Proud GNU/Linux User and Ubuntero .0. ..0 [Web] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Parthan 000 [Blog]http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com

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Evolution mail client configuration help
by Dinesh Joshi 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi list, I'm just trying out evolution as my new mail client. The problem is that I cant find a option to wrap the lines at 72 characters i.e. I cant set the wrapping! There is no option to set the wrapping size anywhere! Anybody using evolution?? How do I configure the client? Thanks. -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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RHEL 4 - Cannot ping.
by Nadeem M. Khan 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi. I cannot ping any system and no system can ping me on my RHEL 4 AS. SElinux is disabled. No iptables rules are specified. Default installation. hosts.allow, deny are blank. System is HP-Compaq V50000 notebook. ifconfig shows my eth0 properly configured. mii-tool shows link ok. Haven't seen anything like this before. Any pointers ? Regards, NMK.

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problem in integrating ejabberd with mysql
by PV Sundarram 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

hi, i am using a fc4, mysql 5.0.27 and erlang(*R11B-3*). i installed ejabberd 1.1.3(binary). i followed the instructions in this link https://support.process-one.net/doc/display/MESSENGER/Using+ejabberd+with+M… . but it did not work and was not giving any error in log files. the ejabberd server was connecting to mysql server(i could c the connection in mysqlAdmin) but it was not registering any user. i tried registering using different tools(ejabberdctl and psi). ney pointers how to make it work... -- keep klickin' P.V.Sundarram -- pvsun.blogspot.com -- Relax... you are entering a windows free zone...... -- http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=123123123123123&t=1 8-)

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Linux Compatible Laptops
by Mandar Joshi 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hello, I bought a Compaq V3033AU few months back. Turion X2 1.6, 1GB RAM , 100GB HDD, 14.1 wide screen. and rest of the regular features. I've tested it with FC5 32 bit , FC5 64 bit , Gentoo 64 bit, OpenSuse 10.2 but stuck to Gentoo 64 bit in the end. The laptop works well with all the versions I mentioned. The graphics are great with the Nvidia proprietery driver. For wireless I had to use ndiswrapper but I think it might work with the native bcm43xx driver in 2.16.20 . Ofcourse, I am using the i386 binary version of Firefox. Blackdown Java as well as Flash work fine. With the alsa oss emulation I get audio too inside firefox ! Whats your budget ? I think the current starting price of the Compaq V3000 series is around 42000/- . Regards Mandar Joshi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Have you been here yet ? http://mndar.phpnet.us ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather

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excess downloads on Ubuntu
by Shiv Kumar - 9820320927 (cell) 91-22-28906693 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I have a system with Ubuntu Dapper, firefox, Opera and Evolution email client running. After i activated the Connection properties button I notice that a lot of downloading continues to happen even when the system is idle. the downloading stops only after at least 6 to 8 MBs are downloaded every time I activate MTNL triband. How do I stop this? Every MB costs One Rupee so its obviously very expensive. Shiv Kumar

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Samba PDC permission issues
by Openlx Linux 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hello List, I have created a setup consisting of : 1. Samba-PDC server running Centos Linux 4.4, 32 bit, Samba version 3.0.9.1.3E.10, named A 2. This server is joined by three Samba workstations running Centos Linux 4.4, 32 bit, Samba version 3.0.9.1.3E.10, Named B, C & D. The workstations (B, C & D) are authenticated by PDC (A). There are Unix groups on PDC which are converted to NT-groups on A (PDC), using the command : # net groupmap add ntgroup="group-name" unixgroup="group-name" type=d The 3 workstations share files that are given group-wise ACL permissions. When I join the workstations to the PDC server through authconfig command, the workstation is shown as joined. When I use the command "getent -g" , it does not show the PDC group. It shows the groups of the local workstation only. The ACL permissions are not working. I am using the command : # setfacl -m g:DOMAIN\\groups:rwx /foldername I get the error message : setfacl: Option -m: Invalid argument near character 3 I seem to be missing something, because, on completing the setup, this worked for 4 hours and then stopped. The log message, at error time, started showing this message : ===================error message on PDC (A) server=============== Feb 26 15:53:47 pdcdel smbd[12063]: make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed! Feb 26 15:53:49 pdcdel smbd[12063]: [2007/02/26 15:53:49, 0] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_info3(1134) Feb 26 15:53:49 pdcdel smbd[12063]: make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed! Feb 26 15:53:49 pdcdel smbd[12063]: [2007/02/26 15:53:49, 0] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_info3(1134) Feb 26 15:53:49 pdcdel smbd[12063]: make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed! ===================end of above message======================= ===================error message on WORKSTATIONS (C) ======= Feb 25 17:41:19 csw2smbbak kernel: mtrr: base(0xd0020000) is not aligned on a size(0x300000) boundary Feb 25 17:41:28 csw2smbbak kernel: mtrr: type mismatch for d0000000,10000000 old: write-back new: write-combining Feb 25 18:18:15 csw2smbbak nmbd[8274]: [2007/02/25 18:18:15, 0] nmbd/nmbd_responserecordsdb.c:find_response_record(220) Feb 25 18:18:15 csw2smbbak nmbd[8274]: find_response_record: response packet id 23126 received with no matching record. Feb 25 18:18:15 csw2smbbak nmbd[8274]: [2007/02/25 18:18:15, 0] nmbd/nmbd_responserecordsdb.c:find_response_record(220) Feb 25 18:18:15 csw2smbbak nmbd[8274]: find_response_record: response packet id 23126 received with no matching record. ===================end of above message======================= The workstations (B, C & D) have same OS, samba and configurations. The workstations B & D are working fine, whereas the C is giving the error. Any ideas to resolve the issue will be helpful and I will be grateful. Ashok. -- Linux - Transforming Lives !

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Linuxers February 2007