Linuxers July 2007

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by Mohan Nayaka

Hi all, Yesterday I was trying to set up my home network using the Linksys WRT54G which I recently purchased from the US. The setup I am trying to achieve is: My TriBand connection is to be shared between my desktop (ethernet) and my laptop (by 802.11b/g). Some issues: 1) The router docs clearly say that I have to run an installer from the CD before doing any cabling. This is possible only for windows. What is the procedure for Linux users? 2) The power cable is rated for 120V/60Hz. I plugged this into a wall socket for a few minutes and did not notice any overheating. Can I conclude that this is ok to use? Anyhow using this power cable, the power LED did not glow. I will shop for a suitable cable today. Can you suggest what rating cable I should use? TIA, Mohan S N -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles

16 years, 4 months

Keyboard dead after KDE starts.

by Rony

Hello All, My dad was working on the Kubuntu 6.06 laptop creating a document on Open Office. After some lines, he could not type anything. He saved the document using the touch pad and the File > Save option and shut down the system using the touch pad. When I had a look at the system, I found that the keyboard goes dead after desktop is up. Before that till the gui login prompt, everything works and I can go to Ctrl + Alt + F1 console. But after desktop is up no key works except Fn + Brightness, Fn + Touch pad on/off which are hard (ware) keys. I created a new user in console and gave it a password. At the gui login prompt when I enter the username and passwd, it cannot start the desktop and gives a message "Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation. ...OK" I can login to the original user without any errors but keyboard is not functional. I can open/close programs using the touch pad. Is there any way to solve this problem without reloading the OS? Is my file system corrupt? The lappy is ok as I can boot into the other os Mandriva 2007 and use it flawlessly. Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

16 years, 4 months

Offline Package Manager (RUM) version 0.0.1 released.

by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray

I hereby announce the release of the Fedora Offline Package Manager (RUM) 0.0.1. This program is meant to enable users who do not have a viable network connection to manage their packages, ie. install new ones and update existing ones, through the standard package management framework used in Fedora. If you are interested then you can read more about it at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SummerOfCode/2007/DebarshiRay This is a beta release and offers the following features: 1. Profile management: a. Exporting the profile of the local system. b. Importing the profile of another system. c. Deleting existing profiles. 2. YumPack creation - Although I have tested this to the best of my ability, I would appreciate if you could try to create new YumPacks and verify whether the dependencies are being correctly resolved. To install package(s) from a YumPack, you would need to untar the YumPack, which is essentially an uncompressed Tar archive, and use 'system-install-packages' to install the RPMs as you would normally do. Tar ball: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DebarshiRay/rum?action=AttachFile&do=get&tar… Pre-requisites: If you are using Pirut <1.3.9, then you would need to apply this patch on /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DebarshiRay/rum?action=AttachFile&do=get&tar… Installation instructions: 1. $ tar -xzvf rum-0.0.1.tar.gz 2. $ cd rum-0.0.1 3. $ ./configure --prefix=/usr (Other prefixes are not expected to work. Please bear with it for the moment.) 4. $ make 5. # make install Execution instructions: 1. $ rum Documentation page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DebarshiRay/rum This is lagging behind a bit, but will be eventually updated. Bug-reports and comments are to be sent to rishi(a)fedoraproject.org. Happy hacking, Debarshi -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu

16 years, 4 months

ubuntu 6.06 X error with ASUS m2nx motherboard. amd dual core

by Abhishek Daga

I just got an ASUS m2nx motherboard with AMD athlon dual core 3600. This has nvidia chipset. Tried loading ubuntu 6.06 on it and it gave X config error. Was wondering if anyone has encountered a similar problem and how it can be rectified? Would loading 7.04 fiesty fawn, resolve the issue? If yes, then does anyone have a copy handy and if within my reach, I can pick it up. (please email me offlist) Thank you, abhishek ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/

16 years, 4 months

NRCFOSS Mumbai Seminars

by Pradeepto Bhattacharya

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob(a)gmail.com> Date: Jul 19, 2007 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] NRCFOSS Mumbai Seminars To: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com> Cc: Mrugesh Karnik <mrugeshkarnik(a)gmail.com> Hi, On 7/19/07, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com> wrote: > All Hail the tireless energy of MK :). A few requests: Tell me about it. You have no clue how much we are scared of MK and his tireless energy. :P > > + put a web page or a web application that allows for the benefit of > tracking and metrics > - folks to propose courses > o ask specifically about infrastructure required and any special needs > - folks to put their names as attendees All (atleast in some form or the other) in pipeline and will be announced shortly. Watch this space. > + provide details of infrastructure provided For now there are ~20 boxens dual boot with Linux/Windows. > + provide directions to venue http://www.vjti.ac.in/home_roadmap.asp After reaching VJTI, ask/look for Mechanical Dept. The Foss lab is on the Ground Floor. > + provide time and duration of the seminar The PHP seminar is from 9 AM to 11 AM. The BASH one starts at 1 PM - 3 PM. After that we will have 20 minutes of Questions and queries regarding BASH. > + provide a tentative repeat date Umm not decided yet to be honest. But this will be a part of the larger plan and we will announce it here on this list soon as I mentioned before. > + provide if at all possible podcasts of the talks/tutorials Yes, soonish in the pipeline even. We are planning this even but not immediately since we have to arrange a few things for that but we have slowly started working on this front. Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

16 years, 4 months

problem with configure, linking

by Anish N

Hi, I am trying to build some packages, as shared. While building, even though I specify -L<lib_directory> to configure, it is not fetching the libraries which are already in the library_directory(shared ones). The compilation stops in the middle showing missing libraries which are already present in <lib_directory>. I have to edit the Makefile manually and give the libraries as --rpath -Wl,<library_name> in LDFLAGS= which then compiles. Is there some way around this, like option to the configue ?. -- Thanks & Regards Anish N

16 years, 4 months

MTNL TRIBAND MODEM QUERY

by Joel Solomon

HI One of my friend's for whom i instaled Ubuntu 7.04 has a Triband connection.... he connects through USB. But Ubuntu is not able to connect to the modem via usb.Please Help.For some odd reasons he does not want to use the ethernet!!!! ---- Joel Solomon

16 years, 4 months

Re: Meeting with Firefox Team on 21st at HBCSE: Updated Announcement

by Kartik Mistry

vivek khurana wrote: > > guys, mind doing a video recording of meet and posting on net ? Hi, No idea right now. Feel free to do it!! But, I will definitely take some pictures (upto my memory card capacity). Cheers, -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------

16 years, 4 months

setserial and pnpdump

by Nagarjuna G.

hi, I found out recently that Ubuntu distro does not have setserial, pnpdump commands. I could install setserial later from the archives. the question is, which other alternative exists to configure the serial ports other than setserial. Similarly for pnpdump. any clues will be appreciated. btw: What is the status of the same in Debian GNU/Linux? Nagarjuna

16 years, 4 months

Meeting with Firefox Team on 21st at HBCSE: Updated Announcement

by Kartik Mistry

Hi all, Seth Bindernagel (Community Program Manager), JT Batson (Head, International Marketing Efforts) and Chris Hofmann of Mozilla Foundation are coming to Mumbai on 21st. The purpose of the trip is build further community involvement and start to find people who can help localizer drive the adoption of Firefox 3. This includes both supporting current volunteers in contributing more and providing resources. The details: * 10.30AM - Registration * 11AM - Introduction & Welcome * 11.30AM - The State of Mozilla * 12.00AM - Do we need an EN_IN version of Firefox? Local English, local search providers, certain spellings and other India specific items. Brainstorming, and team formation. * 1.00PM - Lunch break * 2.00PM - Brainstorming on promoting Firefox in India (Spread Firefox.in?) * 3.00PM - How to localize Firefox? How did we localize for Gujarati/Other language? Experience from different teams on development with Mozilla/Firefox- small workshop * 4.00PM - Firefox 3 - what's up the sleeve? * 5.00PM - Completion Who should attend? * Everyone who's helped in localization of Firefox / other Mozilla Software * Students and Open Source evangelists who want to promote Mozilla / Firefox * Community organizers & marketing enthusiasts * Anyone who's interested in Mozilla / Firefox Where? Many thanks to HBCSE for hosting this event. To reach at HBCSE, please see: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/Data/ObjectType/c/contact/viewObjectType RSVP: Please add your name to wiki (link below), if you wish (you should!) to attend the event: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------

16 years, 4 months

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