Linuxers August 2007

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Linux Hardware Support Better Than Windows
by Praveen A 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Interesting, comments are also very good - have arguments against it as well. "Windows does not support the hardware. The hardware supports Windows. While people complain that Linux does not have complete drivers for top 3d graphics cards, *neither does Windows*. Windows does not have full 3d drivers for these cards, Instead, these 3d graphics cards come with drivers for Windows." http://changelog.complete.org/posts/644-Linux-Hardware-Support-Better-Than-… -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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[ANNOUNCE] Ayttm 0.5.0-6 Released
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hi All, Ayttm 0.5.0-6 has been released. Here are the release notes and change summary: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=77614&release_id=5332… The complete ChangeLog can be found here: http://ayttm.cvs.sourceforge.net/ayttm/ayttm/ChangeLog?revision=1.695&view=… You may download the sources or RPMs from: http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/files.shtml -- Siddhesh Poyarekar This document validates as Plain Text

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Linus answers a lot of questions asked by Indians.
by gaurav chaturvedi 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

In this interview Linus answers a lot of questions asked by Indians. Link :- http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/21160/news.htm here is one of the questions asked by one of the members from this list :-) Q: What would be a good reason for you to consider visiting India? -- Frederick [FN] Noronha. Linus: As mentioned in the first answer, I absolutely detest public speaking, so I tend to avoid conferences, etc. I'd love to go to India for a vacation some day, but if I do, I'd likely just do it incognito -- not tell anybody beforehand and just go as a tourist to see the country!

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Firefox blocked?
by Roshan 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

> --- Dinesh Shah wrote: > > > H! > > > > On 8/19/07, Nishit Dave wrote: > > > Ever visit www.irctc.co.in or > > www.moneycontrol.com? > > > > I never have any problem with irctc.co.in. I am > > always able to book my > > tickets using firefox on GNU/Linux. > > May be he was pointing to unobtrusive > advertisements. Err. *obtrusive* -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in ubunturos @ freenode Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html

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Debian etch dvds
by alpesh gajbe 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

hi all Please anybody who is coming for the php seminar today at 3.00 pm, can you get the latest debian etch dvds so that we at the HBCSE can make copies of them. thanks in advance Regards -Alpesh

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[COMMERCIAL] ye *nix Admins !!
by quasi 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] DNS problem
by bimal pandit 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Dear Friends, On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 Raghu Prasad wrote : > > I just want to setup a local Naming server using Bind or whatever.... > > ie.. In my network i need to ping the Linux box using name / call the > > local webserver using name instead of IP > > > > 1. I have installed bind and configured named.conf > > 2. I have copied localhost.zone to forward.com and modified below > > > > lin.com (my domain name) IN NS ns.lin.com > > > > lin.com. IN A 10.36.51.122 > > ns.lin.com. IN A 10.36.51.122 > > www.lin.com IN A 10.36.51.122 > >Look at the very beginning of your localhost.zone file. It contains >something like > >$TTL 604800 >@ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. ( > 1 ; Serial > 604800 ; Refresh > 86400 ; Retry ><snip> > >In your new forward.com file, have you changed the entry for start of >authority(SOA) from 'localhost.' to 'lin.com.' and 'root.localhost.' to >'root.lin.com.'? <--- Don't miss the terminating dot in the domain >name. > > > > > and in my named.conf > > > > zone "lin.com" IN { > > type master; > > file "forward.com" > > }; > >Seems okay for a working name server. > > > But when I ping my PC using name (test.lin.com) reply comes from > > localhost.... WHY??? > >First of all, test.lin.com is not mentioned in the configuration segment >posted by you. Also don't use ping for DNS testing. Use dig, host or >nslookup commands. See respective manual or info pages for usage >details. > >Raghu > sorry to post my link, but I feel it could be of some help... http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/How_to_configure_DNS_Server regards, Bimal Pandit

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] DNS problem
by Raghu Prasad 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

> I just want to setup a local Naming server using Bind or whatever.... > ie.. In my network i need to ping the Linux box using name / call the > local webserver using name instead of IP > > 1. I have installed bind and configured named.conf > 2. I have copied localhost.zone to forward.com and modified below > > lin.com (my domain name) IN NS ns.lin.com > > lin.com. IN A 10.36.51.122 > ns.lin.com. IN A 10.36.51.122 > www.lin.com IN A 10.36.51.122 Look at the very beginning of your localhost.zone file. It contains something like $TTL 604800 @ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. ( 1 ; Serial 604800 ; Refresh 86400 ; Retry <snip> In your new forward.com file, have you changed the entry for start of authority(SOA) from 'localhost.' to 'lin.com.' and 'root.localhost.' to 'root.lin.com.'? <--- Don't miss the terminating dot in the domain name. > > and in my named.conf > > zone "lin.com" IN { > type master; > file "forward.com" > }; Seems okay for a working name server. > But when I ping my PC using name (test.lin.com) reply comes from > localhost.... WHY??? First of all, test.lin.com is not mentioned in the configuration segment posted by you. Also don't use ping for DNS testing. Use dig, host or nslookup commands. See respective manual or info pages for usage details. Raghu

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maildrop -postfix issues
by Agnello George 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

HI I have configured a mail server to use a maildrop as the MDA to deliver mails. my /etc/maildroprc file looks like this ################################################################### # EXTENSION="$1" user="5" domain="$6" MAILHOME="/home/vmail/" DEFAULT="$MAILHOME/$domain/$user/Maildir" if (/^X-SPAM: Spam*/) { to "$MAILHOME/$domain/$user/Maildir/Junk" } else { to "$MAILHOME/$domain/$user/Maildir" ################################################################# When i try to send create mail box using postfixadmin there is no error but the Maildir is created in /home/vmail instead of /home/vamil/domain.com/user1/ here is the logs ##################################################################### Aug 17 14:02:19 server3 clamd.amavisd[2152]: Database correctly reloaded (94464 viruses) Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/qmgr[6233]: 34FE237221: from=<agnello(a)newwork.asia>, size=421, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/qmgr[6233]: B1B1137154: from=<agnello(a)newwork.asia>, size=421, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/qmgr[6233]: 7617637155: from=<agnello(a)newwork.asia>, size=421, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/pipe[6401]: 34FE237221: to=<agnello(a)newwork.asia>, relay=maildrop, delay=1087, status=sent (newwork.asia) Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/qmgr[6233]: 34FE237221: removed Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/pipe[6403]: B1B1137154: to=<agnello(a)newwork.asia>, relay=maildrop, delay=1331, status=sent (newwork.asia) Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/qmgr[6233]: B1B1137154: removed Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/pipe[6404]: 7617637155: to=<agnello(a)newwork.asia>, relay=maildrop, delay=1227, status=sent (newwork.asia) Aug 17 14:17:00 server3 postfix/qmgr[6233]: 7617637155: removed ################################################################# my /etc/postfix/master.cf file looks like this ############################################################# # maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details. # Also specify in main.cf: maildrop_destination_recipient_limit=1 maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop /etc/maildroprc -d ${recipient} # ################################################################ could some onel pls help me as to why maildrop is not creating the maildir in the right location . -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza www.agnellogeorge.blogspot.com

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Re:[RESOLVED]Grub error 17,cannot boot into Ubuntu
by Easwar Hariharan 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

> > Its not debatable. Grub reads from 0 whereas /dev/hdxn begins from a1. > So (hd0,0) for grub is /dev/hda1 and (hd0,8) is /dev/hda9. > > Mehul had accidentally made a typo. Do go through the link I had posted. > It clears a lot of doubts. :) I *know* grub counts from zero but it showed me (hd0,9)==/dev/hda10...... As far as the link is concerned,already bookmarked....... > > Nope, it's for all partitions. I thought so too,I've never come across anything in my *short* history of using Linux where Grub used different rules for counting partitions depending on their type..... How did you realize that the boot partition was corrupt? I'm asking > since you said that fsck came out clean. *embarrassed smile* I guessed...since a removal and remake(which included format) resolved the problem......... Regards, Easwar PS:Where can I find the *real* reason....I mean which logs should I refer?

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Linuxers August 2007