Linuxers February 2008

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bluetooth from IVT Corp.
by Arun Khan 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

I have a bluetooth USB device from IVT Corp. Allegedly it has the CSR chip set (from the bluez hardware list). As soon as I plug it in I get the following message ad inifitum with the numbers in the [] ever increasing. [219.240000] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 92 Searched for the above on the 'Net but with no conclusive solution. # lsusb -v does list the device but with a MAC address of 11:11:11:11:11:11 Under WinXP (with supplied drivers) it still shows the above MAC address. Is this is a legal MAC address? Any pointers to solutions appreciated. TIA -- Arun Khan

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Bluetooth Support Linux
by Rony 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Hello All, I am planning to buy a usb-bluetooth device from Lam. Road, that's compatible with Linux too. What are the devices used by you and how easy is it to setup and use? On the net BlueSoleil does not have any Linux drivers for download. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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bsnl database migration
by krazy lizard 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Dear friends, i'm trying to automate the process of finding numbers from the bsnl cd in one of my application. bsnl also provides directory in the form of a cd. i was trying to migrate the database of bsnl customers to mysql. the problem is that the cd is made to run specifically on windows using Visual foxpro & dbase. i can migrate the database, but there is another problem, the address field in the database is encrypted, so i get all the required data in the tables except the addresses. if i try to find the numbers manually, it shows the address but otherwise it's encrypted. any suggestions or work around to this problem? regds, krazy.

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where to report a _kontact_ bug?
by Pradnyesh Sawant 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hey, I want to submit a bug for the kontact application for kde, but couldn't find anywhere to do so. Can someone please tell me where to submit a bug for kontact? -- warm regards, Pradnyesh Sawant -- If I learn from my mistakes, pretty soon I'll know everything. --Anon

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Goolag - a Google based web site vulnerability scanner
by Arun Khan 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

FWIW, came across this in an IT e-zine <http://www.goolag.org/>. -- Arun Khan

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[ANN] Voices in Indian languages released
by Kenneth Gonsalves 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

hi, NRC-FOSS is pleased to announce that IIT Hyderabad has released 4 voices - Tamil, Telegu, Hindi and Kannada under a CC license. This is possibly the first time that an educational institution in India has made such a release. The voices are available here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/iiithyd/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Linux on laptops: furthering the cause
by Nishit Dave 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

List, I wanted to bounce some thoughts off your collective minds. I recently saw an ad for a cheap laptop launched by HCL - probably trying to compete with the XO and the Eee, with a 7" LCD. Contrary to their image so far of being friendly to FOSS, they seem to be preloading MS-ware (discount versions?) on this PC. I think FOSS starts with a big handicap when manufacturers offer preloaded Windows even in case of computers intended for home or educational use. Should the community start the two following, connected initiatives? 1. Lobby local computer makers like HCL and Zenith to offer an option for loading Linux or selling systems without a pre-loaded OS (and with a tiny little discount). The pre-installed OS can be on a secondary partition, to allow Windows to be installed on a primary partition at the user's option later. I know, the manufacturers would risk paying the Microsoft Tax (TM) heavily if they tried to do anything like this, but this could at least help bring an unfair practice out into the open. 2. Build up an effort to force Microsoft to let its boot loader recognize and (hopefully) accommodate other operating systems that have been installed previously. This would at least keep them intact instead of being overwritten / rendered unusable when the user inevitably installs Windows, licensed or unlicensed, thus keeping up the possibility that it will get used sometimes, even out of curiosity. Your constructive comments please.

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<Announce>Pad.ma Launch
by Sanjay Bhangar 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Over the past few months, we have been working on a Public Access Digital Media Archive (www.pad.ma) and are having a beta-launch event on the 28th of February at JnanaPravaha Art Gallery at Fort. The interface has been written in Python (using the Turbogears frame-work) and Javascript and all the code is GPL. We are using Ogg Theora as the video encoding format for all the videos in the archive. The only browser it does not support is IE;-). Very much looking forward to larger involvement from the FOSS community and should be interesting for anyone who is interested in video, the web, and FOSS. All are welcome and very much looking forward to seeing some Linuxers there. For details of the event, directions, etc.: http://www.camputer.org/event.php?id=7 Warm regards, Sanjay

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New project on FLOSS
by Vinay Sreenivasa 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Hello all, Greetings from IT for Change! ITfC (IT for Change) is a non-profit organisation located in India. ITfC envisions a society capable of, and comfortable with, innovative and effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a tool, to further goals of social change.We undertake research, advocacy and field-action projects in the area of ICTs for development. Wanted to share information on a new on FLOSS, which is being coordinated by the European Union. This project will look at increasing FLOSS uptake in various countries, including India. This project called FLOSS Include, will be carried out by a project team of research institutes, government agencies, private companies and non-governmental organizations in 9 countries - Argentina, Cambodia, China, Ghana, India, South Africa, Spain and the UK. The consortium is led by UNU-MERIT, a joint research and training centre of United Nations University and Maastricht University in the Netherlands and includes among other organizations, Canonical Ltd the sponsors for Ubuntu. In India, the FLOSS Include project will carry out an in-depth analysis of the technical, business and socio-political needs for the growth of FLOSS use, deployment and development in the target regions. In the larger effort, partners will implement FLOSS solutions, tools and services to ensure they are cost-effective and practical for each environment. The FLOSS Include aims to ensure a lasting impact beyond the project duration. A project fact sheet is available at http://flossinclude.eu ITforChange (http://www.itforchange.net/) and Sarai, India (http://www.sarai.net/) are the two organizations in India, which will be a part of this project. As part of FLOSS Include, ITfC will focus on FLOSS and the public sector and will study the role of public sector agencies in producing, organizing and stimulating production of FLOSS, including using FLOSS for public administration, and sharing of FLOSS applications among public sector bodies. Much of social processes, like public delivery of health, education and livelihood support services have a central role for public authorities and hence public systems have a crucial role in pushing FLOSS. Currently commercial, proprietary software is often preferred and the project would study the contexts for FLOSS being used in a larger way for Public administration. We will also study government polices for FLOSS an area where which tends to often have a pro-industry / commercial software orientation and not much support or enthusiasm for FLOSS. In addition, since the issues of standards have a strong connection to the role of public sector - both as a major bulk user of software and being able to set default standards through using them in public application , and through direct policy interventions the study will have a strong focus on the interoperability and open standards aspects in our research. The project activities have been kick-started now and the project is currently in progress. Thanks, Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-(0)821-2343527 91-98805-95032 vinay(a)itforchange.net www.ITforChange.net

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need help for ldap integration with qmail
by Advait Raut 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

hey guys... i need an help for integration of ldap with qmail on RHEL 5. if anybody has done this kind of stuff earlier then pls help me .. -- Regards Advait Raut

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Linuxers February 2008