Linuxers September 2009

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Need help with writing a shell script
by Suhit Kelkar 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Dear linuxers, Needing to regularly backup my work, and having recently developed an interest in shell commands, I wrote myself a script that backed up a particular file; renamed the previous backup; and then unmounted the pen drive. Fairly beginner stuff but a time-and-effort-saver. I was wondering if I could add to this script the capability to make a net backup-- invoke wvdial, fire up evolution; in evolution, mail to gmail; then close evolution; then close wvdial (I use Rel. Netconnect, so wvdial); and write me a logfile which I could check. I'm on Ubuntu 9.04. I'd heard that g/lin is great for automating stuff like this. Would appreciate your help. Do tell me what additional information you would require. I'm sure this script will help many beginners like me. Thanks and regards Suhit Kelkar

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replacement of MS-Outlook on opensource
by sameer shinde 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Hi All, Many times we say that email clients like Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, are an open source email clients which are good replacements for MS Outlook Express and MS Outlook. But are these really a replacement for MS outlook? I can agree that they are a good replacement for MS Outlook Express but not for MS Outlook. so if they are not a replacement for MS Outlook, then which open source clients are a good replacement for MS Outlook? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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Mailserver Setup
by Deepak Kashyap 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Dear Lusers, I need to fresh Install a mailserver , please send me some good links which I can use to create one Specs are 1.Virtual users 2.SMTP via ISP 3.Fetchmail from remote server for each user 4.Setup archiving & BCC 5.Run on VMware using ubuntu With regards Deepak See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

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zimbra mail server issue
by . 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Hi All, I have setup zimbra mailserver but when I log in to zimbra as a user zimbra i got follwing error message, I have stopped mysqld,postfix,and sendmail services but still same following error, zimbra@lc zcs-5.0.18_GA_3011.RHEL5.20090707164432]$ zmcontrol status Host lc.zimbra.com antispam Running antivirus Running ldap Running logger Stopped logmysql.server is not running mailbox Stopped mysql.server is not running. mta Stopped postfix is not running snmp Running spell Running stats Stopped Sent at 4:48 PM on Friday -- D J GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. Love that heart,that hurts u, But never hurt that heart,that loves u. Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. Proverbs 10:4 Only dead fish go with the flow! Some say knowledge is power, I say knowledge without action is powerless. - lotuseclat79 Don't confuse action with movement.

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distro junkie
by Suhit Kelkar 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Let me confess it. I am a distro junkie. I change distros nearly every month. I really like distro X, which I'm sending this on. Yet I'll end up installing something else a couple of months later. Productivity hasn't suffered, because I do writing/translation for a living, and OpenOffice is there on anything these days, but I suppose this installmania is a worrying symptom? Would appreciate your advice [comments also, if witty and inoffensive]. Regards, Quavering Hopper

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Our meeting with the secretary school education
by Nagarjuna G. 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Please forward this to your press contacts. Press Release A delegation of seven educationists and activists from Mumbai met the Secretary, School Education, Government of Maharashtra, Shri Sanjay Kumar, at the Mantralaya on 2nd September at 3pm. Their aim was to express their critique of the proposed agreement between the state and a multinational corporation in the area of ICTs in education and to offer an alternative based of Free and Open Source Software. The attached representation (PDF) was submitted to him by the group, who consisted of : Nagarjuna G., Free Software Foundation, India Padma Sarangapani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Ravi Subramaniam, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR J T de Souza GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai Chandita Mukherjee, Comet Media Foundation Sridhar Iyer, IIT Bombay and Sahana Murthy, IIT Bombay. During the meeting, the Secretary informed the delegation that the State government is aware of the pitfalls of working with corporates and is willing to consider alternatives approaches to introducing ICTs in education on a large scale, if any group proposes them. The Govt, he said, will work with all interested parties and will be inclusive in their approach. When told that in the current Maharashtra standard 8 text book, for example, there are brand names mentioned in the text and logos shown in the illustrations, he said that their department does not interfere with textbook content, since that is looked after by the experts of the Maharastra Text Book Bureau. When we suggested that it was the Education Department's role to set policy guidelines, such as not to carry brand names, the Secretary agreed with this in in principle. We suggested that we can help in (i) designing a curriculum for students that focusses on broad concepts from ICT that help develop thinking skills, as well as specific usage skills, (ii) writing books that can implement this curriculum, in a vendor-neutral manner, (iii) designing curriculum for teachers and iv) implementing teacher training programmes After listening to the delegation, the Secretary asked us to submit a proposal to contribute to the effective dissemination of ICT skills within the school system in Maharashtra . The team agreed to do this within two weeks and to subsequently explore possibilities of reaching an MoU with the Government of Maharashtra. We will keep you posted as the story develops. -- Dr. Nagarjuna G. Chairperson, Free Software Foundation of India, Reader, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd. Mumbai India, 400088 -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.gnowledge.org/

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Net book - Ideapad S10
by Mukund Deshmukh 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Hi, Finally I managed to start wifi (BCM 43XX chip set ) with ndiswrapper. Any one interested, let me know. I need small help as regards LCD brightness on Laptops. Every time I start, debian, the brightness of laptop is changed. Is there any way, I can stop debian from interfering with brightness setting? Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022.

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Thin Linux install with Text games
by Deboo 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?

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Need Ubuntu Server and Kubuntu
by Mukesh Yadav 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi, I need *Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server* and Kubuntu 9.04. My location is santacruz. I'm ready to come and collect it and I'll bring the media. Please reply if you having it. -- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Internet Blockage
by Deepak Kashyap 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

We are connected in star topology with no domain controller. All the computers are connected to workgroup. The Mail server (Ubuntu Server 8.04LTS+Postfix) runs on vmware running on Win2k pro with bridge network configuration. Certain computers have access to internet but when the mailsever is working we are unable to access the net . We need to shutdown the VM / computer to be able to access the net. I did a http sniff from my 'Host' OS which was showing unusual amount of traffic been sent out by the mailserver. I felt it was because of a bounced mail which it keeps trying to send repeatedly, so I created a local mail archiving address , but this too does not solve the problem. All computers access the internet via a netgear router. Before a computer crash the same mailserver image used to work fine. Hope you can guide me on this See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

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Linuxers September 2009