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qmail /var/qmail why?
by akshaysalkar 03 Jul '02

03 Jul '02

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Driver for Sis650
by santoshm 03 Jul '02

03 Jul '02

Hello Everbody! I was installing Linux 7.2 on HCL based Beanstalk machine with 1.6 GHz. The video adapter card it is using is SiS 650 with 16MB RAM. Linux 7.2 is not able to probe if we use some other driver withing SiS. Could you all please suggest for any of the clone drivers so that it starts Xwindows. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanking you Santosh

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[Soul Search] Free Software wizard in Gujarat
by Nagarjuna G. 03 Jul '02

03 Jul '02

I want to know if any one in the list, or any one who knows a free software enthisiast in Gujarat, who knows free DBMSs like MySQL and willing to work for an international project, and knows the locality well. Nagarjuna

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LinuxInIndia newsletter...
by Frederick Noronha 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

If anyone would like a copy of Issue#1, please send in a request with LINXUININDIA as your subjectline. FN _ _ _____ _____ _ | | (_) |_ _| |_ _| | |_ | | _ _ __ _ ___ __ | | _ __ | | _ __ __| (_) ___ | | | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / | | | '_ \ | | | '_ \ / _` | |/ _ \ | |____| | | | | |_| |> < _| |_| | | |_| |_| | | | (_| | | (_) | |______|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\_____|_| |_|_____|_| |_|\__,_|_|\__,_| CopyLeft2002 * ISSUE02 * JULY 2002 * CIRCULATE FREELY UNDER GNU/GPL LICENCE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Co-edited by Frederick Noronha and Parag Mehta <pm at linuxindia dot org> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In this issue * Technical updates from India * GNU/Linux in schools * Local language solutions * Linking up with the outside world * Focus on Indian LUGs * People in/behind the news ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ******************TECHNICAL UPDATES FROM INDIA**************************** ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sayamindu Dasgupta <unmadindu(a)Softhome.net> recently (May 22, 2002) announced the launch of the unofficial PCTel softmodem-Linux Compatibility Database. It's aimed at all owners of PCTel-chipset based modems. http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net/ Audience: All owners of PCTel chipset based modems. Dasgupta explains: "The PCTel Modem-Linux Compatibilty Database is an effort to collect and categorise information regarding PCTel softmodems' compatibility in Linux. PCTel provides (unofficially) proprietary Linux drivers for their modems. However, some of the PCTel softmodems still refuse to work with Linux, and moreover, to use the drivers, one has to know the chipset present in one's modem. "The project is designed in such a manner that users will be able to add their modem information (chipset, working status, distributions tested, drivers tested, etc) in a database, which, in turn can be viewed and searched by users whose modems are still not functioning." All owners of PCTel modems are requested to visit the project site at http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net/index.php and submit their modem information. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Shiv Nair <snair(a)webintellisys.com> announces the launch of a new version (1.14) of the Intellisys Project Management Software. Says he: "Intellisys Project Desktop is designed for those who want an un-complicated and effective project management tool. The goal of Intellisys is to provide this project management software as an affordable and viable solution which meets the needs of users, across platforms. It runs on Unix and Linux too (besides Windows and Mac). For more information: http://www.webintellisys.com/project/desktop.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 'Penguin, Baby' is being our promised as a reliable, feature-rich, fast, scalable and low-cost Linux communication server, for the small and medium enterprises (SME). It was built keeping in mind the specific requirements of the SME segment (under 25 PCs). It consists of two important components for a company's electronic commerce needs -- a mail server (to send, receive, manage you(a)your_company.com e-mail ids) and a proxy server (to allow one Internet connection to be shared by all the office PCs). Other solutions available. Contact 50, Hira Mahal, 250 Kalbadevi Rd , Mumbai 400 002. India. http://www.ramshyam.com Phone +91.22. 207 8946, 209 5986 Email: business(a)ramshyam.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Says Sunil Abraham: "Mithi is a (Pune-based) commercial organization but they have told me that they are keen on building IL tools for Linux. They are supporting us in building a Python based XML RPC bridge to Zope application server. This bridge will be open source so that other Python developers can use Mithi's products if they wish. On a separate note we are part of the GNU indic-computing project on source-forge.net were are specifically looking at create a cross platform solution. We will be starting with java.awt.im input method framework and the Ekit applet [www.hexidec.com/ekit.php]. But nothing to report so far. We are getting some volunteers on this via TechEmpower.net." Thanks for keeping us informed, Sunil! Sunil Abraham of the Bangalore NGO MAHITI (not to be confused with the Karnataka government's policy also carrying the same name) is working out of 314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA Ph/Fax: +91 80 5352003. Pager: 9624 279519 sunil(a)mahiti.org http://www.mahiti.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ dhvani - TTS system for indian languages by Ozakil Azim dhvani - A Text-to-Speech System for Indian Languages developed by the Simputer Trust developers and others.Current - C/Linux implementation, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil Support. Soon - better phonetic engine, Java port, language independent framework... http://sourceforge.net/projects/dhvani/ oazim at users.sourceforge.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ linc is not cyberoam by MRNk: linc is a free multiplatform client for Cyberoam and 24online. Cyberoam is an employee Internet management system used by corporate networks. 24online is a subscriber management system for broadband ISPs. http://linc.sf.net mayur(a)freeshell.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ G. Dijendranath <dnath(a)vsnl.com> wrote in sometime in May 2002 to say that they represent Turbolinux in India and are planning to launch this versions of GNU/Linux "in a big way". **++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kaash by Tarjei Mikkelsen A data collection package for health care-workers in rural India. A version of this software is currently being used in a Media Lab Asia pilot study outside Delhi. http://sourceforge.net/projects/kaash/ tarjeim at users.sourceforge.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ******************GNU/LINUX IN SCHOOLS IN INDIA*************************** ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Raju Mathur <raju(a)kandalaya.org> of http://kandalaya.org/ recently announced about work to take GNU/Linux to schools around Delhi. Some points discussed at a meeting held on May 25, 2002 at Sarai included: * Marketing Strategy * Schools to be targeted * Action Points * Packages to be put on installation CD Post Installation * Support Cost You can get in touch with some of the key members of this network (and those who have been around at the early meetings) via leo(a)indialink.org (Leo Fernandez) raju(a)linux-delhi.org (Raj Mathur) tripta(a)sarai.net (Tripta) supreet(a)linux-delhi.net (Supreet) gami(a)linux-delhi.net (Dhruv Gami) khanna_s(a)vsnl.com (Prateek Khanna) ashkaul77(a)yahoo.com (Ashwani Kaul) anurag_varma(a)indiatimes.com (Anurag Varma) aey2bee(a)yahoo.co.in (Anjali Bashista) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ******************LOCAL LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS FOR INDIA********************** ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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squid (sun cache raq) problem
by Hiten Desai 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Hi! My ISP is giving me old stale files every time with his sun cache raq is there anyway to detect it (wht is the ip of cache raq) is there anyway to bypass it ?? or chocke it up so that he removes it ?? or just bypass it most of the times Thanks Hiten. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to use .iso images for installing linux ?
by Tahir Hashmi 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:48:05 monil wrote: > >[root@localhost root]# md5sum valhalla-i386-disc1.iso >d874b1b23b2ad937f4a5a3df44ad501d valhalla-i386-disc1.iso > >It does not seem to be the right KEY . So , will this .iso file be valid ? > I too downloaded the ISOs a few days back and none of their md5 sums matched. But the big surprise is... that there's no surprise! My colleague tried to burn a CD out of the first image but it couldn't boot or be read. BTW, I got the images from linuxISO.org --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed ____________________________________________________________ Win a first-class trip to New Orleans and vacation Elvis Style!. Enter NOW! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes/

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Problem with "locale" setting while using X
by Rajen M. Parekh 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Hi all, Recently I upgraded the X server from 4.0.3 to 4.2. Now, when I start WindowMaker, I get the following message..... wmaker warning: X server does not support locale wmaker warning: cannot set locale modifiers wmaker warning: could not open IM X still works, but now I am not able to start OpenOffice. I get the message..... I18N: X Window does not support locale "en_US" I18N: X Window does not support locale "C" When I start Mozilla, I get the following message...... Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C Gdk-WARNING **: can not set locale modifiers The "locale" is properly set, because when I check the environment variable LANG, it gives me "en_US" [rajen@localhost ~]$ echo $LANG en_US What seems to be the problem ? Why doesn't X set the locale ? Rajen. ------- Woman on Street: Sir, you are drunk; very, very drunk. Winston Churchill: Madame, you are ugly; very, very ugly. I shall be sober in the morning.

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Re[3]: Upgrading glibc and the kernel
by Vinay Pai 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

> > gcc is either fixed or it's the right way to do it now. Either way, > I'll use 3.0.3 or whatever the latest is. AFAIK the docs for kernel 2.4.x still recommend gcc 2.91... maybe they changed it in 2.4.18 or something, though... dunno.

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Re: Upgrading glibc and the kernel
by Vinay Pai 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

> So if I upgrade glibc, the kernel won't work? OK, I'm not really that much of an expert and I've learnt many things the hard way. So let me tell you some things from experience! Anybody who know better please do correct me. I started out with a Redhat 7 system, so it has a 2.2 kernel and glibc 2.1. Since then I've been doing most of my upgrades by compiling sources (its a lot more work and lot messier, but you get to learn a lot more then by just installing RPMs!) Once I got the drivers and other kernel configuration paramaters right, I had no trouble at all. glibc worked just fine with the new kernel. My guess is that glibc talks to the kernel through traps/interrupts so unless there's a drastic change in the interface glibc wouldn't mind... and the kernel developers won't break binary compatibility unless there's an overwhelmingly strong reason to do so. My conclusion, kernels can be upgraded pretty painlessly. Glibc was another matter. I installed glibc 2.2.3 with the prefix /usr/local (the default) and everything seemed fine. But when I later upgraded to 2.2.5 things went nuts. I don't know what I did, but somehow the linker (ld-linux) couldn't find glibc 2.2.3 so everything I'd compiled on my system failed. When I copied ld-2.2.3.so to /lib hoping it would be found there, all of redhat's stuff (cp, ls etc!!!) stopped working. I had to boot from the rescue CD to fix that. Ultimately I ended up compiling both the glibc 2.2.3 and 2.2.5 and installing them both with /usr prefix, and everything's been working fine ever since. My conclusion, upgrading glibc can break your system totally if you don't know that you're doing! However there's one thing you should know... the kernel doesn't need to find glibc while its being compiled... its the other way around. Glibc is a C-callable interface to ther kernel services. If you also want to upgrade GCC you might want to do it before glibc... the quality of code produced by the compiler won't depend much on the version of libc used by the compiler, but compiling glibc with the latest gcc might help take advantages of the latest features and optimizations. However, use kgcc rather than gcc 3.x to compile the kernel. I remember getting a horribly broken kernel when I compiled it with 3.0.1 (iirc)

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Upgrading glibc and the kernel
by Satya 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

So if I upgrade glibc, the kernel won't work? -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> You are lost in a twisty maze of little standards, all different

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howto capture value of qmail-qstat in variable
by Poonam P 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Hi, I need to capture the numeric value of qmail-qstat in some variable and process it further in a Perl Shell Scrip. I am not able to think of any way to do this !! Can someone please suggest some way to this.. Thanks in advance. Poonam. ________________________________________________________________________ Want to sell your car? advertise on Yahoo Autos Classifieds. It's Free!! visit http://in.autos.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Project Resource Center....TODO list
by Amol Hatwar 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 Trevor Warren wrote : > >--- Amol Hatwar <amolhatwar(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > > I am in too :). >[snip] > thx for all the support amol, shankar, vishal and all >of u luggers......;) > > Now for a start, luggers..can we start with the >points i just raised in my prev mails. > >--> Settin up of Phpgroupware on our server.....or if >there exists ny other better collabration tool, then >lets make use of it nd hav it up and runnin on our >servers....with Dr. Nags nod ofcourse....;) *snip* sounds good to me Trevor ... _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Setting up a Project Resource Center for Students all over India...IMP
by Amol Hatwar 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Feeling and expressing feeling are two different things. I think I _must_ help express the vision, mission and other statements. (with everyone's nod off-course). As far as projects go it will be wise to have graded projects ... that add up with difficulty. The way CS is taught in colleges, code generally gets unweildy after a few hundered lines. *I have been thru that* We will also need to offer students a lot of resources where they could learn a lot more-while we guide them when things go bad. Good programming I guess is always self-taught. I have a Content Management System in mind built initially with PHP as a project. Good CMSs cost more than USD 10,000. I even had a talk with RMS about getting integrating this with GNUe, but it went all naught. As of now me and a few of my friends are helping me out... but with the kind of features I am thinking of adding-this will be one *HUGE* project. Thanks, -AH _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] DNS configuration
by Amol Hatwar 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 Mitul Limbani wrote : > >Hi Unmesh, > >Well >add these lines too... >First of all u have not added IN keyword ... modify ur file as >follows.. > I am a bit uncertain about this... anyway Unmesh give it a try. Another thing Unmesh why use a public IP address for an Intranet? --------------------------------------------------------- Try and get time to do things right at first, if you don't when will find time to get it right - AH. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Trouble with RPM
by Amol Hatwar 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 Tahir Hashmi wrote : >On 1 Jul 2002 11:45:40 -0000 > Amol Hatwar wrote: > >hardare. Otherwise get your hardware especially memory SIMMS > ^^^^^ >AFAIK, they switched to DIMMs (Dual-Inline Memory Modules) ages >ago. > Ahh thanks ... and ahem sorry --------------------------------------------------------- D & S are very close on the keyboard :). _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Can't read vfat partitions
by Q u a s i 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

At 03:56 PM 6/27/02 +0530, Philip wrote: >There's major problems here. My floppy drive doesn't seem to be working >and I don't have NDD for vfat systems. If you could get your floppy drive working (if unused for long, an earbud+alcohol aught to cure it), Segate has got good disk utilities at their site. I have used some on my Western Digital drive so I guess they are not hardcoded to work only on Segate drives. You could try them, maybe. A low-level format will mark the bad sectors/blocks and also there is a good probability that your partitions and data will be intact (apart from the 'bad' of course). q

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How to use .iso images for installing linux ?
by monil＠eliteral.com 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Hi, I managed to download Redhat 7.3 valhalla-i386-disc1.iso file. The remaining 2 files valhalla-i386-disc2.iso , valhalla-i386-disc3.iso would also be downloaded by me in a few days . Now that i have the ist .iso file , i ran md5sum valhalla-i386-disc1.iso on the linux prompt. [root@localhost root]# md5sum valhalla-i386-disc1.iso d874b1b23b2ad937f4a5a3df44ad501d valhalla-i386-disc1.iso It does not seem to be the right KEY . So , will this .iso file be valid ? Will there be any problem in booting my machine using the iso file ? Can i go ahead and burn the .iso file ? Is the iso file having any errors ? And , how will i be able to install the same ? Kindly help me in this regards. Thanks in advance for the same !! Best Regards, Monil Chheda. =========================== http://www.eliteral.com http://domains.eliteral.com =========================== If it happens once, it\'s a bug. If it happens twice, it\'s a feature. If it happens more than twice, it\'s a design philosophy. ========================================================

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.ISO Files installation
by Monil Chheda - [domains.eliteral.com] 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Hi, I managed to download Redhat 7.3 valhalla-i386-disc1.iso file. The remaining 2 files valhalla-i386-disc2.iso , valhalla-i386-disc3.iso would also be downloaded by me in a few days . Now that i have the ist .iso file , i ran md5sum valhalla-i386-disc1.iso on the linux prompt. [root@localhost root]# md5sum valhalla-i386-disc1.iso d874b1b23b2ad937f4a5a3df44ad501d valhalla-i386-disc1.iso It does not seem to be the right KEY . So , will this .iso file be valid ? Will there be any problem in booting my machine using the iso file ? Can i go ahead and burn the .iso file ? Is the iso file having any errors ? And , how will i be able to install the same ? Kindly help me in this regards. Thanks in advance for the same !! Best Regards, Monil Chheda. =========================== http://www.eliteral.com http://domains.eliteral.com =========================== If it happens once, it's a bug. If it happens twice, it's a feature. If it happens more than twice, it's a design philosophy. ======================================================== Best Regards, Monil Chheda. =========================== http://www.eliteral.com http://domains.eliteral.com =========================== If it happens once, it's a bug. If it happens twice, it's a feature. If it happens more than twice, it's a design philosophy. ========================================================

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cant subscribe to list
by Rahul Saxena 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

hello there, i had unsubscribed from the list and nowi am trying to resubscribe from rahul.saxena(a)SoftHome.net. ( from the web interface to mailman ) But i havnt received any mail from the server, confirming my subscription. I have already tried this quite a few times ... but still no mail. Is it possible for any of the moderators to add me to the list without me getting the confirming email. the email address is rahul.saxena(a)SoftHome.net thank you. rahul P.S. the email account seems to be okay because i do get mail form other mailing lists ( mailman ) -- How come only your friends step on your new white sneakers?

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Leasedline modem with Linux!!
by Amol Hatwar 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

> > Anyone using linux with leased line as a router??? I > > need some info on how to setup leased line modem > > with linux box. I saw an old headless 486 running happily as a router in my college. So its very much possible. Resources at The Linux Router Project may be of help to you. www.linuxrouter.org However, its better to have hardware routers at mission critical places. Regards, --AH _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Trouble with RPM
by Tahir Hashmi 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

On 1 Jul 2002 11:45:40 -0000 Amol Hatwar wrote: >hardare. Otherwise get your hardware especially memory SIMMS ^^^^^ AFAIK, they switched to DIMMs (Dual-Inline Memory Modules) ages ago. --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed ____________________________________________________________ Win a first-class trip to New Orleans and vacation Elvis Style!. Enter NOW! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] fetching 25th record from db [was: small help with scripting]
by Philip S Tellis 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Poonam P wrote: > So this means that there is no way to directly call a > record based on it location.... no, no way. > Then is putting an index number to every record a > better option as suggested by another person on the > list... ie. have an additional column called NO. and > can locate this no. yes, that's the only option. I'm not much of a database expert (in fact I don't like databases at all), but I think they use some sort of a hash based system to store data (or is that only for the indexes). anyone who knows datastructures will tell you that you use hashes for key based access, and arrays for record number (array index) based access. -- I THINK MAN INVENTED THE CAR by instinct. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.

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small help with scripting
by Poonam P 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Hi, I am trying to write a small script to fetch a certain record (say record no. 25) from a mysql db. I have written the following script after reading a Mysql book, but I am not able to understand as to how to fetch a given record no., or get records between a given range... like all records between 24th - 29th .. A small part of the script... #!/usr/bin/perl use DBI; use strict; my ($dsn)="DBI:mysql:test:localhost"; my ($dbh,$sth); my (@ary); my ($aaa); my ($bbb); # Connect to databse $dbh = DBI-> connect ($dsn,{RaiseError=>1}); # Issue query $sth = $dbh -> prepare ("SELECT item1 from list1"); $sth-> execute(); $bbb = $sth->fetchrow; $aaa = $sth->fetchrow; print $bbb; print $aaa; $sth-> finish (); $dbh-> disconnect (); exit (0); Can someone please help me.... Thanks in advance. Poonam ________________________________________________________________________ Want to sell your car? advertise on Yahoo Autos Classifieds. It's Free!! visit http://in.autos.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Trouble with RPM
by Amol Hatwar 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

>Hi all, > I have installed Linux 7.2 on my P.C. Earlier on >whenever i used to install some package using RPM it >used to throw some errors like >rpm_db error .. something .. hmmm... use root instead of a privileged account. If you are using root, the BDB tables where rpm stores package information is not being updated. Use rpm with initdb or rebuilddb switches :). Again, try making rpm puke out a more verbose output so that you can see what is going wrong. The switch for this is -v. You can try -vv too :). > Now whenever I try to install or uninstall any >package it just says "Segmentation fault" .. I find this is normal if you are not using Linux with comaptible hardare. Otherwise get your hardware especially memory SIMMS checked. Regards, --AH. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] DNS configuration
by Amol Hatwar 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 Unmesh Dhake wrote : >Halo Amol >I tried to configure dns. So i edited /etc/named.conf. > >// generated by named-bootconf.pl > >options { > directory "/var/named"; > /* > * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you >want *snip* sorry about the delay in helping ya... I have been a bit busy lately... can you please give me some time before I can get back. You can mail me at amolhatwar at rediffmail dot com. Thanks for your patience. --AH _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Trouble with RPM
by Nikhil 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Hi all, I have installed Linux 7.2 on my P.C. Earlier on whenever i used to install some package using RPM it used to throw some errors like rpm_db error .. something .. Now whenever I try to install or uninstall any package it just says "Segmentation fault" .. Please help. Thanks, Nikhil. ===== Nikhil Kale Software Engineer Mahindra British Telecom Ltd. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] small help with scripting
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Poonam P spewed into the ether: >Hi, >I am trying to write a small script to fetch a certain >record (say record no. 25) from a mysql db. You will need to use a WHERE clause in your select query. SELECT item1 from list1 WHERE itemnum = 25 (Assuming you have a column itemnum containing the record number). >I have written the following script after reading a >Mysql book, but I am not able to understand as to how >to fetch a given record no., or get records between a >given range... like all records between 24th - 29th .. There is a pocket reference for SQL, which has a lot of information of SQL, and various statement details. It is published by ORA, and should be available from CB, or any other place. <snip> Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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Leasedline modem with Linux!!
by Zaheer Khan 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

hii ppl Anyone using linux with leased line as a router??? I need some info on how to setup leased line modem with linux box. Regards Zaheer

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Does any body know how to setup pine at home?
by MALHAR PUJAR 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

hello group, doz any1 know how to setup pine on home pc so that i can use it to send and recv patras on net. Thanks.. JAI HIND --MALHAR-- NCST-BANGALORE.

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Apache configuration
by Amol Hatwar 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

> > is working fine. I want fully qualified domain name > > ( www.jnpt.com ) for > > intranet. I added line in virtual host. but it > > didn;t work. What is the >[snip] > if u just wanna host 1 site...u wouldnt need Virtual >servers for that. Virtual servers r for dudes who >would like to do multiple domain hosting. I have fiddled *even crashed* Apache by doing strange things, and I find keeping a virtual host actually helps. Atleast, your apache documentation remains accessible at http://localhost at all times ;). Well, as for your problem goes Unmesh you can use a DNS server. But the way you ask your question, I guess you haven't set one up. Still, you can get the thing done a DNS server. In the file /etc/hosts, you can add the IP address and the Domain you want. Also you have set the DNS search order to host and then DNS. This you can do using linuxconf I guess. But remember from wherever you plan to access your intranet site you must make changes there. *manageable if your Network is small enuff*. Similar settings can be done on your windows based clients as well. All you now have to do is setup up Apache accordingly. Mail me if nothing works :) Regards, AH amolhatwar at rediffmail dot com _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Setting up a Project Resource Center for Students all over India...IMP
by Amol Hatwar 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

I am in too :). _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Alternatives to BIND
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Hi, I am looking for alternatives to BINd on an RHL 7.3 systems. I know about http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html, but I am looking for something with less attitude problems ... Sameer. -- MTech Student, Reconfigurable Computing Lab, KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Setting up a Project Resource Center for Students all over India...IMP
by Trevor Warren 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

--- vishal gupta <ourpassions(a)vsnl.net> wrote: > hi trevor, > I m a student..so not an expert in anything..m > into learning phase. > i joined the linux group a week back and relatively > new to linux. > I could be helpful in foll way > 1) Spread the news of Project resource Center to > talented students. In fact > when i was doing my PGDST at NCST juhu 2001 , we > were interested to work on > real stuff rather then doing dummy projects of > PGDST.But we had no direction > and so couldnt go the GNU way! [snip] yep vishal......therz alwayz thingz that we feel should hav been done a long time ago.....but i guess itz time we get this ball rollin. In terms of spreadin the news, ia agree with u. U could definitely do that. But in additional to that, there could be a multitude of wayz u would be able to nurture this project. As of now...we r in the process of --> Gettin a whole list of guide lines together.......... --> forming a working committee who can foster this particlar innovative spirit in the young minds --> LIST ALL POSSIBLE PROJECTS that can b done......by studentz. --> List out Luggers who can help out in any way towards this initiative of fostering Development on the Gnu perspective. > The idea is > institutions like NCST,VJTI > attracts good students who work on dummy educational > projects. I guess this > is true for IITs ,RECTs as well. So heres an > opportunity! [snip] sounds like a genuine concern.....;) > Get work from > industry at low price and get it done freely by > students. [snip] win-win situation for all. It sounds to simple.......but gettin the ground work ddone is gonna take more than just mails flying between all of us. It;ll need some real dedication of time......nd i am gonna make an example by doing it 1st.....since out here it alwayz has been the philosophy that......thou who proposes ................thou will dispose............lol...;) Proove me wrong luggers....;) >The low price be > offered to the person who uses his knowledge and > guides the students. so > every project will have mentor,guide etc and he will > get that low price for > his time invested in such activity. > At the end of the day > =========================== > Students get to learn on real projects > mentor get paid for his time > Companies get work done at low price > =========================== [snip] the MENTOR will not get PAID for his time pal....this is a voluntary initiative. As Dr. Nag sayz.......the LUG spirit is to be imbibed in all. And so b it. We r nyway makin $$$ with our consultancy/day jobs. Trevor Warren > > Vishal Gupta ===== ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevor(a)zenith-india.com \ (/ | |_|_ \ Project Manager, Linux/Unix. ZCL / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Alternatives to BIND
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 30 Jun '02

30 Jun '02

Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe spewed into the ether: >I am looking for alternatives to BINd on an RHL 7.3 systems. I know >about http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html, but I am looking for something >with less attitude problems ... Other than the two main contenders, there is also MaraDNS ( http://maradns.sourceforge.net/ ) IIRC. Thats about it (unless you consider the MS implementation). Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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jakarta tomcat installation
by Satya 30 Jun '02

30 Jun '02

I'm trying to startup jakarta tomcat. I downloaded and installed the Java SDK as instructed by the tomcat instructions. I set JAVA_HOME to the sdk directory. I run bin/startup.sh and my ssh window disappears. Nothing in the system or tomcat logs. Any ideas on what acounld be happening. -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> General protection fault at address 7896:000F. Press F15 to continue

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Apache configuration
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 29 Jun '02

29 Jun '02

"Unmesh Dhake" spewed into the ether: <snip> >IP address = 190.10.2.60 If this is an intranet, please use a RFC 1918 address. Do not use public ip addresses, unless they have been assigned to you. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] blocking mails from outside
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 29 Jun '02

29 Jun '02

Hiten Desai spewed into the ether: >Hi! >I would like to block emails from other domains >on a per user basis >is it possible Possible, yes. Depends on your MTA. For postfix: man 5 access. Same thing for sendmail Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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Help on Qmail
by Poonam P 29 Jun '02

29 Jun '02

Hello, Needed some help on Qmail & surprisingly I didnot find any answers to this in the Archives.... 1. How to safely Delete (empty) all qmail queues. 2. Any Simple console / graphic based Qmail log analyzer... to report # of Message sent / deffered / time etc... 3. Can someone help me write a script which does the following (or redirect me to some URL ).... (a) Available an email list in MySql (b) Write a script which will pickup one email at a time from MySql & sends a mail using the "MAIL" command... till end of DB. mail -s "SUBJECT HERE" email_from_mysql < message_text This is required to work in conjunction with Qmail. Simple, short & sweet. Thanks a zillion. regards Poonam ________________________________________________________________________ Want to sell your car? advertise on Yahoo Autos Classifieds. It's Free!! visit http://in.autos.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] boot up problem
by Amol Hatwar 29 Jun '02

29 Jun '02

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 ketan shah wrote : >MY PC HAS AUTO BOOT IE NO FLOPPY BOOT. >IT HAS WINDOWS AND LINUX IN PARTITION.LINUX VERSION >(REDHAT >7.1).PARTITION 4GB LINUX AND 16 GB WINDOWS. *tch tch* Can you spare on the CAPS please? Anyway, before we go long any further, tell me how did this happen. Did you (un)intentionally fiddle with your disk when root, power outage... how? Regards, AH _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Hi, tell me
by Prashant Arbat 29 Jun '02

29 Jun '02

Hi guys, A mail from long time.I have just hear that thre is a drivers for SM56 internal modem of motorola I find the driver but they don't install on my sytem. The given RPM does install on my system. I am using RedHat 7.0. Tell me what is the problem. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Linux "mail" command
by SP 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Hi, Do we have any way to specify the "FROM" field when using the "mail" command. Thx SP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Driver for ASUS Geforce2 Graphics Card
by santoshm 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Good Afternoon Sir! Thank you very much Sir, for your kind support and reply. We are planning to beowulf cluster and we are using AMD for that. Thanking you Santosh ---------------Original Message------------------ From: Dinesh Shah <dinesh(a)indiamail.com> To: ILUG-Bom Mailing List <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Driver for ASUS Geforce2 Graphics Card Sender: linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Errors-To: linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in List-Help: <mailto:linuxers-request@mm.ilug-bom.org.in?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in> List-Subscribe: <http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers>, <mailto:linuxers-request@mm.ilug-bom.org.in?subject=subscribe>List-Id: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India <linuxers.mm.ilug-bom.org.in>List-Unsubscribe: <http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers>, <mailto:linuxers-request@mm.ilug-bom.org.in?subject=unsubscribe>List-Archive: <http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:29:07 +0530 (IST) get it from http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux and compile and follow the instructions given there. At least it worked for me on an ASUS MB with on board GForce2 GPU. All the best. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System dinesh(a)indiamail.com http://dineshah.tripod.com Mobile: 98213-11906 _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] SuSE 8.0
by Sudhakar Dayal 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Please tell me the address in Bombay. I am also looking for SuSe Linux. DAYAL >From: "Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe" <sameerds(a)it.iitb.ac.in> >Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >Subject: [ILUG-BOM] SuSE 8.0 >Date: 14 May 2002 08:44:20 +0530 > >Where can I get SuSE 8.0 (that is the latest version I think). Some >place near Powai would be really nice. We need to install SuSE on one of >the Dept. servers, since Oracle is apparently supported only on SuSE! > >Sameer. >-- > > MTech Student, > Reconfigurable Computing Lab, > KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Compare thinking about doing nothing and actually doing nothing; >they are distinct enterprises. -- Philip Wadler >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >_______________________________________________ >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Epson Stylus 460 never worked for me
by Tahir Hashmi 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

On 27 Jun 2002 17:26:31 -000 Amol Hatwar wrote: >As far as my knowledge goes... Espon Stylus 4xx series are not >officially supported in Linux. I have an Epson Stylus 480, and I >would be glad to get it working too :) > They are supported by CUPS, GIMPPrint, Foomatic - everyone! I don't know much about printers and printer drivers in Linux but those are some of the things I was pointed to by people on comp.os.linux.* but I could _never_ get them to print a single page. PS: I hope people who complained about line-length of my posts are happy this time. --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed ____________________________________________________________ Win a first-class trip to New Orleans and vacation Elvis Style!. Enter NOW! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Apache configuration
by Tahir Hashmi 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:51:28 Unmesh Dhake wrote: >is working fine. I want fully qualified domain name ( www.jnpt.com ) for >intranet. I added line in virtual host. but it didn;t work. You need to have a proper IP Address and entry in the DNS for your virtual host. If this is done, can you please send the details of "didn;t work" and your virtual host config snippet? --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed ____________________________________________________________ Win a first-class trip to New Orleans and vacation Elvis Style!. Enter NOW! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes/

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Configuring Leased Line over existing linux box
by Zaheer Khan 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

I am already running Linux 7.1 running as a gateway for internet access over dialup/ISDN..how can i configure the existing linux box to use the 512K leased line (external modem - telindus HDSL) modem. It has v.35 to RS232 connection. Regards Zaheer K

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Epson Stylus 460 never worked for me
by Amol Hatwar 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 Tahir Hashmi wrote : >Hi all! > >It's been two years since I'm using Linux and at my workplace >I'm >using Linux exclusively. I could've had a Linux-only setup at >home thats real good :) >also but for one thing - printer. > >I've been driven nuts trying to get my Epson Stylus 460 running >in >Linux in vain. As far as my knowledge goes... Espon Stylus 4xx series are not officially supported in Linux. I have an Epson Stylus 480, and I would be glad to get it working too :) Thanks, AH. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Epson Stylus 460 never worked for me
by Tahir Hashmi 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi all! It's been two years since I'm using Linux and at my workplace I'm using Linux exclusively. I could've had a Linux-only setup at home also but for one thing - printer. I've been driven nuts trying to get my Epson Stylus 460 running in Linux in vain. My last attempt was with the stock foomatic printer drivers that came with RedHat 7.2. I had made a clean reinstall of RedHat 7.2 and I selected the Stylus 460 driver - there were three options for that and I selected stp, IIRC. When I tried printing the PS test page, the printer started spewing *** Unable to open initial device *** ad infinitum. Now I'm going back home after 3 months (I work in a different city, you see) armed with RH 7.3 CDs and I plan to upgrade from 7.2. This time could someone please tell me how to get things done? I would be OK w/o photo printing as long as I can atleast print color postscript and images at the normal 600 dpi. When I posted about my last attempt with stock RH 7.2 foomatic drivers, someone told that those drivers were broken and I should use new ones. Hope this time around things might look up. But please do give me some clear instructions on how to set it up using the RH 7.3 foomatic drivers and printconf-tui or printconf-gui. Thanks a lot in advance :-) --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed ____________________________________________________________ Win a first-class trip to New Orleans and vacation Elvis Style!. Enter NOW! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes/

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blocking mails from outside
by Hiten Desai 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi! I would like to block emails from other domains on a per user basis is it possible Please help Hiten. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Can't read vfat partitions
by Vinay Pai 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

> hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } > hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=5221126, sector=1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's your cue! There's a physical error (bad sector) on your hard disk. UncorrectableError means there was a burst error severe enough that the ECC algorithm couldn't correct it. If you can read other partitions from the same hard disk, there's a good chance that it is only a few bad sectors and most of your data is intact. Your best bet is to somehow boot to Windows or DOS 7.x and run Norton Disk Doctor. Don't bother running scandisk. It'll say something like "Errors in Filesystem, Scandisk can't run" (duh!) If that doesn't work, and you have sufficiently important data on that disk let me know. If enough of the filesystem tables are intact it ought to be possible to fix it manually. Anyway ultimately you want to do a low-level format of that hard disk before you use it again.

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slackware
by sidd＠lyonesse.membrane.com 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi, anyone on this list using slackware in production ? tanx sidd

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Driver for ASUS Geforce2 Graphics Card
by Dinesh Shah 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

get it from http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux and compile and follow the instructions given there. At least it worked for me on an ASUS MB with on board GForce2 GPU. All the best. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System dinesh(a)indiamail.com http://dineshah.tripod.com Mobile: 98213-11906

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Can't read vfat partitions
by Philip S Tellis 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

I have one ext2 partition, two fat32 partitions and one fat16 partition. I can mount the ext2 and fat16 partitions, but am unable to mount the vfat (fat32) partitions. When I try to mount them, the hard disk makes a humming sound, and I get these errors: hda: timeout waiting for DMA hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } hda: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=5221126, sector=1 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 1 FAT bread failed mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, or too many mounted file systems This happens everytime. I tried disabling dma and then mounting, and I get these errors: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=5221126, sector=1 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 1 FAT bread failed mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, or too many mounted file systems I am unable to boot into the fat32 partitions either. I have not used Windows for several months now, so don't think that this is a windows related problem, and I was able to mount the partitions last night, but not since this afternoon. Shutdown was uneventful the last time I used the fat32 partitions. I have all my documentation stored on those partitions and refer to them frequently. Any ideas as to what has happened and how I may be able to fix it? Philip

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Job Opportunities on Linux at TechnoInfosys Navi-Mumbai
by Deepen Vinod Dhulla 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi, friends, On behalf of newly formed Linux Company called "TechnoInfosys" , I would like to post Job Opportunities in Linux in Navi-Mumbai. Two main opening : 1> Perl / PHP /MySQL Web-Programmers on Linux for Web-based project. 2> Perl / PHP /MySQL Web-Programmers on Linux for Web-based Administration Project having key knowledge understanding of Linux. Below is suggested knowledge one should have on Linux for programming Web-Adminstration Project Requirements: 1> Development and Enhancement : Excellent logical analysis of problems and solutions. Technical Layout and Flow Management System Requirement Studies, Overall Views, Flow Charts for Projects, Designing and Development Flow, Time Distribution and Estimation 2> Operating System : Linux/Unix & Microsoft 3> Programming & scripting HTML, DHTML, PERL, CGI, PHP, Shell Scripts, JavaScript ,ASP,XML, JAVA ,JSP, Servlet Database MySQL 4> Web-Server Apache, Tomcat, Resin 5> Networking TCP/IP 6> Mail Server Qmail, Sendmail 7> Proxy Server Squid, Dane Socks Proxy Server, Natting Using IPChains, and IPTables. 8> FireWall IPChains, IPTables, PortSentry Monitoring, System Log Analysis Scripts,etc We are looking out for people who can join soon :-) Do contact me on email : - deepen(a)technoinfosys.com Regards, Deepen Dhulla deepen(a)technoinfosys.com _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] getting data transfer usage with snmp
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

funky spewed into the ether: > I want to find the usage(data transfer) >that is being done by my ethernet card using snmp. Any >ideas of how to do it or any ideas of how to do it >using other protocols or utilities ? If you have root on the box, ntop, iptraf.... Install ucd-snmp (aka net-snmp), and get the data transfer through the ip mib. Use ssh and a script to cut out the relevant values from your ifconfig output. Monitor the switch that your machine is connected to. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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Thank YOU!
by Amol Hatwar 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi, I have been here for a little time and this place is great- low on traffic and high on info. Thanks to all you people who keep up the good work of answering querries. You people know who you are. Keep up the good work. Finally, I would like to point out that the ilug website is really low on content. We must give it a face lift. Can we have debates on this? Regards, Amol Hatwar. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Thank YOU!
by Amol Hatwar 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

>I think we don't need to put more content since lots of content >is >already available on the web. We can extend our Resource link on >the >site. We can make it more organized and rich with good links. By >keeping >only pointers in organized way, we will be able to build >resource >repository faster and with less effort. *snip* That's a good thought Dharmesh, but I would stick with the content paradigm for a plethora of reasons. First, because first-hand experiences with software and various tools that many ilugers have are invaluable. Secondly, sharing experiences and content will not only hon up your communication skills-but it will also evoke responses from people all over the world. Thirdly because India is a different country. For example, a small company in the US may even have 500 employees. In India that would be a medium-sized company. GNU/Linux is good for SMEs who want to save on their IT investments. Hell, in India small-companies are like 15-80 employees, perhaps even lesser. What is true off-shore won't be true here. One must realise that everything has a local twist. And most importantly you'd want to do this because, you would want to popularise GNU/Linux among Indian people - students especially. For this they must be able to relate to and maybe even meet the contributors. That's the whole issue of having a community isn't it? In contrast to your less-effort point, this will certainly require a lot more efforts-perhaps much more than we ever imagined. But the returns will be more promising. See if you agree with this Dharmesh. Content is an empty word-it's knowledge and wisdom that you share :). I wonder what the others feel about this. Regards, Amol Hatwar. -------------------------------------------------------- To be able to give shape to anything, you must be open at both the ends. - AH _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Driver for ASUS Geforce2 Graphics Card
by santoshm 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Hello Everybody! I wanted to know where I can get a Driver for "ASUS Geforece2 Mx-200 V7100 MAGIC" driver for linux. Could you please send me a link as to where from I can download or if possible could you please send the driver itself. I would like the reply soon, bcoz I am stuck with my work Thanking you

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Interested in exploring J2EE without leaving GPL ethics
by Amol Hatwar 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

>As following report says, they >are really powerful. Go through >http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=6461 >and make ur hand dirty with JBOSS(which seems the best) **snip** Nice findings... :) I fiddled with J2EE and JBOSS a year ago :P. One more thing... JBoss - doesn't seem good-it is the best. Besides, the person who gave BEA WebLogic no longer works for them tsk tsk... If JBoss really interests you get hold of some books. I saw one such GOOD book at CBS. Regards, Amol Hatwar. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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OLS - Day one
by Ashok Iyer 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Ottawa Linux Symposium. Summary of Day one. Very interesting. http://lwn.net/Articles/3327/ -- Ashok __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Offline Topic -> Software Testing
by Darshan.Wakchaure＠lntinfotech.com 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Hi , This links provides us with some basics of testing in Software applications. Many of us may be already aware of it, but for others it will be really very interesting. http://www.qestest.com/principl.htm Regards, Darshan

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getting data transfer usage with snmp
by funky 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

hi linuxers, I want to find the usage(data transfer) that is being done by my ethernet card using snmp. Any ideas of how to do it or any ideas of how to do it using other protocols or utilities ? regards, funky. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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RE: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Is there a way to send an attachment using cron
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Nilesh Chaudhari spewed into the ether: <snip> >Why write a new program for such a simple task? Why not use >Mail::Sender? Here is a simple script - <snip> mutt -a file user@domain -c CC recipient Use mutt in offline mode. You can also uuencode the file and then send it through mailx. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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Interested in exploring J2EE without leaving GPL ethics
by Dharmesh Maniar 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

I was always wanted to learn and work on J2EE framework since i saw it's market potential :). But only thing preventing me was the commercial Application Servers like WebLogic and WebSpheer which are not free. Good news!! I recently came to know about the alternatives to these commercial servers in Open Source community too. As following report says, they are really powerful. Go through http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=6461 and make ur hand dirty with JBOSS(which seems the best) App Server if u r really interested in J2EE. Find ur customer and deploy their web application on such free s/w ;). This can be the best way to penetrate Open Source s/w among real users. Regs, -Dharmesh

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Is there a way to send an attachment using cron
by Kanti Jadia 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

Hi all, I want to send a file as attachment every few hours (using cron) The file is a binary file and merely appending(using mail command) does not suffice. Kanti _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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hi all installer cd
by upendra gandhi 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

Hi sll i wanna make an installer cd based on Rh 7.2 wit hminimal required rpms in m hand how to do tht with anaconda i'm not using srpms bye all the best upendra http://home.graffiti.net/upengan78 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Dial-up on Mandrake?
by Amol Hatwar 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 Trevor Warren wrote : > >--- Amol Hatwar <amolhatwar(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > > that my days > > with wvdial were over. >[snip] > infact buddy...... > touchwood......but wvdial seemz to b the best >util out there for all the dial-out solns using POTS >that i hav rolled out. Nd it just seemz to go ...on >...nd on..... I agree... but mandrake doesn't come with wvdial. What I am looking for is a neat utility like weave dial *on Mandrake* to configure PPP. I don't wanna use chatscripts. Thanks, Amol. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] restrict proxy within a NetSharing Linux Box
by rdkoli＠excite.com 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

Thanx pal, in fact, this is the first mail i have received regarding proxy. thanx a lot. Ratnakar --- On Sun 06/23, dodobh(a)nettaxi.com wrote: ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux "mail" command
by Amol Hatwar 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 Pankaj Jangid wrote : >On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:22:04AM -0700, SP wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Do we have any way to specify the "FROM" field when > > using the "mail" command. > > *snip* As long as everything is 1s and 0s, and bits'n'bytes... you can do anything :). If that doesn't make the answer obvious-it's a YES! But again, many web-mail services don't allow you to do this. For starters, if you use Outlook you can try configuring a new accout with your name as Santa Claus and the e-mail address as santa(a)northpole.com... just give the login information for your POP3 server right. Needless to say the procedure depends on which e-mail client you are using. Regards, Amol. _________________________________________________________ Click below to visit monsterindia.com and there is always a better job for you at http://monsterindia.rediff.com/jobs

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(no subject)
by Girish Hanchate 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

Hi Amol, U contact me in my office address i will give the details of our setup & network. Otherwise give me your contact number. Rgds girish We want to do clustering in linux for our office wow!!.. ahem what for? >servers. Those in our group having the exposure in >same kindly contact me on >5295402 ext. 416 between 10 AM to 6 PM. I am interested in clusters, but you need to tell me the purpose and the kind of hardware as well as the Netowork you people have available. Regards, Amol Hatwar. amolhatwar at rediffmail dot com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Why would slrn/pine need the network?
by Satya 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3 connect(3, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), sin_addr=inet_addr("64.34.4.36")}, 16) = 0 send(3, ")\2\1\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\4gort\3c"..., 30, 0) = 30 oldselect(4, [3], NULL, NULL, {5, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) close(3) = 0 That's part of a trace from an slrn startup (which failed). The network was down, and neither pine nor slrn could start. Any ideas why? Shots in the dark? -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Licensing/legality Question
by Amol Hatwar 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

>May I make customers pay fair price for transfer/license of the >computer >professional's intellectual property, personal labor and >operational >costs incurred (salaries, rents, electricity, air-conditioning, >etc.) >not to mention profits/margins. >components developed by me, without giving away the source >code? > >What is our position with: copyleft, Free/Open Source, etc. Alas! You have missed the point entirely. Free is not the free that trick marketeers push down your throat. THE free refers to free as in freedom, not free as in cost. Free is freedom to modify. Though most of the licenses in the free world are GPLish, there are subtle differences. You must choose one that you can enforce legally ;) And yes, you can charge for your efforts. But you have to make the source available (atleast on request). Check these links out for more details... and yes... googling will give you a lot of material and food for thought :). http://www.opensource.org http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/license-list.html http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/gpl.html http://www.stromian.com/Public_Licenses.html Amol Hatwar. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Dial-up on Mandrake? An Alternate dialer
by Amol Hatwar 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

(In fact it's requires compiling only a >single C file with gcc). I have been using it for my internet >needs-- >connecting to VSNL. You can find the code at >http://www.hwaci.com/sw/eznet wow!!! Thanks Vinod... :) I will give it a shot! Amol. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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(tag added [COMMERCIAL])RE: [ILUG-BOM] clustering in linux
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 23 Jun '02

23 Jun '02

> Girish Hanchate spewed into the ether: >Hi > >We want to do clustering in linux for our office >servers. Those in our group having the exposure in >same kindly contact me on >5295402 ext. 416 between 10 AM to 6 PM. Please mark commercial emails with commercial in the subject. Precisely what do you need clustered anyway? Email/web/database/proxies? Or do you need a beowulf type of cluster? Some more details on why you need the clustering would be welcome. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] restrict proxy within a NetSharing Linux Box
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 23 Jun '02

23 Jun '02

rdkoli(a)excite.com spewed into the ether: > I have a RH7.2 Setup with netsharing enabled, where i allocate > Static IPs to my users. I restrict my users on MAC. 1 of my user > has setup a proxy within this setup, and i wish to restrict him to > only 1 IP. can some1 pls help me? Please do not send HTML mail. A properly setup proxy cannot be detected. A Linux box by default will use ports > 60000 for NATing, but these are just kernel defines. You can put in a clause in your ToS that NATing proxies are not allowed, and trace offending users by excessive bandwidth use. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Licensing/legality Question
by dodobh＠nettaxi.com 23 Jun '02

23 Jun '02

> Ram Rao spewed into the ether: > Most Linux developers I have encountered, use all their software for > free. > > As a computer professional, I install the RedHat 7.2 or 7.3 Linux > operating system and utilities onto a customer's computer(s) free of > charge anyway. > > May I charge for software that I develop using C++ or Python and > Qt/X11 Free Edition? You are free to charge anything you want for the software. All that the GPL requires is that you provide the source along with the binaries. If you link to the GPLed QT edition, then you are required to distribute the source. > May I make customers pay fair price for transfer/license of the > computer professional's intellectual property, personal labor and > operational costs incurred (salaries, rents, electricity, air- > conditioning, etc.) not to mention profits/margins. Of course, you are charging for your labour, and can put any value you want on it. >Does developing software using a Free or Open Source software >development environment, prevent/preclude me from >legally selling (charging for), application programs and reusable >components developed by me, without giving away the source code? No, only using GPLed code in your application requires that you provide the source. If you do not use any GPLed code, then you are not required to release the source. >What is our position with: copyleft, Free/Open Source, etc.? http://www.google.com/search?q=copyleft Free Software is defined on http://www.gnu.org Open source software is software for which source is available under a restrictive license, like Java, or Solaris source. Devdas Bhagat -- Unix, MSDOS and Windows,: The good, the bad and the Ugly. ------------------------------------------------------------ Nettaxi.com has merged with RAE Systems, Inc. NTXY.OB the stock ticker symbol has changed to RAEE.OB (NASDAQ)

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Licensing/legality Question
by Ram Rao 23 Jun '02

23 Jun '02

Most Linux developers I have encountered, use all their software for free. As a computer professional, I install the RedHat 7.2 or 7.3 Linux operating system and utilities onto a customer's computer(s) free of charge anyway. May I charge for software that I develop using C++ or Python and Qt/X11 Free Edition? May I make customers pay fair price for transfer/license of the computer professional's intellectual property, personal labor and operational costs incurred (salaries, rents, electricity, air-conditioning, etc.) not to mention profits/margins. Does developing software using a Free or Open Source software development environment, prevent/preclude me from legally selling (charging for), application programs and reusable components developed by me, without giving away the source code? What is our position with: copyleft, Free/Open Source, etc.? Ram

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] clustering in linux
by Amol Hatwar 22 Jun '02

22 Jun '02

>Hi > >We want to do clustering in linux for our office wow!!.. ahem what for? >servers. Those in our group having the exposure in >same kindly contact me on >5295402 ext. 416 between 10 AM to 6 PM. I am interested in clusters, but you need to tell me the purpose and the kind of hardware as well as the Netowork you people have available. Regards, Amol Hatwar. amolhatwar at rediffmail dot com _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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clustering in linux
by Girish Hanchate 22 Jun '02

22 Jun '02

Hi We want to do clustering in linux for our office servers. Those in our group having the exposure in same kindly contact me on 5295402 ext. 416 between 10 AM to 6 PM. Thanks & rgds Girish Transworld Group Of Companies Mumbai. email- girish(a)shreyas.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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restrict proxy within a NetSharing Linux Box
by rdkoli＠excite.com 22 Jun '02

22 Jun '02

I have a RH7.2 Setup with netsharing enabled, where i allocate Static IPs to my users. I restrict my users on MAC.  1 of my user has setup a proxy within this setup, and i wish to restrict him to only 1 IP. can some1 pls help me? Ratnakar ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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qmail vs exchange vs notes
by kishor bhagwat 22 Jun '02

22 Jun '02

anyone know of a doc comparing these MTAs? need to convince someone ;-) and yeah..google hasnt helped me.. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] redhat & SUse cds
by Amol Hatwar 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

>Does anybody know where I can get latest cds of Linux in >mumbai. > ----Snip---- Try going to Computer Book Shop, 190, Dr.D.N. Road at Fort. They have paid distros... plus copies too. The last time I went there they had SUSE, Mandrake and RedHat. Regards, Amol Hatwar. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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How to setup Telnet / FTP / Rlogin / SSH
by Desai Ashish 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

Dear Friends, I�ve installed RH Linux 7.2 on a machine. That machine is having the Local Area Network IP is = 192.168.0.1 Now from the machine having IP 192.168.0.2, I wants to Telnet the Linux machine, but it shows me an error �The remote host refused connection.� The same case is there in FTP. So n e body suggest me step by step configuration for accessing Telnet / FTP to Linux machine from my Windows PC over LAN.�? Regards, [Ashish Desai] ===== [Ashish Desai] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Dial-up on Mandrake?
by Amol Hatwar 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

> try http:/rpmfind.net. They hav it all.....probably >could even serve 1 sushi in rpms...:) grrrr.... I had to compile weave dial and weave streams for my distro. This mail comes courtesy of that :). >[snip] > wvdial....aint needin no chatscripts... I was looking for ways besides wvdial AND chatscripts. Nothing beats the weaver in stupid mode :) Thanks Trevor. Amol Hatwar. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Does RH6.2 work on 2-4MB Ram
by Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, santoshm wrote: > Good Evening! > > I just wanted to know whether RedHat 6.2 works on 486 machines with 2-4 > MB RAM, or we need to have minimum 16MB RAM for that or is that only 8MB > RAM would suffice.If you could please get to me soon then I would be very greatful to you I used to run RH 6.2 on a p120 w/ 16MB ram with really no problems at all. Maybe you ought to look at debian. I remember having a link in my bookmarks file about loading debian on a laptop w/ 4mb ram but can't find it right now. Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Homeopath and Linux Enthusiast. Mumbai, India. http://www.pavri.net/

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redhat & SUse cds
by lindesh cudnekar 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

Hi, I am a member of ILUG-Goa. I am presently in Mumbai on my way to Oman. Does anybody know where I can get latest cds of Linux in mumbai. Thanks , Lindesh -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Save up to $160 by signing up for NetZero Platinum Internet service. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=N2P0602NEP8

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to setup Telnet / FTP / Rlogin / SSH
by Amol Hatwar 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

I wants >to Telnet the Linux machine, but it shows me an error >The remote host refused connection. *snip* This happens when the telnet server or the ftp server (server as in software) are not running. First see if telnetd and your ftp daemons are properly configured and running. You can use 'ntsysv' as root to see if they are started at run-time. You can also use: "/etc/rc.d/init.d/*name_of_daemon* status" to verify. Regards, Amol Hatwar. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Does RH6.2 work on 2-4MB Ram
by Amol Hatwar 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

>I have tried to boot Linux kernel 2.4 on a 486DX2 >with 4MB EDO RAM but could not. As soon as I upgraded >to 8MB RAM I could boot the kernel, but it was pretty >slow. >I am not too sure that 2 or 4MB of RAM would suffice. >But with 8MB RAM, YES it definitely works!! ---- Snip ---- Right on... 32MB RAM will make it scream. Try to have RAM above 16MB, the perfromance will get a real kick. Amol. _________________________________________________________ There is always a better job for you at Monsterindia.com. Go now http://monsterindia.com/rediffin/

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Does RH6.2 work on 2-4MB Ram
by santoshm 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

Good Evening! I just wanted to know whether RedHat 6.2 works on 486 machines with 2-4 MB RAM, or we need to have minimum 16MB RAM for that or is that only 8MB RAM would suffice.If you could please get to me soon then I would be very greatful to you Thanking you Santosh

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loginscript in samba
by Girish Hanchate 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

I am having RH 7.2 samba server i want to configure login script in that can any body help me configuring same. Rgds girish __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Dial-up on Mandrake?
by Amol Hatwar 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

I recently tried out Mandrake 8.2 distro on my Machine, the one that came with this months Digit. I soon realised that my days with wvdial were over. After making failed attempts to connect to my ISP.. I gave up. Can anyone give me pointers? Amol Hatwar. _________________________________________________________ Click below to visit monsterindia.com and there is always a better job for you at http://monsterindia.rediff.com/jobs

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Re: Linuxers digest, Vol 1 #501 - 7 msgs
by WERNER K HEISENBERG 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

>Message: 3 >From: "Rohit" <rohit.ramesh(a)hotpop.com> >Hello, >I recently upgraded to RedHat 7.3 ( I was previously using RedHat 7.1 ).I have a Motorola SM56 internal modem on my machine. I have the modem driver for RedHat 7.1 ( downloaded from the motorola WebSite ). I ... ...snip....... Hello Rohit, The RH team has categorically stated their non-support for WinModems in 7.2 and 7.3. SM56 notwithstanding. Working on this. Will get back in a day or two. Brgds Werner _______________________________________________________ WIN a first class trip to Hawaii. Live like the King of Rock and Roll on the big Island. Enter Now! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes

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debian users
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

Hi, I have been using Debian unstable on my machine for the more than a year now ... Are there other Debian users out there on the list?? I need to come up with arguments to atleast try out Debian instead of RedHat. I use it for the sheer ease of upgrades and stability. But I need arguments strong enough to convince sysads and end-users alike to try it out, and to justify setting up a Debian mirror. In fact, Debian is not too popular here in the IIT ... I posted a problem on the local newsgroups, and imagine, not a single reply!!! Sameer. -- MTech Student, Reconfigurable Computing Lab, KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Compare thinking about doing nothing and actually doing nothing; they are distinct enterprises. -- Philip Wadler -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Debian users
by terrence d'souza 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

Been using Debian unstable since last October. For development it is The Distro. It has ports to most (all the ones that i know of) CPUs, which is vital for embedded stuff. It has a sane dependency & package managment policy. It has the largest number of packages. It is the esasiest to upgrade and maintain (particularly with a fat net connection. Commercial distros try to create a "typical user" cd. A typicla developer environment is anything but typical. Further there will be no nasty suprises in the gcc or per seat licences or some other desperate manuover to stay alive. Debian has a life and world all it's own and will be around long after the commercial distros. So for the technically savy it is the distro to use. rgds jtdesouza(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: too much time for logging on
by Unmesh Dhake 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

Dear Ashok, Devdas Thanks , for help. After editing resolv.conf file solved my problem. Infact this file has wrong entry of IP address. Also if you are keeping this file empty, i got ftp login prompt immediately. regards unmesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devdas Bhagat" <dodobh(a)nettaxi.com> To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Re: too much time for logging on wu-ftp server > +++ Ashok Iyer [14/06/02 21:36 -0700]: > > > > > > > I am using RH 7.1 with wu-ftp server. My ftp > > > > server is taking too > > > > > much time for logging. For this problem I got > > > > solution from web for > > > > > > > > > b it loggin in ...or loggin......get the wu-ftpd > > > service off the machine.... > > > > Check your resolv.conf file for the nameserver entry. > > If the name server is not reachable then wu-ftpd > > mysteriously takes time for logging IN. > This is not mysterious. The ftp daemon is trying to resolve the ip address of > the connecting ip to a name, and timing out since there is no record for that > in the DNS. Setting up proper reverse DNS will solve that problem. > You will see this problem with any service that insists on reverse DNS being > setup, like a pop/imap daemon, ftpd, etc. > > As for a good ftp daemon, why not just use scp if possible? Or at least > sftp. Proftpd is good, and easy to configure. Pureftpd is also supposed to be > good. > > Devdas Bhagat > -- > As the trials of life continue to take their toll, remember that there > is always a future in Computer Maintenance. > -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" > _______________________________________________ > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >

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Re: Linuxers digest, Vol 1 #499 - 11 msgs
by Nikhil 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

thx niraj.. that was a ral help... wondering why i didnt knew of this earlier.. bye -------------------------------------------------------------- Frischmann Prabhu, Mumbai, India

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Ottawa Linux Symposium papers
by Ashok Iyer 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Check out this pdf for the Ottawa Linux Symposium(OLS) proceedings papers. http://parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk/~ajh/ols2002_proceedings.pdf.bz2 OLS is to be held between 26th. to 29th June 2002. For more details visit : www.linuxsymposium.org -- Ashok __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: CGI-BIN for users (again)
by Amish Mehta 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Did u do chmod 711 on public_html and cgi-bin directory directory? Also u need ExecCGI on directory, /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin Plus I think you need mod_users module on. Refer FAQ/Docs for Apache please, I think your question is already answered there. Amish. Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote: > >Oops! I'm sorry I should have phrased the question properly. > >What I want is that all users have their own directory cgi-bin in their >public_html directory and the scripts can be executed from there only. > >I played a bit with the Directory Tags but it din't work out. Gives me >an error, forboidden 403 error. > > >> dude... >> do u mean...u want pple to be able to execute cgi >> scripts from ur werb server..... >> if thatz the case....just enable this type in >> Apace's config file..... >> Unhash the following line...... >> >> #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi > >_______________________________________________ >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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File Transfer between 2 webservers(JAVA Servelets)
by MALHAR PUJAR 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

hello friends, I am stuck up with one problem in JAVA servelts. I need to transfer one file object (a serialzable object) from one servelt running on a tomcat engine to another servlet running on another tomcat engine. both these have well defined IP address. I am getting zero bytes at the receiving inputstream of the request object. Plz reply as soon as possible... or any references or comments .. Thanking you all in advance. --MALHAR--

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modem detection problems
by Rohit 16 Jun '02

16 Jun '02

Hello, I recently upgraded to RedHat 7.3 ( I was previously using RedHat 7.1 ). I have a Motorola SM56 internal modem on my machine. I have the modem driver for RedHat 7.1 ( downloaded from the motorola WebSite ). I was using this to run my modem on my earlier Linux installation. The same driver doesn't seem to work with RH 7.3 ... I looked around for another driver that would work but had no luck. I'd be grateful if someone could tell me how to get my modem to work on RH 7.3 or give me link to a website that will tell me how to do it. Thanks, Rohit.

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