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by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

List, There was some issue with ilug-bom.org.in domain registration. The mailing list was down and if you gave sent a mail between 28 Feb - 3 March, you may have received a bounce. Now the issue is resolved and we should be on our way to nirvana! No need to reply (unless you are facing withdrawal symptoms and can not resist to write a mail to list). With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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test email
by Mehul Ved 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Please ignore the email. Thank You.

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Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom
by shamoorthy 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Dear All, I had the privilege of laying my hands on a video by Richard Stallman promoting FOSS, GNU & Freedom. Please do take a look and share your thoughts. Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom<http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C2233C191A464B26> http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C2233C191A464B26 ( Same Video's URL ) Regards, Shamoorthy

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 82, Issue 28
by Surya Sharma 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

> > If RMS found out that you have uploaded his videos on YouTube he would > not be too impressed. He hates YouTube because they use proprietary > flv format. I interviewed him too a year and a half back, and he gave > the interview under the condition that I would not upload them to > YouTube. :) > > You can add a line saying how bad flv is. > Anyway the HTML5 standard should more or less straighten things out > soon. BTW the usual suspect is missing from the standardisation > committee. They were invited but proly have too many feet in the > mouth to walk or talk.. > You could always upload it to www.pad.ma then, its HTML 5 and ogg based :) Surya Sharma me(a)suryas.info 9920482321

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[OT] Open Source is equal to Piracy !!
by prithvis＠gmail.com 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hi, What have these guys been smoking !! http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/24/1812244/Use-Open-Source-Then-Youre-… Sad to see such wayward equations :( Best Regards Prakash N. Shetty Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Need Fedora 10 Mirrors - Resolved
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Thanks everyone who replied. 2010/2/25 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <dineshah(a)gmail.com> > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2010/2/25 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <dineshah(a)gmail.com>: >> > >> > Today I was trying to install some packages on Fedora 10 system. I am >> > shocked that the original mirrors are gone! >> > >> > Can you help me setup alternate mirror sites for my Fedora 10? I DO NOT >> want >> > to upgrade to Fedora 11/12. :-) >> >> The issue is resolved. The problem was corrupt yum repo DBs. Here is what I did to resolve the issue. $ sudo yum clean all $ sudo yum clean metadata $ sudo yum clean dbcache $ sudo yum makecache $ sudo yum update $ sudo yum install dia HTH \With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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Need Fedora 10 Mirrors
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

List, Today I was trying to install some packages on Fedora 10 system. I am shocked that the original mirrors are gone! Can you help me setup alternate mirror sites for my Fedora 10? I DO NOT want to upgrade to Fedora 11/12. :-) TIA Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit http://archive.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything/i38…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything/i386…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/a/lin…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.nl.eu.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everythi…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora-archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repodata/re…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repodata/r…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/a/lin…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repoda…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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[X-post] Announcement of National Conference On Free Software- 2010, Bangalore
by Vikram Vincent 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Raghavendra S <raghuarr(a)gmail.com> Date: 25 February 2010 16:47 Subject: [FSUG-Bangalore] Announcement of National Conference On Free Software- 2010, Bangalore Dear Friends, It is a matter of great pride for all of us that the National Conference On Free Software is being held in Bangalore on 20th and 21st of March,2010. The conference would be hosted by the Free Software Movement-Karnataka(FSMK) http://www.nc2010.fsmk.org/ The conference aims at enhancing awareness on Free Software in the country. As run-up to the Conference, we will be organizing Technical Workshops in colleges, inviting other college students and professionals in Bangalore for the same.These will be in the mode of hands-on workshops like we have been doing in the past. We are also trying to focus on the Kannada localization, Accessibility tools and customized distributions for students. There will also be some interesting inputs to the Conference in terms of activities from the Slum Computing Centers as well. In the conference, apart from spreading the word of Free Software -- We are trying to focus on the sociology of ICT as a whole. -- Discussions on the Policy track will focus on working with the IT ministry to try and get Free Software in school education in Karnataka -- Our community has been keenly watching version 2.4 of Draft Policy on Open Standards, We will work with all communities including open source in this conference for this important battle for software freedom -- Good number of talks by reputed speakers in the realm of Free Software struggle are being organized over the two days Shri Katta Subramania Naidu, IT minster, Karnataka will be inaugurating the conference. Central ministers and State IT ministers, prominent literary figures, industry professionals and students are expected to participate. We take this as an opportunity to urge each one of you to lend your help and support in making this National Conference on Free Software a success. Free Software is the future, the future is ours. -- Raghavendra S http://fsmk.org/ http://ideasareimmortal.blogspot.com/

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[commercial][ot] Anyone interested in running tuxdvds.com
by Sameep 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi , Is anyone interested in running and maintaining an Online Linux Distro Store for India. [tuxdvds.com] ? I took it down a few weeks back. If anyone is interested please mail me off list. Regards, Sameep

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Upgrading Hardware - best practice
by RSCL Mumbai 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi, I have a gateway server (CentOS5 + Squid) running since past 2 years. I need to free up the current server and prepare the same setup (CentOS5 + Squid) on a new hardware. I am exploring the short cut option of cloning the HDD and putting in a new server. When the cloned HDD boots in a new h/w environment, the OS will scream for new hardware found. I am sure the OS will then adjust its parameters for the new hardware. But, Is this a good approach ? Are there any stability issues ? Has anyone done this before ? Another approach I thought is to install CentOS5 and then copy only the "/" partition from the old HDD to the new one. Is there any other way of doing this ? What is the best way ? I am just trying to avoid reinstall & reconfigure efforts. Thx & regards, Vai PS: There are reasons why I need to do all this, hence I would appreciate if we limit the discussions to "best approach for move HDD into a new hardware".

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Computer Education in Schools
by Rony 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hello, This is an interesting link where a syllabus for elementary computer education based on Ubuntu has been prepared for classes 1 to 4. It has been prepared by IIT with support of the Shri Shri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir. It is licensed under Creative Commons and can be used by anyone. http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~sri/ssrvm/ -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Clonezilla for bare metal backup/restore
by Richard Victor Correia 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Anyone used http://www.clonezilla.org/. Before trying and testing I want to check if anyone already using it. I will post my test findings here.... -- Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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Job opportunity for FOSS in Education
by jitendra 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Sanchar InfoTech (SIPL) is a for-profit organisation in the field of promoting and supporting IT in education Pratham InfoTech Foundation and Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative are undertaking a Localization project for creating Open Education Resources in Indian Languages with the help of Sanchar Infotech Private Limited. Sanchar InfoTech is looking for 2 persons with flare for FOSS with following profile 1. Good knowledge in Marathi ( soon other languages may be needed) 2. Facility and fluency with FOSS environment and web 3. Keen interest in education and educational software 4. This is not a coding job but familiarity with programming needed 5. Readiness to travel ,mostly urban or semi-urban interior as needed Job involves 1. Localization of educationl contents/softwares 2. coordinating of translations of educational content as open education resources (OER) 3. Support translators with computer skills 4. maintenance of the web site with content, liaison with software developers if any changes needed 5. Testing of the localized educational contents including translated interfaces of softwares 6. advocacy of the OER in schools 7. support to managers of school computer labs with FOSS environment and OER 8. training of teachers Qualification 1. Formal qualification unimportant : graduates from any stream or technical diploma holders preferred 2. Good knowledge of Marathi and English essential : Sample translation will be used as test 3. Skill , familiarity or willingness and ability to learn FOSS , (e.g Computer Masti (IIT-B) , Netlogo (ccl.northwestern.edu ), www.curriki.org) 4. experience with education ( B Ed training or teaching experience) with computers will be an advantage Salary : 8 to 10k pm (consolidated) Location: Kurla+Powai+Home Freshers will be considered for apprenticeship : 3000 PM (consolidated) , 3 month training before placement Working Part-Time and assignment basis,flexible hours with some work from home will also be considered Appointment will be for one year, renewable subject to project funding Apply thru email with biodata and SOP to : sneha.pratham(a)gmail.com Jitendra Shah Director , Content Development Cell Pratham Infotech Foundation

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 82, Issue 23
by Surya Sharma 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

> > Ask alpesh to bring camera from gnowledge > lab if necessary. > > Nagarjuna > > I can lend you my camcorder (digital with DVD) as a single camera is not > good enough.You may either see the speaker or the audience and not both. > You > my wish to have an edited version with both. > jitendra > Thanks for the offer. I have a camcorder. > Rgds > JTD Thanks, I think I can arrange for about 3 camcorders if we really need it, I have 1 DVD based one at hand, so I think it shall work out. I'm just a little worried about the installfest, because the 20 pc's have only CD Rom drives and 256 Mb Ram. I managed to boot to a netinstaller image using PXEboot, but netinstaller wanted to download the files off a mirror, so I still have to look into that. It would be good if I could just use the 4 or 5 Debian DVD ISO's instead of setting up a 40GB mirror [Unless someone already has the media / data for that] Surya Sharma me(a)suryas.info 9920482321

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Foss workshop at MGM college Panvel - Speakers wanted
by jtd 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

FossArete 2010 is being held at the MGM's College of Engineering and Technology Junction NH-4, Sion Panvel Expressway, Navi Mumbai - 410 209, India. http://www.mgmmumbai.ac.in Date: 27th Feb 2010 Time 1100 to 1900 Those interested in speaking on any of the mentioned subjects (including those already covered ) or any new subject get in touch with Surya Sharma <cyb3roidx at gmail dot com> or <jtd at mtnl dot net dot in> Topics FOSS Philosophies, History and Key Players - Talk by J T Dsouza Installation Procedure Workshop Using Debian Lenny - J. T. D'souza * Linux Distributions * Partitioning System * Filesystems * Utilities * APT Brief Introduction to Applications - * Make * bison * Integrated Development Environments [IDE] * GCC * Toolkits * Java FOSS in Engineering, and Foss Development and Business Models. Talk by J T Dsouza [Sparc Systems] , Alpesh Gajbe [ Gnowledge Lab, TIFR ] * Foss Business Plans and Models * Foss in engineering * GCC * Qcad * Python * Scilab Workshop on Rapid Website Development Using Joomla. Talk by Surya Sharma * Talk on Web designing quickly using modern simple methods based using Floss * What options do we have? * Why Joomla? * Setting up Databases, Introduction to Mysql * Installing Joomla * Configuring Joomla o Themes o Modules o Components * Publishing Websites -- Rgds JTD

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questions about the GPL
by Kenneth Gonsalves 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

hi, some flame bait: http://jacobian.org/writing/gpl-questions/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS http://certificate.nrcfoss.au-kbc.org.in

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SSH tunnel
by Sameed Ahmed 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hi, Did any one worked on SSH Tunnel? I need to connect to my Home Desktop from my office. But problem is that my ISP gave me dainamic IP. if u worked on tunnel pls give simple steps not any website like thank you ------------------------ Sameed Ahmed Jr. Support Engineer Enterux Solutions, www.enterux.com +91 9819033228 ------------------------ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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[OT] Dynamic v/s Static IP by ISPs (Was Re: SSH tunnel)
by Arun Khan 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Rahul Jayaraman <rahul(a)moqshh.com> wrote: > yup.. how much does a static ip cost btw? MTNL TriBand Rs. 1000/year. IMO, businesses should be able justify it as part of their operating cost. If their engineer needs to telecommute then they should provide the infra to make it possible. Complaining about dynamic IP assignment is not the solution. -- Arun Khan PS Anyway, this is turning into OT so I have changed the subject line.

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Pad.ma / Firefox session at HBCSE TODAY 5pm
by b＠pad.ma 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

hey everyone, Sorry for the seriously late intimation ;-). After a fun and productive event at CAMP this Sunday, Dr. Nagarjun is kindly hosting another session at HBCSE this evening 5 pm onwards. Just in case anyone can make it at such short notice, will be great, else we shall be posting pictures, videos and a report of the events shortly. Event Details: A seminar on Pad.ma and Firefox development will be held in Homi Bhabha Centre for Science education, TIFR on 23rd Tuesday evening at 5pm. Pad.ma is a full featured video archival website started as a collaboration between a number of groups (http://pad.ma/about). As a software project, the site uses completely open web and video technologies, significantly, the open source Theora video codec. Pad.ma has pushed the boundaries of what is possible with video on the web - being perhaps the first website to offer time-based annotations, server-side seeking to an arbitrary point in the video, partial clip download, client-side video encoding through the Firefogg browser plugin, alongwith full-text search through the video material. Jan, Sebastian and Sanjay will be talking on Pad.ma. Firefox does not need any Introduction. Mozilla Firefox is getting ready for the new Internet standard HTML 5, and the speakers from Mozilla Foundation will talk on what HTML5 means for the users and developers, what revolution is expected in terms of web applications. Seth, Arun and Axel will be speaking from Mozilla Foundation. The seminar will be informal and participants can interact with the guest speakers. The meeting will conclude with a Tea/Coffee and snacks at around 7pm. We are sorry for the very short intimation, but we hope you will all make use of the opportunity to attend. All are welcome, RSVP lab(a)gnowledge.org How to reach Homi Bhabha Centre are available at this link: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/about-us/contact-and-location/homi-bhabha-cent… (note: the speakers from the Mozilla foundation may not make it due to their schedule, but have sent us tons of material that we will present some of.) Sorry if you have received this email from multiple mailing lists. Thanks, Sanjay

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want to learn linux
by rajesh ruparel 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

pl help. wlling to pay Must try OPEN OFFICE software better than ms office and free. go to www.openoffice.org <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=142008&t=1">Get Firefox!</a>

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Openings for Java Developer 4 Nos
by Ubaid Khan 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Hello World, We have openings for Java Developer in Canada based MNC located in Mumbai.I being a GNU/Linux enthusiast thought I should post the job as my contribution towards FOSS and more thing we this company work on Debian Linux not Windows so one more reason to apply for. Job Criteria, Exp Required :- 3 years and above in java Minimum of 3 years of OOAD and web-based programming experience using Java and J2EE to build large-scale applications in an enterprise environment. Experience with J2EE, JSP, Servlets, Struts, Hibernate, OJB, Spring. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, AJAX Package:- 4.0 Lacs p.a. and above Location :- Mumbai P.S :- I cannot post the company details due to some legal issues as in the company we internally know about the openings.

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(Moz)Meet this Sunday Evening
by b＠pad.ma 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Hey all, Some folks from the Mozilla Foundation are down in India and are going to be in Mumbai from the 21st - 25th. We're having a meetup cum dinner event (food n drinks sponsored by Mozilla:)), at our space in Khar, (W) [1] on Sunday the 21st, 7pm onwards. Please see the wiki[2] for details and do add your name to the RSVP page [3] if you plan on attending. [[we have space for 50, and while we're fairly certain we won't turn anyone back, putting your name on the RSVP will help us plan things better]] It should be a fun evening and interesting discussions and presentations about the mozilla project, web standards and the future of open video. We will also be demoing and talking about http://pad.ma. If there's anything you wish to talk about / discuss/ present, please add it to the agenda page on the wiki [4]. We'll have roughly an hour and a half of presentation before going into dinner and informal discussions, that will hopefully stretch on until late :). Shall hope to see a lot of you here. -Sanjay [1] http://camputer.org/directions.html, http://camputer.org/campstudio.html [2] http://mozcamp.in/mumbai [3] http://mozcamp.in/mumbai/wiki/index.php/RSVP_%28Feb_21,_2010%29 [4] http://mozcamp.in/mumbai/wiki/index.php/Agenda,_2010

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Ubuntu Cloud
by Rahul Jayaraman 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Has anyone tried it? Looking for system spec suggestions for node& cluster. -- Best Regards, Rahul Jayaraman +91 9819619320

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[positions] at gnowledge.org lab
by Nagarjuna G 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

A walk in interview for a free software hacker http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/advt/one-position-of-project-fellow-for-gnowle… -- Nagarjuna

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Any Open Source Library for VoIP development?
by Shirish Padalkar 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Hello All, I'm working on some VoIP projects. I'm looking for some good VoIP libraries for the development. I got this - http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Open+Source+VOIP+Software Anybody knows any good library? Thanks. With regards, Shirish

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Software RAID setup
by Richard Victor Correia 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Dear Friends, I have a webserver with two 160GB SATA HDDs. I have installed Centos5.X on one of the HDD. I need help in setting up software RAID 1 on second HDD, so that if any HDD fails we can switched to second HDD. My office is in Malad West, near DMART, Link road. Can someone help me with this setup for a fee or a crate of beer? :) -- Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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Check out my photos on Facebook
by Sudheer K Muhammed 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Hi India, I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile. Thanks, Sudheer To sign up for Facebook, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1427901091&k=Z2G2P5V236TB51AITB5U2USUSSDJ46… Already have an account? Add this email address to your account http://www.facebook.com/n/?merge_accounts.php&e=linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in… was invited to join Facebook by Sudheer K Muhammed. If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please click on the link below to unsubscribe. http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=81ff72&u=512595019&mid=18e6d6dG1e8d944bG0G8 Facebook's offices are located at 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304.

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Looking for a Linux job opportunity
by Sarfaraz Kazi 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Dear List Members, I'm a Commerce graduate and I've been working in the HR/Admin back-office related field for the past 6 years. However, I've come to realise that I'm not suited for this field of work and I wish to change my field of work. I've been using Linux on my home machine for the past 7 years and have been an ardent supporter of the FLOSS movement. I'm well-versed with the basics of a Linux-based system and have worked with various applications. I would love to explore the opportunity of working in any Linux related field. I'm willing to start from the very bottom without any salary expectations and working hours and location constraints. I request the List members to kindly guide me further in this regard. Any references, openings or opportunities will be highly appreciated. Thanking you in advance. Regards, Sarfaraz Kazi

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Linux alternative to Irfanview
by Rony 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Hello, I was looking up an alternative to IrfanView which is a light weight doze based utility for quick image editing. Found 'showfoto'. It is a cut throat competitor for IrfanView except that it lacks the batch conversion utility that is very handy in Irfanview. However other features are terrific to touch up photos, change brightness contrast etc. The Text tool is also lovely. You can scroll through the font sizes and see the actual result go big and small live. Overall a great piece of software. The best part of it is that I did not find it in google in spite of a reasonable search. It was found in the apt repos of my Lenny, silently awaiting its turn to see the world. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Auto mount
by Richard Victor Correia 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Hi. I have a linux server, centos 5.X I have following mount points on the server and I need to restart the server. What is the ideal location where I should put this commands so that in case of reboot following mounts will be in place? mount --bind /var/www/html/Dell /var/www/html/PSB/Dell mount --bind /var/www/html/Ideas_images /var/www/html/Idea_Research/Ideas_images Should I put it in rc.local? -- Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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Fwd: [Ilugc] [UbuntuWomen] International Women's Day -- Competition!
by Mehul Ved 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:39 AM Subject: [Ilugc] [UbuntuWomen] International Women's Day -- Competition! To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Cc: kanchilug(a)freelists.org Hi, Ubuntu Women is running an essay competition on how women get into ubuntu linux. Any female can send article. Read further here. http://www.geekosophical.net/?p=423 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2010-January/002406.html -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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ANN: Rhythmbox album art search plugin
by Rupesh Kumar 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Rhythmbox album art search is a plugin which searches the web for the album art of the currently playing song using google search apis. From the resulting images, one can then choose an image to set it as album art. The plugin is based on the context pane plugin. For screenshot, download and installation instructions please see http://code.google.com/p/albumartsearch/ Rupesh

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Open Office Document in MsOffice
by Saswata Banerjee 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hi Guys, I do not know if you consider this as an achievement, but Microsoft Word 2007 can open and read all odt files. They have provided a add-in converter. If you have MsOffice on your PC and you double click an odt file, it gets the converter (once only) and installs it in MsOffice I found this when a business associate to whom i send a odt file was able to open it without issues :-) Regards Saswata

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Open Office Document in MsOffice
by Saswata Banerjee 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

On 2/4/2010 12:30 PM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: > On 2/4/2010 12:24 PM, steve wrote: >> On 02/04/2010 11:52 AM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: >>> Hi Guys, >>> I do not know if you consider this as an achievement, but Microsoft >>> Word >>> 2007 can open and read all odt files. >>> They have provided a add-in converter. If you have MsOffice on your PC >>> and you double click an odt file, it gets the converter (once only) >>> and >>> installs it in MsOffice >>> >>> I found this when a business associate to whom i send a odt file was >>> able to open it without issues :-) >> >> Not much of an achievement considering that the odt format is an >> *open* format, so anyone who can read specifications and write >> software to match those can create a odt reader/editor, unlike >> proprietary formats (or in case of ooxml bad, over general and patent >> dependent ^standard^), where creating a reader/writer is not only a >> technical issue (if the format has to be reverse engineered) but also >> a legal issue (if implementing such software would imply 'infringing' >> on patents). >> >> So, basically it is the same as Microsoft's contribution to the linux >> kernel -- not really noteworthy since they do it only because they can. > Steve, > I was looking at it as an achievement for Open Office since its not > done because Microsoft Can, but because they are forced to provide it > as their clients need it. >> >> >> cheers, >> - steve >> > oops Just found out that it was not microsoft that made the converter. http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/files/ My appologies But still worthwhile info. regards saswata

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[NEWS] Microsoft to provide `unique identification` to 600 million people
by Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Microsoft Research sees “exciting” opportunities for itself in the Indian government's unique identification project – in the areas of user interface, multi-lingual systems, mobility and secure database management. The research arm of Microsoft is in talks with Mr Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, to explore options. Complete news can be read here... http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/01/23/stories/2010012352560400.htm -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Learn to appreciate the beauty within...

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any editors which have the split window functionality
by Kussh Singh 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Are there any editors in Linux which allow the editable window to be split as in Microsoft windows? I have tried gedit and openoffice. Both do not have this ability yet. Kussh -- http://www.mvhlive.com/ windows freeware for designing homes or renovating them sweethome3d.sourceforge.net

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] any editors which have the split window functionality
by Kussh Singh 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Kussh Singh <kussh.singh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Osric Fernandes < > osric.fernandes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Or else, if you want to use gedit, there's a third party plugin available: >> http://www.psyguygames.com/SplitView2.tar.gz >> Just extract the files to ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/ >> >> -- >> >> Thanks, will try it out. > > Had to put the 2 extracted files in /usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins for system wide availability. (a python file and a plugin file) Then enable the splitview plugin in the gedit preferences. The user interface took some getting used to-- the tabs can be toggled --both vertical and horizontal split are possible.

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dell inspiron 14 wid linux
by sharad kumar 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

ya linux is completely comfortable wid dell inspiron14 ........... -- REGARDS Sharad Kumar Visit my blog at :- http://techshaddy.wordpress.com/ See my pictures at:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/techshaddy/ See my videos at :- http://shaddyshare.vodspot.tv Sent from Delhi, India

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[OT][HUMOUR] Testing this group's sense of humour
by Mohan Nayaka 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

http://xkcd.com/456/ /me runs from the flames! Regards, Mohan S N -- Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. -- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Wireless connection problem.
by Rajen M. Parekh 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

Hi, I am not able to establish wireless connection on my wireless router if I choose "Do not broadcast SSID" setting on the router. I am using Opensuse 11.2 (KDE 4.3.4). Everything works fine if I choose to broadcast SSID, but it doesn't connect if the SSID is not broadcasted. The connection is managed by "NetworkManager". (Just for information, on Windows, by modifying connection settings, one can connect with "Do not broadcast SSID" setting turned on.) On Opensuse+kde-4.3.4, there is no option available with the "KNetworkManager" which allows to make connection when SSID is not broadcasted. I don't know if this is opensuse specific problem, as I haven't tried any other distro for this. From googling I could gather that there is/was such a problem with other Linux distros like Ubuntu too. On a positive note, in a tutorial for wireless connection on linux, there was even this option where one could establish a connection when SSID is not broadcasted. This tutorial was on Fedora. So I guess that this isn't a linux specific problem, but its probably distro specific. Or maybe it could be that I have missed something here. I wonder why I can't find this option with Opensuse 11.2 (KDE - 4.3.4). Have I to install any additional packages? If anybody has any experience in this regard, do let me know. Regards, Rajen.

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free web training for linux users from the elite
by Kussh Singh 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Check this out http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2010/01/how-learn-li… Kussh -- http://www.mvhlive.com/ windows freeware for designing homes or renovating them sweethome3d.sourceforge.net

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT][HUMOUR] Testing this group's sense of humour
by U N Gaitonde 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

And I did not have to talk about linux to my kids. Since 199x, had linux as the OS on my machine at home. So daughter and son grew with it. Now both are avid linux users in their active life! U N Gaitonde

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foss calendar
by Kenneth Gonsalves 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

-- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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linux for legal transcription
by Kenneth Gonsalves 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

hi, a firm doing legal transcription wants to explore the use of linux. What is needed is: "a Startstop foot pedal system and a Soundcard that enables you to adjust bass and treble on audio files". Any clues as to what this is, can it work on linux and if so what is the cost/recommendations? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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GRUB issue
by Mayur Pawar 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

hi, I am having a dual boot machine with Ubuntu 7.04 and Windows XP. Yesterday i replaced Ubuntu 7.04 with Ubuntu 9.10 desktop edition and updated it. After updating i restarted my machine and the GRUB took unbelievably long time. It took almost 15 mins to load. It was not the same with 7.04. Also before i updated 9.10 the GRUB was fast enough. Now it takes a lot of time to kick in. Any help on this?..as in why its taking so long and how can i work it around?..i dont intend to reinstall the OS.. Regards, Mayur K. Pawar

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Specific issues with version 2.4 of Draft Policy on Open Standards for eGovernance (India)
by narendra sisodiya 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

*Specific issues with version 2.4 of Draft Policy on Open Standards for eGovernance (India)* This document examines the Draft Policy on Open Standards for eGovernment v2.4 dated 25.11.2009 and the process followed in adopting the same. You can download from http://fosscomm.in/OpenStandards . If v2.4 is adopted as official policy, it will result in: 1. The legitimization of proprietary standards that entail the payment of royalty fees and huge foreign exchange outflows. This cost will be paid by Indian taxpayers and pocketed by monopolistic vendors located in foreign countries, since most proprietary standards are controlled by entities outside India. Unlike royaltyfree open standards, the usage of proprietary standards will mean that users will, directly or indirectly, pay a royalty to a private entity for the privilege of communicating with the government. 2. Reduce eGovernment in India to a mess of incompatible systems that cannot communicate with each other, thus defeating the very purpose of eGovernment, if multiple standards for the same purpose are allowed. *Logical inconsistencies in v2.4* This section points out some of the most apparent flaws in v2.4 though it is not an exhaustive list. In particular, we would like to draw attention to the utterly lax manner in which one of the key clauses in section 4.1 titled "Mandatory Characteristics," has been drafted. "4.1.2 The essential patent claims necessary to implement the Identified Standard should preferably be available on a RoyaltyFree (no payment and no restrictions) basis for the life time of the standard. However, if such Standards are not found feasible and in the wider public interest, then RF on Fair, Reasonable and Non Discriminatory terms and conditions (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non Discriminatory terms and conditions (RAND) could be considered." *Inconsistency #1:* The use of a phrase like, "should preferably be available on a RoyaltyFree (no payment and no restrictions) basis," contradicts the title of the section, which is, "Mandatory Characteristics" and makes the usage of the Identified Standard nonbinding. This renders the entire policy meaningless. By wording this clause in such a casual manner, the government is surrendering its policy making responsibilities to market forces that are driven to extract maximum profits from tax payers. * Inconsistency #2: *The government has a serious longterm responsibility of safeguarding its citizens data. Egovernment data remains valid for decades, if not centuries and the archival and preservation of this data is critical. In this context, we would like to point out that v2.4 does not even explain or define "essential patent claims," which is one of the most important terms in this policy. The implementation of a standard cannot be bifurcated into "essential" and nonessential" parts. The policy v2.4 is also silent on how the government will distinguish "essential patent claims" from nonessential patent claims. Egovernment data stored in formats with such unclear rights could be subject to litigation. Therefore, we would like to submit that ALL patent claims on a standard should be made available on a royaltyfree basis so that there are no problems in the foreseeable future. * Procedural issues with v2.4* 1. Apart from these above mentioned inconsistencies, there is also no change log that explains the reasons for introducing new terms in v2.4 and the major directional changes made in this version, as compared to v2.0. 2. It has also been brought to our notice that the expert committee constituted by Department of Information Technology that was involved in drafting this policy since 2007 and was responsible for creating v2.0 that was acclaimed by Civil Society Organizations, was not even informed of the creation and adoption of v2.4. This is a significant disservice to the expert committee Such undemocratic actions will only dissuade public spirited citizens from participating in national policy making processes, especially if these process are marked by lack of transparency and accountability on the part of the government. 3. While Department of Information Technology has invited industry lobbies and trade associations to be part of Apex Committee on Open Standards, it has given no representation to Civil Society Organizations. In fact, the inputs sent in by organizations like National Campaign for People's Right to Information, IT For Change, Center for Internet and Society, Knowledge Commons and others have been completely ignored by Department of Information Technology. *Financial Issues * From an eGovernment perspective, when royaltyfree standards are available, or can be created, it is perfectly rational, economic behavior to opt for such standards. There are very few situations where the government will be able to justify the use of proprietary standards that are controlled by monopolies and entail the payment of huge royalties. Our national data should not be stored in formats that are trade secrets of vendors or controlled by vendors through patents and other forms of protection that enable them to extract royalties and other rents. Furthermore, it has to be recognized that open standards do not preclude anyone from implementing them. If India's egov data is stored in proprietary data formats, the cost of using these formats will grow as we get more and more invested in egovernance. Therefore the government must draw strict rules in favor of open, royaltyfree standards and mandate that ALL stakeholders involved in e Governance adhere strictly to these standards. * Policy issues* As an emerging software superpower, the IT policies formulated in India are closely monitored and emulated. If a poorly worded, logically inconsistent draft like v2.4 becomes national policy, India will be a laughing stock in the community of nations. From a policymaking perspective, the government has repeatedly appealed to educated Indians to contribute to national goals and policy making. However, if software monopolies can so easily defeat policies that are aimed at protecting national interests, this is a serious discouragement to all the public spirited academics and citizens who have volunteered their time and effort to drafting this policy. This will send a strong negative signal to those who wish to contribute to policy making and dissuade them from participating in such policy making processes. We therefore request urgent corrective steps to ensure that the Draft Policy on Open Standards for e Government results in the creation of a meaningful policy that protects the interests of the country. ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘

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pop3 mail checker/notifier application
by RSCL Mumbai 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Hi, I am looking for an application which will sit in the system tray, check multiple pop3 mailboxes at predefined intervals, pop-up / notify when a new email is received. Any recommendations for such an application ? On windows desktop I have been using *Magic Mail Monitor* & *PopPeeper*. Both are brilliant applications. Now I need something similar for my linux desktops. Thx Sandeep

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] pop3 mail checker/notifier application
by steve 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi, On 01/19/2010 03:55 PM, RSCL Mumbai wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for an application which will sit in the system > tray, check > multiple pop3 mailboxes at predefined intervals, pop-up / notify > when a new > email is received. > Any recommendations for such an application ? > > Which desktop manager do you use ? There is this ultra-cool web page > that I visit when I want something like this[1]. > > > Gnome. > > Googling since an hour, but not much help. > What exactly did you google for ? http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+mail+notification http://www.google.com/search?q=gnome+mail+notification http://www.google.com/search?q=mail+notification+in+gnome http://www.google.com/search?q=i+want+a+mail+notifier+for+gnome The first result for all of those is the link that I sent you in my reply ! Even /these/ gives relevant results: http://www.google.com/search?q=mail+popup+thingy+in+linux (2nd freaking result !!!) http://www.google.com/search?q=i+want+a+mail+notifier+for+linux http://www.google.com/search?q=i+want+a+mail+notification+applet+for+gnome and dammit ! ..even these exist: http://www.google.com/search?q=Magic+Mail+Monitor+for+linux http://www.google.com/search?q=PopPeeper+linux (again, the *second* result mentions the very same app, I sent the link to in my reply) <rant> If there's something more annoying than an idiot who makes mistakes is an idiot who would tries to cover it up with bulls**t rather than admit to it when the mistake is discovered ! It has to be one of these two: a. You are trying to cover up the fact that you *did not* google b. You are too stupid to use google even Which is it ? Gah !! </rant> (I am sorry, just in a bad mood today ! ...but seriously ...??) cheers, - steve -- random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ tech randomness: http://lonehacks.blogspot.com/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] New Fedora Mirror Mumbai, INDIA
by ripunjay＠hns.net.in 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Thanks just giving back as much as we can to the community. Yup, just working only, will call u one of these days Sent from my Android ----- Reply message ----- From: "Rajeev R. K." <rajeevrk(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 11:09 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] New Fedora Mirror Mumbai, INDIA To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Ripunjay Bararia <ripunjay(a)hns.net.in>wrote: > Hi All, > We have just launched a new fedora mirror for India, > > http://fedoramirror.hnsdc.com > > Good on you m8... awesome to have a low latency yum repo around without having to rsync the whole shebang :P Rajeev P.S.: How are you doing even.. been ages since we touched base.... > regards > Ripunjay Bararia > Honesty Net Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd > Mumbai, INDIA. > > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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New Fedora Mirror Mumbai, INDIA
by Ripunjay Bararia 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi All, We have just launched a new fedora mirror for India, http://fedoramirror.hnsdc.com regards Ripunjay Bararia Honesty Net Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd Mumbai, INDIA.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fedora 12 i386 DVD
by RSCL Mumbai 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

My office is at Mahakali Caves, Andheri E. So *Siji Sunny* is the closest. Closer than going to Andheri station and buying LFY ;-) Siji, What is the convenient time to collect the DVD ? I will burn a copy and return the original to you. Thx Sandeep On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Siji Sunny <sijisunny(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Am having fedora 12 DVD which has been distributed by EFY.My office is at > Malad and staying at Andheri East Mahakali Caves.You can reach me on > 9820896398 > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:58 PM, RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Looking for Fedora 12 i386 DVD. >> Anyone in suburbs who can help. >> >> Thx >> Sandeep >> -- >> http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> > > > > -- > Siji Sunny > >

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Wvdial on Red hat
by suraj nayak 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

hi, I want to install wvdial on Red hat 4. Can anyone tell what other dependencies I need in order to install wvdial?

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Unresolved dependencies
by Ashok Sinha 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

I am using Acer Aspire One and am getting the following error msg in trying to use the software updater when it tries to resolve dependencies. Anyone? Please help Thanks Ashok Sinha Unresolvable requirement kernel >= 2.4 for vpnc Unresolvable requirement libgnome-menu.so.2 for eel2 Unresolvable requirement libgnome-desktop-2.so.2 for gnome-utils Unresolvable requirement redhat-menus >= 1.11 for htmlview Unresolvable requirement kernel >= 2.6.14 for fuse Unresolvable requirement notification-daemon for notify-python Unresolvable requirement libgnome-desktop-2.so.2 for nautilus Unresolvable requirement redhat-menus >= 0.25 for nautilus Unresolvable requirement kde-filesystem for kdelibs Unresolvable requirement redhat-menus for kdelibs Unresolvable requirement desktop-backgrounds-basic >= 2.0-4 for nautilus Unresolvable requirement gnome-desktop >= 2.18.0-2 for eel2 Unresolvable requirement libgnome-desktop-2.so.2 for eel2 Unresolvable requirement gnome-vfs2-smb for nautilus Ashok Sinha

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Ping
by Rony 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

What man! There are no viruses, system is stable, no crashes, GNU/Linux is working fine. No one has any problem. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Fedora 12 i386 DVD
by RSCL Mumbai 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

Hi, Looking for Fedora 12 i386 DVD. Anyone in suburbs who can help. Thx Sandeep

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 81, Issue 32
by Suhit Kelkar 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

This reminds me of that famous headline in a Mumbai daily, 'No crime was reported across the city today.' Never before, and never again, maybe.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Unresolved dependencies
by Rahul Jayaraman 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

@ Ashok : Which distribution are you using? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ashok Sinha <sinha130(a)gmail.com> To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:20:37 +0530 Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Unresolved dependencies I am using Acer Aspire One and am getting the following error msg in trying to use the software updater when it tries to resolve dependencies. Anyone? Please help Thanks Ashok Sinha Unresolvable requirement kernel >= 2.4 for vpnc Unresolvable requirement libgnome-menu.so.2 for eel2 Unresolvable requirement libgnome-desktop-2.so.2 for gnome-utils Unresolvable requirement redhat-menus >= 1.11 for htmlview Unresolvable requirement kernel >= 2.6.14 for fuse Unresolvable requirement notification-daemon for notify-python Unresolvable requirement libgnome-desktop-2.so.2 for nautilus Unresolvable requirement redhat-menus >= 0.25 for nautilus Unresolvable requirement kde-filesystem for kdelibs Unresolvable requirement redhat-menus for kdelibs Unresolvable requirement desktop-backgrounds-basic >= 2.0-4 for nautilus Unresolvable requirement gnome-desktop >= 2.18.0-2 for eel2 Unresolvable requirement libgnome-desktop-2.so.2 for eel2 Unresolvable requirement gnome-vfs2-smb for nautilus Ashok Sinha

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] New Fedora Mirror Mumbai, INDIA
by Mitul Limbani 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }Hi Ripunjay, So where is your DC in Mumbai ? Do you offer Dedicated Server Hosting / Co-Lo ? Let me know, Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com +91-9820332422 On Mon 18/01/10 11:57 , Ripunjay Bararia ripunjay(a)hns.net.in sent: Hi All, We have just launched a new fedora mirror for India, http://fedoramirror.hnsdc.com regards Ripunjay Bararia Honesty Net Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd Mumbai, INDIA. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers ------------------------- Msg sent via Enterux Enterprise Email Server : http://www.enterux.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 81, Issue 32
by Rahul Jayaraman 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

Well, I'm sure there are plenty of bugs to sort. Especially for people who're well versed with KDE, GTK, QT.. Try distro based bugzillas...

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Internships
by Mitul Limbani 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } Dear Shirish, We are having some opening for Internships on the subjects but the thing is, Mumbai is just too costly to live vs the stipend that can be offered. So I guess they need to look at staying with some of their friends n relatives living in and around Mumbai. Please connect with me offline so that we can discuss, Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com +91-9820332422 On Wed 13/01/10 08:46 , Shirish Padalkar shirish4you(a)gmail.com sent: Hello All. My 5-6 friends from the college (from Ahmednagar) doing their final year in M.Sc.(Computer Science) are searching for Internship. Course & Year : Final Semester of M.Sc.(Computer Science) University : University of Pune Programming Languages : C/C++, Java (JSP, Servlets), C#.Net, ASP.Net, PHP Databases: Oracle, MySQL They are ready to work on the stipend needed for leaving and food in Mumbai. Please let me know, if there are any opportunities available for these students. With regards, Shirish Padalkar +91 9970234438 -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers [1] ------------------------- Msg sent via Enterux Enterprise Email Server : http://www.enterux.com/ Links: ------ [1] http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Internships
by Shirish Padalkar 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

Hello All. My 5-6 friends from the college (from Ahmednagar) doing their final year in M.Sc.(Computer Science) are searching for Internship. Course & Year : Final Semester of M.Sc.(Computer Science) University : University of Pune Programming Languages : C/C++, Java (JSP, Servlets), C#.Net, ASP.Net, PHP Databases: Oracle, MySQL They are ready to work on the stipend needed for leaving and food in Mumbai. Please let me know, if there are any opportunities available for these students. With regards, Shirish Padalkar +91 9970234438

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[professional] Asterisk+A2billing skilled person needed..
by ஆமாச்ச ு|amachu 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Hi, We are looking forward to an experienced professional who could configure & deploy Asterisk+A2billing system. For further details contact me offline. -- Sri Ramadoss M

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Birthday Calendar
by Amey Salvi 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Hi I'm setting up a birthday calendar and need your help. Just click on the link below and enter your birthday details. (It's quick, easy, and you can keep your age a secret.) http://www.birthdayalarm.com/bd2/74455451a9197361b1494835787c379397301d1386 Thanks Amey

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[slightly OT] Indian python society
by Kenneth Gonsalves 09 Jan '10

09 Jan '10

hi, most of you would know that we are in the process of forming a society for Python in India - main reason is to have a bank account for running pycon India. For an all India society we need signatories from at least 8 states - so far we have karnataka, kerala, tamilnadu, West bengal, tripura and Delhi. We need at least 2 more states. Anyone game? You just need address proof and should be interested in the aims and objects of the society. The draft MOA is here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Moa and the list of signees is here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Moa_Signees caveat: this is a language society - so it is not purely foss - we are platform neutral -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Fwd: Project CBSE065 loaded
by narendra sisodiya 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

Hi, We have started the project CBSE 065 at full swing. http://code.google.com/p/cbse-065/ -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘ -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘

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CA offers to test GNUKhata
by Suhit Kelkar 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

Greetings, My father, a CA in Mumbai, handles non-profits mainly, and also corporates. He is interested in testing GNUKhata in his office, and filing feedback on a regular basis about the program. Should the developers please, they could write to me, and I can set up a conversation as per mutual convenience. The benefits to him are partly ideological and partly practical. Benefits to the GNUKhata include real-world analysis of competence and generation of ideas. Do let me know what you think. Here's wishing 2010 is the year of the ox and the penguin. Regards Suhit Kelkar

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[COMMERCIAL] NRC-FOSS certification now open for candidate registration
by Kenneth Gonsalves 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

hi, registration for candidates is now open for the NRC-FOSS certification: http://certificate.nrcfoss.au-kbc.org.in/reportfull/3/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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thanks gnukhata developers
by Suhit Kelkar 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

thanks krishnakant, I have recd the gnukhata debs, and will now proceed as planned. power to you guys. we will email feedback to the developers, who will be at liberty to make it public *at their option.* however, i'll respond to offlist queries from individuals (there has already been one query). to those who spoke in support of me, i'll say thanks. speak up more, because this mailing-list's culture is in the hands of such as us. trolling stops when we firmly speak, "you are nothing but old men inflicting your failures and frustrations upon us. stop polluting the list with your minor names and inconsequential rants at once." thanks again! suhit kelkar

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collabcad.com
by Kussh Singh 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

I was very happy to note that now Linux has some CAD software which is comparable to the best in the world or eventually going to be there. I was doubly happy to know our public sector was making a contribution in this regard. But my hopes were dashed when i wanted to access the documentation/download page. Looks to be more hype than real. Commercial motivation seems to have gripped the govt babus. This seems to be a software made from open source or GPL softwares in the area of CAD/ERP where linux is weak (with respect to FREE* by cost*softwares) . Yet it is not open source or even its documentation is not available to the lay public. It promises to work with various closed source CAD formats most of which are notoriously un-interchangeable. Can the NIC- national Informatics Centre which is* publicly funded* develop such a software from Free softwares that may be GPLed? and then deny the software or even its documentation to the people of India? Can India ever attain leadership in technology if the govt agencies themselves deny ACCESS to documentation on usage of such CAD/CAM/CAE technologies which have themselves been developed from Free softwares. Unless such cutting edge software is tested/used by an evergrowing number of people, it will remain buggy and enough human resources will not be able to adequately train themselves to use such technologies in an increasingly competitive and superspecialised world. On one hand NIC says it is trying to promote FOSS and on the other hand nicsi etc showcase more of propreitary softwares or run of the mill softwares instead of cutting edge softwares. Nicsi is supposed to be a distributor of this collabcad.com software. Let us not forget that technologies like GRASS etc in terms of GIS technology was open sourced by the US govt's deptt of defense's Corps of Engineers. Regards, Kussh PS: I am seriously trying to get the documentation/trial download of such software or know the SIZE of such software to evaluate it.

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Request
by Suhit Kelkar 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

If GNUKhata developers are reading this, have you received my earlier email? There was no response. I am thinking the email didn't reach you. Regards Suhit Kelkar

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Unfetter IT - Good articles
by Ramki Trivedi 05 Jan '10

05 Jan '10

http://gnulinux.in/article/agenda-unfetter-it-discussions http://gnulinux.in/article/unfetter-it-v10 http://gnulinux.in/article/unfetter-it-v20 http://gnulinux.in/article/unfetter-it-v30 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Monthly donations to Open Source Project
by Shirish Padalkar 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

Hello All, Almost we all use FOSS for daily works. I was thinking if we can contribute some money to some Open Source Projects. Idea is like this- We can collect monthly contribution (say Rs.100 each) from the people who want to contribute. Select an Open Source Project of the month. Make the donation. I don't think Rs. 100 per month is more challenging for all. Even less (or more ;)) contributions can be accepted. What are your thought? With regards, Shirish Padalkar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 81, Issue 8
by Suhit Kelkar 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

"lot of people offer to test software - the very fact that a person is offering and expecting some one to take him up on the offer shows he is not serious. Anyone even vaguely serious would go to the website, look at the software, download and try it out and then come up with ideas/bugs/requests." -- Kenneth Gonsalves, a fellow list user, said this, and I would like to register offence at his statement. Paradoxically, this gentleman emails me offline asking us to test *his* financial accounting package. Well,*that* involves downloading close to 30 mb dependency crud, after which we had to perform occult ceremonies with pythons, boas and other snakes in the grass just to get the darn thing to work. We are disinclined to waste productive time with installation arcana. We want work done, and do not spend all day trolling in mailing lists. Is there a .deb we can pick up somewhere? And yes, I would consider contact with the developer *is* essential. Mailing lists (like this one?) are rude and take a high-handed stand with genuine offers to help. Proprietary software people are more polite, less arrogant. Tally is working just fine. You want support from professionals? Come half way down the bridge first. I've had my say. I have contacted the GNUKhata dev team, and hope to get a reply. I would not have posted to this mailing list again, but unfortunately, the GNUKhata deb was unavailable from the notified download location. Suhit Kelkar

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Install Linux to HDD from Bootable Ubuntu USB
by RS singh 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

Dear Linux Users I have created a Bootable Ubuntu 9.10 USB I am booting Acer Laptop Travelmate 2310 with this USB Internet is working on this USB booted Ubuntu Laptop The CDROM of this Laptop is not working Can I install this Ubuntu on USB to HDD with some command Can any linux be installed on HDD over network Ravinder Singh Ludhiana The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Multiply -- Sign Up
by Amey Salvi (via Multiply) 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

Check out my Multiply site I set up a Multiply site with my pictures, videos and blog and I want to add you as my friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Multiply! Once you join, you can also create your own site and share anything you want, with anyone you want. Here's the link: http://multiply.com/si/PrBPZYeEQG4Kb3GSvkA9yQ Thanks, Amey Stop e-mails, view our privacy policy, or report abuse: http://multiply.com/bl/PrBPZYeEQG4Kb3GSvkA9yQ We haven't added your email address to any lists, nor will we share it with anyone at any time. Copyright 2009 Multiply Inc. 6001 Park of Commerce, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA

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Announcement: Free Software Media
by ஆமாச்ச ு|amachu 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

Free Software Media is an initiative to publish, promote & distribute, Free Software related text, audio and video contents across India, professionally. Inspired by the work of Network theory Ltd[1], We are pleased to announce this initiative with a similar objective for India. To commence We are happy to bring out three selected Titles from Network Theory Ltd themselves, at reasonable prices for the Indian audience. And they are, * An Introduction to GCC, by Brian J. Gough, foreword by Richard M. Stallman * An Introduction to Python – The Python Tutorial, by Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr. * Comparing and Merging Files with GNU diff and patch, by David MacKenzie, Paul Eggert, and Richard Stallman Currently We support three modes of purchase, Electronic Money Transfer or Money Transfer to our Bank Account Demand Draft/ Cheque Value Payable Post Details of all modes of purchase can be found at our website http://fsm.co.in We offer a portion of our profit to foundations that are related to each of the above mentioned titles or make use of it for appropriate Free Software related activity. Specific details can be found from each book’s page at http://fsm.co.in We hope the Free Software Community of India, Students, Teachers and the General Public would be benefited immensely as a result of this initiative. We thank Network Theory Ltd for the support they extended towards this initiative. So go & grab your copies, of the above mentioned titles, visiting http://fsm.co.in. You can also gift it to your dear ones studying Computer Science. We aspire more. If you are a geek, who could write on Free Software related Titles and is willing to offer it for freely distributable publication, contact us. Would you like to see specific Title to come up related to Free Software, may it be Technical, Philosophical, Legal or in your Language, write to us. If you like to extend your co-operation to us, in other ways, express it through http://fsm.co.in/site/contact. Let us revive the spirit of sharing & sustaining. And above all, help spreading the word across. Website: http://fsm.co.in [1] - http://network-theory.co.uk -- Sri Ramadoss M

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[X-POST]: Reading an image file
by Roshan 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

List, I have been trying to search on reading an image file via C. I haven't been able to find code without libraries. However, being aware of the 'binary' mode in Windows (Turbo C++), I had read it using fopen, fread and fseek to read the header and then the contents. However, this reading was done reading individual bytes and not reading it using structures. Apologies, ahead, because, I suspect I may be using wrong 'terms' or may have some incorrect information. (Correct me, thanks) For example, a .bmp (grayscale image) file has first 54 bytes as header (IIRC, correct me, if I'm wrong). Somewhere within that, there's the height and width of the image. Following the 54 bytes are the pieces of image data containing integers between 0 - 255 representing grayscale colors. This seemed to work in Windows because I could see the results. Now, I do know that there are libraries that make this task easier in various distributions of Linux but the purpose (or requirements, If I may say) here it to read it in the same way as it was done in Windows. Though I also do see 'b' mode in the manual page of 'man fread', but I'm doubtful about the results. If anyone has tried to read an image file or has good sample code that I can lookup, would like to have links to it. Alternately, if someone can put in a few details regarding this in a little more 'easy-to-understand' way, that would be helpful. Thanks in advance for any help. -- Roshan Baladhanvi

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need help with simple shell script
by Suhit Kelkar 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Hello, Could anyone kindly suggest how to make a firewall activate automatically when I start my browser? The firewall also demands root password. When I close the browser, can the firewall be closed automatically? No need for the firewall when I am not browsing the internet, as I do not have an always-on connection. I use firestarter firewall on ubuntu 9.04. Thanks in advance. Suhit Kelkar

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Query about postfix.
by Rony 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Hello, I have to setup an smtp server for a small office and I have zeroed in on postfix. I am going through the docs online but can't find the parameter that allows the sending of mails only to addresses listed in a whitelist type file. This is the peculiar requirement for the customer that emails can be sent outside the office, only to email addresses listed in a file. The *'smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient" parameter works only for local recepients. Any pointers to this? * -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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[Call for edit] List_of_laptop_with_preinstalled_GNU-Linux_in_India
by narendra sisodiya 27 Dec '09

27 Dec '09

If you know laptops with preinstalled GNU/Linux (non windows, non-dos, non-freedos) , please help in improving the wiki page http://lug-iitd.org/List_of_laptop_with_preinstalled_GNU-Linux_in_India -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘

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ERP solution needed for academia
by rahul kala 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

i am looking for an ERP solution for implementation in academia. anyone knows relevant software? -r kala The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ERP solution needed for academia
by PS 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

Hi, You can Try any one of the following and see what suits you. WebERP - http://www.weberp.org FrontAccounting - http://frontaccounting.net/wb3/ OpenBravo - http://www.openbravo.com OpenERP - http://www.openerp.com PostBooks - http://www.xtuple.com/postbooks Best Regards Prakash Shetty ------Original Message------ From: rahul kala Sender: linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in ReplyTo: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: [ILUG-BOM] ERP solution needed for academia Sent: 26 Dec 2009 8:56 PM i am looking for an ERP solution for implementation in academia. anyone knows relevant software? -r kala The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers BlackBerry® Powered Email

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Do not buy BenQ U121 netbook (linux edition)
by narendra sisodiya 25 Dec '09

25 Dec '09

Dear all, Recently , I have purchased BenQ U121 netbook. I have BenQ U121 eco netbook comes with linpus linux version. but I have tested it well that its wifi does not work at all with Ubuntu 9.10 and UNR . I have tried full effort to install fedora 12 (using USB, using netboot, etc ) but It will not boot fedora atall. also speed is not promising. (also tried ndiswrapper but nothing helped) PS: Next time you go to purchase a linux netbook, just use a pen drive and use Unetbootin to load Ubuntu 9.10 and then just boot and test all thing at shop itself. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘

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Joomla error on Xampp
by suraj nayak 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

hi All, I getting the following loong error while installing Joomla with Xampp on Ubuntu... Strict Standards: Non-static method JLoader::import() should not be called statically in /opt/lampp/htdocs/joomla/libraries/joomla/import.php on line 29 I am unable to get the solution...Please help..... Thanks & Regards, Suraj Nayak

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[OT/HW] CPU/System fans turn on but no video
by Arun Khan 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

I have bought an Intel Media series board DG45ID. I installed a Pentium D (775 socket) with a Corsair 2GB DDR2 (800 Mhz) mem. stick (in working condition from another system), connected a LCD monitor to the DVI port. The on-board green LED comes on when I connect the SMPS to the board. When I boot, the cpu fan turns on but there is no video at all. I don't get any beep codes either. I have put in PCI-e video card thinking the on-board video is bad. Same problem - no video, no beep code. I have swapped the mem. stick but the problem persists. The above testing done with only the bare minimum installed i.e. SMPS, CPU, Memory installed on the board. I have checked Intel web site for cpu compatibility and my cpu is listed there. I have come across DoA boards in wherein the board is simply dead - nothing comes works when powered ON. What could be the problem; the cpu or the board? Thanks for your help. Regards, -- Arun Khan

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linux having problem
by sajith.p .p 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

my friend had renamed /etc/fstab to /etc/fstab.old .after that linux having some problem. so i tried to rename the fstab at the first booting window but it always shows like "read only"&i can't change the permissions also

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Squid Quota configuration
by Advait Raut 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi Guys, I have a squid proxy setup. Which is working fine, now that i want to setup a monthly quota for users to 5GB per month (upload and download). what are the parameters i should i specify?? in squid.conf file. -- Regards Advait Raut

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Linux Opening (Freshers are most welcome )
by Zubair Loladia 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hello everyone, We have urgent openings for NOC Engineer (2 Nos ) in a canadian based MNC located in Mumbai the candidate should have basic linux and networking knowledge and excellent business communication skills written as well as a verbal. The salary offered is 1.80 Lacs (p.a.) to freshers and for experienced will decide in person. The Job Profile is listed below -First point of contact for problem identification, isolation, resolution, and escalation is required. - Pro-active monitoring of an enterprise scale Debian Linux infrastructure through Nagios. -Assist in problem determination and resolution. - Perform daily NOC operational support tasks. - Coordinate escalation from the NOC to hosting operations as required. - Provide or recommend resolutions to solve the network issues. - Manage support issues on day-to-day basis as they occur. - Provide daily reporting to the NOC Manager on service impacting issues. - Records problems into the ticket tracking system regarding status, escalations and closure. - Identify common or repetitive problems to continually improve the infrastructure and quality of service - Evaluate and recommend performance enhancement. - Develop, document and maintain standards and best practices. The company profile will be provided to the candidates accordingly. Interested Candidates may send me their Resume with contact number to me off the mailing list . Thanks and sorry to ILUG-Mumbai if I have sent this mail against the rules of the mailing list. -- Mohamed Zubair Loladia

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Freelancer to develop a linux desktop application
by RSCL Mumbai 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi, I need a simple application for my linux desktop. I am looking for a freelance developer for this. Java or C++/Py with QT Anyone interested, please contact me asap. Thx Sandeep

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Disabling multiple logins of single user of MOODLE authenticated by LDAP
by Manish Potey 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Dear All I have installed MOODLE and Open LDAP on UBENTU 8.04 Pl guide me how to disable multiple logins of single user of MOODLE authenticated by LDAP. Manish Potey

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[Commercial] Learn - Linux Cluster / Drupal / Mail Server / Open LDAP / PHP
by FOSTERing Linux (Training Division of Keen & Able Computers Pvt. Ltd.) 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Dear All, There are a few trainings scheduled for Dec09 & Jan10 at FOSTERing Linux Gurgaon. The trainings and their schedules are as follows: - *Linux Clustering* (By experienced Cluster expert): *26th to 29th Dec 09 * - *RH 423 Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services & Authentication + Open LDAP & Active Directory:* *30th Dec to 2nd Jan10 * - *PHP* (with project): *4th to 9th Jan 10* - *Drupal*: *11th to 17th Jan 10* - *RH 333 Red Hat Enterprise Security Network Services:* *4th to 7th Jan 10 * - *RH 429 Red Hat Enterprise SELinux Policy Administration: 18th to 21st Jan 10 * For further details, please contact *info(a)fosteringlinux.com* or *Call 0124 4080880 / 4268187* Wishing everyone a VERY Happy New Year!!! The FOSTERing Linux Team M-37, Second Floor Old DLF Colony Sector 14 Gurgaon - 122 001 Tel: +91-124-4268187, 4080880

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Display and Netork problem
by Cyril Chacko 20 Dec '09

20 Dec '09

Linuxers, I am on Debian Lenny, and have a Compaq laptop with Nvidia chipset and networking. I have a DSL wifi router at home which has WPA2/WPA1 security enabled and it is working fine The problem I face is that the nvidia graphics card is only getting configured on kernel 2.6.26.and the wpa_supplicant does not connect to the router. On the other hand on kernel 2.6.30 the wpa_supplicant is connecting properly and nvidia graphics card is not supported. As in on kernel 2.6.30: 1. There is no nvidia-kernel module and I have tried the module-assistant method and it is not working. 2. On Sid. as soon as I install nvidia-glx the entire xserver binary files are removed. I do not want to do a manual compile as then I will have to manually do the upgrades always. All I want to know is any pointers in configuration that may need to be done. Thanks, Cyril Chacko -- Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Make sure they are on you.

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Fwd: [PLUG] [OT] Internship Mela
by Arun Khan 19 Dec '09

19 Dec '09

Forwarding w/o prejudice. -- Arun Khan ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [PLUG] [OT] Internship Mela Date: Thursday 17 December 2009 From: Amit Karpe Hello all, We are arranging an "Internship Mela" on Wednesday, 23st December, 2009, from 10am to 1pm, at Institute of Management and Career Courses (IMCC) campus, 131 Mayur Colony, Kothrud, Pune 411029. See this page for details of this event . The idea is that this is a marketplace designed to allow companies to find students quickly. There is NO registration for students. http://groups.google.com/group/techstart-in/web/internship-mela-23- december-2009 To take part in Internship Mela companies are requested to register at following link. http://groups.google.com/group/techstart-in/web/techstart-internship- mela-registration -- Regards Amit Karpe. “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious” – Einstein -------------------------------------------------------

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'Hug your favourite FOSS contributor'-- meme
by Suhit Kelkar 19 Dec '09

19 Dec '09

In a brotherly way, I suppose the writer of the piece means. http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-12-18-029-35-OP-CY

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meetup tomorrow Sat 19th 6:00 pm
by b＠pad.ma 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

hey everyone, Sorry for the late notice -- We're having an informal meetup at the CAMP studio in Khar (W) tomorrow evening (Sat 19th) at 6pm. People are free to propose agenda items - am also happy to just hang out over coffee (always plenty at CAMP:). We will have wifi. Would also be great if there's some ideas for actual hacking to do. Here are directions to our space: http://camputer.org/directions.html <-- OSM map. http://camputer.org/campstudio.html <-- ASCII map. (call on the number beginning with 93222... in this link if you're lost). Hope to see a bunch of people here. -Sanjay

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Squid Quota configuration
by Advait Raut 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

Hi Guys, I have a squid proxy setup. Which is working fine, now that i want to setup a monthly quota for users to 5GB per month (upload and download). what are the parameters i should i specify?? in squid.conf file. -- Regards Advait Raut

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[ANN] FWDE launched
by Kenneth Gonsalves 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

-- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] tata's SCX-1080 USB internet data card on Debain Lenny
by suraj nayak 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

I don't have internet at home that's why I purchased data card.., then how apt-get command work.... --- On Tue, 12/15/09, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] tata's SCX-1080 USB internet data card on Debain Lenny To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 8:36 PM suraj nayak wrote: > hi All, > > I am new in Linux world. > New and already using Debian. Wow! > I > have just purchased the tata's SCX-1080 USB internet data card, but unable to access internet. > > I have Debian at home, so my question is how can this USB internet data card work on Debian????? > > In old version > there is wvdial.conf file which contains the require information to > work internet on linux. but in newer version of Debian Lenny I cannot > see that file. > > How to install wvdial in Debain or newer version of Linux without internet connection if there is any way to do that? > As mentioned earlier, look for the packages in your DVD. First do an 'apt-get update' as root. Then as root, do 'apt-get install wvdial'. > I have also tried dpkg -i wvdial .deb packeage, but it's not working. I have also checked the fstab and log file, pc cannot detect the data card. How can I over come from this problem? > fstab? After installing wvdial, run the following command as root 'wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf'. After the wvdial.conf file is written, edit it and replace the username and password part with 'internet' for both. If it gives problems, use a computer with internet and search for the exact script in google. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Installing & configuring Wine , I'm a new bie, Please help me out
by kaushik bhalerao 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hello everyone, this is kaushik,I 'm new to linux,I wanna install some microsoft programs over linux,I have downloaded the WINE on my thumb drive, how should I install it ? please help me out ! Thanks & Regards Kaushik Bhalerao Computer Consultant. Cell: 91+9850988018,91+9423580362 Address:C-25 Shivapushpa Park, Anand Nagar, Sinhgad Road, Pune-411051 ,Maharashtra, India E-mail : bytesystemsindia(a)gmail.com ,kaushik_bhalerao(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday. Find the right PC for you. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop

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tata's SCX-1080 USB internet data card on Debain Lenny
by suraj nayak 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

hi All, I am new in Linux world. I have just purchased the tata's SCX-1080 USB internet data card, but unable to access internet. I have Debian at home, so my question is how can this USB internet data card work on Debian????? In old version there is wvdial.conf file which contains the require information to work internet on linux. but in newer version of Debian Lenny I cannot see that file. How to install wvdial in Debain or newer version of Linux without internet connection if there is any way to do that? I have also tried dpkg -i wvdial .deb packeage, but it's not working. I have also checked the fstab and log file, pc cannot detect the data card. How can I over come from this problem? Please help...I need to sort out this as soon as possibel... Thanks & Regards, Suraj Nayak

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