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[OT] City of Tuttle, Oklahoma. Get rid of this software!!!!!
by Arun K. Khan 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

How things can go out of control when PHBs claim to be computer literate and get involved in IT implementation: http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=127 -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside

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Puppy Linux 1.0.8 Rocks.
by Rony Bill 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

Hello All, I downloaded the file 'puppy-1.0.8r1-mozilla.iso' from http://www.puppylinux.org/user/downloads.php?cat_id=1and burned it into a CD. It is an amazing and cute distro that surprisingly detected my display, sound as well as my usb pen drive. [P4 2.66, Intel 845 GEBV2, 256 Mb RAM, 80 GB HDD] It has a very nice looking desktop giving all the useful icons with their functional names in text. It is very useful for home users who want a simple straightforward system with a good foundation. It has 5 boot options and initially I selected option 4 (RAM only). When you boot into it, it asks you to confirm your hardware and gives options for sound along with a test sound to know everything is up. Display settings come in different combinations and I used 1024x768x24. Thats something very handy. The best part of this live cd is that it can be installed into a pen drive or hard drive. It has these options in the live cd itself so no messing around with command line codes. . It can be installed on a seperate partition and uses ext2 as the fs. This os is useful to give to family members who want a simple and easy os and their usage will not mess with the existing distros. It works only as root so it will be equivalent to Win 98 or Win Me. It has a firewall setup too so that closes all your ports from outside. Applications wise, it has everything one can imagine in an standard OS. Its media player could directly play vcds with proper video and sound. The trancend flash drive was detected and usable too. It can mount ntfs partitions in read only mode. Some points to note while installation:- 1. Don't install the grub boot loader if you already have grub distros installed, add the entries to your existing grub later. 2. Due to that, it does not install the image file in the hdd. It only saves the vmlinuz file in the /boot folder. Therefore, the file 'image.gz' will have to be manually copied to that /boot folder. For the newbies, here is that part of menu.lst in grub that was added later to the existing distro. Partition numbers will vary. # linux installation on /dev/hda12. title PUPPY LINUX 1.0.8 (on /dev/hda12) root (hd0,11) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda12 initrd /boot/image.gz savedefault boot 3. The sound did not load during hdd bootup so I booted the live cd again and selected the option to ask for the partition. There I pointed to my partition and the pup001 configuration was saved there. After the live bootup with sound working, I booted through the HDD and sound was up. This distro should be ideal for home users, old pc users ( not tried it out) and people scared of using computers. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] PCQ Linux 2006 Lousy.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

> Next, create awareness of why we do not recommend the company/ product. > Perhaps (not sure of the legal issues of this), put up a whitelist and > blacklist of companies and products, most important a *peer review* of > *WHY* stated Clearly. > People who understand and believe this could maybe "mirror" this list on > their own sites/ portals etc. (good when considering visibility) I will. > Maybe this should not go directly on the LUG site to avoid any > unnecessary complications, since there might be luggers who do not agree > but perhaps be hosted on subsections of lug members hosting their own > websites and linked from ilug ? thoughts? > I'm game. So am I. > Think we should adopt the motto: "If you are not part of the solution, > you are part of the problem". Absolutely.

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ubuntu on Digit mag CD
by bombay news 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

April's Digit magazine has a few linux versions incl Ubuntu and Damn Small Linux. Now I would like to run these from the CD/DVD itself like a Live CD. Is this possible? Or will it damage my machine which runs on Windows XP? Shiv Kumar _________________________________________________________________ Sexy, sultry, sensuous. - see why Bipasha Basu is all that and more. Try MSN Search http://server1.msn.co.in/Profile/bipashabasu.asp

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unbuntu, novell, XGL: linux world sydney
by Erle Pereira 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

Got a chance to catch linux world sydney. Thought id sent across some interesting observations. Indicators of the future... (desktop related features) Saw Ubuntu Beta of the new Dapper Drake scheduled (delayed a bit) for May/June. The new XGL interfaces ..... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=401&num=1 One word. WOW. Pictures do not do Justice. Seen an average comp. with an average display card do some pretty amazing effects. novell desktop also scheduled for June also comes with XGL. Same really cool desktop features. http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/ apparently there is something called "aglx" which the FC team have been working on, which gives the same features... it doesnt come with FC5, but can be put on as I was promised. But did not get a chance to see it yet. for the adventurous, its in extras I believe somewhere... Gnome 2.6.14 is FAST. Real FAST. Got a chance to met with a few developers, think of this, gnome 2.8 on debian. thats right Debian! uses more than 120-130 mb (64bit port), 2.6.14 takes 80M. (seen this on my own piece, so i can vouch for it.) in short, future looking good. More WOW factor. Better hardware support. regards Erle

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debian
by bombay news 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

Trying my hand at linux after burning my fingers with mandrake ages ago. got hold of an old Live CD of Debian with Gnome 2.4 and find the desktop architecture really cool. Here are a few questions I need answered: 1.Will someone educate me on the new Debian 4 release? What are the system requirements? 2.ToI of yesterday has the piece on Knoppix having a desktop even better than Windows Vista. Can it be installed or it exists only on a Live CD format? Shiv Kumar _________________________________________________________________ Tried the new MSN Messenger? Its cool! Download now. http://messenger.msn.com/Download/Default.aspx?mkt=en-in

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Serial Port control of Zenega CD-1005S
by Anil Gupte 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

BlankIs there any way to control the Zenega CD-1005S (supplied by DishTV) through the serial connection using a PC. Actually, all I want to do is to be able to change the channel so I can record a program on my PVR. I want to be able to send a signal at the time my program begins, and change the channel to the correct channel and start recording to disk. Oh, and yes this is a Linux PC. Thanx, A. Gupte

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 36, Issue 1
by PenguinPuPPy 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

hello everybody. I am trying to compile a 2.6.0 kernel on a Pentium mmx 166 ,32 MB ram machine with a red hat 6.2 distro preinstalled with kernel 2.2.0.i tried searching for a good howto with all the possible mishaps listed, but couldn't find one, anybody there to help me please. Thanks penguinpuppy ;-)

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Python urlopen
by Puneet Lakhina 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

im trying to test urllib.urlopen function in python 2.4 i do the following on the interpreter >>>import urllib >>>sock=urllib.urlopen("http://www.google.com") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/urllib.py", line 77, in urlopen return opener.open(url) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/urllib.py", line 185, in open return getattr(self, name)(url) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/urllib.py", line 308, in open_http h.endheaders() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 795, in endheaders self._send_output() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 676, in _send_output self.send(msg) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 643, in send self.connect() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 611, in connect socket.SOCK_STREAM): IOError: [Errno socket error] (-2, 'Name or service not known') i have configured the http proxy by exporting the http_proxy variable export http_proxy=http://username:password@my.proxy.address:80 any clues y this could be happening?? is it a problem with the proxy.. i tried putting the same settings inside .wgetrc and that works fine -- Puneet

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[OT] Fwd: GOI wants us to buy M$ products forinteracting with it.
by Arun K. Khan 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Although the original post in the LIH list mentions Mumbai ILUG, I have not seen it here yet. I am forwarding it here since I believe we will be seeing a lot more of this kind of crap from the GoI e-Governance portals. Portals, paid for by the tax payers money, supporting only closed proprietary software. -- Arun Khan -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Rahul Chopra <rahul(a)efyindia.com> > Reply-To: linux-india-help(a)lists.sourceforge.net > To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, > linux-india-help(a)lists.sourceforge.net, > linux-bangalore-2005(a)yahoogroups.com, GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, > India <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Subject: [LIH]RE: [ilugd] [Sorry for X post] GOI wants us to buy M$ > products forinteracting with it. > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:28:47 +0530 > > hi sudev > > thx for pointing out to this key issue. > > how about different people from ilugd, ilugb, etc who understand this issue > deeply...send in their opinions (and explanations of the procedure and > impact) to LINUX FOr You (lfyedit(a)efyindia.com), and then a senior > journalist will interact with the GoI and do a major story. > > the same can be FDLed and can be released on the Net too, so that the entire > community can raise awareness about this issue > > hope this helps > > regards > rahul > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ilugd-bounces+rahul=efyindia.com(a)lists.linux-delhi.org > [mailto:ilugd-bounces+rahul=efyindia.com@lists.linux-delhi.org]On Behalf > Of Sudev Barar > Sent: 30 March 2006 11:24 > To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list; > linux-india-help(a)lists.sourceforge.net; > linux-bangalore-2005(a)yahoogroups.com; GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, > India > Subject: [ilugd] [Sorry for X post] GOI wants us to buy M$ products > forinteracting with it. > > > Can these be put in hall of shame? > > Starting now all companies are required to file returns electronically > and under digital signature. A look at Ministry of Company Affairs > site reveals that you need WInXP or WIndow2000 O/S only to do > e-filing. > > They have ofcourse set up nominated e-filing centres to help users. > But who will guarantee that my e-signatures are not copied or key > logged by spyware running at such centres? > > How do we agitate this issue? > > http://www.mca.gov.in > http://www.mca.gov.in/DCAPortalWeb/dca/Feedback.do?method=feedbackpage > > -- > Sudev Barar > Learning Linux

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LDAP access query
by प़मिला 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Dear All, I am trying to write a ACL for ldap. But google didnt help me for this. my requirement is - a person in one organizational unit should not be able to see other organizational units. I am using (Yet Another) PHP LDAP Admin project to browse throuch LDAP ldap hierarchy. Can anyone tel me how to write this ACL ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Pramila

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Vista and Linux
by Rony Bill 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hello All, The new Windows Vista is supposed to be using a new file system and its also encrypted, (EFS). So does this signal the end of mounting Windows partitions in Linux? Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Call for Developers for the CSLinux project
by Amit Karpe 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Dear Linux hackers, As you may be aware, we, the Computer Science Linux User's Group, are attempting to make our own re-branded distribution of Linux based on Fedora Core 5. This distribution is aimed at having a customised set of packages that we need in our BCS/MCS/BE/ME/MCA/Diploma syllabus so that one set of three or four CDs can be moved around without carring peripheral CDs for Java, plugins, multimedia, etc. Moreover, we were mailed regularly by people that they had trouble setting up Postgres, PHP, tomcat, Perl, JDBC, etc. during their time of critical needs. It is definately not fair to expect people to learn how to configure these things at the last moment when practicals are declared within a week. Even if someone is capable of configuring these, it is likely that they may forget at the last moment and also likely that people wont want to spend time configuring stuff on the day previous to the exam at the cost of studying. For this purpose, we also aim to provide pre-configured RPMs and configuration scripts that can achieve this task within a few minutes. In fact, CSLinux version 1 released last year allowed even first year students to set up many things that TYs were having trouble with. This version will be aimed at pushing this simplicity and ease-of-use to the next level. With GUIs, web-based tools for remote management of nodes in labs, configuration replication scripts for applying common settings to multiple laboratory nodes, user management scripts for handling the thousads of users on college servers, etc. For more information on what's been going on in regard to CSLinux, you are encouraged to join the CSLUG group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cslug and go through the archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cslug/message . We have also started a Wiki seedwiki.com/wiki/computer_science_linux_users_group/ for simplifying this effort and the link to it can be found in he CSLUG archives. We request your participation, support and encouragement in this effort. Please do spread the word around. We need all sorts of people to help us out. We need graphics designers to design the themes, logos, images, wallpapers, bootscreens, etc. for CSLinux. We require people to modify the installer Anaconda. We need people to modify RPM files and change the default configuration in them. We need people to make and build binary RPMs out of source tarballs for packages whose RPMs that may not already be available or when i686 RPMs may not be available. We also need developers to develop the configuration scripts, the small tools that we will provide with CSLinux and changing initscripts. Finally and most importantly, we also require the BCS/MCS/BE/ME/MCA/Diploma community to contribute their academic projects to be put up on CSLinux. This is to encourage students to make professional-grade real-life applicable projects by providing them a large exposure within the peer community. Also, we need people to search for sponsors. For example, we may approach coaching classes to sponsor the project in return for putting up their ads/banners on our default wallpaper, the GNOME/KDE splash screens, the default gdm login logo, and the CD covers and the prints on the CD themselves. Absolutely any help will be appreciated a lot. We would like CSLinux to become a living example of an open source project that is self-sustaining, started off by students on their own, and a successful business model within Pune (although it will be strictly not-for-profit). If you feel that you have completed any assignment from BCS/MCS/BE/ME/MCA/Diploma to perfection and would like the community to see it, then we will also be including such assignments for reference on the distribution. This is a very highly-demanded feature by many. Your contribution on recommendations to what tools, packages and documents that should be included in CSL would be highly appreciated. We thank you for all your support in this matter. For more information you may contact the following: Amit Karpe: amitkarpe(a)vsnl.net, 9226745408 Archis Gore: archisgore(a)yahoo.com, 9371058022 It would be preferred if you could post your suggesstions, ideas and contributions onto the list. Thank you, Yours sincerely, The CSL Team P.S. Please forward this mail to as many mailing lists and people that may be interested. E-mail: archisgore(a)yahoo.com Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/archisgore -- Amit. ______________________________________________________ param vaibhavam netum etat swaraashtram samrthaa bhavatwaashishaa tebhrusham || Bharat Maata Ki Jay ||

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Pentuim MMX + Athlon(networking)
by PenguinPuPPy 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hello everybody, I am writing for the first time though i have been visiting the mailing list sincle a long time.Well the question is i wanted to practice Linux -Networking(Samba squid and all that stuff), now do do this i had an Athlon 1800+ already with Microsucks & Suse 9.3 .Now to go ahead with my work i purchased a 2nd hand pentium mmx 166 mhz with 32 mb ram.my question to the group is will this oldie satisfy my networking needs. regards Penguinpuppy -- To Love The Penguin(aka TUX) You Need To Be As Faithful As A Puppy

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PCQ Linux 2006.
by Rony Bill 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hello All, This month's PCQ is a linux special, so grab your copy today. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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[OT] Situations Vacant
by Animesh Nerurkar 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Dear All, Plz send your replies to animeshn(a)comprehence.com Situations Vacant: Jr. Systems Administrators and Developers: Engineering graduates (preferably BE computers or electronics) with 2-3 years experience in core technologies like Linux. Should have worked on enterprise class hardware. 1. We're looking for people who are interested in System Administration and Development with a solid grounding in Linux. 2. Your personal favourite tools happen to be one or more of the following; Servers: Installation & Administration for the following; a) Sendmail/ Exim b) Apache c) PHP d) Database (Oracle 8i,9i/ PostGreSQL/ Sybase/ mySQL) Coding: e) Python f) PERL5 g) Java, Javascript h) cgi-bin i) shell scripts j) C, C++ k) Expect l) Tcl/tk Security: m) Security: Designing & implementation of Security policies using iptables, etc. RDBMS: n) RDBMS (Oracle/ PostGreSQL/ Sybase/ mySQL ) Knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL and PERL5 scripts to assist developers. Backup/ Storage: o) Backup/ (Veritas NetBackup/ Familirity with Robotic Tape Libraries etc, Knowledge of RMAN for Oracle Databases) p) Storage (T3+, Netapp Filers (NAS)/ SAN, Veritas Volume Manager, LVM & LVM2, RAID familiarity is a must!) Others: q) DTP (TeX/ LaTeX) 3. you are comfy with solaris, etc. 4. your fundas on networking are clear. 5. you don't puke at the thought of windozz What you get is... 1. To work on large scale linux projects. 2. Exposure to large enterprise level computing and storage solutions. Regards, Animesh N. Nerurkar System Administrator Comprehensive Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Email: animeshn(a)comprehence.com Tel : 91-22-303-777-65 Mobile: +91-986-777-99-51 Fax : 91-22-303-777-99 -- "Feel free" mit GMX FreeMail! Monat f�r Monat 10 FreeSMS inklusive! http://www.gmx.net

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Email Archival & some general advice
by Sushant Gulati 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hello everyone, Thanks once again for coming forward to help me with the copying of messages in at the smtp gateway, using synonym or postfix configuration settings. I hav a few more things to ask u guys : 1) How can i use MySQL in a shell script? I wanna enter some values in some tables in MySQl through the shell prompt only. I need to enter these values, at the shell prompt, using the username and password, without entering the sql prompt explicitly, is this possible? is there any one line command like e.g in ncftp, where i can specify the username, password, the values etc, all in the smae command line? 2)CAn u guys specify me some place where i can find some detailed info on Synonym and its working,?? the documentation on its homepage is pathetic for a new user like me. 3)Is there any method, on Linux, with which i can index a text or mail message on the basis of keywords? actually i think, indexing email messages on basis of keywords would be a very helpful feature to use at the time of retrieval and so i want to include it in my solution, although i have tested MAIRIX, but all it does is, take an mbox, index it and create a data base file, and when u ask it to search, it gives out the messages which contain the keyword used as a basis of search. 4)How do u people know so much about so many things? CAn u describe ur strategy , where u get all this info and how do u remember it for extended periods of time? So, many questions in one mail, i fear, someone of u will surely flame out on me, but please try to understand, i myself am taking my first steps into this wonderful world of Unix/Linux and am finding out a lot o new things, just recently i read Maurice.J.Bach about Unix internals and i wanna start on Linux kernel now, and i hope in a few months, i will also be helping some of the guys her in my own small way. Wish me good luck fr my endeavors. Warm regards, Sushant __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[COMMERCIAL][JOB] PHP programmers with 1-2 years experience needed
by Vinayakam Murugan 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

Hello Western Outdoor Interactive Pvt. Ltd. specializes in the delivery of Inflight Entertainment Services and Solutions. We are located in Seepz. You can visit our website www.w-o-i.com for more details. Earlier the applications were solely based on proprietary OSes and scripting technologies. However the shift is towards L.A.M.P now. We require a "Systems Engineer" in the Interactive Services department with: - Experience of 1 - 2 years in PHP, HTML, Javascript, MySQL, CSS - Good communication skills and a good team player. - Job may require occasional travel outside india. - Linux knowledge would be a definite plus. Please contact me off list at vinayak(a)w-o-i.com. -- Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayak http://theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com/ Albert Einstein - "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish."

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Thanks (Email archiver and copier)
by Sushant Gulati 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

A heartfelt thanks to all of you, and the suggestion of using Synonym was great, it was exactly what I needed. Although, I had searched for it in the FSF directory,before posting my request here, it had unfortunately been removed from there.So thanks for suggesting this wonderful piece of work. Warm regards, Sushant __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Call for Developers for the CSLinux project
by Sameer Niphadkar 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

> For this purpose, we also aim to provide >pre-configured RPMs and configuration scripts that can >achieve this task within a few minutes. In fact, >CSLinux version 1 released last year allowed even >first year students to set up many things that TYs >were having trouble with. We are thinking about designing a customized application installer for linux which might be distro nuetral like CNR or klik. This would be a part of our project. We would be happy to integrate it with your system, esp since we are CSE students and know the wooes of many fellow students trying Linux for the 1st time. rgds Sameer 'You will be what you WILL to Be' -James Allen

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Call for Developers for the CSLinux project
by Sameer Niphadkar 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

> For this purpose, we also aim to provide >pre-configured RPMs and configuration scripts that can >achieve this task within a few minutes. In fact, >CSLinux version 1 released last year allowed even >first year students to set up many things that TYs >were having trouble with. We are thinking about designing a customized application installer for linux which might be distro nuetral like CNR or klik. This would be a part of our project. We would be happy to integrate it with your system, esp since we are CSE students and know the wooes of many fellow students trying Linux for the 1st time. rgds Sameer 'You will be what you WILL to Be' -James Allen

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Email Copier aka archiver
by Sushant Gulati 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

hello friends, i apologize again for asking a question again to this group rather than solving someone's problems. Its bcoz i hav too little experience compared to u guys, in terms of programming, exposure and knowledge about linux. i request u people to help me out in one small matter yet again. I am developing a mail archival system and due to suggestions of many people in the company i am working for(its a student project), we all hav decided to change our design thoroughly. Since one of the foremost task for a mail archival system is tocomply to regulatory requirements, which mostly are to store each and every email that is recieved by the company, we hav thought about an idea, of copying the email as soon as it enters the mail server, but before it gets stored in the personal mailbox of the user. The idea is to install our own software agent at the SMTP gateway to grab the mail before our MTA does and then copy the mail and then send one copy for archival and hand over the original mail message to the MTA. This way the MTA recieves the mail normally, while it is archived also. I apologize for sending such a big mail, but I also want u ppl to suggest how could i explain this problem statement in short or somewhere else. I need u guys to help me in the nuances of netiquette for using mailing lists like this. Thanks so much, i'll be waiting eagerly for replies, With regards, Sushant __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Email Copier aka archiver
by bimal pandit 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Dear Philip, On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 Philip Tellis wrote : >bimal pandit wrote: >>Dear Sushant, >> >>use "synonym" I have Implemented it in one of the organizations and is working superbly till date!!! > >Bimal, if you look closely at your mail, you'll understand clearly why we disapprove of top-posting on this list. Thanks for understanding. > >Philip > My mistake !! will remember. thanks, Bimal Pandit

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Email Copier aka archiver
by bimal pandit 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Dear Sushant, use "synonym" I have Implemented it in one of the organizations and is working superbly till date!!! Bimal Pandit On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 Dinesh Joshi wrote : >On Sunday 26 March 2006 09:56, Sushant Gulati wrote: > > i request u people to help me out in one small matter > > yet again. I am developing a mail archival system and > > due to suggestions of many people in the company i am > > working for(its a student project), we all hav decided > > to change our design thoroughly. Since one of the > > foremost task for a mail archival system is tocomply > > to regulatory requirements, which mostly are to store > > each and every email that is recieved by the company, > > we hav thought about an idea, of copying the email as > > soon as it enters the mail server, but before it gets > > stored in the personal mailbox of the user. The idea > > is to install our own software agent at the SMTP > > gateway to grab the mail before our MTA does and then > > copy the mail and then send one copy for archival and > > hand over the original mail message to the MTA. This > > way the MTA recieves the mail normally, while it is > > archived also. > >I dont see any point in apologizing so many times in your email. If you >have a question just post it. No need to apologize. > > >-- >Dinesh A. Joshi > >-- >http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Slideshow or site for Teaching Linux
by raykar＠hathway.com 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Dear all, Does anybody know a good site or slideshow which will help me to teach basics of operating linux desktop to my family. (I use opensuse 10). I did search on google but no luck yet. The suse's help files are too boring & would turn away anyone from learning. Nilesh Raykar

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Help with building SpiderMonkey JS engine
by Rohan Nogueira 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Hi all, I'm currently working on a project involving the integration of the SpiderMonkey JS engine with an Apache module I've made. I'm using Debian sarge currently. I have installed the package libsmjs-dev to get the JS API. Unfortunately, whenever I try to compile even the sample code, it gives me a whole lot of errors in the library files. The first error it gives is /usr/include/smjs/jstypes.h:224:6: #error "Must define one of XP_BEOS, XP_MAC, XP_OS2, XP_WIN or XP_UNIX" I figure this is due to the fact that I've not built the JS engine. Does anybody know how to build the JS engine given the packages in Debian, or even any other method? Thanks, Rohan Nogueira ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Red Hat Knowledgebase released under Open Publication License
by Venkatesh Hariharan 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

The Red Hat Knowledgebase (http://kbase.redhat.com) has been released under the Open Publication License, v1.0 which may be found at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/. The Knowledgebase features answers to frequently asked questions like: # How do I install or upgrade an RPM package? # I forgot my root password, how can I get into my system? # How do I create an installation boot disk? # Can I use Red Hat linux as a file server? # How do I join a Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory domain from Linux? # How do I install Windows NT and Linux onto the same machine? # How do I telnet as the root user? # How do I use RPM? What are some general commands that I will use with this application? Also, for whatever reason, I think files have changed on my system but I do not know which ones. Can RPM help? # My Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 system had a kernel panic, an oops message, or is freezing for no apparent reason. How can I find out what is causing this? # How do I create a new ext3 file system if a disk was added to the system? Regards, Venky

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USB drive: size mismatch
by Nikhil Marathe 26 Mar '06

26 Mar '06

I have an iball 256mb usb drive. I had previously installed slax on it and now want to install a later version. But when i formatted the drive with both fdisk and cfdisk they had both created 253mb partitions called sda1. But whenever i mount it df -ha shows that the partition is only 179mb. I have tried rebooting the computer since fdisk said the table would be read on next reboot but it fails. I am using suse 10, does the automounting as soon as a device is detected have anything to do with this problem Thanks, Nikhil -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Minutes: Mark Shuttleworth's talk at IIT-Bombay
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

Thanks a lot for the pictures and the audio. :D > The audio (encoded as 64kbps mp3 - size 28MB) is available at > http://rapidshare.de/files/16200014/Mark_Shuttleworth-Ubuntu-Ilug-Bom-22Jan… > Please use the above link to download the audio for saving bandwidth. Being behind a proxy I had to use the GLUG Bombay site, since Rapidshare does not allow more than one download from a single IP. :(

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[COMMERCIAL] Shunya.in - an India centric slashdot
by Kulpreet Singh 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

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Project idea survey
by Sameer Niphadkar 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Hi guys, We are looking for developing a FOSS porject on the lines of 'klik' a single point recepie app installer for most linux distros. My dicussion of the idea at the klik forum can be found: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23256 I've prepared a review of the desired or customizable features required in that project. You can download the form here : http://www.fileupyours.com/files/21815/survey.txt For those who do not know about Klik : http://klik.atekon.de/ So I request you to plz take some time and do mail me your response Thanks Sameer 'You will be what you WILL to Be' -James Allen

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Help on CentOS
by Imtiyaz 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Hi all, I want to customize CentOS to one single CD by removing all unnecessary RPMs. Do anybody know how to do it or anybody has any documentation. I want to create a bootable CD. -- Regards Imtiyaz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Website: http://www.netcore.co.in Spamtraps: http://cleanmail.netcore.co.in/directory.html Support FAQ : http://support.netcore.co.in/ This e-mail contains confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure, use or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Minutes: Mark Shuttleworth's talk at IIT-Bombay
by Anurag 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

*Minutes of Mark Shuttleworth's talk at IIT-Bombay* The GNU/Linux Users Group of Mumbai held an additional GLUG meet in january at KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth interacted with the GLUG members and shared his views and ideas regarding ``Free Software'' and how it made a perfect business sense. This talk was attended by about 60 people coming from all over the country. Falling short of time, Mark Shuttleworth quickly talked about the following points, apart from answering questions. * Community and its background: Before starting his talk, Mark was eager to know about the Mumbai's GLUG community, its background.. since every GLUG is unique in its own respect. He then talked about his own background and about his ventures. * Ubuntu Organisation Structure: Mark talked about how ubuntu project started and what its goals are, how Ubuntu project is different from Debian yet how both still manage to collaborate with each other, how latest packages are adopted from upstream to make Ubuntu's archives always fresh. * Business Sense: Quoting Mark's own words, ``... knowledge and software are copyable. Their value or quality does not decrease when it is shared..'' According to him, this makes a perfect business sense. Ubuntu project, and all the best things that they produce, will always remain freely accessible to the entire community, individuals or large companies alike. Canonical is in a self sustaining business since it provides software services to organisations which are willing to hire them. Canonical has tied up with LPI and plans to start certification programs for Ubuntu professionals. * Free CD distribution: Mark answered several questions related to free software distribution and the rationale behind it. There are several parts of world where internet access is extremely costly. Free CDs therefore have an important role to play. Some questions were asked about the free CDs that Canonical ships worldwide and how some people tend to misuse the resources. Mark then recalled an incident wherein a `gentoo' fanatic tried to drain out Canonical's money by ordering 500 CDs. * Dapper Drake Preview: Mark gave a brief idea about the upcoming ubuntu release codenamed `Dapper Drake' and why it is going to have a 3 year(desktop)/5 year(server) support cycle and security updates. Dapper is also a distribution which is going to be certified by third party application providers like IBM. Starting from Dapper release, users will have the luxury of a GUI installation program and a single CD which acts as both live and installable. * Freedom Toaster etc. Answering a question related to Freedom Toaster, Mark explained the entire concept behind it and how the whole idea came into a reality during a brainstorming session. We couldn't talk about his space travel however due to lack of time. - tea break Mark personally autographed on Ubuntu CDs and stickers and posed for group photos. Though he left on time since he had to catch a flight, but GLUG members continued to interact till tea lasted :) ---- *Details of next GLUG meet: Date: 12 February 2005 -> Agenda : to be decided -> Location: Some other garden probably. * Presentation slides: Presentation slides of Mark's talk will be available from the glug homepage. * Pictures: http://db.glug-bom.org/pics/ <Gallery2 Photo Album> http://www.glug-bom.org/pics/ <Classic Apache style> Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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[INFO] NTFS in Linux
by Rony Bill 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Hello All, Recently switched over to ntfs in windows just to explore its security level and was quite impressed by its similarity to linux. It gives only r-x access to the windows dir to unpreviledged users, so the chances of a virus writing itself to the c:\windows\ or c:\windows\system32\ folders is practically eliminated. One user cannot view the other's documents. The next issue was mounting the ntfs partition in linux. It got mounted easily without any hassles ( Kubuntu 5.10 ) but it was read only. No amount of tweaking the mount defaults changed it. Then I found this utility that I installed and now I am able to mount as well as write to the ntfs partition even as a user by simply replacing the file system type in fstab from 'ntfs' to 'captive-ntfs'. http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Webhosting in India
by Krushna Dagli 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

> Problem with hosting outside India is wire transfer. I have servers at > Rackspace and they are quite good but every month wire transfer and other > form fillups are becoming tedious. Is there any one decent who is doing > server hosting in India at reasonable price? Thats why you have Credit Cards. They aren't entirely evil. Yes for individual use. I think now there are other requirements by RBI and some banks which require you to fill forms for wire transfer, each months! Thanks Krushna.

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Web hosting in India
by Krushna Dagli 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

>In case you are looking for getting a server with full root access and >decent data limits (~100GB) then i'd suggest UnixShell's [1] XEN based >hosting. Though the servers arent based in india but the technology >utting edge. >[1] http://unixshell.com/plans.html >Indian servers will turn out to be pretty costly and quite unreliable. >Try hostgator, godaddy bluehost ;) Problem with hosting outside India is wire transfer. I have servers at Rackspace and they are quite good but every month wire transfer and other form fillups are becoming tedious. Is there any one decent who is doing server hosting in India at reasonable price? Thanks for your replys. Regards Krushna.

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Webhosting in India
by Krushna Dagli 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hi, Can anyone please suggest what options do I have for hosting in India. I have checked Indiatimes and Znetindia with their Linux offerings. Am looking for around 30+GB of data and 20+GB of monthly transfer. I also tried talking to Reliance but they are still waiting for their "right" person to come around. Thanks Krushna.

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Jabber server
by Sanket Medhi 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

I am trying to set up a Jabber server on my local network. I am using Ubuntu, installed Jabber server off synaptic. Everything else seems to work fine. Just that there are no users created which can log in. How do I create a new user for my server? -- Regards, Sanket Medhi.

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Enter Kubuntu, Exit Hard Disk.
by Rony Bill 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hello All, After months of singing praises of Linux, finally I got the customer to try it out. It was on an existing M$ system that had been running since its installation for 4 years. It had survived some power breaks in the past and was running smoothly. In order to avoid touching his data, I loaded Kubuntu 5.10 on the fourth partition of the hdd. During installation in progress it did show a couple of error messages that some files ( That looked like M$'s system restore files ) were reporting different block sizes and I chose the option ignore as I had already cleaned his last partition. The installation went smoothly and I was able to boot into Linux as well as M$ a couple of times and even backed up the last drop of his data after that. Then I went on to demonstrate the bootup screen and how to choose between the system and the system was booted into linux. It got stuck at kernel panic. After a forced reset, the bios gave an error for the hdd. Instead of the entire text of the hdd label like 'Samsung ......', it only showed a garbled 2 character text. After the next restart, it disappeared altogether and right now I am in a situation thats commonly known as 'la$@# lag gayey'. Since I am promoting linux free of cost, as a community propaganda, providing a free HDD along with linux is a bit expensive and I would like to know some things as mentioned below. 1) Can this HDD be reprogrammed or forced with a low level format? Right now the bios cannot even detect it. 2) Is there any software that detects the health of a HDD before it can be loaded with Linux? 3) What could have gone wrong in this case and what precautions do I need to take to avoid such mishaps in future? Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Perl Book for Beginners
by Manish Kathuria 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi All, Which is the best book for someone beginning to learn Perl ? Any recommendations ? Thanks, Manish

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Linux/Programming in IIT
by Nikhil Marathe 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

In IIT computer science is there use of Linux or windows? And are we allowed to install our own distros and if not, atleast use a liveCD? This may be a bit offtopic but have you as a current student or someone who has passed out, gotten time and facilities to write your own programs, not related to the syllabus? How much of Linux is actually thought in IIT? Nikhil

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[Commercial] Job Openings at Red Hat, Pune for "Test Validation Technician"
by Satish Lele 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Job Openings for the following position exists at Red Hat, Pune. Position Title : Test Validation Technician Location : Pune, India Job Type : Full Time Positions : Multiple Those who have 2+ years Linux experience with skills set mentioned below, please post your CVs on naukri.com url given below: http://w3.naukri.com/mynaukri/mn_newminnernew.php?filename=270206002240&oth… --- Test Validation Technician Position Summary: A Test Validation Technician in Global Support Services is key to servicing the largest computer manufacturers world wide. This role directly defines the globally supported Red Hat hardware ecosystem through review of automated testing results; providing assistance to IHV's and internal staff on the use, operation and debugging the certification suite and process as well as expanding and furthering the overall experience for both IHV's and the Hardware Catalog users. Responsibilities Include: Review and validation of certification results to ensure they meet or exceed criteria. Posting valid certifications; creating knowledge base entries as required for certified hardware. Providing feedback, support and debugging of certification process and test runs to internal and external customers. Assisting with program development (may include process, procedures, and software improvements). Handling representative hardware; may include setup, installation, transfer, etc. Will involve lifting of heavy systems and other hardware. Qualifications: 2+ years PC hardware experience, assembly and/or maintenance. 2+ years Linux installation and configuration experience. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. In depth understanding of RPM and Anaconda, including package construction and complex installation scenarios. In depth understanding of shell programming and debugging. Well rounded understanding of the Linux kernel and XFree86/X.org drivers and configuration there of. Self-managing with excellent time management skills. Red Hat Certified Technician or equivalent experience. Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. Desirable Skills: Quality Assurance test experience. Additional programming languages (C, Python, Perl, and Web programing a plus). Additional hardware platform experience (IBM Power, IBM zSeries, or Intel IPF a plus). CompTIA A+, Red Hat Certified Technician or Red Hat Certified Engineer certifications (or similar). System integration in to data center environments. --- Regards, Red Hat Software Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. 6th Floor, East Wing, Marisoft-III Marigold premises, Kalyani Nagar Pune, 411014, Maharashtra (India)

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Help on shell scripting
by Vidyadutt S 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hello Luggers The following function takes 2 arguments, "a filename" and "number of fields". It checks the number of field of each record against the second argument. If it doesn't match, it increase the value of the variable "NM_CNT" by 1. But, once the loop has finished execution, the value of this variable gets reset to "0". verify_record() { FILE=$1 FIELDS=$2 cat $FILE | while read RECORD do if [ `printf "$RECORD" | awk -F\| '{ print NF }'` -ne $FIELDS ]; then NM_CNT=`expr $NM_CNT + 1` printf "NM_CNT=$NM_CNT\n" fi done printf "NM_CNT=$NM_CNT\n" return $NM_CNT } Here is the output. The maximum value of NM_CNT in the loop is 2, but once it comes out of the loop, its value becomes "0". $ verify_record temp/a 2 (in loop)NM_CNT=1 (in loop)NM_CNT=2 NM_CNT=0 Can anybody help me to solve this problem? Currently, I redirect the value of this variable in a file for using it outside the function. I run this script under the "sh" environment on SUN Solaris 8. Regards SV --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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apt-get
by Puneet Lakhina 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

I installed a package using apt-get install package-name the package works perfectly fine.. Now is there anyway i can get all the packages dependencies and the package itself inside a single directory which i can write to install the package at a place where an internet connection is not available. thanks, -- Puneet

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Please write to MTNL in protest
by Harshal 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

"For best Download Speed of Triband , WINDOWS XP and LAN PORT Recommended....." not me, its the official MTNL statement on their website, check out that marque on this page, http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/triband/ after those laptop and desktop manufacturers is microsoft paying MTNL also print that? Windows XP recommended thing. nothing wrong in advertising, but i guess this is spreading of wrong information. writing to their costomer care, not expecting anything to change though. their address, helpdesk.mumbai(a)mtnl.net.in

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[OT] MTNL's New Modem
by Rony Bill 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hello All, Has anyone actually programmed the new white coloured modem that MTNL has started providing instead of the 502T? Its embarassing but I could not even find the 'logout' button or link in its interface. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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tool for nfs mailbox to Maildir conversion
by gurjit singh dhillon 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hi, Is there any tool to convert NSF( Lotus Domino) mailbox to Linux mailbox (Maildir). or by any other way can it be done, have any body tried earlier ??? Thanks And Regards Gurjit Dhillon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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GNU/Linux books... from O'ReilleysThis is a new list...
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Great collection of international books, mostly reprinted in India. Some from O'Reilleys. International quality at Indian prices. This is available with Shroff Publishers spdorders(a)shroffpublishers.com at Navi Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata. www.shroffpublishers.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON GNU/Linux ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Linux Systems ... Rs 350.00 o Linux clusters ... Rs 350.00 o How Linux Worls ... Rs 300.00 o Linux Device Drivers ... Rs 450.00 o Linux Desktop ... Rs 150.00 o Linux For Non-Geeks ... Rs 300.00 o Linux In a Nutshell ... Rs 500.00 o Linux in a Windows World ... Rs 450.00 o Linux iptables ... Rs 100.00 o Linux Made Easy ... Rs 325.00 o Linux Network Admin's Guide . Rs 350.00 o Linux Network Security ... Rs 475.00 o Linux Pocket Guide ... Rs 150.00 o Linux Server Hacks ... Rs 400.00 o Linux Unwired ... Rs 300.00 o Linux Cookbook ... Rs 600.00 o Test Driving Linux ... Rs 350.00 o Linux TCP/IP Stack ... Rs 450.00 o Linux Network Internals ... Rs 600.00 o Understanding the Linux Kernel Rs 550.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON PHP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Oracle and PHP on Linux ... Rs 550.00 o Essential PHP Security ... Rs 125.00 o Learning PHP5 ... Rs 350.00 o PHP Cookbook ... Rs 550.00 o PHP Hacks ... Rs 400.00 o PHP in a Nutshell ... Rs 325.00 o PHPUnit Pocket Guide ... Rs 100.00 o PHP Pocket Reference ... Rs 25.00 o PHP ... Rs 350.00 o Upgrading to PHP5 ... Rs 350.00 o PHP5.1 For Beginners ... Rs 650.00 o PHP and MySQL ... Rs 600.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON APACHE/TOMCAT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Applied Software Engineering with Apache Jakarta Commons Rs 400.00 o Apache Cookbook Rs 250.00 o Apache The Definitive Guide Rs 500.00 o Apache Security Rs 400.00 o How Tomcat Works Rs 375.00 o Tomcat Rs 300.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON MySQL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o High Performance MySQL Rs 300.00 o Introduction to MySQL Rs 50.00 o MySQL Rs 325.00 o MySQL Cookbook Rs 750.00 o MySQL 5 Rs 550.00 o MySQL in a Nutshell Rs 325.00 o MySQL Pocket Reference Rs 100.00 -- ------------------------------------------------------------- | India Linux Users' Group, Goa | | Join the friendly user group | | Mail list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/join | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce | | http://www.iosn.net/country/india/organizations/ilug-goa/ | ------------------------------------------------------------- , , / \ .-. * SOFTWARE ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) (. .) * FREEDOM `-_---' `---_-' / V \ * SHARING `--|o` 'o|--' // \\ \ ` / /( )\ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ): :( '.^^_^^.' SHARE IT EQUITABLY :o_o: \_/ \_/ "-"

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VPN Website Browsing issue
by jeetendra r poojari 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi, I have setup up a VPN using poptop`s PPTP in linux server and using windows client. i am able to connect and surf the internet But some websites do not open Like the pages which has a redirection to different site does not works ex. are bnmg.com cars.in black.in The Iptables rules i am using is iptables -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -o ppp0 -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE Why cant i browse redirected sites ? Regards Jeetendra

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] IO Schedulers and drive performance
by santosh rao 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

On 3/15/06, Mrugesh Karnik <mrugeshkarnik(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Anyway, now I'm wondering how much effect an I/O Scheduler will have on the > drive performance, as compared to hdparm settings. > > 'hdparm -tT' gives me a read speed of ~55MB/s on my AMD Sempron64 2500+ > system. My hard disk isn't even SATA. I don't think it is possible to squeeze > out much more. I suppose switching I/O Schedulers on my system won't make > much of a difference. > > Does anyone have more information about this? > > Mrugesh u could do a dd if=/dev/zero of=<filename> and write large gb files... experiment with bs and count tht will give u files of larger sizes.. wht we found was deadline performed better when it came to io writes, we were doing it on sata , optereon 246 (dual) server. best way would be when entereing ur kernel after lilo or grub type in this.. "elevator=deadline" and then keep changind from deadline to cfqor anticipatory. and do io writes , u could do a #date && dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=64K count=16 && date so the differnce in time would give u approx io time... also u could use sar or vmstat to get brief ideas on read write. -- "He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become one." - Friedrich Nietzche

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Ubuntu + cyberoam client connectivity issue
by Rupesh 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi, I installed ubuntu 5.10 on my system, but on doing a configuration setup i get " segmentation fault" ie after i enter the Server Address. Earlier it worked well on my FC4 setup. I am using powersurfer.net for my Internet connection. Anyone facing a similar problem and any possible solution to this. Thanks, -- Rupesh

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Peculiar problem with Xmms in Fedora-2
by romel dutta 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

hello all, I have got a peculiar problem. Usually i work in gnome,and there only i listen to songs and movies in xmms and mplayer. Oneday,i went to kde and tried playing songs in xmms there in kde..,but to my horror,it showed device not detected ,and souncard busy.Then again i came back to Gnome,and tried playing xmms,and to my surprise no sound was coming..!!!! ,but the song is seen to be played.in the xmms player..,ditto with mplayer too....But,in other OS,i.e Windows i face no problem. But since most of the times i work in Linux(Fedora 2),i prefer working and listening to songs in linux only.. But,after this problem,my life has become hell,and i dunno what to do.. Can,anyone suggest me what may the problem..??? I have checked volume control,it was not in mute..,and if sound-card not ready,then how come in the player song vl play..?? Plzz,help me... cheers romel

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Sharing $HOME across multiple distributions without messing preferences
by Nikhil Marathe 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

How do you share the home directory and its data on multiple distributions which may or may not have similar software without damaging the application preferences. eg. If KDE_DIR is different for two distributions then wallpapers normally blank out. How do you avoid that? Nikhil

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IO Schedulers and drive performance
by Mrugesh Karnik 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Hello, I just compiled kernel 2.6.15. I came across an option that I didn't have any knowledge about: Block Layer-> IO Schedulers-> < > Anticipatory I/O scheduler < > Deadline I/O scheduler < > CFQ I/O scheduler Default I/O scheduler (CFQ)-> ( ) Anticipatory ( ) Deadline ( ) CFQ ( ) No-op Here's what the help text in menuconfig says about the three options: Anticipatory: CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS: The anticipatory I/O scheduler is the default disk scheduler. It is generally a good choice for most environments, but is quite large and complex when compared to the deadline I/O scheduler, it can also be slower in some cases especially some database loads. Deadline: CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE: The deadline I/O scheduler is simple and compact, and is often as good as the anticipatory I/O scheduler, and in some database workloads, better. In the case of a single process performing I/O to a disk at any one time, its behaviour is almost identical to the anticipatory I/O scheduler and so is a good choice. CFQ: CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ: The CFQ I/O scheduler tries to distribute bandwidth equally among all processes in the system. It should provide a fair working environment, suitable for desktop systems. The help text wasn't much help for me either, so I went about googling. I found this: http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/iosched.htm This is very good information. Anyway, now I'm wondering how much effect an I/O Scheduler will have on the drive performance, as compared to hdparm settings. 'hdparm -tT' gives me a read speed of ~55MB/s on my AMD Sempron64 2500+ system. My hard disk isn't even SATA. I don't think it is possible to squeeze out much more. I suppose switching I/O Schedulers on my system won't make much of a difference. Does anyone have more information about this? Mrugesh

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Thumbnails.
by Puneet Lakhina 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Is there any thumbs.db type cache file of thumbnails created by nautilus.. If yes then is possible to read it as an image stream or something. Thanks for any help -- Puneet

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[INFO] Some Kubuntu 5.10 issues resolved
by Rony Bill 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hello All, 1) Kubuntu 5.10 in my system had a peculiar problem of the 'System Settings' package not giving sudo access for administrative settings ( After it did for the first few times just after installing the OS) . It was resolved by updating the 'kcontrol' package through the 'adept' package manager. 2) When my net is off and I start the system, it waits a pretty long time for synchronising the clock with the internet based clock inspite of the service being disabled in the services list. The temporary workaround for it is to press 'Ctrl C' as soon as it shows up on the startup screen. This will bypass the process and move on. Adept is a very good online shopping mall for free software for the Kubuntu 5.10 distro. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Cache hierarchy with/without Squid.
by Nadeem M Khan 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Hi. I have two squids - one physically located at my data center and another with my ISP. My workstations are configured to use the squid at the datacenter. I wanted all cache misses at the data center to be redirected to my ISP's squid, so I added.. cache_peer proxy.myisp.net parent 8080 3130 (8080 = http_port and 3130 = default ICP port) ..to my squid.conf. I have two questions: 1. How do I verify that cache-misses are redirected to my ISPs proxy? 2. Is it possible to implement cache hierarcy if my ISPs proxy was not squid but winproxy, ms proxy, etc? Thanks in advance. Regards, NMK.

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[OT] Triband parallel phone woes
by Rony Bill 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Hello all, Some of my customers expressed reluctance to go for triband as it would need a rewiring of the parallel phones through the splitter. Some existing ones too are using the service at half the speed and even frequent hangups due to parallel phones. They cannot rewire their offices. This gives me an idea that instead of rewiring the lines through the splitter, if we could add extra splitters at every phone point, then this should do the same job. Are these splitters available seperately or do they come with the modem only? Another option would be to copy the filter circuit. As I have only one working set, I don't have the heart to open it and tinker around but my guess is that it is a simple capacitor and inductor circuit. A series low impedence inductor with the phone output will allow low frequencey phone signals to pass and offer high resistance to the high freq. adsl signals. A low capacitance series capacitor with the adsl output will allow high freq. adsl sigs. but block the low freq. phone signals. So if we can get the value of the series inductance for the phone output, we can buy it from the market and connect it in series with all the parallel phones and thus avoid rewiring. JTD and some others have dabbled with the adsl so they could give some tips. :) Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/

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MPEG/AVI/PDF/TEXT files thumbnails
by Puneet Lakhina 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

is there a library(or a set of libraries) that can generate thumnails from avi/mpeg/pdf/text files.. like the way it displays in konqueror or nautilus or something.. I need to use it in a java application.. but even if its a shared library i can use it.. or even like a command line based tool would be perfect.. Thanks!! -- Puneet

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[COMMERCIAL]: Require System Administrator with 2-3 years of experience Perl/Shell/PHP
by Abhishek Daga 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Greetings, If anyone is interested in this opening, please contact me directly. A System Administrator with 2-3 years of experience to work on the *nix platform (RH 7.3, RH 9.0, FC4, FreeBSD). Some salient requirements are: Should be strong in Unix. Programming in Shell/Perl would be a big plus. Knowledge of PHP is desirable. Must have demonstrated understanding of large networks with multiple servers providing network services. Should have a good understanding of network security. Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) is a must with English as the language of choice as the position involves Customer Service and support. Working knowledge of Spanish is a big plus but not a requirement. Willingness to work the Owl shift (8 PM to 4 AM). Should be able to train and manage trainees and freshers. This is a contract-to-hire position that will start within 4 weeks time. This is for a startup based in south Mumbai which provides development and support services on the LAMP platform. As we are growing right now, we need someone to be able to undertake managerial responsibilities too that will involve managing multiple projects. If interested, please send your resume in ASCII format as a file or in the body or the email. Thank you, Abhishek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[commercials] Jobs-Linux Startup Company
by shamshu shaikh 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Hello Everybody, This mail is second, to this group in search of linux techies.Since round one of recruitment was completed after receiving good response from the members, now we are in serach of more people to join the company. It is a StartUp company based on LINUX Platform, i would like to have LINUX techies ( 0-1 years experience and even freshers ) to be on board with me to achieve their as well as company goals in the best and fastest possible way.The company is based in bombay.You can post this mail in your group also and ask your friends to send in their resumes to me.Freshers with an attitude to work hard are also welcome. People interested to join me can feel free to contact me at shamshu.s(a)gmail.com (shamshu dot s at the rate gmail dot com )send in your CV with contact details.The areas of work with strong knowledge should be qmail,sendmail,apache,mysql,ldap,iptables,RPM's , PHP scripting ,shell scripting. Note:people who have already sent in their resumes in the last recruitment drive need not send mails again. Regards shamshu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help regarding Konsole
by Aveek Bhattacharya 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Use Settings>Configure Shortcuts to set a new shortcut for paste. Aveek Bhattacharya M.Tech., Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Where can I get Difference between RHEL3wsTaroonUpdate4 and Update 5
by Nick Sotterwood 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Hello Everyone, We are running one software on RHEL 3WS Taroon Update 4 and Its works abs Fine. I want it to be deployed on Taroon Update 5. I wish to know the Detailed Difference between Update 4 and Update 5. Can Anyone help me out? Nick -From Mumbai __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [OT] Triband parallel phone woes
by Rajesh Rajani 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Hi Rony, > > This gives me an idea that instead of rewiring the lines through the > splitter, if we could add extra splitters at every phone point, then > this should do the same job. Are these splitters available seperately or > do they come with the modem only? Another option would be to copy the > filter circuit. As I have only one working set, I don't have the heart > to open it and tinker around but my guess is that it is a simple > capacitor and inductor circuit. A series low impedence inductor with the > phone output will allow low frequencey phone signals to pass and offer > high resistance to the high freq. adsl signals. A low capacitance series > capacitor with the adsl output will allow high freq. adsl sigs. but > block the low freq. phone signals. > > So if we can get the value of the series inductance for the phone > output, we can buy it from the market and connect it in series with all > the parallel phones and thus avoid rewiring. JTD and some others have > dabbled with the adsl so they could give some tips. :) Check out this link for a filter circuit, it may be of some help. <http://www.epanorama.net/documents/telecom/adsl_filter.html>. Regards, Rajesh

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[Commercial] Linux instructor required...
by Dinesh Joshi 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Hi all, Vidyanidhi Infotech academy is an authorized training centre for C-DAC's DAC courses. They require a Linux instructor for the GNU/Linux module. The only criteria are good working knowledge of the Linux system a bit of C/C++, basic GTK and QT. Good communication skills are a must. Previous teaching experience will be an added advantage. Interested candidates may email me. Regards, -- Dinesh A. Joshi

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Please ignore earlier query
by Abhijeet 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Hi, Sorry about the earlier query regarding Konsole. I just discovered how I could change the shortcuts. Extermely sorry for not going through it thoroughly Cheers. Abhijeet P.S. : Tried cancelling the post but didn't succeed

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Help regarding Konsole
by Abhijeet 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Hi, I just got myself a new keyboard and after buying and installing it, I noticed to my dismay that it doesn't sport an "INSERT" key =( Now the problem is that I'm used to using the "SHIFT + INS" pasting shortcut in Konsole. I know this sounds stupid but would anyone know of any alternate method for pasting using only the keyboard ? Also, if there's any way that I can change the SHIFT + INS shortcut for pasting in Konsole. I tried using the ALT+E key to show me the "Edit" menu but it wouldn't work. Thanks in advance Cheers Abhijeet

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[Commercial] Job opening
by Krushna Dagli 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Dear all, This is in regards to the openings at Infotech Financials. We are looking for two persons with the working knowledge of (1) "C" language & sockets. (2) Java Swing (3) Finite State Machine(FSM) The candidates with the requisite skills may, kindly, mail their updated CVs to kdagli(a)infofin.com,as soon as possible. Regards, Krishna Dagli

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Linux Drivers
by Rony Bill 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Hello All, A few days ago I got a chance to get my hands on an IBM server machine for linux experimentation. It was at my friend's workshop and he wanted to load RedHat. As I had RHEL 3 WS, I loaded it with 'All' as the packages option. Unfortunately it did not detect the network card. The IBM driver cds contained linux source drivers that needed to be compiled. I did as per the instructions in the cd's readme file. however the make, make install happened but the final instructions were not clear and the process was a waste of a few hours. The reason for writing this mail is not to find out what went wrong but to suggest to the kernel writers that just like the Windows OS, Linux too could have a streamlined and simple method of installing device drivers. In Windows, there are 2 methods. 1) An executable file that is run and it does the entire pprocess of installing the driver files. 2) A set of ini and other files in a folder. The device manager or new device installation wizard asks for the location of the driver files and one has to simply point to the folderthat contains the driver files. Now Linux has evolved from a complicated command line system into a full scale gui system with easyto use interfaces that reduce installation time and effort. So it should not be difficult for kernel writers to incorporate a standard interface that automatically loads device drivers from source file folders ( the ones that are .tar.gz ). The other opption is to create rpm or deb files that will do the entire installation, but that will be too system specific and with too many distros, it may be difficult. The first option will allow the system to automatically create relavent driver files from the source files. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Debian based customized install images ...
by Arun K. Khan 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

FWIW, build your own customized iso image https://euronode.com/ -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside

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GRUB dual boot issue - plz help
by Ranjit Sapre 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Hi all, firstly thanks everyone for stretching their hands to help me when i requested for a linux instalation CD. I had windows XP and I hve installed Fedora Core 2 on one of the partitions. Now i cant get into Windows XP. It says : *Booting 'Other'* *rootnoverify (hd0,0)* *chainloader +1* ** ** and the screen stays that way. if anybody has ever faced such an issue n has a solution, plz leme know. PS: dunno if its imp to mention, but, im using an AMD processor n NOT intel. Thanks in advance -Ranjit

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[Commercial] Linux system adminstrator required
by Prashant 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Hi, We are an engineering/manufacturing company with a setup of 25 pcs. We are using Linux on server (mail, samba) and linux/xp/nt on the workstations. We are looking for someone who can manage the network. Since the setup is not that large, full time commitment (9 to 5) may not be required. Those interested can mail me off the list. GKattukaran(a)mepl.co.in Regards.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Drivers
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

> I mean a gui utility to do 'make' and 'make install' automatically > without worrying about the distro's directory structure. You might try GNU Source Install. http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall Debarshi

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[OT] My Apologies
by Roshan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

I am sorry, ... In few of my recent mails to the list, I have unknowingly allowed my "biiiggg" signature to be displayed. I'll try my best to avoid it in my future emails to the list. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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evolution 2.4.0 starts and crashes (solved)
by Arun K. Khan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Last night I shutdown my workstation properly. This morning when I booted the system, evolution 2.4.0 (SuSE 10.0 x64) would display and then crash immediately. Logged out of my X session and re-logged in - same behaviour. Same behaviour manifested for a newly created userid as well, eliminating the possibility of some corrupt setting in my regular login. Refreshed the evolution related RPMs (rpm -h -U --replacepkgs ...) still no go. Finally, rebooted the system and logged in usign my regular userid and voila evolution works! To capture some debugging info, I started evolution from the CLI. I see the same initial warning messages in both cases. Any idea/suggestion what could have gone wrong with the first boot causing the problem is welcome so that I can look for it when it happens next. Went thru /var/log/messages and found a kernel message shown below. <evolution crashes> $ evolution (evolution:8840): camel-WARNING **: camel_exception_get_id called with NULL parameter. (evolution:8840): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_gc_set_foreground: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed </evolution crashes> <from /var/log/messages> Mar 2 15:08:09 genesis kernel: evolution[7936] trap invalid operand rip:2aaaaca50ee2 rsp:7fffff8c68 f8 error:0 </from /var/log/messages> <evolution starts up> $ evolution adding hook target 'source' (evolution:6200): camel-WARNING **: camel_exception_get_id called with NULL parameter. (evolution:6200): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_gc_set_foreground: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed (evolution:6200): camel-WARNING **: Could not find key entry for word 'ea651436a4239010vgnvcm10000024f64189': Success (evolution:6200): camel-WARNING **: Could not find key entry for word '224803d3bca19010vgnvcm10000024f64189': Success </evolution starts up> Thanks, -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside

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ILUG-BOM meet after more than 4 weeks?
by Roshan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

The last meet was on 19th February 2006. And now, its directly on the 26th March 2006? A very big gap in time? Earlier (probably) it was held every two weeks! I express this because, I may not be able to attend and I think I miss out on a great opportunity to learn something ! Any specific reasons for such a delay..? (Just curious) _____________________________ If you don't know something, its always better to learn it and then experiment with components! PLAN THINGS BEFORE EXECUTION! Visit http://www.somaiya.edu You have the ability to change things so that they, not only benefit you but others as well, but you might resist to...think about it! The internet is the biggest Library, laboratory and the Classroom independent of location but dependent on computer with an internet connection! "Intentions are written with pencil. Commitments are carved on Stones!" - CLINT A. D'SOUZA __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] hlp plz
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

You can order some free Ubuntu Breezy Badger CDs from shipit.ubuntu.com. Although I have some, I am too far away geographically to help you. The Ubuntu guys will shipt it to you completely free of cost. You might as well wait a few days dor Fedora Core 5 (mar 15) and Ubuntu Dapper Drake (april) to be released. Cheerio, Debarshi

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Re: help plz
by Roshan 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

>Hi all, > > i wish to install linux on my home pc. Wow!.. > I don hve any CD. i stay in Thane. is there anyone I have many friends who stay in Thane and nearby locations. "Probably" they could meet you at Thane Station. > who can help me for geting a linux CD? I can give you 'a' GNU/Linux CD! for FREE...yes you saw it right! "FREE" . BTW, which distro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distro) are you interested in? Let me know, and then, we may communiate over the phone for further details ;) > i jus need the CD..i'll install it myself. Good! >thanks in advance, > > BTW..im a software eng. working in Atos Origin. I haven't heard of it..but that does not matter much ;) > bye all _____________________________ If you don't know something, its always better to learn it and then experiment with components! PLAN THINGS BEFORE EXECUTION! Visit http://www.somaiya.edu You have the ability to change things so that they, not only benefit you but others as well, but you might resist to...think about it! The internet is the biggest Library, laboratory and the Classroom independent of location but dependent on computer with an internet connection! "Intentions are written with pencil. Commitments are carved on Stones!" - CLINT A. D'SOUZA __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Installer hangs on "Installing bootloader" of Fedora Core 4
by Mandar Khanolkar 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

ANY HELP !!! -Mandar On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 Mandar Khanolkar wrote : >Hi, > >I am facing following problems while installing Fedora 4 on my machine. > >1 Probem: > When I start the machine with CD#1, I get boot: promt. If I hit enter to proceed installation it starts checking machine resorces. Here it gives me this error followed by some exception trace. > *** > RAMDISK: couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. > VFS: couldn't open root device or unknown block "NULL" or (8,3) > *** > After this messages it prints out some exception trace. > > If I enter some invalid value at boot: promp like "/" and enter, it gives error that not a valid boot image. After this it shows again boot: prompt. Not if I hit enter it proceed with instllation and doesnt give above error message (problem#1 error). > >2 Problem: > a# After this I went ahead and selected drives for / and swap through disk druid. I had prepared these partitions through partition magic. > b# I selected boot loader to be installaed on /dev/hda4 (Linux partition) and kept default starting os as windows partition. > c# I went ahead and selected custom packages to be installed. It asked me for all the cds one by one as installation made progress. > d# After completing the packages installation and post installation tasks it displayed a message box stating "Installing bootloader". Here it went wrong. It was showing me hour-glass mouse icon but I guess it was hung. It didnt give me any error message. Finally after waiting for a long time I restarted the machine and my windows os started w/o showing Fedora Grab loader window. > e# I thought it couldnt write bootloader on the /dev/hda4 linux partition as it physically appears in the end of my hard-disk. So i repeated the whole procedure by selecting boot loader installation on MBR (step b#). But this couldnt resolve the problem and I found the same result. > >Can anybody explain the reason behind these two problems? Also any solution to get Fedora core 4 installed on my machine without formatting existing windows partitions. > >The System Details: > MB : Intel D865GVHZ > CPU : Intel P4 2.4 GHZ > H-DISK : Samsung 80 GB (Linux ext2 "/" and swap partitions lies at the end of the physical hard-disk) > RAM : 256 + 256 Total 512 MB > >-Mandar > >-- >http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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help plz
by Ranjit Sapre 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hi all, i wish to install linux on my home pc. I don hve any CD. i stay in Thane. is there anyone who can help me for geting a linux CD? i jus need the CD..i'll install it myself. thanks in advance, BTW..im a software eng. working in Atos Origin. bye all -Ranjit cell phone : 9892536237

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Re: BE Project
by Venkatesh Hariharan 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:35:19AM +0530, Sanket Medhi wrote: > Hello friends, > > I am in my sixth semester of the B.E. (I.T.) course right now. I am required > to submit an abstract for my B.E. project within a month's time. I am > thinking over a few ideas but am not sure if they are feasible enough. So I > need you guys to suggest me some good ideas for a project that would serve > not only my purpose but also be a considerable contribution to the FOSS > community. Any suggestions are welcome. Sanket, take a look at the Red Hat Scholarships program. Details are at; http://www.in.redhat.com/community/rhscholarship.php Venky

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BE Project
by Sanket Medhi 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hello friends, I am in my sixth semester of the B.E. (I.T.) course right now. I am required to submit an abstract for my B.E. project within a month's time. I am thinking over a few ideas but am not sure if they are feasible enough. So I need you guys to suggest me some good ideas for a project that would serve not only my purpose but also be a considerable contribution to the FOSS community. Any suggestions are welcome. -- Regards, Sanket Medhi.

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 35, Issue 7
by Gary Bonzo 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Ranjit Sapre" <ranjitsapre(a)gmail.com> > To: linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org > Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:38:21 +0530 > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] help plz > Hi all, > > i wish to install linux on my home pc. > I don hve any CD. i stay in Thane. is there anyone who can help me for > geting a linux CD? > i jus need the CD..i'll install it myself. Please have a look at LUG's wiki. You can get informations including contact number and distributions available. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php Gaurav Khatri

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[OT] Biometric stand alone device. for access control
by Abhishek Daga 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Is anyone out here using a biometric access control device? I'd reckon that the simplest/most popular ones are thumb or fingerprint based. Say If I want a standalone device which can be used as a lock (or in conjunction with) is that possible? The only one I saw in the market was supporting Win platform (for pc access). So does it have a backup key? in case the batteries fail? I may be wrong here, but someone on this list had mentioned a long time ago that they program such devices. thanks abhi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[OT] Why are you here?
by Philip Tellis 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

Out of curiosity, I'd like to know how many people on this list work with computers because it's their job, and how many do it for other reasons. If computer programming/sys admin was the worst paying job in the industry, paying something like Rs 2000/- per month, would you still do it? Philip -- Only great masters of style can succeed in being obtuse. -- Oscar Wilde Most UNIX programmers are great masters of style. -- The Unnamed Usenetter

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Minutes: Feb 2006 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Anurag 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

*Minutes of February GLUG-Meet @ HBCSE* The GNU/Linux Users Group of Mumbai held its February GLUG meet on 19th February 2006 at HBCSE, Mankhurd. Meet was attended by about 25 people coming from all over the city. This meet consisted more of technical sessions with handson demonstrations. Following talks were held. * Backup and restoring We started with a talk about backup and restore of data. We saw the demonstration on how one can use the utilities like tar/cp/rsync to create incremental/differential backups. * Professional Certifications - By Mr. Shankar Iyer (RedHat) Shankar talked about the value of professional certifications in today's scenario, and the various certifications available from RedHat for upcoming professionals. --- tea break :-) * LaTeX document preparation system - By Ms. Meena (HBCSE) Meena talked about the oldest and best document preparations system availabe, LaTeX. Starting with few simple examples demonstrating the basic text formatting capabilities of LaTeX, we moved on to see how good LaTeX is at rendering mathematical equations, creating books, thesis, letters etc. LaTeX sources of examples covered in the talk are available here: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-meetings/Feb-2006/latex-examples.tar.gz ---- *Details of next GLUG meet* Date: To be decided -> Agenda : Talk on Qt/KDE development -> Location: To be decided * Pictures: Pictures taken in this meet have been posted on ILUG-BOM picture gallery ``http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/pics/''. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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PHP query string parsing
by Sanket Medhi 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

I am currently working on a small PHP project for my college. I am quit new to it, so this query might seem trivial to you. What I am trying to do is use the index.php to act as the front page of the site, as well as be able to handle queries using the GET method. For example, http://localhost/index.php?search=somestring should work as well. That is, there might or might not be a query string. All I want to know is whether such a query string exists or not. And if yes, what is(are) the parameter(s) (in this case, search is the parameter). Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Sanket Medhi.

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Fwd: [ilugd] Fwd: [Indlinux-group] Ubuntu Indian Local Community Team
by Baishampayan Ghose 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hello GLUGgers, I am forwarding my own mail :) Let's have a discussion on this ... Regards, BG --- Gora Mohanty <gora_mohanty(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > From Gora Mohanty Fri Mar 3 11:31:51 2006 > Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:31:51 +0000 (GMT) > From: Gora Mohanty <gora_mohanty(a)yahoo.co.in> > To: ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org, orissa-it(a)yahoogroups.com, > oriya-group(a)lists.sarovar.org, ilug-bbsr(a)yahoogroups.com > Subject: [ilugd] Fwd: [Indlinux-group] Ubuntu Indian Local Community > Team > > Hi, > I am forwarding a message to indlinux-group from Baishampayan Ghose > about a proposal to put together an Indian LoCo team for Ubuntu. For > details of what such a team does, please see the appended message, > and > the links that it includes at the end. As I had discussed the > possibility of providing Ubuntu support with various people, I think > that it is great that Baishampayan has taken this initiative. > An Ubuntu council meeting to discuss this will be held via IRC, > from > 17.30-19.30 IST, on Tue., 3 Mar., 2006, in the #ubuntu-meeting > channel > on Freenode (freenode.net). It would be nice to have some discussions > on this beforehand, e.g., what kind of support can we provide for > Ubuntu, how it will be organized, what can we get out of it > (customized > Indian-language Ubuntu distros,...) etc. If you are interested, you > can > add yourself to the Indian LoCo team via the AddYourNameHere link in > the People section of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam. > > Regards, > Gora > > > From: Baishampayan Ghose <b.ghose(a)gmail.com> > > To: IndLinux Group <indlinux-group(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: [Indlinux-group] Ubuntu Indian Local Community Team > > Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:21:56 +0530 > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello everybody, > > We are thinking about forming a Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Team > > for India which will officially act as the support team for all > > Ubuntu related activities in India. > > The main functions of the group will be -- > > * Act as the official contact point for everything Ubuntu in India > > * Organise advocacy / technical sessions about Ubuntu > > * Represent Ubuntu in all major/non-major FOSS events in India > > * Look at the various Indic related issues in Ubuntu and push > fixes > > into Ubuntu main > > * Being a LoCo team will allow us to maintain our custom packages > in > > Ubuntu main repos, we can use that by having a package to > > distribute our customised packages, artwork, translations, etc. > > * More! > > So the main procedure to become an officially recognised team is to > > put our team on the next Community Council agenda and then the > > Community Council will discuss and grant us official status. > > I have created a wiki page for the IndianTeam in the Ubuntu wiki, > you > > are all invited to add your names there and edit the wiki to add > more > > content. I guess we also need to discuss among ourselves before the > > CC meeting which will take place on the 7th. > > Comments are welcome, and please go through the relevant links as > > given below. > > Regards, > > BG > > > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam > > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams > > [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil > > [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Service Unavailability
by Anurag 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hello, Due to routine maintenance work at TIFR's colaba campus, there would be no electrical supply tomorrow, Saturday 4th March 2006. All the services including mailing list and website would be unavailable throughout the day. Any inconvenience caused is regretted. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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CGI in Apache
by Amit 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hi All, I have set up apache webserver(2.0.46/RHEL3) in one of our test-servers.. I want to apache to run cgi-script .. I have put ScriptAlias entry like this ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /etc/httpd/conf/cgi-bin there are certian cgi script inside this dir.. owner of the file is user : apache group : webserver i have given execute permission to these files.. still I am not able to run those scripts .. I do not have selinux installed Plz help Rgds Amit

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lvm with 2.4.21
by santosh rao 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

hello, i was interested in knowing as to whehter kernel 2.4.21 would have to be patced to get dev-mapper support. because in menuconnfig it just shows lvm. whereas in new kernels it shows specificly dev-mapper support. ? any ideas guys. actally my aim is to setup lvm without havin to patch or upgrade the kernel ? -- "He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become one." - Friedrich Nietzche

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[ot][hardware] making redundant connections between switches and a router
by Abhishek Daga 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hi folks, I did attempt a google for this but did not know what search term would actually pull up a meaningful result for this. Apparatus/Equipment. a) SMC wireless dsl router (3 port) b) three 8 port switches, (dlink, dax, smc) Setup: 4 ports in each are used to connect to various PCs. 1 port used up to connect to the wireless router. Problem: I have had issues with routers where frequent reseting is required. So to prevent the entire internal network going down because of a bad router, I decided to make the connections redundant. So connected Port 6 of dlink to port 6 of Dax. Port 7 of dlink to port 6 of smc. Port 7 of dax to port 7 of smc with the assumption that even if the router fails, i'l have uninterrupted access. But this was not to be. Things got messed up, despite enabled connections, machines would not ping each other or the router. Then finally removed the links from Switch 1 and 2 to the router and also the connection from dax to smc and it started working fine. So what got messed up in the above setup? I am thinking its something to do with conflicts but not convinced as to why there would be a conflict? Can anyone throw some light on this? thanks abhi *********************************************************************** According to the theory of aerodynamics, a bumble bee cannot fly. A bumble bee is not aware of this theory and so it decides to fly anyway. *********************************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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MTNL Triband with DSL-Ethernet bridge and Linux PPPoE?
by Amish Mehta 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hello All, Has anybody tried MTNL Triband with entry level (but reliable) DSL-Ethernet bridge/converter? i.e. simple device which converts DSL signals to Ethernet signals? My idea is NOT to go for full fledged router(like DLink-502T) but use Linux with PPPoE because afterall DLink modem itself uses Linux. I have read that it works with DLink-502T in bridged mode so it should work with simple and cheap bridges. eBay shows such bridges to cost just 5-7$ but I am not sure if it works with Triband and PPPoE on Linux. That way one can avoid DSL modem deposit(and have their own bridge at same cost) as well as monthly rental. And have all the power of Linux firewall/NAT/cron jobs etc. Please let me know if someone has tried this and which bridge/converter was used and how much does it cost? Thanks in advance. Amish.

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Re: [ilugd] [OT] Service Tax Applicability on Open Source Software Services
by Manish Kathuria 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Manish Kathuria wrote: > >>Is Service Tax applicable on open source software services namely >>installation, configuration and customization ? Please let me know if >>someone has clarity on this issue. > > > IANAL :) > > Open Source Software Services *is* a service/consultative practice and > thus would (ideally...) have a Service Tax component included > > - -SM As per available information with me, if you classify the services as "Information Technology Services" then probably the services wont fall under the Service Tax net. There is a service category called Business Auxiliary Service (added in 2003) which excludes "Information Technology Services" from the service tax net. Please refer to the Section 2 of the following circular available on the service tax web site: http://www.servicetax.gov.in/servicetax/circular/st_circ_62-2k3.htm There are some news reports also which add to the confusion: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/23/stories/2006012300241700.htm http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/10/15/stories/2005101502421100.htm It would be great if any of the firms / companies charging or paying or not paying service tax can shed more light on this. -- Manish

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[OT] Service Tax Applicability on Open Source Software Services
by Manish Kathuria 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Is Service Tax applicable on open source software services namely installation, configuration and customization ? Please let me know if someone has clarity on this issue. Thanks, Manish

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search looks good - thanks benoy
by Philip Tellis 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Thanks to benoy, our search page now looks like the rest of our website: http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/search/linuxers/ -- Computer programmers never die, they just get lost in the processing.

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Mplayer running slowly in full screen mode
by manish mallan 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi, I compiled Mplayer on ubuntu breezy. It's working fine except that when i change to full screen mode, it runs slowly. The picture moves slowly. I have AMD 64 with MSI K8MMV motherboard. It has unichrome video card. I m using 1280x1024 resolution in vesa mode. I tried changing to VIA Unichrome, but X fails. Can anybody suggest me solution for this. Thanks & regards Manish

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[ANNOUNCE] Finance::Bank::HDFC version 0.12
by Rohan R. Almeida 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hi, I would like to announce the availability of Perl module Finance::Bank::HDFC version 0.12 on the CPAN. >From the docs: NAME Finance::Bank::HDFC - Interface to the HDFC netbanking service SYNOPSIS use Finance::Bank::HDFC; my $bank = Finance::Bank::HDFC->new; $bank->login( cust_id => xxx, password => xxx, ); print $bank->get_balance . "\n"; $bank->logout; DESCRIPTION This module provides an interface to the HDFC netbanking service at https://netbanking.hdfcbank.com/netbanking/ Changes in v0.12: - Module Readonly used for constants - Added method set_timeout - All methods die on errors - Code cleanup - sample script in scripts/get_balance.pl - Added TODO file in distribution You can read more about it and download it here: http://search.cpan.org/~rohan/Finance-Bank-HDFC-v0.12.0/lib/Finance/Bank/HD… - Rohan http://rohan.almeida.in

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Installer hangs on "Installing bootloader" of Fedora Core 4
by Mandar Khanolkar 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hi, I am facing following problems while installing Fedora 4 on my machine. 1 Probem: When I start the machine with CD#1, I get boot: promt. If I hit enter to proceed installation it starts checking machine resorces. Here it gives me this error followed by some exception trace. *** RAMDISK: couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. VFS: couldn't open root device or unknown block "NULL" or (8,3) *** After this messages it prints out some exception trace. If I enter some invalid value at boot: promp like "/" and enter, it gives error that not a valid boot image. After this it shows again boot: prompt. Not if I hit enter it proceed with instllation and doesnt give above error message (problem#1 error). 2 Problem: a# After this I went ahead and selected drives for / and swap through disk druid. I had prepared these partitions through partition magic. b# I selected boot loader to be installaed on /dev/hda4 (Linux partition) and kept default starting os as windows partition. c# I went ahead and selected custom packages to be installed. It asked me for all the cds one by one as installation made progress. d# After completing the packages installation and post installation tasks it displayed a message box stating "Installing bootloader". Here it went wrong. It was showing me hour-glass mouse icon but I guess it was hung. It didnt give me any error message. Finally after waiting for a long time I restarted the machine and my windows os started w/o showing Fedora Grab loader window. e# I thought it couldnt write bootloader on the /dev/hda4 linux partition as it physically appears in the end of my hard-disk. So i repeated the whole procedure by selecting boot loader installation on MBR (step b#). But this couldnt resolve the problem and I found the same result. Can anybody explain the reason behind these two problems? Also any solution to get Fedora core 4 installed on my machine without formatting existing windows partitions. The System Details: MB : Intel D865GVHZ CPU : Intel P4 2.4 GHZ H-DISK : Samsung 80 GB (Linux ext2 "/" and swap partitions lies at the end of the physical hard-disk) RAM : 256 + 256 Total 512 MB -Mandar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to unsubscribe from this list?
by shunya＠vsnl.com 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

thanks . I will learn linux with my resources and then only trouble this noisy group again. To me it sounded like a lot of irrelevant chattering. May Be, it is very useful to the posters and current readers. mahesh naik

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