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ASUS eee PC WiFi connection
by Arun Khan 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

A friend has acquired one of the ASUS eee PC. Is there a way to make the WiFi to work with an AP with WPA2? -- Arun Khan

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Linux Mini Laptops
by Rony 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hello All, Yesterday at Lamington Road I came across small sized and low cost Asus and HCL laptops using older processors. I liked the looks of the Asus one as it was white in colour and resembled an Apple so I requested the shop assistant to put it on. It was an Intel one with 3 usb ports, one external VGA port, 7 inch screen, LAN, modem ports, Wireless LAN, camera. It had no CD drive, no HDD, only a 4 GB flash drive. It was preloaded with Google OS (which is based on Ubuntu). It booted fast into the desktop and had a proper GNU/Linux OS with Firefox, thunderbird, OO etc with Skype and Google applications too. It fits into a medium sized ladies hand bag and is easy to carry around. Cost is between 16.5K to 17.5K. This tiny tot is a good option for those intending to buy a PDA phone but have a low budget and even those who want more out of their PDAs. It is a full fledged operating system so attaching compatible peripherals like pen drives, printers, scanners, bluetooth adapters, USB modems etc would be very easy through the USB port. You can choose whatever software you want to install. The external VGA port can make this device handy for making presentations on a projector. This is just my personal opinion and I am not representing any of the vendors selling it. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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error: bind-9.5.0-25.1.b2.fc8.src.rpm cannot be installed
by Agnello George 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

i am trying to install bind-9.5 src rpm on my centOS system !! i get the the following error : the source for this is http://people.redhat.com/atkac/bind/ [root@rhel5 src]# rpm -ivh bind-9.5.0-25.1.b2.fc8.src.rpm error: bind-9.5.0-25.1.b2.fc8.src.rpm: Header SHA1 digest: BAD Expected(17fdf6bc865e18049b5b676cd033278d6315c2ce) != (d8bc2f1f6b9fec9fc5913627ab017e371026d58d) error: bind-9.5.0-25.1.b2.fc8.src.rpm cannot be installed if your wondering why i am using the src rpm is cause i would have to edit the bind.spec file i don't understand what Header SHA1 digest: BAD Expected means ?? can any one help me out here !!! thanks -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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An Open Letter to Wipro, Infosys and TCS
by Praveen A 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

http://www.fossmeet.in/node/128 6th April 2008 This letter is to express our deep disappointment over your open support to the OOXML format forced through ISO by Microsoft. Being the top IT giants and thus the representatives of the IT industry in the country, it is a great shock to us that you do not stand with academia of the country and its representatives like the IITs, IIMs and IISc in supporting the Open Document Format (ODF) which is a true Free and Open Standard already recognised as an ISO Standard. Considering that a major portion of your employees come from such institutions, it is a wonder to us that you have decided to go ahead with this decisions. We would like to hear your explanation with respect to these points :-(quoted from www.noooxml.org/petition) 1. There is already a standard ISO26300 named Open Document Format (ODF): a dual standard adds costs, uncertainty and confusion to industry, government and citizens; 2. There is no provable implementation of the OOXML specification: Microsoft Office 2007 produces a special version of OOXML, not a file format which complies with the OOXML specification; 3. There is information missing from the specification document, for example how to do a ´autoSpaceLikeWord95´ or ´useWord97LineBreakRules´; 4. More than 10% of the examples mentioned in the proposed standard do not validate as XML; 5. There is no guarantee that anybody can write software that fully or partially implements the OOXML specification without being liable to patent lawsuits or patent license fees by Microsoft; 6. This format conflicts with existing ISO standards, such as ISO 8601 (Representation of dates and times), ISO 639 (Codes for the Representation of Names and Languages) or ISO/IEC 10118-3 (cryptographic hash); 7. There is a bug in the spreadsheet file format which forbids any date before the year 1900: such bugs affect the OOXML specification as well as software applications like Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007. 8. This standard proposal was not created by bringing together the experience and expertise of all interested parties (such as the producers, sellers, buyers, users and regulators), but by Microsoft alone. With this decision, the impression you are making on your future employees in the academia is not a very pretty one. In fact, the development of OOXML receiving ISO´s approval has devalued our confidence in the standards setting process itself. We hope that you will put self-profit behind our country´s needs, change your decision, and stand with the rest of the country on this issue. PS: Please forward this to the groups you are in... -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Compiz on Intel 845
by Rony 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Hello All, I am trying to run compiz-manager in Etch but it needs XGL. However XGL drivers on the net are for nvidia and ati. How does one get compiz running on an old i845? I have installed compiz packages from the shame repo. Compiz-manager does not seem to do much except change my title bar and after pressing Ctrl+C to stop compiz, the active windows don't close until I log out. I want those 3D cubes. They are enabled in the CompizConfg settings manager. Here is the message I get when I run compiz-manager. "Checking for Xgl: not present. xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log Detected PCI ID for VGA: 00:02.0 0300: 8086:2562 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present. Trying again with indirect rendering: Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. Checking for non power of two support: present. Checking for Composite extension: not present. aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity " -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 60, Issue 10
by Suhit Kelkar 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Hello, I am new to the lug, and among other things I look forward to meeting fellow members. I look forward to Sunday. Regards, Suhit Kelkar.

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[commercial]VoIP engineers and PHP developers needed
by Justin Moore 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Hello, We have 2 immediate openings for the following contract positions: VoIP engineer, PHP developer. We are an American based company that provides managed iPBX and Web hosting solutions, with a solid foundation in FOSS. VOIP engineer: We are again searching for a VoIP engineer to work on a part time basis as a consultant. We are in the process of setting up an ITSP and have customers and upstream providers all set. The ideal candidate will have in depth knowledge of OpenSER and Asterisk, and will be able to help architect a redundant, scalable solution. PHP developer: The ideal candidate will have solid experience with PHP/MySQL and be familiar with Web standards. All development work is done under Linux with SVN. Previous experience with payment gateways/e-commerce solutions is a plus. Ability to work with minimal supervision is required. This is a contract position, but could be a temp to perm situation. You will work from home, on timings of your choosing and will be paid monthly (we will pay by wire after the first two weeks to show good faith, but monthly thereafter to save on wire fees) Please submit all resumes/vitaes to me along with preferred timings, salary requirements, and any questions that you may have. Have a nice day. Justin

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PHP Seminar on 13th April 2008 & Python coming soon
by Prashant Shah 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

PHP seminar part 1 - 13th April Sunday 2.30 PM All Details : http://elitemumbai.wordpress.com/ Register/Message off the list ! Join the group for future seminar announcements : http://groups.google.com/group/elitesystems Note : PHP Part 2 and Python coming soon. -- Elite System. A free software company http://elitemumbai.wordpress.com/ elite.mumbai(a)gmail.com http://groups.google.com/group/elitesystems

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[commercial] PHP Freelancers needed
by Prashant Shah 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Short description : 2 Years experience in PHP Office in Lokhandwala Email / Contact : Mr. Sanjeev Sarma : sanjeevsarma AT gmail.com

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can a badly configured firewall crash a router?
by Kenneth Gonsalves 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

hi, I have a firewall server which runs squid. The firewall is configured by shorewall. We have 3 ISPs, 1. bsnl broadband 2 Mbps 2. leased line 2 Mbps 3. an internal line - not relevant to this issue The LAN has 150 machines. The problem I face with the first two is this: the line works well, iftop shows 2 Mbps or more of traffic. Then at random intervals - sometimes after several days, sometimes after a few hours, traffic stops flowing. Checking the interface with ping, sometimes I am unable to ping the gateway, at other times I can ping the gateway, but cannot ping anything beyond the gateway. I stop traffic to that line, and after some time restart traffic and it works ok. I checked all the wiring, tightened everything in sight. When any of these lines are connected to a single pc, there is no problem regardless of the load put on it. We then put NAT on the leased line router and connected it directly to the LAN. It works without crashing. The only difference is speed. When connected through the firewall server, with full load in daytime, download of Ubuntu ISO takes about 1 to 2 hours. In the same conditions, when the LAN is directly connected to the router, it takes 5 to 6 hours. According to the ISP guys this is due to improper configuration of the firewall. I have discussed this with several people and they feel that a firewall cannot cause a router crash. One suggestion is that the router cannot handle the load - and that it is a hardware failure. Any one has had similar experiences? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/

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