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Etch-Xfce DVD burning errors.
by Rony 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Hello All, I wanted to copy a Fedora 8 DVD for a friend. I tried the default Brasero in Etch-Xfce but it would not even proceed further than the window where Read and Write drives are chosen. So gnomebaker was used. It read the master DVD and created the image but on writing the image back to a blank DVD, it completed the process halfway but with no errors. However the DVD is only half burned as can also be observed physically. Then my all time favorite K3B was installed but it too recorded halfway and said ok. What I observed in gnomebaker was that it uses the 'dd' command to write the DVD which I feel is outdated. I did not check the same in K3B as I did not expect it to do the same. All necessary packages like dvdrw+tools, and many more are installed in my system. I lost 2 blank DVDs. Finally for the third and last one in stock, Nero was used in the other operating system and that recorded properly. What could be possibly happening? I recollect gnomebaker showing messages like... Writing image using dd if=... of=..... Flushing Cache. Updating RVM (?) Google does not yield much information about this problem. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Net Radio in Linux
by Rony 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

Rony wrote: "A friend of mine showed me this site for internet radio. It works in Linux too. Go to www.sky.fm and check out 'Listen Now' on the top and from the list, select 'MP3 Streams'. A playlist file .pls will be downloaded. Save it and load the playlist in your audio player. Listen to good music without RJ yak yak. I selected the 96Kbps stream. As per the theoritical calculations, one hour of listening takes about 43 MB download." There is a 24 Kbps stream also available for slow connections. The sound is mono but decent for listening. 24 Kbps also cuts down on the downloaded data for connections having data download limits. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Gparted question
by Nishit Dave 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

List, I want to create a partition on my laptop by freeing up space from my C: drive, NTFS. I have been reading documentation on Gparted, but I could not determine if it requires contiguous free space within a partition to shrink it and create a new one with free space. The defragmentation utility provided with Windows XP does not consolidate free space. Would using Gparted to repartition the disc, after such (suboptimal) defragmentation, result into loss of data, or will it use only the free space? It would seem visually that Gparted will use free space, but there are conflicting opinions everywhere. Can somebody provide a concise, unequivocal answer? Can somebody provide a feasible solution if there is a definite problem?

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Yum country specific mirror list
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

> I'm using Fedora 8. Nowadays yum is updating at extremely slow speeds > from Asian mirrors. I am assuming that your Yum is configured to fetch mirrorlists from the following URLs: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=x86_64 http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f8&arch=x… Now do you know which particular mirror you are using and finding it slow? Most of the time, the first two mirrors would be an Indian one. One of the Indian mirrors -- ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ -- allows only a limited number of anonymous clients to connect, and each client is allowed a maximum of 32KBps to 48KBps of bandwidth. The other Indian mirror -- http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/pub/fedora -- is also planning to do something similar, and they might be changing their configuration as I am writing this email. In case you are having problems with the Indian mirrors: Now both these mirrors are quite new, experience very heavy loads -- http://glug-nith.org/usage ; http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/awstats/awstats.pl -- and face the standard bandwidth shortage prevalent in India. The first one has an 8Mbps line, while the second has a 5Mbps line, which they are planning to increase. Even then, it has been my observation that apart from the heavily loaded Fedora mirror, the other mirrors which these two machines host are quite fast. eg., try downloading Emacs from http://gnu.glug-nith.org/emacs/emacs-22.1.tar.gz and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-22.1.tar.gz and compare the speeds. So if we had some specific inputs from you as to which mirror(s) you find slower, what sort of bandwidth you have, etc. we can try to optimize the Indian Fedora mirrors accordingly. If the problem is with the other Asian mirrors, then you might take it up on Fedora's mirror mailing lists. > mirrorlist.txt is filled with asian servers only. > Is there any way that yum downloads Non Asian mirrors list from US or > Europe? or on what basis does yum downloads country specific mirror > lists. Is there any way to change the defaults? There is a way. You need to pass a country variable tothe mirrorlist URLs. Eg., for only Indian mirrors you would do: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=x86_64&count… http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f8&arch=x… Cheers, Debarshi -- Free software for the Indian community: * ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://gnu.glug-nith.org/ (GNU) * http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/ (CRAN, Fedora, Mozilla, TLDP)

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[INFO] Changing default applications in Etch-Xfce Desktop
by Rony 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

Hello All, I had pasted some files on my desktop. These files opened with a preset default application. I wanted to use another one that I installed but on right-clicking the file, no option for opening in an alternate application was available. Even googling for help did not yield any usefull results. Finally while checking out some files in my home directory ( using the default Thunar browser) I found that inside Thunar the alternate application option is available and I could change it to my chosen one. Plus, those who do not have the archiving option on right click inside Thunar can install the 'thunar-archive-plugin' using apt-get. This will add the archiving options 'Extract Here' and 'Extract To' on right clicking files inside Thunar. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Net Radio in Linux
by Rony 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

Hello All, A friend of mine showed me this site for internet radio. It works in Linux too. Go to www.sky.fm and check out 'Listen Now' on the top and from the list, select 'MP3 Streams'. A playlist file .pls will be downloaded. Save it and load the playlist in your audio player. Listen to good music without RJ yak yak. I selected the 96Kbps stream. As per the theoritical calculations, one hour of listening takes about 43 MB download. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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[OT] Defective Linux For You Media.
by Rony 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

Hello All, This month Linux For You has done it again. The magazine costs Rs. 100/- like other computer mags but again their optical media is bad. This has become a tradition with them and they seem to be pretty thick skinned about it. I have decided to stop buying this magazine altogether as it is a waste of hard earned money. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Help on NDMP
by Kanika Rajani 19 Jan '08

19 Jan '08

We are working with NDMFS(an implementation of NDMP protocol) to take backup (on fedora 7 platform) but are facing a problem. When giving the "backup" command to take the backup ,it is giving the error-NDMP_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR. Can u help?

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Commercial -- Opensource Navigation Client -- OT
by Akshay Mishra 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hello list, I had posted earlier about requiring hands for development on our ARM platform. We are now pleased to inform a fully stable ARM9E platform available with DSPWorks. We are offering alpha samples for people who'd like to pay and play with and test our board (the hardware is fully stable and so is the software. It might still not be commercial grade though). We have gpsdrive working stably on our platform and we are now taking orders for intial samples. The delivery shall take some time (4-6 weeks) since we are gathering volumes so that we can reduce price and get some money to make hardware. The specs are: gpsdrive on a handheld. it'll work in your car or maybe also on a handy (battery unit up next). Maps from google maps. (it should take commercial maps, but you'll have to pay for it.). Any discussions for possible alliances are welcome. . All those interested can send me an email at: akshay <at> dspworks.in. Thanks, Akshay

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open source POS systems
by Abhishek Daga 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hello, I am seeking recommendations on open source POS (point of sale) applications that includes support for bar code readers, label printers, etc.. The entire gamut related to a POS system in a retail (grocery store) environment. One suggestion was TINA POS but its no longer there on sourceforge. Then there is phppointofsale.com. Anyone used it? It seems like a good bet but personal experiences and first hand reports are highly valued. Thanks abhishek

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Fwd: Fedora 8/ARM available
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh(a)wantstofly.org> Date: 15 Jan 2008 05:03 Subject: Fedora 8/ARM available To: fedora-arm(a)redhat.com, fedora-devel-announce(a)redhat.com Hi all, We are proud to announce the availability of a(n unofficial) Fedora 8 package repository for the ARM architecture. The package repository has been built for ARMv5 EABI, soft-float, little endian. The majority of the important and frequently used Fedora packages have been built for ARM. The Fedora/ARM architecture wiki page has more info: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM The easiest way to start using Fedora 8/ARM is to download the prebuilt root filesystem, which can be booted in QEMU, or chroot'ed into or booted from on any ARMv5 or later processor running in little endian mode. Additional packages can be installed by using yum, which is provided in the filesystem. A HOWTO which describes getting Fedora/ARM running in QEMU is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/HowToQemu There currently are a handful of known issues, which are described at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/TODO Please help us by using the Fedora/ARM port and reporting any issues you run into so that we can fix them. thanks, Lennert _______________________________________________ Fedora-devel-announce mailing list Fedora-devel-announce(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-announce -- Free software for the Indian community: * ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://gnu.glug-nith.org/ (GNU) * http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/ (CRAN, Fedora, Mozilla, TLDP)

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not able to open network manager.
by mukesh yadav 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

hello friends. i'm using ubuntu...and xfce desktop environment. I'm not able to open the network manager to add the Ip address. and i dont know how to do this via terminal. so please help me how i can open network manager to change my static IP and gateway and other info... thanks in advance.

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Yum country specific mirror list
by Prashant 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Hi, I'm using Fedora 8. Nowadays yum is updating at extremely slow speeds from Asian mirrors. mirrorlist.txt is filled with asian servers only. Is there any way that yum downloads Non Asian mirrors list from US or Europe? or on what basis does yum downloads country specific mirror lists. Is there any way to change the defaults? Thanks, Prashant

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Fwd: Report on Kolhapur workshop
by Kenneth Gonsalves 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: "sudhanwa Jogalekar" > Subject: Re: Report on Kolhapur workshop > > Hi, > > Today at 11 am I saw the reporting about the event and the "phono" of > Prof. Kodawade Sir on the Star Majha channel. ( I think this was a > repeat telecast. The same program is telecast at 8 pm on Saturday) > > They had shown NRC-FOSS website video with Prof. Kodawade's telephonic > interview about the event. > > Congrats to all the people participating in the event, especially > Prof. Kodawade and Kenneth Gonsalves for organising/co-ordinating the > event. I am sure this is a major step in getting FOSS into various > colleges and courses. > > Regards > -Sudhanwa -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Fwd: Serious help needed
by Suhit Kelkar 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: rahul srivastava <rahulks7(a)yahoo.com> Date: Jan 13, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: Serious help needed To: suhitkelkar(a)gmail.com Cc: matias(a)urbanology.org Dear Suhit, Many apologies for taking your time again! But I urgently need help and felt that you would be in the best position to help us with this. For the Koliwada workshop (and we are racing against time on that!) we urgently need a professional programmer. If you could forward this following job-description to your friends who are in this field, we will be very very grateful! Please do treat this as urgent. warmly, Rahul Professional Programmer Needed: Open source - Wikimedia Project We are currently looking for an experimented programmer, fluent in html and PHP, AJAX and C# a definite plus for a 3 months project starting immediately. The successful candidate will be working in close collaboration with other programmers based in San Diego (US) and a team of urbanists and social scientists based in Mumbai and Tokyo. The work will consist in customizing and adding new functions (such as video) to an existing open source wikimedia system. The system will be used by the residents of a neighbourhood in Mumbai and eventually put at the service of other communities. Knowledge of Marathi a plus. Location is irrelevant, although the programmer should be ready to travel to Mumbai a couple of times. Compensation commensurate with experience. Send CV and/or work samples to urbz08(a)gmail.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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KDE4 live CD: the latest of KDE + the latest of Fedora
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

http://www.deadbabylon.de/blog/2008/01/11/livecd-for-rawhide-with-kde-400/ "Today is the release day of KDE 4.0.0. The packages should find their way into the repository soon or they are already there. What's missing is another live image to test the new stable version of KDE without the need of installing rawhide." Here is the ISO and its checksum: http://www.fedoraforum.de/iso/test/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109/rawhide-KDE4-… http://www.fedoraforum.de/iso/test/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109/rawhide-KDE4-… Cheers, Debarshi -- Free software for the Indian community: * ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://gnu.glug-nith.org/ (GNU) * http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/ (CRAN, Fedora, Mozilla, TLDP)

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In support of OLPC
by Rony 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Hello All, Here is an interesting POV for those who are sceptical about OLPC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7138061.stm -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [OT] Fwd: [Gnu-arch-users] dear colleagues
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray <debarshi.ray(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 10, 2008 4:14 PM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [OT] Fwd: [Gnu-arch-users] dear colleagues To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> One of the GNU Arch authors have lost his car. Regards, Debarshi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Lord <lord(a)emf.net> Date: 10 Jan 2008 16:53 Subject: [Gnu-arch-users] dear colleagues To: gnu-arch-users <gnu-arch-users(a)gnu.org> Well, perfect end to a fucked up decade...... Really exciting night! Someone came pounding on my door to call me outside. Turns out, someone has totaled my car while it was parked on the street for the night. Why is this exciting? Because I can't walk much at the moment and that car was vital to day to day survival. I wonder how I'll manage to get groceries tomorrow. Wait, it gets better. Being poor, I'm fully paid up and current on lowest available rate insurance. So, I called the claims number tonight and, an experience familiar from the open source world, the number is disconnected. Watch us drown. If anyone would like to help either please do so or pass this message along to someone sensitive who can. Time is of the essence, if anyone happens to give a damn. -t _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users(a)gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/ -- Free software for the Indian community: * ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://gnu.glug-nith.org/ (GNU) * http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/ (CRAN, Fedora, Mozilla, TLDP) _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Press interview
by alpesh gajbe 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

A recent interview of FSF Chairman in enterpriser.in on Swatantra software. http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Questions_n_Answers/Proprietary_Software_is… With Regards Alpesh

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[COMMERCIAL] MySQL session at OSIW; let's design the programme together
by Atanu Datta 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

Hi all! MySQL will conduct a session in Bangalore and Delhi during the OSIW (Open Source India Week) where they want feedback on the topics the attendees will be interested in knowing more about. Following are a few topics that came forth when we were cooking the programme with MySQL's David Axmark and Brian Aker. 1. Zero hassles transition from MS Access/Oracle to MySQL 2. How to do Stored Procedures, Triggers & Views in MySQL 3. How to write storage engines for MySQL Those are some of the things that our DBA wants to know more about. Obviously, there should be many more topics that you all want covered or wanna discuss. Please throw your ideas, we'll put all of 'em in the melting pot, and hand it over to the Brian so that he can design the final programme. Best, Atanu Datta Team LFY

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Usefull Titbits.
by Rony 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hello All, Here are some useful softwares you can use. 1. http://linux.simple.be/tools/sbm The Smart Boot Manager is a floppy image that can be burned into a floppy to make it a universal boot utility. I discovered it accidentally in the Xbuntu 6.10 CD ( smb.bin ) when trying to run it on an old Celeron 300, 64 MB RAM machine that had a CD ROM but could not boot it due to the old BIOS. The beauty of this utility is that it lists everything that is bootable, including all HDD partitions and you simply select the required device and hit enter. It eliminates the need for dedicated boot floppies for every distro CD. It was usefull in installing Etch-Xfce on that machine. 2. http://www.blogbridge.com/ This is an open source RSS reader that can be installed in your system so you don't need to let third party reader web sites know what you are reading. Simply download the tar.gz package and run it directly. Do your own tweaking. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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greetings from a new member!
by Suhit Kelkar 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hello fellow gnus, I'm Suhit Kelkar, freelance journalist currently working with the research group PUKAR, and avid gnu enthusiast. (I use Mandriva 2008 now, and for the past three years have relied on free software for my writing work. I'm now pushing for it in my office.) Here's wishing you freedom in the new year. I look forward to catching up with you in the linuxers meeting. May I know the time of the next one, please, so I may make your acquaintance? Regards, Suhit.

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Photos of first OLPC pilot in India
by Venkatesh Hariharan 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

As 2007 was drawing to a close, I got a chance to visit the OLPC deployment in Khairat, India. This deployment is supported by Reliance, one of the largest industrial groups in India. I have uploaded photos from the visit and added a small description to each photo. These are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/venky7/sets/72157603606772250/ I look forward to your comments, feedback, brickbats etc... Venky

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[Commercial] Linux CDs/DVDs at low prices.
by Amit Joshi 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

I am planning to sell Linux CDs/DVDs on an on-demand download basis. CDs -- Rs.20 and DVDs -- Rs.40. I already have a few Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu CDs that I wish to give away freely. I shall charge Rs.10 flat rate throughout Mumbai for every 3 CDs/DVDs. Payment and contact details shall be mailed to interested parties. :) Regards, Amit.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 57, Issue 3
by Venkatesh Hariharan 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Chetan S" <cshring(a)gmail.com> > Great news indeed. > > Just a question : Have all the features including wifi been enabled too ? > Yes. It has a mesh network and the students use it to chat among themselves, share photos etc. > I admire this laptop for its robustness and the wonderful idea of > making students fix its problems. > > Can you detail the support level offered in this case ? Am sure there > is only marginal one ( a good thing ) as Negroponte rightly expects > students to fix the problems and learn while doing that. There is a team from Reliance that is supporting the OLPCs. Amit who is a Linux admin for Reliance and a few others regularly visit the site and fix the OLPCs. > What customizations have been made in this case considering they have > been given to Indian students ? Or is it the original stuff. None. It has the Sugar interface that is based on Fedora that is customises specially for children. This was built by the OLPC team and Red Hat along with others. One OLPC is now in the Pune center of Red Hat where some of the localization will happen. Interestingly, the students are Marathi medium students and not all of them use English fluently but they use the OLPC features quite well. Venky

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[Announce] Linuxchix Mumbai Meetup
by Barkha Khatri 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

Hi All, A few Linuxchix.org.in members are meeting up in Mumbai on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Cafe Coffee Day, Dadar. Meeting is open for everyone interested to join Linuxchix India. More details have been put up on the wiki.[1] Regards, Barkha. [1] http://www.linuxchix.org.in/wiki/index.php/CityMeetMumbai

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. Photos of first OLPC pilot in India
by jtd 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

On Friday 04 January 2008 13:31, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > As 2007 was drawing to a close, I got a chance to visit the OLPC > deployment in Khairat, India. This deployment is supported by > Reliance, one of the largest industrial groups in India. I have > uploaded photos from the visit and added a small description to > each photo. These are at: Are they available in India? like the G1G1 schme in US and Eu. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/venky7/sets/72157603606772250/ > > I look forward to your comments, feedback, brickbats etc... > > Venky -- Rgds JTD

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] tata indicom online payment
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

> The Problem: The payment section of the site doesnt work in firefox and > works fine in internet explorer. I am a Tata Indicom subscriber from Kolkata. I use one of their 2Mbps plans. Recently I renewed the connection by making an online payment using a credit card and it worked fine. I am sure I used Firefox to do that, and can not remember any problems. Can you please elaborate on the exact problem? I will keep an eye open for it the next I make an online payment. ;-) Cheers, Debarshi

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tata indicom online payment
by Satish Alwani 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Hey, Alrite, I wanted to let you guys know that I've been using TATA Indicom Broadband, since quite some time, and well, they have this option to make online payments. Interestingly its been over 3 months of complaining and they still cant rectify the problem. The best part is the problem is extremely stupid. The Problem: The payment section of the site doesnt work in firefox and works fine in internet explorer. Honestly, Im so overwhelmed with the stupidity and idiocracy, I just had to share this IE experience. Perhaps, someone can talk some sense into their twisted js coder. Regards, Satish Alwani

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Devnagari Phonetic Input
by Aniket Bharaswadkar 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Hello All Wish you all a Very Happy New year Its been a long time since I posted to the list. I have been using fedora as my distribution. Currently on fedora 8. I used the ISIS applet for Devnagari text input in Gnome and I must say its a really great piece of software , its really impressive. http://www.bangla.name/isis/ But I noticed that there is no way to use the applet in KDE. I would really like to use this applet in KDE. I have friends who use linux too , and all of them work primarily with KDE. So can anyone please guide me as to how to use the applet in kde. If that is not possible, I was wondering if it is possible that the applet can be "ported" to KDE by the kde.in team? That would give a real boost to local-language computer use in linux. In KDE I tried using the keymaps (IN keymap -> Bolnagri variant for phonetic) options available in Kcontrol Centre , but the problem is that its mapping is not "really "phonetic" and efficient and fast as the ISIS Applet provides, atleast for me. Regards Aniket V Bharaswadkar Linux mymachine 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 #1 SMP Fri Dec 7 15:49:59 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Dell Vostro 1400 , C2D , Nvidia 8400 , Intel 3945 ABG ,

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GLUG-BOM Activity
by Rony 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Hello All, Off late there seems to be very little happenning in Mumbai's GLUG activities. Even on the list there are hardly any technical discussions taking place. Are people loosing interest? -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Is it possible to write Unicode/ASCII characters directly in any text editor in Linux?
by Kamaleshwar Morjal 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Hi all, I had a small problem with entering some ASCII and Unicode characters that are not available on the normal keyboard (En-US). Right now I have to use the character map to get those characters but that makes it really slow to work with such text. Is there a simpler, faster way to enter such characters using their ASCII or Unicode values directly in a text editor (I use gedit/kwrite/kate et al but would like to know a universal method, if it exists, that works with all the editors including the command line ones..). For example, in Windoze you can enter any ASCII character by holding down Alt - typing out the ASCII value of that character - then releasing Alt - the character is inserted at the cursor. I am currently using Gutsy Gibbon. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and regards. -- "Best things in the world are free; FREEDOM is priceless!" kamaleshwar morjal (कमलेश्वर मोरजाल) http://kamalx.livejournal.com/

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Linksys Router WRT54G v8 - Purchase/Use in India?
by Ayush Gupta 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Hi Linksys has released v8 of their immensely popular WRT54G Wi-Fi router. The v8 series have a serial number starting with CDFF or CDFG as against the CDFE serial numbers used for v7. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G). The v7 router prevalent in the Indian market currently has Atheros chipset and the firmware cannot be replaced by third party open source firmware such as DD-WRT etc. This is not the case with the v8 router. These use Broadcom chipset and hence, third party firmware can be installed on them. I want to know if anyone has purchased or used the WRT54G v8 router in India? Also, have you tried to replace the firmware? Did you need any patches etc? I want to purchase WRT54G v8 but I cant find any shop that is selling one. Everyone is selling v7 only. In case you know of any dealer or shop that is selling v8, please send me their contact information so that I may purchase the same. With Warm Regards Ayush Gupta Phone : +91 99711 53393

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Etch-Xfce the little BOMB.
by Rony 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Hello All, Someone wanted to install a light weight linux distro on his P2 hardware with 64 MB RAM. The Debian docs showed that the lowest RAM for Etch is 64 MB for Gnome/KDE desktops. However for lighter requirements, Etch with Xfce desktop would be fine. Next, downloaded Debian Etch-Xfce single CD iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r1/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r1-i386-xfc… and burned it into a CD. At the boot prompt, the help menu's installation guide mentioned that at least 32 MB of RAM is required for this distro. The target system has 64 MB. Before actual deployment that is yet to take place, I installed it in my system to test it out. Installation was smooth. The internet was kept switched off to load everything from the CD itself. It logged into a simple cute desktop that resembles Gnome and Mac. The top task bar of gnome and the bottom menu bar of mac. It comes preloaded with Iceweasel, the libre version of Firefox. The two missing packages were OpenOffice and IceDove (libre sibling of thunderbird). The volume control and net monitor icon was added to the top panel. Not expecting much from the distro, just for kicks I tried to play some music files and to my utter surprise it played all of them, like wma, mp3. More surprises, it played mov, 3gp and even my DVD out of the box. W-O-W! No hassles of setting up repos and downloading extra codecs and libs. A very good feature for no-internet type installation. It does not auto-mount CDs and DVDs but thats no problem, just manually mount it wherever you want to. Mounting it to /media/cdrom0 is just fine. The inbuilt media player can manually add the DVD to its playlist and play it. The tricky part is with OpenOffice. The distro has a base installation of OO but its not complete and does not run. It has no icons in the menu listing. I tried it in command line using openoffice -writer or -calc but it would give errors of no JRE installed. However that is not the real problem which I found after installing sun-java5-jre. The bundled OO is a base package only. For package downloads, first simply add the debian repos to the apt sources.lst. After an apt-get update, install synaptic, a gui for apt. Please note that this distro is more gnome oriented so avoid installing KDE based apps. as that will require heavy downloads of the KDE environment. Then scroll to the openoffice part in the list and select both packages for complete removal. Then manually install the complete deb packages (using sudo dpkg -i *.deb ) of OO from their site. I had the folder saved from my last Etch-KDE installation that needed these packages too. After installation OO did not start and got lost half way. However, a reboot of the system was all that was needed to get it up and running. It opens a default empty window for where we can select New -> Text/HTML/Spreadsheet/Presentation etc. Then icedove was added using apt-get and thats all. A simple and fast installation of the latest multi-media ready distro core with a light-weight desktop. Later will post results from the actual installation on-site. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Fwd: Presenting our next FreeIndian: Anant Narayan
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roshan <d_rosh2001(a)yahoo.co.in> Date: Dec 23, 2007 5:43 PM Subject: Presenting our next FreeIndian: Anant Narayan To: Chennai ILUG <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in>, Delhi ILUG <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, Ubuntu India <ubuntu-in(a)lists.ubuntu.com>, PLUG <plug-mail(a)plug.org.in>, kde-india(a)kde.org List, FreeIndian is all about introducing Indian FOSS contributors to the world. Individuals listed here contribute to various Free and Open Source projects. They include programmers, artists, translators, FOSS advocates, maintainers, packagers and many other direct or indirect FOSS contributors. Read on to know what Indian FOSS developers are all about, how they entered the realm of FOSS, how much time they spend on it, what are their opinions about FOSS, and what are their likes and dislikes. FreeIndian is based loosely on the format of BehindKDE, which features KDE developers across the world. Our current interviews features one more [http://code.google.com/soc Google Summer of Code GSoC] candidate who got involved in PHP initially, learned it alongside his course at Jaipur. He's a native Chennai-aite, born in Delhi and is pursuing his education in Jaipur. Read the interview, to know more about Gentoo user, here. http://kde.in/index.php/Anant_Narayan Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Network driver problem
by PV Sundarram 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Hi luggers, I am trying to install etch on a system with asus p5gc-mx motherboard which has a inbuilt network card. In the installation phase, it is not detecting the network card. Has any one faced a similar problem and solved the issue? Thanks, Sundarram P.V.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ftp error: 500 invalid port connection
by Agnello George 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

On 12/22/07, Benoy George <bgenix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] ftp error: 500 invalid port connection > From: Agnello George <agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com> > To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India <linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org> > Date: Friday 14 December 2007 04:58:39 PM IST > > > HI > > I am trying to access a ftp server . I am able to connect to it with the > > user name and password. However when i connect to the server and do a dir i > > get the following error. > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ftp XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > > Connected to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > > 220 Microsoft FTP Service > > User (XXX.XX.XXX.XXX:(none)): user-name > > 331 Password required for user-name > > Password: > > 230 User user-name logged in. > > ftp> dir > > 500 Invalid PORT Command. > > 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. > > I got a fire wall running and i have opened port 21, The entry in the > > iptables is as follows . > > > > -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 21 -j > > ACCEPT > > > > why am i getting the error ?? when i am able to ftp to other ftp site with > > out authentication ( like ftp://202.96.64.144/pub/ ) > > > > Thanks !! > > Sorry for the late reply, since I am not marking to the list. > From your previous thread I have noticed that you have not > added ftp-data port(20) to the policy. > > see > $cat /etc/services | grep -i ^ftp > on your linux machine. > > and try with > #modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp > > But still sometime we are getting errors with ftp service from > M$ platforms. > > best regards > Benoy > Thanks for all the answers but here is what i did Passive ftp A PORT command is again issued, but this time it is from the server to the client. The client connects to the server for data transfer. Since the connection is in the same sense as the original ftp connection, passive ftp is inherently more secure than active ftp, but note that this time we know even less about the port numbers. Now we have a connection between almost arbitrary port numbers. Enter the ip_conntrack_ftp module once more. Again, this module is able to recognize the PORT command and pick-out the port number. Instead of NEW in the state match for the OUTPUT chain, we can use RELATED. The following rules will suffice: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --sport 1024: --dport 1024: -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 1024: --dport 1024: -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT add the following to the kernel modprobe ip_nat_ftp -- Agnello . G .Dsouza

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unable to access http://manage.resellerclub.com/reseller throgh firewall
by Agnello George 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

HI I have a Linux based fire wall ( iptables) that allow access to client on the Internet, I have current allowed all ports open both incoming and out going . I can access all site and all ports accept the site http://manage.resellerclub.com/reseller or http://manage.answerable.com/kb ( which i currently really important site for a dept in my company ) . i have no error logs to work with ... no logs what so ever .... except it give me page cannot be displayed on the browser. I had squid configured on my sever but have current stoped it . This problem has occurred since yesterday i flushed the cache ( # > /var/spool/squid/swap.state) but i don't think that should be a problem since i stoped squid !! . How do i go about troubleshooting this issue ?? Thanks -- Agnello . G .Dsouza email : agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com agnello(a)qualispace.com www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.study-the-word.blogspot.com

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[Commercial] : Management institute needs Linux support engineer
by Koustubha Kale 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hi All, A large Management institute needs Linux support engineer for supporting a server cluster and about 150 thin clients plus few desktops. All on Centos. RHCE will be a distinct advantage. Excellent career prospects for qualified candidate. Please contact me directly if interested. -- Regards, Koustubha Kale

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[OT][Job/Freelance] Need for PHP programmer for Khoj Studios
by Parthan S R 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, A friend of mine is looking for a freelance programmer who can work with an interesting project in Drupal/PHP. Interested people may contact him directly. Details regarding the project are as follows. *if not able to reach him, do not mind pinging me :) - -------- Original Message -------- *Developer working in PHP needed for Khoj Studios* Khoj is an international artist led initiative based out of Delhi that concentrates on cutting edge art practices and collaborating artists and organisations from Asia to build a strong platform of contemporary art practices in the region. As a part of its extended outreach and ambition to reach out to new and remotely located artists, Khoj is looking at building a strong online presence that enables artist participation for community building and extensive professional networking with other Khoj nodes in the networks. The Khoj CRECHE (Comprehensive Resource for E-Community Hosting and Expansion) project was envisioned a year ago to achieve these ambitions. In one year, it has completed the first of the three phases of implementation (www.khojworkshop.org <http://www.khojworkshop.org/>) using PHP based Drupal CMS. We are looking at young and motivated programmers who have experience working with Drupal or are comfortable with PHP and can work with Drupal to implement the second phase of the CRECHE project at extremely competitive market rates. The programmer can be based in or outside of Delhi and can agree to work full-time or part-time depending upon their time availability. If you are interested in the project, please get in touch with Pooja Sood (Phone: +91-11-65655874, +91-11-65655873. E-mail: interact(a)khojworkshop.org <mailto:interact@khojworkshop.org>) Or Nishant Shah (Phone: +91-0-9740074884. E-mail: itsnishant(a)gmail.com <mailto:itsnishant@gmail.com> - -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884 - -- With Regards, Parthan aka Technofreak [web] http://technofreak.in [blog] blog.technofreak.in [photos] photos.technofreak.in [irc] teKnofreak @ irc.freenode.net (#linux-india) [mobile] BLR +919845446647 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHaQNEk4vYYS/wECYRAmugAJ9W7fd4xapY/IZWquBCNervDCGvNwCeOS9r Uz7oh6FJqAeqEuxPKwvY9Vs= =w/kn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[OT] HTML5 Working Group Rejects Open Media Formats
by Kamaleshwar Morjal [कम लेश्व र मो रजाल] 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hi Linuxers, I got this recent Sitepoint newsletter ( issue 180 ) that appears worth sharing. Where are the web-standards leading? Will these DRM kingpins always keep playing with standards and making things ever more difficult for the developer who is the one finally affected by this 'dog-fight for the biggest slice of bread'. Its a really sad realization that the wealthiest businesses in the Industry have the cheapest of ways and policies; the two things, apparently, can never be mutually exclusive! [quote src='sitepoint'] First up, after selecting Ogg Vorbis audio and Ogg Theora video as the standard formats for multimedia in HTML5, the HTML Working Group backed down under pressure from Apple and Nokia, removing these formats from the spec. Faced with the prospect of yet another version of HTML with no clear standard for including multimedia content, developers were up in arms. Then, while all our backs were turned, Opera filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission over the company's tying of Internet Explorer to Windows, and its persistent failure to support web standards in IE. Instantly, pundits began trading theories over whether the complaint had merit, or was simply an irresponsible publicity stunt from Opera. [/quote] [quote src='[1]'] Nokia and Apple have succeeded in removing Ogg Vorbis and Theora from the current draft, citing patent uncertainties (read: a reluctance to back a standard that has no provision for including DRM). Manuel Amador has detailed why he believes the decision to omit these open formats to be an "outrageous disaster:" "(Given) the fact that there are widely available patent-free implementations of Ogg technology, there is really no excuse for Apple and Nokia to say that they couldn't in good faith implement HTML5 as previously formulated." [/quote] Full story at [1] [1] http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&issue=180&format=htm… -- "Ignorance is short-lived, knowledge is forever!" -- Anonymous kamaleshwar morjal (कमलेश्वर मोरजाल) http://kamalx.livejournal.com/

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how to block yahoo chat and gtalk from squid proxy
by Agnello George 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

how do i block a client from accessing yahoo chat My current set ups is as follows -- have a firewall and behind it have a proxy server running on port 3128. now to block yahoo chat access i did the following in my squid.conf acl special_url url_regex -i chat.yahoo.com|messenger.yahoo.com http_access deny special_url but this still allows clients to log to yahoo chat . Do i need to block certain ports , and if so which ones Thank you !! -- Agnello . G .Dsouza email : agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com agnello(a)qualispace.com www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.study-the-word.blogspot.com

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Today's Economic Times poll on Free Software (Please Vote)
by Venkatesh Hariharan 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Today's Economic Times has an online poll that asks, "Should India support free software to take PC penetration to the next level?" Please login to www.economictimes.com and scroll down to the voting section on the right hand side of the web page and vote "Yes." This vote will be on only today, so please vote at the earliest.

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Ruby On Rails screencasts available
by Prashant Shah 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

I have downloaded the entire Ruby on Rails screencast collection from http://railscasts.com/ Its around 1.5 GB. Email me on pshah.mumbai AT gmail.com if someone wants it (no charges for it). -- Elite System. A open source company http://www.freewebs.com/elitemumbai/index.htm elite.mumbai(a)gmail.com

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GPL vs BSD, a matter of sustainability
by Praveen A 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Hi, This is not to start another flame war. We have had this debate earlier and when I saw this blog nicely summarising the issue, I thought I should share it here. http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/12/15/gpl-vs-bsd-a-mat… "The BSD gives greater freedom, the GPL gives more freedom. Choose which one you value more." Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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unable to configure two gateways
by Agnello George 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

HI I have installed cent OS on one PC with 2 network cards eth0 and eth1 eth0 is 192.168.0.244 and eth1 is 10.0.0.1 my gateway to access the net is 192.168.0.254 In order that the 10.X network range can access the internet i added the a route # route add -net 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 gw 192.168.0.254 And ""route -n"" gives me the following resulth [root@squid ~]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 10.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 My resolv.conf file looks like this search linuxbox.com nameserver 203.199.113.44 nameserver 203.199.113.27 Now is have one client with ip 10.0.0.5 , when i try to ping 10.0.0.5 ( following is the result ). I am neither able to ping 10.0.0.1 from my client machine ( 10.0.0.5 ) . My firewall is stoped and SElinux is disabled. [root@squid ~]# ping 10.0.0. 8 PING 10.0.0.8 (10.0.0.8) 56(84) bytes of data. >From 203.199.24.154 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >From 203.199.24.154 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable >From 203.199.24.154 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable >From 203.199.24.154 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable >From 203.199.24.154 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable >From 203.199.24.154 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable >From 203.199.24.154 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable too wired !! from where did i get this IP address ( 203.199.24.154 ) ??? so finally my question is , how is it possible to route traffic through another network class ? Thanks ! really appreciate all the help this forum provides -- Agnello . G .Dsouza [Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile ]

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fossconf update
by Kenneth Gonsalves 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

hi, things are progressing well for fossconf. You can see the talks proposed so far here http://registration.fossconf.in/web/talks/ - and not a *single* junk talk so far. This is a good opportunity for first time speakers to share their work and get experience in talking. Keep em coming guys! -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Boot problem in Fedora core 7
by Debasish Das 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Hello Friends, I use Fedora core 7 in my laptop. I am getting a pecuiliar problem. The problem is that when I choose fedora from grub menu, sometimes my machine does not boot. It just hangs. It has no problem for other distros which are installed in my machine. When I had fedora core 6 I never faced this problem. I am confused. Is it any issue with acpi? If it's a hardware problem then it should happen with all the other distros. Can anybody help me out of this problem? Thanks in advance. Regards, Debasish

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ftp error: 500 invalid port connection
by Agnello George 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

HI I am trying to access a ftp server . I am able to connect to it with the user name and password. However when i connect to the server and do a dir i get the following error. C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ftp XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Connected to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 220 Microsoft FTP Service User (XXX.XX.XXX.XXX:(none)): user-name 331 Password required for user-name Password: 230 User user-name logged in. ftp> dir 500 Invalid PORT Command. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. I got a fire wall running and i have opened port 21, The entry in the iptables is as follows . -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT why am i getting the error ?? when i am able to ftp to other ftp site with out authentication ( like ftp://202.96.64.144/pub/ ) Thanks !! -- Agnello . G .Dsouza email : agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com agnello(a)qualispace.com www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.study-the-word.blogspot.com

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[OT] pacenet + wifi + voip
by Harsh Busa 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

hi folks i m planning to switch to pacenet isp . i do know it is possible to setup pacenet for linux box but wanted inputs on following 1) setting up pacenet with wifi . i have usr wifi access point and a wifi netgear router 2) using voip service like vonage with pacenet. any help will be appreciated harsh -- __________________________ http://www.ebackend.com/blog

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[Commercial] Urgent: Require PHP Programmers/CMS Specialists
by Janani Gopalakrishnan 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Hi, A friend is looking out... very urgently... for a PHP Programmer/CMS Specialist in Mumbai. In specific, he is looking out for help with a Drupal and Moodle installation to be done asap. If anybody is interested please call Sanjeev Sarma at 9820003103. Thanks, Janani ----------------------------------------------------- Janani Gopalakrishnan Vikram http://gjanani.googlepages.com ----------------------------------------------------- 'i.t.' magazine's vision is to leverage the potential of "Innovative India". The subject selection and handling are in line with what venture capitalists, technopreneurs, CTOs and researchers would need to know to make wise decisions. Essentially, a magazine on "information.technology.today.tomorrow" for those who need to know... and those to want to know! Check out www.itmagz.com

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Domain renewal
by Anurag 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

Hello! Our domain "glug-bom.org" has been renewed for next 9 years. Many thanks to Devdas and Gaurav for following this up, and to DirectI for sponsoring the domain. Also, thanks to Space-Kerala for sponsoring server and bandwidth for the website and mailing list. Anurag -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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problem with konsole
by Pradnyesh Sawant 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

Hello, I have a queer problem. I'm using debian etch with kde. I'm facing this problem in the "konsole" application wherein if the command, etc that I'm typing overflows into the next line, it does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem? -- warm regards, Pradnyesh Sawant -- If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. --Sir Isaac Newton, Letter to Robert Hooke, February 5, 1675

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squid query -- denying a particular group a specific sites , bandwidth
by Agnello George 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

HI I have just configured a squid proxy server. I have created a group called marketing and allowed http access to that particular group ( following is my config ) acl marketing src "/etc/squid/marketing.squid" http_access allow marketing ########################################### how ever i now need to give certain permission to the group *"marketing "* ( like disallowing access to certain sites ... limiting bandwidth to this group ) How is this possible ? Can some one please help me here !! Thank you !!! -- Agnello . G .Dsouza

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S/W to record data from GPS to PC
by H.S.Rai 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Some students made GPS, which has display on LCD and serial port. Now they want to record data in a file on PC. For this can you suggest software, preferably platform independent and FOSS. Thanks in advance. -- H.S.Rai

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Linux & FOSS workshop held at Acharya Narendra Dev College (Delhi University) & formation of College LUG
by Sudhir Gandotra 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

LINUX & FOSS WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY : ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV COLLEGE, jointly with OPENLX LINUX Venue : Acharya Narendra Dev College, Govindpuri, New Delhi. Date : 6 & 7 December 2007. Time : 0930 to 1730 hrs. detailed report with pictures are at : www.openlx.com/andc/ Peace, Force & Joy! Sudhir Gandotra. 98-101-20918 IIPL: B-220/2, 2nd Fl., Savitri Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110017, India 1/G, Shrikrishna Sansthan Building, Bistupur, Jamshedpur 831001, India Phone : +91-11-26014670, 71, 72. Fax : +91-11-26014672 OpenLX Linux OS, Linux Training, Support, Services, Product Development Legal.Software @ Fractional Cost : http://kalculate.com http://openlx.com - International Alliance of LINUX companies You don't need violence to shake the world Treat Others As You Would Have Them Treat You www.humanistmovement.org

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Help reuired
by sushant.chaudhari＠ril.com 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hello, I am facing problem in sending mail from client end getting error SMTP server not responding checked it found that at server end (qmail) cpu utilization is high like avarage above 75 % with load average is also more than 2 also found spam db size is always 400 Mb which is always constant ..please suggest what is the reason for high CPU utilization / or because of spam mails takes to scan those mails. Regards "Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, re-transmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Virus Warning: Although the company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachment."

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New Seagate Drives Have Real Difficulties With Linux.
by Vishakh Thomas 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/09/0651200&from=rss -- VpT

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Fwd: <NO>OOXML: Your action is required: Contact BIS now!
by Dinesh Shah 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

List, FYI and possible action? With regards, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion(a)ffii.org> Date: Dec 6, 2007 11:29 PM Subject: <NO>OOXML: Your action is required: Contact BIS now! To: dineshah(a)gmail.com Dear Dinesh Shah, You signed the <NO>OOXML petition, a movement backed now by more than 70.000 supporters worldwide. Our effort to influence the OOXML (Office Open XML) standardization process has been an astonishing success so far. We aim for at least 100.000 signatures in February when the Geneva Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) will convene with the aim to resolve comments. Microsoft is trying by all means to get its "standard" adopted without substantial changes despite of its thousands of officially reported technical flaws and the pre-existence of ISO 26300:2006 (OpenDocument, ODF) as the most appropriate international standard for the representation of office documents. By next Tuesday Dec 11 2007 delegates from your National Standards Body BIS who will participate in the BRM have to be announced to ISO. At least Portugal and Ireland will be represented by Microsoft. In many other countries, we know that Microsoft gold partners are proposing themselves as heads of national delegations. Many of them will prevail if we do not take action. Will you let Microsoft represent your country at Geneva and decide the future of OOXML? You can make a difference and call now BIS at +91-1123237991 and help us to find out: a. Who will represent BIS on DIS 29500 at the Ballot Resolution Meeting in Geneva? b. When will the decision on delegates be made and if BIS is aware of the Dec 11 deadline? c. Does your national delegates for the BRM are independent enough from Microsoft? d. Does the responsible Committee of BIS for DIS 29500 work on resolution proposals for all the 3500 comments tabled or - if at all - only for the national comments that they submitted? Please report your findings by replying to this email, we will update this page with the members of each national delegation: http://www.noooxml.org/brm More things that you can do to help our effort against this broken standard proposal: 1. Join our mailing list and get in touch with many other activists: http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/noooxml-club 2. Become a member of FFII, the worldwide association leading the <NO>OOXML campaign: http://action.ffii.org/member_application 3. Become a member of DIGISTAN, the organization for the promotion of true digital open standards worldwide; please indicate your interests to: members(a)digistan.org 4. Blog about OOXML which shapes the public debate; blogging has been instrumental to our success in Sweden for example; 5. support our campaign work with financial means: http://www.noooxml.org/donations Best regards, -- Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion(a)ffii.org> <NO>OOXML Campaign leader -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Join the Revolution!

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USB tvtuner
by jtd 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

has anyone used a usb tvtuner on linux? Any pointers ? -- Rgds JTD

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The Linux Delhi Hall Of Shame: Resurrected
by Kumar Appaiah 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Dear Linuxers, I am working on resurrecting the erstwhile Linux Delhi Hall Of Shame, which lists a set of (typically Indian or useful to Indian) websites which are not standards compliant, in the sense that they are designed to work with specific proprietary software applications or operating systems. Full details of criteria and current list of sites in the Hall of Shame are available here: http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/HallOfShame I would request you to familiarize yourself with the criteria which warrant additions to the list, and add relevant sites to the list as well. If you do not want to edit the Wiki yourself, please mail me and I shall add the site to the Wiki. I appreciate your comments and suggestions. Please help in making this effort a success. Thanks are due to Raj "Raju" Mathur of Linux Delhi for his advice in helping me get this done. Thank you. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

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doubt with mutt/fetchmail
by Pradnyesh Sawant 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Hello, I'm using fetchmail+procmail+mutt with pop3 for my gmail accounts. I'm also not deleting messages that are being downloaded from gmail. However, is there any way to sync up my local image and the one on gmail? I mean, if I read/delete a message on my local box, then the corresponding message should also be read/deleted on gmail. I know that imap is a better alternative for that; however, before I start using imap, I have the following doubts: 1. can I d'load the mails permanently so that they may be accessible offline too? 2. I think I can do the above if I use mutt directly with imap instead of going through fetchmail, but then how do I filter messages (how do I use procmail in this setup) 3. even if I use mutt directly, will mutt sync back with gmail? I know that one can use thunderbird/kmail to do this kind of stuff. my query is how does one do this using fetchmail+procmail+mutt? Thanks... -- warm regards, Pradnyesh Sawant -- Work expands so as to fill the time available for it's completion. --Parkinson's law

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[OT] OSSCamp Delhi
by vivek khurana 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Hi! all, Please to announce second OSSCamp Delhi on 15th and 16th of December 2007. For more details please visit http://www.osscamp.in/OSSCampDelhi2/index.php?title=OSS_Camp_Delhi Those who are coming please register at http://www.osscamp.in/OSSCampDelhi2/index.php?title=Campers If you are interested in giving a presentation please register http://www.osscamp.in/OSSCampDelhi2/index.php?title=Topics Hoping to see you all at OSSCamp Delhi. regards VK

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Viruses Anyone?
by Rony 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hello All, In Linux, I am trying to download InfraRecorder from sourceforge, a libre CD/DVD writer for different platforms. The file I want is an exe for the windows platform. However, when I directly save it to a mounted vfat partition, it is saved as abcd.exe.bin The .bin is added automatically so it cannot be double clicked and run. When I save it to a linux partition, it is saved as abcd.exe During the day, I was working on a windows machine in a user's office and when I selected a particular software for download, immediately the system rebooted and the virus infection being deep, had to be finally removed with a clean install. At the end of the day I selected another file for download from download dot com, and just as I clicked on the download link, it went into reboot. It was the same infection, but this time I shut down the internet before it booted up again and could restore the system to an earlier date. I want to know if all these things are connected and is there some major infection going around? Sourceforge could be using Linux servers, but I feel too scared to download anything for a week or two for windows, even if it is libre software. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Dot article on KDE PD @ FOSS.IN and new KDE- India Website
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi, Enjoy! [1] and [2] [1]http://dot.kde.org/1196683982/ [2]http://www.kde.in Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Fwd: [Free Map] Free and Open Mapping India, A Series of Workshops in February 2008
by Nagarjuna G. 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

please read this announcement, and if you want to be part of this, please subscribe to the list so that we can take it forward. http://freemap.in/pipermail/freemap-workshop/2007-December/000150.html Also request you to spread the information. please help us to raise some funds as well so that this event will take off. donations can be sent to Free Software Foundation of India. Nagarjuna

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. slides on FOSS
by jtd 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

On Saturday 01 December 2007 12:02, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends, > > we have created some slides on FOSS. FOSS jobs GIS is missing. -- Rgds JTD

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. slides on FOSS
by jtd 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

On Saturday 01 December 2007 12:02, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends, > > we have created some slides on FOSS. > > Access them at > Loved the oensource intro idlis , except for the term opensource. FOSS is definetly better. some minor quibbles: Foss History pg 14 Commercial distributions: include support. Sources are free but usually not binaries. Both source and binaries are distributable. However distros obtained without payment to the original company / franchises cannot avail of support. So the sentence should be removed as the clarifications will be complicated. And the first sentence should be rewritten as Include paid support. -- Rgds JTD

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help
by sushant.chaudhari＠ril.com 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

I am facing problem in qmail that from client side takes time to send mail getting error SMTP connection failed. checked found that spamd taking more time to release mails. Please provide solution how to realease spamd . "Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, re-transmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Virus Warning: Although the company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachment."

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Fwd: volunteers for Teacher Training Programmes
by Kenneth Gonsalves 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

forwarding to the list as I didn't notice that this was offlist Begin forwarded message: > From: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> > Date: 1 December 2007 12:29:54 PM GMT+05:30 > To: "shantanu oak" <shantanu.oak(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] volunteers for Teacher Training Programmes > > > On 01-Dec-07, at 12:09 PM, shantanu oak wrote: >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: "Dinesh Joshi" <dinesh.a.joshi(a)gmail.com> >> To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org> >> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:37:33 +0530 >> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] volunteers for Teacher Training Programmes >> n Nov 26, 2007 6:19 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> wrote: >>> as a fallout from the NRC-FOSS meeting in Mumbai, requests for >>> Teacher Training Programmes and installation of FOSS in labs have >>> started coming in. Typically, TTPs will be for one or two days, and >>> the teachers will be trained to teach FOSS subjects. We have a full >>> schedule of what is to be taught. We will pay for travel, >>> accommodation and a small honorarium also. Please contact us if you >> >> Hello Kenneth, can you send more info regarding the course work? >> I'm interested. > >> Hi, >> I am interested as well. >> >> - Shantanu Oak > > The training broadly covers training teachers to teach the syllabi > in foss electives I and II mentioned here: > > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/FossElectivesSyllabus <--- > this is for Anna University, Tamilnadu, but other universities > would do something more or less on the same lines. If you are > interested, please add your name and details in the link below and > we will revert: > > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/FossSpeakers > > as most universities in Maharashtra are now just about to formulate > their Syllabi in foss, this is a good chance also to get into the > ground floor of the syllabus making process. I would like to > emphasise that the policy of NRC-FOSS is *not* to go for platform > neutral syllabi, because going for that in Indian conditions, means > that the majority of lecturers will opt for the 'easily available > and accessable' option. We are *not* for a level playing field - we > are working to tilt the playing field in favour of FOSS. > > > > -- > regards > > Kenneth Gonsalves > Associate, NRC-FOSS > lawgon(a)au-kbc.org > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ > > Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/ > web/ > > > -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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slides on FOSS
by Shrinivasan T 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Friends, we have created some slides on FOSS. Access them at http://sirsasana.org/slides -- dear, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com

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volunteers for Teacher Training Programmes
by Kenneth Gonsalves 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

hi, as a fallout from the NRC-FOSS meeting in Mumbai, requests for Teacher Training Programmes and installation of FOSS in labs have started coming in. Typically, TTPs will be for one or two days, and the teachers will be trained to teach FOSS subjects. We have a full schedule of what is to be taught. We will pay for travel, accommodation and a small honorarium also. Please contact us if you are interested. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Hi Folks
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi Folks, I am now working in Mumbai. Hope to meet up with the GLUG-Mumbai members soon. Regards, -- VivekVC

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Exatt / Worldnet with Linux
by Prashant Shah 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

This guide is to setup Ubuntu Linux with Worldnet / Exattnet. Assume the following : Username : abc Password : xyz Server : worldnet002 Lets get started .... 1. Get a dlink card - DFE-530TX (it has original realtek chipset which if fully supported in linux as 8139too kernel module) Note : There are other lan cards in market available under Realtek chipset - but they didnt work for me. I read about them that they are not original realtek chipset. 2. Run the following command from the shell prompt (needed to set the link speed to 10MPBS and Half duplex) $mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD eth0 Add this line to /etc/rc.local so that it runs at every boot /etc/rc.local mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD eth0 3. Install the pppoe package (google them) modconf_0.3.1_all.deb pppoe_3.8-1.1_i386.deb pppoeconf_1.13_all.deb 4. configure the /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf (substitute the username and passowrd) /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf ETH='eth0' USER='abc' DEMAND=no CONNECT_TIMEOUT=60 CONNECT_POLL=6 PING="." PIDFILE="/var/run/$CF_BASE-pppoe.pid" TERMINATEFILE=/var/run/pppoe.stop SYNCHRONOUS=no CLAMPMSS=no LCP_INTERVAL=20 LCP_FAILURE=3 PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80 FIREWALL=NONE ACNAME='worldnet002' SERVICENAME='worldnet002' DNSTYPE='SERVER' PEERDNS='yes' 5. Run the following command and fill in the details $pppoe-setup 6. Verify the following /etc/ppp/chap-secrets "abc" * "xyz" /etc/ppp/pap-secrets "abc" * "xyz" 7. Start the internet $sudo pppoe-start ...Connected ! Note : Sometimes the worlnet DNS servers will not assign you a IP address. So when you boot into windows note down the IP address assigned to you. Then when you boot into Linux just assign the same IP address to the LAN card as static ip address. This is just a basic hack to get it working. If any improvements or mistakes please suggest. -- Elite System. A open source company http://www.freewebs.com/elitemumbai/index.htm elite.mumbai(a)gmail.com

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Linux Driver Development -- OT -- commercial
by Akshay Mishra 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Hello all, I have made a ARM9E based hardware and am now writing extended drivers for the peripherals (Linux 2.4.20). Need help with somebody who can devote some time on driver development. I shall explain the toolchain, discuss the requirements and once ready, test the drivers on the hardware with you. It shall be a great learning experience for sure. We can discuss other things offline. Drop me a mail at akshaymishra<at>gmail.com. Thanks, Akshay

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Cron help needed
by shishu naik 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Hi, using crontab -e i have created the crontab file and gave the specified time and commands. Then when i start crond its says cant' lock pid.... Other wise can anyone tell me how to put shell script in crontab. Thanks Shishu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Cron help needed
by Raghu Prasad 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

> using crontab -e i have created the crontab file and gave the > specified time and commands. > Then when i start crond its says cant' lock pid.... > Other wise can anyone tell me how to put shell script in crontab. 1. Write a shell script in a secure location. For example, assume that your script is /usr/local/bin/myscript.sh 2. Make sure that its owner and group is root and root respectively. chown root.root /usr/local/bin/myscript.sh This step is not essential, but useful to keep the script tamper proof provided next step is also followed. 3. Make sure that it is executable. chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/myscript.sh 4. Run "crontab -e" as the user who is intended to execute the script. In the editor window, enter data in the following format (for further details read crontab manual by running "man 5 crontab") minute hour day_of_month month day_of_week /usr/local/bin/myscript.sh For testing purpose, set up execution time a few minutes from current time. Usually cron daemon is started during system startup. You don't have to start it explicitly. Run "ps -ax | grep cron | grep -v grep" to check whether cron is running already. 5. Check the mail of the user as whom the script was getting executed. The mail will contain the output, if any, generated from the script. Usually these mails are stored in /var/mail directory. Special care should be taken to write scripts running as root. The ownership and permission of all the scripts or other executables are of extreme importance to avoid unintended security holes in your setup. The security aspects of shell script or any other executable can't be discussed in a short mail like this. Refer some good books on secure programming or search on the Net. Raghu

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Hoo to install ZTE MG880 modem on Linux
by Neelesh Gurjar 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi, I have baught ZTE MG880 usb modem. I couldnot install it on my Linux Desktop. How to install this on Linux ? I am using FC-4. Please help.. -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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nrc-foss meeting in Mumbai
by Kenneth Gonsalves 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

hi, the meeting report was incomplete. The complete report is here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/full/44/NW/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to put customized kernel in installation CD/DVD ?
by Neelesh Gurjar 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Rony wrote: > Vivek's suggestion for disk cloning should work for you since all your > systems are identical. the time taken too will reduce drastically. Curently I am using one imaging software for this. But it takes long time to copy block by block. jtd wrote: > connect two drives in a linux machine dd if=<your master drive> > of=<your slave drive>. > next put the newly cloned slave as master in another machine aand add > yet another slave drive. I think same problem will come in this also. It will take much time for block by block copy. Because of this, I thought that it will be better if I can put kernel direclty into installation CD/DVD by following way: 1. Making an ISO of installation DVD. 2. Mount that ISO on one directory. by using "mount -o loop..." 3. Replace the kernel image which will be in for of RPM. 4. I think then I may need to change some xml files or something like that. 5. And reburn that ISO on DVD. But here I dont know how to replace that kernel and which files need to change so that while installing Yast or in Fedora Anaconda will use new kernel RPM. Please help Neelesh -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to put customized kernel in installation CD/DVD ?
by Raghu Prasad 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

On Nov 19, 2007 7:20 PM, Neelesh Gurjar <neel.hjs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have 40 servers to install OpenSuse10.2. All have same hardware > configuration. I have installed OpenSuse on one of the server and I have > customized the kernel as per my requirement. Now if I install OpenSuse as it > is on other servers I have to customize kernel on all servers after > installation. Can I put my customized kernel into Installation CD/DVD itself > ? So that when I will install that New OpenSuse, by default it will install > customized kernel. Can this help you? http://www.mondorescue.org/ You can take a snapshot of your newly installed and customized system on a DVD. Then restore it on other systems. Make sure that system parameters like hostname, IP etc. are changed before bringing those systems on network. Raghu

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NRC-FOSS meeting on higher education in Mumbai
by Kenneth Gonsalves 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Hi, the meeting in Mumbai was a great success. Details here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/full/44/NW/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Cron help needed
by shishu naik 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi All, I want to know how to use shell script in cron to automate my tasks. please give me a clear picture.. I have created a crontab for root user but the script is not running... Thanks shishu

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[INFO] Remote Administration using Libre Software.
by Rony 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

" From one station, the user can monitor other desktops and have discussions with other users without having to be physically present at their terminal. Picture quality is excellent." A clarification for the above statement. The voice discussions are on the intercom, not software based. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Slow USB Transfers
by Amit Joshi 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

I am using Gentoo Linux with 2.6.21-suspend2-r7 kernel. I don't know if I have missed out on some part in kernel compilation, but all USB Transfers seem to be pretty slow. I get an average speed of around 2MBPs and after a while the transfer stalls completely. Not to mention the USB version is 2.0 and the Flash Drives are working very well on Windows. I don't know if this is an issue with Linux in general. Regards, Amit.

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linux proxy server query
by Agnello George 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

HI I have to install in my office a Linux proxy server for a new lease line connection. The requirement is that through the proxy server i should have control over bandwidth management for vairous groups and individuals and i should be be able to restrict access to certain website for users and groups. Squid is best used here , but we need a requirement for a GUI. I am planning to install e-box . ebox-platform.com/ - do let me know whats your take on this. Also there is IPcop that i need to look at. Do let me know if you all come across any opensouce control panel for bandwidth management . Thanks a million!! :) -- Agnello . G .Dsouza

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KDE Posters
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob(a)gmail.com> Date: Nov 21, 2007 8:57 AM Subject: KDE Posters To: KDE-India List <kde-india(a)kde.org> Hi folks, Here is the "KDE Posters - FOSS.in '07 Collection" [1]. For high-res versions please check the flickr link at the bottom of that page. The idea is to show case the KDE Family and some of its constituents, to show case "human face" behind KDE Project. Hope you all like it. Enjoy! [1]http://kde.in/kde-posters.php Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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MTNL Triband Query
by Aman Mathur 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hello, Im using MTNL's Triband service for accessing the Internet at home . I have never requested a static ip address from MTNL, however whenever im connected to the Internet, I see that my ip address is constant , something like 192.168.1.x , where x is the same all the time.I am new to networking and stuff so please excuse me if my questions sound a bit noobish :) Ok,so i have the following two questions : 1) Is this ip address of mine a static ip address ?. If not , then why does it stay the same all the time ? 2) If I want to host my website on my computer which anyone on the internet can access, how do i go about it ? . I have some basic idea of port forwarding and read some of the tutes on www.portforward.com, which were really informative, but im still not sure how i can host a website on my computer which anyone can access. Thanks a lot :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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How to put customized kernel in installation CD/DVD ?
by Neelesh Gurjar 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hi, I have 40 servers to install OpenSuse10.2. All have same hardware configuration. I have installed OpenSuse on one of the server and I have customized the kernel as per my requirement. Now if I install OpenSuse as it is on other servers I have to customize kernel on all servers after installation. Can I put my customized kernel into Installation CD/DVD itself ? So that when I will install that New OpenSuse, by default it will install customized kernel. Please help. -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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[INFO] Remote Administration using Libre Software.
by Rony 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hello All, A windows user was using radmin to monitor and view other desktops in his LAN. However after its time period expired, it turns out that it costs more that 60K for a 50 user license. So I looked for a libre equivalent and found this below that works in Windows and Linux. It is distributed under the GNU GPL license. http://www.tightvnc.com/intro.html http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html On reading its docs, I found it to be almost similar to radmin in installation and use, but with better security. I installed it in windows and its working fine. From one station, the user can monitor other desktops and have discussions with other users without having to be physically present at their terminal. Picture quality is excellent. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to put customized kernel in installation CD/DVD ?
by Neelesh Gurjar 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Rony wrote: >Kickstart is the utility to clone machines based on the sample machine's >settings. Yes by kickstart we can do it. But I do not want to give much load on Network and many of the servers are not network with each other. Second thing I am planning to compile small Linux distro for making my work easy. Please help. -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to host a website on a dynamic IP was MTNL Triband Query
by Krishna Dagli/Krushna Dagli 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

On Sunday 18 November 2007 12:25, Mrugesh Karnik wrote: > On Sunday 18 Nov 2007 07:16:33 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > i have serious doubts as to whether uploads are not calculated. > > BSNL counts uploads also. > > Transferred over 400MB over scp to a friend of mine during daytime, > ie, paid hours. None of it reflected in my traffic count. I'm on > the NU plan btw. >Not so fast. Wait for sometime for the server stats to update. Rest >assured both sides are billed - u for upload, your friend for >download - atleast when i checked 8 or 9 months ago.. Are we talking about this? http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/triband/htm/tri_faq.htm#17

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unable to get a nslookup on windows client
by Agnello George 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

HI I am trying to test my DNS ( bind- dlz ) server ( 192.168.03.244) from a remote windows client ( 192.168.0.209 ) . I have a domain called sample.com . The hostname of my r DNS server is testserver.com . When i do a nslookup on the server for sample.com it returns me the following : [root@bind ~]# nslookup sample.com Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 Name: sample.com Address: 192.168.0.244 when i do a nslookup for 192.168.0.244 i get the following on my DNS server [root@bind ~]# nslookup 192.168.0.244 Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 244.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa name = ns1.testserver.com. but wheni try to do a nslookup for 192.168.0.244 on my windows client i get the following i can how ever ping to 192.168.0.244 C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>nslookup ns1.testserver.com *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.244: No response from server *** Default servers are not available Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.0.244 *** UnKnown can't find ns1.testserver.com: No response from server On my DNS server using the command "elinks" i can view the webpage for sample.com hosted on another remote machine. I have disable iptables a did a setenforce to 0 , but still get the same above resulth on a remote windows client. Where exactly am i going wrong ? Thanks for al the help -- Agnello . G .Dsouza

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"Upcoming" Meet
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

All, I'm not sure, if this has been posted to the list and the archives don't have it either. The November meet's details was put up at "Upcoming", in Yahoo! Please visit http://upcoming.yahoo.com/ and click on the meet's link. You can, confirm, if you are attending the meet on 11th and/or coming along with guest(s). Also, if there are any requests for the latest Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Xubuntu 7.10 CDs ([K]Ubuntu alternate CDs for upgrade) - please put it up here on the list. Preferably, if you could get along a Flash drive (1 GB or more) I could give you the distro, instead of burning up multiple discs. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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[announce] Accessibility talk at Yahoo!
by Philip Tellis 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Victor Tsaran, Yahoo!'s accessibility guru is visiting Bangalore this week, and will be conducting an open session this Friday. See more details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/322224/ and follow instructions there if you're interested in attending. Philip -- hello world

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Mailman is back again!
by Anurag 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Hello all! Apologies for the broken list mailserver during the weekend. The mailing list was not accepting any new postings since yesterday morning. Its working well now, and hopefully nothing should break. If you posted any messages since yesterday morning, then please post it again. thanks Anurag

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GOS: Google and Ubuntu 7.10 based new OS
by Abhishek Daga 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

http://www.thinkgos.com/ and some news http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/01/google-pc-at-wal-mart-for-200/ -abhishek

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fossconf chennai feb08
by Kenneth Gonsalves 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

hi, please register here: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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InfraRed Support for Etch.
by Rony 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Hello All, I am trying to get Nokia phones connected to my Debian Etch in order to download clicked photos. I use a usb IR adapter and it gets detected and uses /dev/ttyUSB0 as its device. "pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0" Packages irda-utils, kdelirc, lirc etxc have been installed manually. However, from google searches, it appears that I need siefs file system support installed first in order to mount the IR device to a mount point. Does anyone know where its available? On the Debian site, its not listed. Google throws up pages in Russian. Could existing IR mobile users give some clues on how they got their mobiles visible in Linux? I only need to upload/download images. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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gnucash users?
by Abhishek Daga 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

hello, anyone out there (in mumbai) successfully using gnucash is a multi company environment? Wanted to know your feedback and also, if there is anyone providing commercial support for the same? thanks abhi

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[info] 4th fastest supercomputer in the world -- for linux enthusiasts
by Agnello George 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

HINDU group of publications Mumbai/Chennai, Nov. 13 The Tata Group on Tuesday announced that its supercomputer Eka, which became operational this October, has been adjudged the world's fourth fastest. This distinction was made at the International Conference for High Performance Computing Networking Storage and Analysis at Nevada, US. The super machine, developed at Tata Group's Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) in Pune, is the fastest computer in Asia and the first one developed using corporate funding, said Mr S. Ramadorai, Chairman, CRL, at a news conference in Mumbai. Eka (Sanskrit word for number one), is a Hewlett-Packard based system with a performance of 117.9 teraflops. A teraflop equals a trillion calculations per second. A supercomputer is the equivalent of 20,000 ordinary computers put together but the comparison stops with power. "It is like comparing an aeroplane and a bicycle," added Mr Ramadorai. 'Eka' was developed with an investment of $30 million (Rs 120 crore) in six weeks' time, funded entirely by Tata Sons. TCS, Tata Technologies, Tata Strategic Management Group and other companies from the Tata stable have contributed to the project. This computer will enable CRL to offer computing services in the field of weather forecasting, oil & gas exploration, drug discovery, gaming & animation and data mining, among others. *The supercomputer is powered by a Linux open source operating system and it is based on standard hardware to address the issue of application scalability, which has been the bane of supercomputing till date. * The Tata Group now intends to market the supercomputers` capabilities to potential customers. "We are in active negotiations with government and private agencies," said Mr Ramadorai. Group company Tata Elxsi and aircraft maker Boeing have been using the supercomputer on a pilot basis. Commenting on potential models of doing business, Dr Sunil Sherlekar, Head, Embedded Innovation Labs, TCS, said: "We will be selling time to our customers to use these systems. Another model could be to build slightly smaller capacity systems for our clients on a turnkey basis." -- Agnello . G .Dsouza -- Agnello . G .Dsouza

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[Commercial] Call for Linux Support Engineers
by Rajeev R. K. 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi All, We are looking for Linux Support Engineers to work for our company engaged in Information Technology Consulting & Training. The company has been working on standard Linux server and client systems and also on Open-Source ERP, CRM, e-governance and Groupware. Most of the work is on fedora and similar platforms. The position will involve a mix of telephonic support, onsite support, remote management and new project implementation. Some travelling within the country may be involved. Qualification : A strong UNIX / LINUX base with experience in diverse network environments. Comfort with various different distribution and styles of administration will be an required. RHCT / LPI Level 2 or higher certification will be preferred. Base Location - Lower Parel, Mumbai. Please send the CV in PDF format to rajeevrk(a)xlncenterprises.com (do not send mail / queries about this to the group). CV must have details of experience, qualification and expectation. Regards R K Rajeev

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[Commercial] Call for Linux Support Engineers
by Rajeev R. K. 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi All, We are looking for Linux Support Engineers to work for our company engaged in Information Technology Consulting & Training. The company has been working on standard Linux server and client systems and also on Open-Source ERP, CRM, e-governance and Groupware. Most of the work is on fedora and similar platforms. The position will involve a mix of telephonic support, onsite support, remote management and new project implementation. Some travelling within the country may be involved. Qualification : A strong UNIX / LINUX base with experience in diverse network environments. Comfort with various different distribution and styles of administration will be an required. RHCT / LPI Level 2 or higher certification will be preferred. Base Location - Lower Parel, Mumbai. Please send the CV in PDF format to rajeevrk(a)xlncenterprises.com (do not send mail / queries about this to the group). CV must have details of experience, qualification and expectation. Regards R K Rajeev

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[Commercial] Why not enroll in FOSS India Awards?
by Niraj Sahay 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi, Are you working on any free software or open source (FOSS) project? Do you know anyone who is? There's a great opportunity for all Indian FOSS contributors to showcase their work at the national level, and perhaps global too! Plus, the development team (or individual) can get a minimum cash prize of Rs 25,000! But, there's more to it than just cash prize. The winners will get exclusive coverage in LINUX For You magazine, and openITis.com (aka linuxforu.com). Which in turn could mean: (a) more media coverage for the project and its developers, (b) publicity amongst targeted customers, and (c) more contributors getting attracted to the project. Launched with an initial kitty of Rs 5 lakhs, the FOSS India Awards aim to recognise India's top 20 FOSS projects. The LINUX For You team is working with FOSII (Forum for Open Source Initiatives in India) on this venture. The registration for FOSS India Awards is FREE! All one has to do to register is to visit http://www.openitis.com/awards/ and fill in the two-minute form. Registration for FOSS India Awards is open till 15th December '07. The awards will be announced during Open Source India Week (aka LinuxAsia 2008) during the 2nd week of February '08. Please do forward this message to anyone whom you believe is working on a FOSS project, and is a good candidate. Let's prove to the World that India contributes to FOSS too... Best Wishes! LINUX For You team

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Helpful article on Linux Graphics Drivers
by Sarfaraz Kazi 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Here's a newbie-friendly and very helpful article about the various Linux Graphics Drivers - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=908&num=1 Regards, Sarfaraz

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VPN
by Nilesh 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear , We are having two linux server with os RHEL4-U4 one server is in pune office and another is in mumbai. Now we have to configure VPN between these two server kindly provide me step by step configuration that i could configured it Regards -- Nilesh

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Re: Ilug-bom wiki
by Neelesh Gurjar 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

> We are in the process of migrating the some of the services to a > better server with better connectivity. At first, Ilug-bom wiki has > been migrated and is working at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki . It's gr8 news that our wiki is started. Can I upload my docs about Linux on this wiki ? If yes can anybody provide me the short steps please ? I have created my account on this wiki ? Thanks NeeleshG

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Firefox 3 and memory usage
by Chetan S 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hi All, Just an headsup on the upcoming firefox 3 ( Granparadiso ). This version is very very snappy as against firefox 2. Also a developer named Pavlov has implemented a "memory defrag" kind of plugin for firefox 3 that works real well, driving down the memory usage drastically. ( http://www.pavlov.net/blog/archives/2007/11/memory_fragment.html ) A point in case is the speed with which ff 3 can spawn new windows. This is specifically more important when the window in question is a small login popup or such. Another example - As I type this, I am using a measly 512 mb, T42 centrino laptop with the following elements in memory 1. Lotus Notes - Hog hog hog 2. PDF viewer with a image heavy file open 3. 2 xls in openoffice. 4. Terminal 5. John the cracker cracking my passwd file in background. Lastly firefox 3 with no less than 18 tabs open consuming 94 mb of non-shared memory and 119 mb gross memory ! And with compiz and wobbly effects on. As of now no slowdown in any of my applications. W00t ! Plugin compatibility ============== >From my perspective I care only about adblock plus and no-script which work with the current alpha available on ubuntu gutsy 7.10 Suggested you give firefox 3 a try. There are few things that are different from 2.0 and will require you to be generally competent with fixing problem with help via Google searches. regards, C

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Ilug-bom wiki
by Anurag 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hello and Diwali Greetings to all! We are in the process of migrating the some of the services to a better server with better connectivity. At first, Ilug-bom wiki has been migrated and is working at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki . Taking Siddhesh's suggestions forward, is it a good idea to keep the wiki itself as the main website? Anurag

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List downtime notification.
by Anurag 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hello! We are shifting our mailing list to another data center on tomorrow, 12th November. Mailing list services may remain unavailable tomorrow till evening as the MX records get updated. Anurag

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Document on Setting up Centralized Authentication Server
by Neelesh Gurjar 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:> >http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ is always up, and you can add content >without logging in. I have uploaded file on http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ . Giving link below: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/Centralized_Authen… Please review it. Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Login Problem with KDM
by Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक आंब ेरकर] 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

I am facing login problem with KDM. I am not able to login with KDM as well as XDM. But login through Virtual Console is working fine. I tried log in with other username. But that works only with XDM and not KDM. I reinstalled KDM but no go. I even tried removing ~/.kde but still same problem. ~/.xsession-errors shows only one error > Failed to start SCIM < What can be the problem? Is there any other file where I can check for KDM logs? -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar There is no operating system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels.

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[Fwd: does anyone know asterix?]
by Anivar Aravind 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: does anyone know asterix? Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:08:11 -0000 From: Jamie Woolley <jamie.woolley(a)uk.greenpeace.org> To: Global New Media Group <globalnewmedia(a)dgroups.org>, <practitioners(a)ecampaigningforum.com> Mike Grenville from 160characters.org is urgently looking for someone with knowledge of Asterix (_http://www.asterisk.org/_). Anyone who can help, please contact him at mike(a)160characters.org <mailto:mike@160characters.org>. Do you know someone who knows Asterix? With the media clamp down in Pakistan I have been contacted by an NGO who are about to fly someone out there to find a company there who would build them a system now so that regional press can distribute news. They would appreciate their guy having a chat with someone who can give him some pointers. ref this article _http://www.160characters.org/news.php?action=view&nid=2435_ <http://www.160characters.org/news.php?action=view&nid=2435> thanks mike *web editor* *greenpeace uk* *+44 (0) 20 7865 8286* *skype: callto://jme.woolley* *www.greenpeace.org.uk* <http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/> _______________________________________________ Do you know anyone who may be interested in joining this list? If so, direct them to: http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/discuss eCampaigning Forum Practitioners email list: Practitioners(a)ecampaigningforum.com To change your subscription settings or removed yourself from the list, simply go to: http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/discuss (or email practitioners-unsubscribe(a)ecampaigningforum.com to be removed)

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Announce: November 2007 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Anurag 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hello list members, We'll be having our November GLUG meet at HBCSE on sunday, 11th November 2007. Date: Sunday, 11th November 2007 Time: 4:00 PM Venue: HBCSE, Mankhurd Topics: 1) Common Lisp - The language basics. - By Chaitanya Gupta 2) How to get started with SBCL and Emacs Everyone is invited to attend and benefit form the talks. We'll try to finish the talks by 6PM so that we get more time for one to one interactive discussions, and those who are coming from far away can leave early. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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Re:Announce: November 2007 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Easwar Hariharan 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

> Vihan - Getting started with GCC (The C, compiler) (Probably a series of GNU tools - >GNU Nano, and so on) > what about Vihan's textbook? Isnt it time it was dragged out of the > closet? > I thought of demo-ing KDE4. But I am not sure if I will have > time to build the latest svn or even come to the meet. Its festive > season and many more things on the plate atm. So I will inform the > list if it is possible at all. > > Honestly Qt4 intro can't be done in 15-30 minutes, imho, > that too as a talk and no hands-on. Pradeepto?Vihan?Yes/No?? Regards, Easwar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Document on Setting up Centralized Authentication Server
by Neelesh Gurjar 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Mehul Ved wrote:> >Do I have your permission to put it on wikia or any other wiki you >specify so it can come across wider reader base and be improved. It >will also be useful to those who cannot access odt documents for >whatever reason. Yes you can upload that. I have created lot of documents which I can provide on this forum, for eg. Nagios setup, LTSP setup, Tuning Linux. And all this documents I have created based on my experience, while setting up all this in one Ashram. Please advice me a central place where I can upload. Regards NeeleshG *LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity *

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Re: [Commercial] Why not enroll in FOSS India Awards?
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

[snip ...] > Let's prove to the World that India contributes to FOSS too... http://foss.in/2007/shortlist.php The above list, lists Indian as well as others. foss.in/2007 could be a great place for evaluation. :) http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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[unofficial] free ruby on rails book
by Prashant Shah 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

http://www.sitepoint.com/books/rails1/freebook.php There are few ads in the pdf and registration is required. -- Elite System. A open source company http://www.freewebs.com/elitemumbai/index.htm elite.mumbai(a)gmail.com

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error when rebuilding bind binaries ( undefined reference to `dbus_connection_close' )
by Agnello George 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Dear sir / madam i am tryin to intergrate bind ( bind-9.4.2-0.4.rc1.fc7.src.rpm ) with mysql ( bind-dlz ) by rebuilding the biniries ( rpmbuild -ba bind.spec ) i edited the bind.spec file to intergrate bind-dlz ( this is what i did ) cd /usr/src/redhat/SPEC vi bind.spec ######################################################### . . . %if %{IDN} pushd contrib/idn/idnkit-1.0-src libtoolize --copy --force; aclocal; automake -a; autoconf %configure make %{?_smp_mflags} popd %endif libtoolize --copy --force; aclocal; autoconf cp -f /usr/share/libtool/config.{guess,sub} . %if %{WITH_DBUS} %ifarch s390x x86_64 ppc64 # every 64-bit arch EXCEPT ia64 has dbus architecture dependant # includes in /usr/lib64/dbus-1.0/include export DBUS_ARCHDEP_LIBDIR=lib64 %endif %endif if pkg-config openssl ; then export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `pkg-config --cflags openssl`" export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS `pkg-config --cflags-only-I openssl`" export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS `pkg-config --libs-only-L openssl`" fi %if %{efence} export LDFLAGS=-lefence %endif %configure \ --with-libtool \ --localstatedir=/var \ --enable-threads \ --enable-ipv6 \ --with-pic \ --with-openssl=/usr \ --with-dlz-mysql=yes \ ( added by me ) --with-dlz-sdb=yes \ ( added by me ) %if %{LIBBIND} --enable-libbind \ . . . ####################################################################################### then i rebuild the spec file rpmbuild -ba bind.spec ( the following is the error i got ) ######################################################################################## . . . nt -lz -lcrypt -lm -lnsl -lpthread -ldbus-1 dbus_service.o(.text+0x13dc): In function `dbus_svc_shutdown': ./dbus_service.c:1154: undefined reference to `dbus_connection_close' dbus_service.o(.text+0x198d): In function `dbus_svc_init': ./dbus_service.c:1027: undefined reference to `dbus_connection_close' dbus_service.o(.text+0x19fc):./dbus_service.c:1051: undefined reference to `dbus_connection_close' dbus_service.o(.text+0x1b95):./dbus_service.c:1111: undefined reference to `dbus_connection_close' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [named] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bind-9.4.2rc1/bin/named' make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/bind-9.4.2rc1/bin' make: *** [subdirs] Error 1 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32862 (%build) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.32862 (%build) [root@bind SPECS]# . ########################################################################################### Can some one tell me how to solve this issue . Thank you very much :-) Agnello . G .Dsouza

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Fwd: Announcement - CodeCampMumbai ( 17th - 18th Nov 2007 )
by Easwar Hariharan 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

>Subject: Announcement - CodeCampMumbai ( 17th - 18th Nov 2007 ) >Hi, > >If you enjoy coding, then you should participate at CodeCampMumbai >(17th & 18th of Nov). > >CodeCampMumbai caters to the community of CodeCampers, bound by the >"culture" of Hackathons and is based upon "open participative and >collaborative" nature of BarCamps. > >At CodeCampMumabai you code for 24 hours straight with like minded >people on ideas that interest you. > >Take a look at CodeCampMumbai wiki ( http://barcamp.org/CodeCampMumbai ) and >see what Campers will be coding. Contact the project coordinator if >you want to collaborate on the project. In case you have an idea, then >list it on the wiki, and be part of the camp. > >Date:: 17th - 18th Nov 2007 >Register at:: http://barcamp.org/CodeCampMumbai >Venue:: IIT-B Mumbai >Mailing list:: http://groups.google.com/group/codecampmumbai > >Regards, > >Ankur Gupta (http://uptosomething.in) >Akshay Surve (http://www.akshaysurve.com/blog) Regards, Easwar

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Fwd: [Ilugc] [Ann] FossConf Chennai feb08 is on
by Kenneth Gonsalves 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)thenilgiris.com> > Date: 7 November 2007 11:04:16 AM GMT+05:30 > To: ILUG-C Chennai <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > Subject: [Ilugc] [Ann] FossConf Chennai feb08 is on > Reply-To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > > hi > > We have decided on the name: FossConf. The name will be in three > parts: > > Name: FossConf > City: Chennai (this time) > Date: feb08 (this time) > > This leaves us a choice whether to hold it once a year or twice a > year, and also to change the city each time. The city and date for > the next FossConf will be announced at the end of the previous > FossConf. However, regardless of where and when it is held, the > scope of the conference - newcomers to foss, new speakers, new > contributors - in short 'Foss for the common man', will not change. > So now we move to stage two - publicity and getting the common man > to come to our conference - ideas/action please > > Please forward this info to other lists > -- > > regards > kg > http://lawgon.livejournal.com > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request(a)ae.iitm.ac.in with"unsubscribe > <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/ > mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Linus' talk on Git
by Kumar Appaiah 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Dear Linuxers, When you get the time, please watch Linus' talk on Git at Google[1]. It helps if you have an idea of what Git is and why it's different from the other source (version) control systems around, though not necessary. This is a very informative discussion. It's about 70 minutes in duration. HTH. Kumar [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

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[Report] Etch-Kde Single CD Installation - Multimedia
by Rony 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hello All, Further to the earlier writeup about the Debian Etch KDE installation. This writeup refers to installation of multimedia support for Debian Etch KDE. The links were found from this site given below. http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/2812/how-to_setup_debian However it has a lot more stuff that may not be necessary so simply follow the following steps. Add the Debian multimedia repo to your /etc/apt/sources.list as given below. #multimedia deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main Then run the following 2 commands one after another. gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 1F41B907 gpg --armor --export 1F41B907 | sudo apt-key add - Then do a sudo apt-get update. After that install the packages using this command. sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2 liblame0 flashplugin-nonfree streamtuner xmms msttcorefonts banshee realplayer This is a long installation. Note that from the site, the totem-mozilla entry was removed as we don't use Gnome. Then install kaffeine using sudo apt-get install kaffeine. If apt returns errors then follow its instructions to run sudo apt-get -f install to correct broken package lists. Then run the kaffeine installation again. Once Kaffeine is installed, you system is now ready for multimedia playback. You can now play VCDS, DVDs and other media formats to your hearts content. Kaffeine will automatically detect a VCD or DVD and offer to play it. There is no volume control in the desktop so right click on the task bar and select 'Add applet to panel...'. From the list select 'Sound mixer'. After it is installed, right click on its icon and select 'Channels'. Remove the unwanted ones to keep the icon slim. The necessary ones are 'Headphone' and 'PCM' as they actively control your sound level. Now your system is ready as a desktop pc. Those new to Debian can simply follow the 2 writeups and get Debian Etch running in their systems with practically no problems. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Problem configuring yum and webcam in fedora 7 on acer 4710z
by Vidyadhar Bhise 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi, I have recently bought the acer 4710z laptop, with linpus linux installed. I formatted and installed Fedora 7 on it. The webcam (acer Crystal eye) was not detected thus i tried the script given on forums.....http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=169878 After this i started experiencing problems with yum and though webcam was detected, was not compatible with video drivers. The GUI of software updater also hangs most of the time. Internet connection on my laptop is taken from my windows xp desktop. and i am a newbie with linux. Please guide to restore yum and also regarding the webcam. thank you.

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Fwd: [Ilugc] CFP - FOSS Conference '08
by Kenneth Gonsalves 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Bharathi Subramanian <sbharathi(a)MidasComm.Com> > Date: 5 November 2007 4:52:15 PM GMT+05:30 > To: Indian Linux Users Group - Chennai <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > Subject: [Ilugc] CFP - FOSS Conference '08 > Reply-To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > The Indian Linux Users Group, Chennai[1] Chapter, in association with > NRC-FOSS[2], Chennai take great pleasure in inviting you to > participate in the FOSS Conference to be held at MIT, Chromepet, > Chennai from noon on Friday Feb 1st 2008 to noon on Sunday Feb 3rd > 2008. > > THE ORGANISERS > > ILUGC is one of the oldest lugs in the country and has been > continuously active since it was founded. It keeps a low profile and > specialises in grass roots work all around Tamilnadu (and in the > neighbouring states too). Under it's guidance, many lugs are active in > colleges and towns all around Tamilnadu. At the same time, ILUGC > members are in the forefront of the FOSS movement both at the national > and international level. > > NRC-FOSS, a Central Government Project, funded by the DIT and jointly > run by CDAC and AU-KBC, Chennai, for the past two and half years has > been actively promoting FOSS in the academic domain. It's main focus > has been getting FOSS introduced into the curriculum of Engineering > Colleges in the country. Also apart from encouraging student projects > in FOSS, it has been active in encouraging academia to release it's > work under FOSS/Creative Commons licenses. AU-KBC Research Centre, > MIT, Chennai has strengths in NLP, Bio-informatics, Wireless, > Cryptography and Embedded computing, much of which uses FOSS tools > and has released some of this research as FOSS. > > SCOPE > > The conference will focus on new users/contributors to FOSS. > > As Audience: First timers or newcomers. > > As Speakers: First time speakers. > > As contributors: Students who are doing their projects, academic > personal who have worked with FOSS tools but are yet to release their > work, and, of course, the huge surge of new users in the government > domain. At the same time, provide a forum for interaction for more > experienced developers who will be coming to the conference. > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > We invite participation in the following areas - in order of > importance. > > 1. Delegates to the conference. There is no fun in having a conference > if there is no audience. Our primary focus is on audience. Please > register as a delegate and encourage your friends to do so. We cannot > guarantee transport and accommodation, but if you have a group of > people who want to come and let us know early enough, we will try to > get your travel and accommodation sponsored. > > 2. Volunteers. Volunteers are the lifeblood of a conference and will > be treated as privileged persons. Volunteers are needed at the > conference venue for myriad tasks. But, more important, are volunteers > from outside Chennai who are needed to contact students, teachers, > government employees and get them to come for the conference. We > envisage holding training camps for teachers and government employees > - and will do so if we are able to convince enough of them to come. We > can send people to address meetings to motivate people to come - if > you organise the meetings. > > 3. Sprints. A FOSS conference that does not contribute documentation/ > code is worthless. A sprint is where a group of people sit together > and finish a task. We have had sprints before, once in Loyola college > to do translation, and again, last year at MIT to do translation. A > sprint can be for translating applications, mass fixing of bugs, doing > long pending documentation, writing code etc,. Sprints need to be > carefully planned, tasks laid down before hand, participants fixed, > facilities arranged. If you are interested in organising a sprint, > please register and attend the meeting in January for finalising > proposed sprints. Since this is an entry-level conference, please be > aware that you may need a day to train volunteers for the sprint > before actually starting it. Some ideas: making a comprehensive > list to > be uploaded to the ILUGD Hall of Shame websites, completing a list of > all lugs in India, making a directory of FOSS contributors in India, > contribute to the OpenMoko project ... > > 4. Student projects in FOSS. We will give special place to student > projects in FOSS - past, present and future. Now is the time for your > project - register and exhibit it at the conference. Prizes will be > given for the best projects. > > 5. Formal academic projects using FOSS tools. There are a huge number > of these lying unsung in university and government archives. We invite > academics to present their work here. > > 6. Talks. On any aspect of FOSS except installation issues. Talks will > be of 30 minutes duration with 15 minutes for discussion. note: > installation demos will be arranged anyway > > 7. Mini talks - one hall will be reserved for this. 10 minute talk > followed by 5 questions. > > 8. Cultural contests - drawings, paintings, skits, dances ... with > FOSS as the theme. Prizes will be given for the best performances > > 9. Sub-conferences and BOFs - these will largely be left to be > organised by those who propose them. Facilities will be provided as > needed. > > 10. Workshops for teachers and government employees will be organised > by the conference organisers depending on demand. > > 11. The registration website will be up in a day or two. Kindly > forward this CFP to all LUG, GLUG and FSUG mailing lists. > > [1] ILUGC : http://www.chennailug.org/ > [2] NRC-FOSS: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/ > > Thanks, > -- > Bharathi S > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request(a)ae.iitm.ac.in with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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help need for bind -dlz
by Agnello George 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

I just started working on bind-dlz , but as per the documentation on the website i need to use the dlz patch with bind 9.2.2 .The thing is i am not able to find this package. As per the README.txt file it quotes the following "First, get Bind version 9.2.2 release from www.isc.org. Newer versions of Bind may be available, but this patch was built to go against the 9.2.2 release. Future versions of this package may be built to go against later versions of Bind. Unzip and untar that on your machine. Once that is finished, make sure your Bind source directory is called "bind-9.2.2". So if any one has work with with this patch on the latest version of bind please let me know . website for reference :http://bind-dlz.sourceforge.net/ Thanks : -) Agnello . G .Dsouza

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Need advice for final year project on GNU/Linux platform
by Aman Mathur 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hello , Myself Aman Mathur , from Mumbai . I am a student currently doing my MCA and have recently joined the Linuxers mailing list . Im a GNU/Linux enthusiast and love the freedom that free software offers. I am really interested in doing my final year project on the GNU/Linux platform instead of a proprietary platform so i was wondering as to how i can go about doing a project on GNU/Linux. The project has to be of minimum 6 months duration so are there any companies, in Mumbai or elsewhere,offering projects to final year MCA students on the GNU/Linux platform ? Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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article on rediff: linux for visually impaired
by G Karunakar 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi, check "Low cost software for visually impaired" http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/oct/23linux.htm Karunakar

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Generate XML file through MySQL DB Insertion
by PIYUSH BANSAL 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

We are in process to execute the event the moment we get an entry in DB i.e. at the time of insertion in MYSQL we need to generate an XML and forward to another server. For example we got an message from user A, we need to fetch all who are linked up with user A and finally put in encoded XML file. At last this XML file has sent to third party server i.e. http://yahoo.com?data=<encoded-xml-string>&action=data<http://yahoo.com/?data=<encoded-xml-string>&action=data> Please let us update if there is any alternate to do rather than MYSQL JOB Handler. Thanks

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performance hit for LAMP server
by rohit bhute 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

We are facing a peculiar problem. I'm providing as much details as I can. Even so, tell me if I should provide more info. LAMP server before install - RHEL 3 with Apache 2, PHP 4, MySQL 4. After install - RHEL 5, Apache 2.2.3, PHP 5.1.6, MySQL 5.0.2 The problem we are facing is the site performing badly when accessed from certain locations - from our corporate LAN, which is behind Squid. Certain colleagues in other companies (we suspect behind they are also behind Squid or some proxy) also reported with gemeric messages like "site isn't loading". Some symptoms are: 1. Images, CSS, JS files not loading or loading incompletely. 2. If we view source, we see the HTML is fully downloaded, but not rendered. 2. PHP pages being asked to be saved (the saved pages are blank) This problem is prominently noticeable in PHPMyAdmin. 3. The performance improves 9may be illusion) over time, but any new drastic changes brings it to square one. 4. Awstats page takes forever to load comletely. 5. Sometimes the sites are inaccessible in toto. 6. Files not downloading through FTP (even 200K fails). The perplexing thing is I and my colleague have accessed the server from home (Triband and cable net respectively) and everything works! We don't know what the problem is, where it is, etc. Any ideas? -- Rohit V. Bhute http://rvbhute.org/

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Document on Setting up Centralized Authentication Server
by Neelesh Gurjar 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi, I have created document on Setting up Centralized Authentication Server with Sudo Access on Linux & Solaris using OpenLDAP: http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=c986b5b5df45486ae8afb053e6e38284. Please review it. Regards NeeleshG *LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity*

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intel dotstation
by Harsh Busa 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

recently my cousin called me and said that he bought intel dot station computer and it seems to run linux. he was quite excited abt it . anyone using this ? http://www.dotstation.info/ ? any reviews ? -- __________________________ http://www.ebackend.com/blog

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Announce: November 2007 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Since, there's just one topic, this GLUG-meet I have a small suggestion. I repeat, *suggestion*. Pradeepto - Beginner's guide to Qt and/or KDE 3.5.8 demo? (superkaramba themes, icons etc.) OR Vihan - Getting started with GCC (The C, compiler) (Probably a series of GNU tools - GNU Nano, and so on) Ofcourse, this could be possible only if they have time (and if there's just enough time after the first presentation). :) Any comments? http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Ubuntu Studio.
by Rony 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Hello All, The November issue of PC world has an ISO of Ubuntu Studio in its DVD. The DVD does not mount automatically in Ubuntu but in Debian4 it mounts as a numerical user and group 401. It can be accessed as root. The Ubuntu Studio iso is about 900 MB so a DVD will be required to burn it. Ubuntu Studio is basically the Ubuntu 7.04, power packed with multimedia applications. Installation is smooth but in between package installation, it takes long pauses to do something in the background (off the net) , so don't worry and let it go on. It will ask you for max. screen resolution and I could get 1280 x 1024 on my p4 2.4 + 845 desktop. When playing any media, it will seek plugins so simply say yes to let it search for them from the net and install automatically. Overall it is a nice distro for home and multimedia users. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Wiki down?
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Hi, Why does the wiki keep going down? I've been trying to access it for the past two days but to no avail. The website OTOH, is working fine. Why don't we host the wiki as the main website itself? The website anyways is rarely updated. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in

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BIND problem
by Omkar Raut 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hi we run a redhat 9 machine(default install) which is used as DSN server. I am observing a problem with the bind service. BIND version= bind 9.2.1-16 It suddenly stops responding to the DNS queries once in 2-3 days. Previously we used to solve this problem by restarting the service, when it was happenning once in 1 or 2 weeks. But now we cannot restart bind service, it gives following error on 'service named restart': error => rndc: recv failed: operation canceled Moreover when I try 'service named status' there is no output and I have to manually kill this command by using Ctrl+C Any clues? Regards, Omkar.

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Re:Announce: November 2007 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Easwar Hariharan 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

> > > > > We'll be having our November GLUG meet at HBCSE on sunday, 11th November > 2007. > > > > Date: Sunday, 11th November 2007 > > Time: 4:00 PM > > Venue: HBCSE, Mankhurd > > > > I stay at santacruz. i have never been to mankhurd. so can you give a bus > no. I would have probably posted the bus number but the BEST route network is presently down and under restoration.Anyways,here's the link to the BEST Route Network. http://www.bestundertaking.com/transport/index.htm Regards, Easwar

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Misinformation warning
by Nishit Dave 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

This slashdot post http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/2113200 [OpenDocument Foundation To Drop ODF] is about a nobody-organization called the OpenDocument Foundation, having nothing to do with OASIS, proponents of the ODF. The shills have already been unmasked by some knowledgeable slashdot posters. Please don't get upset.

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Re: Issue with Ayttm 0.4.6-34
by Kartik Mistry 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

On 10/30/07, Kamaleshwar Morjal wrote, > Hi all, > I recently installed Ayttm 0.4.6-34 on Feisty. When i > started the program it presented two blank windows! > ... Hi, Thanks for using ayttm! Get the latest version (0.5.0-10) from Debian, http://packages.debian.org/sid/ayttm or from, http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/files.shtml You will feel better since it is GTK2 port. Thanks to great work of Siddhesh! -- Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry || GPG: 0xD1028C8D || IRC: kart_ kartikmistry.org/blog || kartikm.wordpress.com ----------------------------------------------------------

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Re:Announce: November 2007 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Easwar Hariharan 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

> > > Should we postpone it to the week after that? > list, any opinions ? > Prepone it?Maybe this Sunday?? Regards, Easwar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Announce: November 2007 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

---Roshan wrote: > If we have any Fedora Fans around, could you make a > copy of latest Fedora 8 (KDE live, preferably) since > it is being released on November 11 2007. :) Correction: Fedora 8 on November 8 2007. BTW, 11 November is the last day of Diwali (probably) and since, resources (room, people etc.) are available (and it being a sunday) I guess, the GLUG meet can be held on that day. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Announce: November 2007 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

--- Anurag wrote: > Hello list members, > > We'll be having our November GLUG meet at HBCSE on > sunday, 11th November 2007. > > Date: Sunday, 11th November 2007 > Time: 4:00 PM > Venue: HBCSE, Mankhurd > > Topics: > > 1) Common Lisp - The language basics. - By > Chaitanya Gupta > 2) How to get started with SBCL and Emacs Coo! Is it the FOSS.IN effect ;) ? BTW, my first search result for SBCL resulted to Steel Bank Common Lisp - is that what SBCL expands to? If we have any Fedora Fans around, could you make a copy of latest Fedora 8 (KDE live, preferably) since it is being released on November 11 2007. :)

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Smtp AUTH : relay access denied
by Agnello George 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

HI I have instaled cyrus sasl and have configured my mail server as following: my /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf looks like this pwcheck_method: authdaemond mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN my main.cf look like this ################################################### alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = amavisfeed:[127.0.0.1]:10024 daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 home_mailbox = Maildir/ html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_create_maildirsize = yes virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domain_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_quota_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_overquota_bounce = yes virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 ###################################################### when i try to telnet my mailserver on port 25 from a remote client on a different network i get the following error : Telnet 216.185.43.253 25 ################################################### 220 mailserver.managedns.org ESMTP Postfix mail from:test250 2.1.0 Ok rcpt to:agnello.tac@gmail.com554 5.7.1 <agnello.tac(a)gmail.com>: Relay access denied quit221 2.0.0 Bye ##################################################### i have installed postfix version --- postfix-2.3.3-2 when i query the packages for cyrus sasl o ge the following : rpm -qa |grep cyrus cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-6 cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-6 cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-6 cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-6 I have ckecked every forum on the internet . Please if any one has faced this and resolved it , kindly help me here. Thanks Agnello . G .Dsouza

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] QEMU/VIRTUALBOX on ubuntu 7.10: UPDATE
by Abhishek Daga 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

On 10/29/07, Abhishek Daga <daga.abhishek(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 10/29/07, Dinesh Shah <dineshah(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Terrence, > > > > On 10/28/07, jtd <> wrote: > > > On Friday 26 October 2007 13:04, Dinesh Shah wrote: > > > > > > > Which stable VMs are available for running Linux as guest OS on > > > > Windows XP host? > > > > > > You mean XP as guest on lnux host. Running XP as host is a bad idea. > > > > Some times you have to use and support bad ideas. ;) > > > > > -- > > > Rgds > > > JTD > > > > With regards, > > -- > > --Dinesh Shah :-) > > > > -- > > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > > Finally decided to go with virtualbox. the version available through > synaptic ( 6.06) has some issues though. dependency issues. I tried > fixing those, but it kept saying "kernel complete failed" and virtual > office will not start. > > So followed another instruction set where i downloaded the dapper version > from the virtualbox repository.. > before dkpging this, i had to install the kernel source and then the > virtualbox package and it all worked fine. > > > update: Installed virtualbox. Worked fine. Then tried win98SE as guest OS. failed miserably. just didnt go beyond setup. Then tried winxpsp2 and it installed ok.... Messed up my resolution even for ubuntu host. would not go beyond 640x480. Had to do a rebuild for xorg.conf and it restored the resolution. applications run fine. sound worked well. chose the OSS sound card. What has not worked yet is the LAN/internet through the guest OS. I like the "work seamlessly" feature in virtualbox. Still there are issues with the resolutions and its a pain to fiddle around each time with the resolutions to get a true full screen. but speed wise, it was fine. Guest 10 GB with 256 MB. Host original was 512 MB. Now trying to install QEMU on a 7.10 desktop edition AMD64.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] performance hit for LAMP server
by Neelesh Gurjar 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

>Migrated the websites to RHEL 5. I simply took a backup, installed RHEL 5 and >restored the apps. Bar some config changes in httpd.conf (from apache >2.0 to 2.2), no other modification were done. As per my knowledge if you migrate to PHP5 from PHP 4 then you need to do changes in php.ini also. Unfotunately I dont remember exact changes but I had done this 3 months back for one of our PHP-Mysql application. I remember even some PHP4 functions dont work in PHP5. So need to convert those also. Regards NeeleshG *Operating systems are like underwear — nobody really wants to look at them. (Bill Joy)*

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[Commercial] Why not enroll in FOSS India Awards?
by Niraj Sahay 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Hi, Are you working on any free software or open source (FOSS) project? Do you know anyone who is? There's a great opportunity for all Indian FOSS contributors to showcase their work at the national level, and perhaps global too! Plus, the development team (or individual) can get a minimum cash prize of Rs 25,000! But, there's more to it than just cash prize. The winners will get exclusive coverage in LINUX For You magazine, and openITis.com (aka linuxforu.com). Which in turn could mean: (a) more media coverage for the project and its developers, (b) publicity amongst targeted customers, and (c) more contributors getting attracted to the project. Launched with an initial kitty of Rs 5 lakhs, the FOSS India Awards aim to recognise India's top 20 FOSS projects. The LINUX For You team is working with FOSII (Forum for Open Source Initiatives in India) on this venture. The registration for FOSS India Awards is FREE! All one has to do to register is to visit http://www.openitis.com/awards/ and fill in the two-minute form. Registration for FOSS India Awards is open till 15th December '07. The awards will be announced during Open Source India Week (aka LinuxAsia 2008) during the 2nd week of February '08. Please do forward this message to anyone whom you believe is working on a FOSS project, and is a good candidate. Let's prove to the World that India contributes to FOSS too... Best Wishes! LINUX For You team

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Relay access denied
by Agnello George 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

hi I have configured a basic postfix mail server but wen i am trying to sen a mail frm a remote system it give me the following error : #################################################################### Oct 31 10:53:22 server227 postfix/smtpd[9586]: connect from unknown[ 59.181.110.97] Oct 31 10:53:23 server227 postfix/smtpd[9586]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[59.181.110.97]: 554 < agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com>: Relay access denied; from=<test(a)quali.com> to=<agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com> proto=SMTP helo=<Agnello> Oct 31 10:53:23 server227 postfix/smtpd[9586]: disconnect from unknown[ 59.181.110.97] ###################################################################################### my main.cf file look something like this alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost mydomain = quali.com myhostname = mail.quali.com mynetworks = 168.100.189.0/28, 127.0.0.0/8, myorigin = $myhostname newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.2/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.2/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 ########################################################################### When i added the the IP addresss { 59.181.110.97 } to the " mynetwork" parameter i was able to send out the mails. but when i remove it it gives me the same errror. Could you please advice me how to resolve this issue -- God Bless Agnello . G .Dsouza

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[Report] Etch-Kde Single CD Installation.
by Rony 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Hello All, My Kubuntu 6.10 became painfully slow so I decided to trim it and a page on the web showed 3 ways to edit startup items. Rcconf, file-rc among them. File-rc conflicted with sysv-rc so I removed it and while doing so, waved goodbye to most of the main packages. So it was time for a re-load. Wanting to give Etch stable a try, a single CD KDE version ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Debian/debian-cd/4.0_r1/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r1-i386-kde-CD-1.iso was downloaded from a Taiwan mirror using 'wget -c url'. I don't know if the site was the same or another one but it was Taiwanese and among the first 4 in the list. The system configuration is P4 2.4 Ghz., Intel 845 GEBV2, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB IDE HDD. Download after 10 pm India is good as Taiwan is sleeping by then. Installation was absolutely un-eventfull and smooth. Used default install instead of guiinstall at boot prompt. During the pre-install setup, it asks whether you want to install packages from the mirror so select 'No' if you want to reduce your MTNL Triband bill. It will still look for security mirrors and download about 50-60 MB of security updates. Video and sound was properly detected by default. The distro is packed with KDE utilities but does not have Open Office or KOffice and no CUPS. It comes with Iceweasel which is an avtar of Firefox. Since mirrors were not selected during install, the apt /etc/apt/sources.lst file was not having any repo entries except for security. There was no sudo package, so it was installed using apt-get. The /etc/sudoers file was edited using 'nano' since 'vi' gave problems. Then 'vim' was installed using apt-get. vi worked fine after that. These are done from the CD. Next, searched the net for apt sources and found a copy of someone's sources.lst for etch and copy pasted it. After an apt-get update, it was time to download other required packages. They are listed below. knemo - for network monitoring. adept - A lovely gui for apt. It helps in searching related packages other than the main namesake. cupsys, cups-pdf, cupsys-client, cupsys-common, cupsys drivers, printconf. Icedove - avtar of Thunderbird. Iceweasel and Icedove use default .mozilla and .mozilla-thunderbird folders in the user directory, so restoring backups is simply a copy and paste of the entire folders. Cups-pdf is a utility to add a system wide pdf printer. The HP Deskjet 610c printer was setup using a browser and entering localhost:631 as the url. The pdf printer was added by selecting 'Virtual Printer PDF' from the initial list. In the drivers list, select 'Raw Printer' and go ahead. By default, cups-pdf creates a folder called PDF in the home directory. It can be changed by editing the file /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf. Open Office is available as an older version in apt, so DON'T install it. Go to ftp://ftp.mirror.tw/pub/openoffice/stable/2.3.0/OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz and download the file. Then untar it and you will get a DEBS folder full of .deb packages and a subfolder called Desktop Integration. Get into the DEBS folder and use 'sudo dpkg -i *.deb' to install all the deb packages. Then get into the Desktop Integration folder and install the last package using 'sudo dpkg -i package_name'. This is the smoothest and sexiest installation of Open Office in Linux. For running knemo, go to KMenu -> Control Center -> Internet & Network -> Network Monitor. Check the box that says 'Use knemo to monitor your interfaces'. Thats all for now. Things appear to be running smoothly. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Sony Ericsson Z530 + Airtel GPRS + linux
by rohan k 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

Hi my folks, I am planning to get a *Sony Ericsson Z530* with an *Airtel connection*....just for the purpose of surfing the net. Would I be able to configure the above combination with Linux - which distro would help me do it easily?How do I go about it? Thanks and regards, Rohan Kaluskar.

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Issue with Ayttm 0.4.6-34
by Kamaleshwar Morjal [कम लेश्व र मो रजाल] 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

Hi all, I recently installed Ayttm 0.4.6-34 on Feisty. When i started the program it presented two blank windows! No button captions, no labels, no text, totally blank; only the text fields for entering Screen Name and all are visible but without any labels! Please have a look at the screenshot here http://www.divshare.com/download/2564384-60c Any clue why this is happning, what should i do to correct this? Regards -- kamaleshwar morjal (कमलेश्वर मोरजाल)

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Fwd: The KDE-SIG needs (your) help
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sebastian Vahl <ml(a)deadbabylon.de> Date: 30 Oct 2007 03:45 Subject: The KDE-SIG needs (your) help To: fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-desktop-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-art-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com This is a request for participation: The KDE-SIG [1] is atm lacking active contributors. And we really need some help in doing our job to provide a good KDE version in Fedora - especially with the upcoming KDE 4.0 and the inclusion in Fedora 9. If you don't know how you could help us here is a list (which is also in the wiki): * Packagers: There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora. Package it to improve the user experience. * Reviewers: Only a few persons are doing the kde-related reviews. Help us reviewing so that more packages could be included. * Testers: If you love KDE use the development version or the updates-testing repository and report bugs, bugs, bugs, request enhancements or features. We need your feedback to improve KDE. * Bugs: Become a BugZapper and help us with kde-related bugs. * Documentation writers: The documentation (esp. the DesktopUserGuide) is GNOME-centered. Help us to provide an equivalent for KDE. * Release Notes: The few people that are working on the new KDE-Spin are quite busy with development issues. If you want to help us in writing the release notes for the next version of Fedora we would give you all the info you need. * Wiki: Maintain http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE and keep it updated with end user information. * Artists: To provide a matching theme for nodoka-metacity-theme and provide an unified desktop experience. But this is not a complete list. If you're interested in making KDE in Fedora better, you're more than welcome. The list of participants in the wiki is atm not a list of active contributors. When setting up the wiki the only demand was an interest in KDE to be listed on this page. This list would be changed in the future to be culled down to the list of active (or reactivated) participants. This has become necessarely because there are only (less or more) 3 active contributors atm (plus Than Ngo). But the list indicates that there are enough people helping with KDE. If you are interested in joining the KDE-SIG please add your name to this list, answer to this mail, join us in #fedora-kde at freenode or attend the weekly KDE-SIG-Meetings (every tuesday 17:00 UTC). I will also add a topic to the agenda of the meeting next week to introduce new contributors. [2] The attendance at the SIG-Meetings is of course not required. But this way we would know of each other. And they are also the main place of discussing the next steps in the development (besides fedora-devel-list). If you have any further questions please answer to this mail or write me directly. And be sure: If your are willing to help you're welcome (regardless of your skills). :) Sebastian [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2007-11-06 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu

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Re: [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

> http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/community/events is one road to Linux Industry Events? It contains IIT Bombay's Techfest as the lone entry from India. Foss.in is not listed. >From what I have seen from attending Techfest a couple of years back, it is not a particularly Linux or free software oriented event. They did invite Mark Shuttleworth and might use GNU/Linux in their events (eg., programming contests), but that does NOT make it a "Linux Industry Event". They do have an event named "Open Software", but the software is not necessarily "open source". Wonder what the definition of "Linux Industry Event" might be. Cheerio, Debarshi -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu

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QEMU/VMWARE on ubuntu 7.10: reviews/experiences solicited.
by Abhishek Daga 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

I am looking to use VMware or QEMU on ubuntu 7.10 desktop. The hardware will be AMD Athlon XP with 1 GB RAM. The choice is between VMWARE and QEMU. Wanted to know if anyone had any feedback on the above? Which one would you choose over the other and why? thanks abhi

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Announcing Opyum 0.0.3 for Fedora
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

I hereby announce the second stable release of Opyum, the Fedora Offline Package Manager, version 0.0.3. Opyum (pronounced 'opium') provides a set of tools to enable users, who do not have a good network (eg., Internet) connection at their ready disposal, to easily install new packages or update existing ones through the conventional package management system available in Fedora. Tar ball: http://rishi.fedorapeople.org/opyum/opyum-0.0.3.tar.gz MD5SUM: 693bc38845aaef5ecf599d7564483f09 SHA1SUM: c21186d6b1f31ff8e7a4b9b9fa57dba74f12adae New features: Installing or updating from Yum-Packs is easier now with the introduction of system-install-yumpacks. Apart from that, there is a new repository manager to let users to add, remove, edit, enable and disable repositories. Installation instructions: # yum install opyum Documentation page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DebarshiRay/Opyum Project page: https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/opyum/ Bug reports: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ Happy hacking, Debarshi -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu

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spamassassin fails to start
by jtd 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Spamassassin fails to start with Unable to connect to discovery.spamnet.com:2703; Reason: Invalid argument. however i can telnet to discovery.spamnet.com 2703. Google does not through up anything. Nor does pulling down the firewall. what coul be the problem Rgds JTD

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Ayttm Meet: Tomorrow!
by Kartik Mistry 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Dear All, (Somewhat short notice..) Ayttm (http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/) hackers and users are meeting tomorrow. If you are interested, feel free to come down and discuss the development roadmap and enjoy bhel-puri with us. Location: Outside Back Gate, NCST, Juhu, Mumbai Time: 7:30 PM, Tuesday, 30th Oct, 2007 See you there! -- Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry || GPG: 0xD1028C8D || IRC: kart_ kartikmistry.org/blog || kartikm.wordpress.com ----------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] article on rediff: linux for visually impaired
by Prashant Verma 28 Oct '07

28 Oct '07

At 01:12 PM 10/26/2007, Vihan Pandey wrote: > > On 10/25/07, krishnakant Mane <researchbase(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I need not learn how to talk to press from you. > >then stop screwing up and start apologising. I think the tone here is extremely accusatory and offensive. I think an apology is owed *to* Krishnakant from Vihan and not the other way round. Just my 2c. <snip> ... ... >EVERYONE has a right to question everyone else. That is the basis of a >democratic society. The people being questioned must either reply till >the questioners are satisfied and stop asking questions. I believe that in a democracy, people who are being questioned also have the right to remain silent and not reply especially if the question is not posed in a civil manner. /me puts on my flame retardant asbestos armor and starts praying ;-) -Prashant

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Re: java workshop at VJTI
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 28 Oct '07

28 Oct '07

---mehulved wrote: > 4. Available enterprise level tools - Eclipse IDE, NetBeans I might not demonstrate this. I'm not much familiar with its power. And since, this is an introductory session, I guess, I'll stick on to the command line. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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java workshop at VJTI
by Mehul Ved 28 Oct '07

28 Oct '07

Hello Luggers, Today we will be holding a session on java at VJTI. The session will be held by Roshan. Timings: - 2:30p.m. to 5:00p.m. Location: - FOSS Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, VJTI College, H.R. Mahajani Road, Matunga. Roadmap - http://vjti.ac.in/home_roadmap.asp Topics: - 1. Tools for getting started with Java - Compiler, Interpreter, JVM and other tools 2. Writing and Compiling programs under Ubuntu Linux (Guidelines for Windows - no demo) 3. Programming practices in Java (Identation etc.) 4. Available enterprise level tools - Eclipse IDE, NetBeans Everyone is welcomed to join in. -- "Who can fathom the feminine mind?" -Calvin "I like `em anyway" -Hobbes

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serious help for mailman configuration
by Agnello George 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Hi I have been struggling to install mailman for the last 2days , have search every site in Google for mailman-how-to , also search through the official site GNU - mailman, but none of the site give you a detailed how to on mailman configuration. I have virtual users on my system . The only documentation that has helped me is http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml . As per the this doc. once i create the mailing list with the "newlist " command how do i add users to the mailing list. I have some 100 domains hosted on my system , there is no documentation for mailman with MySQL Could some one please help me in this situation -- God Bless Agnello . G .Dsouza

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Keynote: a must have information outliner, but....
by Kamaleshwar Morjal [कम लेश्व र मो रजाल] 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Hi list, well i don't know if this mail is appropriate here but still, i needed help from the Linux community, so here goes: Keynote is a Tabbed notebook and personal information manager, with tree structure and strong encryption; its open source and its free. (free as in free beer as well as free as in freedom :) More info about it here: http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html The only problem being its available exclusively for windows and the author states some reasons why he will not be writing one on the Linux platform. Its written in Borland Delphi and I already have the Delphi code from the website mentioned above. Also, the development of this software was ceased after version 2.0. I want to know if it is possible to convert Delphi code such that it can be compiled on Linux with the same functionality. Reason: I have loads of important documents in its native file format; so even though i found one almost similar personal information management tool for linux (a KDE project; http://basket.kde.org/ ) that i can happily use but it can't solve my problem of reading that enormous amount of encrypted data i have in native keynote file format. Besides i really liked the way keynote swiftly handles any kind of information, a really handy tool. [Please check out its website] I am willing to port that code to Linux no matter what it takes, but... i really don't know where to begin [considering i am not a professional programmer], i need help. _Any_ help here? Regards. -- "A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skillful Mariner" (So nice and true) kamaleshwar morjal (कमलेश्वर मोरजाल)

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[HOWTO] Adding gnome menu entries
by Mohan Nayaka 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75606 Installing emacs did not create a menu entry under Applications/Programming. This howto helped out. Regards, Mohan S N -- Perilous to all of us are the devices of an art deeper than we ourselves possess. -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, "Lord of the Rings"]

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Re: Need Help on Linux Clustering
by Neelesh Gurjar 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Hi, Thanks for looking into this. This NGO is spiritual organization. Which explain science behind spirituality. You can visit their website www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org. They can't spent money on hrdware of servers and their maintainance and it's infrastructure. So I thought it will be better if I can use commodity class systems for server with using clustering technology. On one server their will be following applications running: 1. OpenOffice 2. Tally72 3. Scribus/Pagestream There are max 50 PCs on one server. Instead of one server I want to use normal PCs approx 2-3 by doing clustering. I have heard about google. They have used normall PCs with cluster. Please tell me if you want anything else. Thanks NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Re: Need Help on Linux Clustering
by Neelesh Gurjar 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

>> They can't spent money on hrdware of servers and their maintainance >> and it's infrastructure. > jtd wrote: > Actually you can use any amd 64 mobo with sata drive and sufficient > ram. The drives are quite fast. If the files the clients write are > more than 2 MB use jfs else use reiserfs. Use one machine with > reiserfs for dhcp + nfs boot, one with jfs for application serving > and one more with reiserfs for /home. I have tried this with using ext3 partition, but I got lot issue with CPU utilization (waiting for io was more because of NFS). So I didnot seperate it. >Your client machines will use their own local ram and X resources >while executing. This drastically cuts the server requirements but >"increases" the need for better capability clients - celeron 800 or > better. However given that the cheapest mobo u can buy now is a via >cle clients should not be a problem. They have computers which are donated by people so I can't say that they will buy new 50 systems or not. Maximum client systems are i386 with Pentium 1 and 64 MB RAM. I used bootROM to boot them. >> There are max 50 PCs on one server. Instead of one server I want to >> use normal PCs approx 2-3 by doing clustering. I have heard about >> google. They have used normall PCs with cluster. >The "normal" pcs are 64 bit systems with hughe ram and gigabit >networks connected to massive storage arrays. By normal they mean >high performance of the shelf components. I wanted to say that Google use n number of normal i386 systems of Pentium 1 or Celeron with 1 GB RAM instead of 1 big server. >>> 1. Purpose of the old Windows machines >> They were using old windows machines for Excel, Word, > not a problem >> Tally, > may work with wine or freedos. We are running Tally7.2 Linux version on Server so noissue with that. But it eats up lot memory (Near about 50MB per instance). >group similiar hardware and describe each group in detail. >If you have wildly varying hardware, your nfsboot will be difficult to >maintain. If you want to use local resources you need 256MB ram Yes they have widely varying hardware as all PCs are donated by people. But almost 90% PCs are Pentium 1 with 64 MB RAM. And currently I am booting up them with LTSP-4.2. So no problem in thinclient system. But is it possible to get collective output of n number of PCs ? For example: If my server requirement is 3 GB RAM and 3 Ghz CPU. Then instead of bying one server of that much capacity, can I use 3 i386/586 PCs each of 1 GB RAM and 1 Ghz CPU ? Regards NeeleshG

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kubuntu 7.10 - gutsy
by Satish Alwani 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Thank you Roshan. Has anyone managed to download Kubuntu 7.10? My Kubuntu Fawn is ready for an upgrade. Regards Aseem Yeah I have the desktop live. You based anywhere near south mumbai?

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OFFTOPIC: Unwrapping ideas at latest 'unconference'
by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया] 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Nice piece contributed from Mumbai by BytesForAller Ridhi D'Cruz. --FN http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1128889 Unwrapping ideas at latest 'unconference' IANS Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:07 IST MUMBAI: They call it an 'unconference', and it's a small but growing rage among techies wanting to share ideas in town. BarCamps are an international network of 'user generated conferences' that involve open, participatory workshop events. Some 200 people from diverse spheres took part in Mumbai's latest BarCamp, where content is provided by participants - often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related free software or open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. report continued below The BarCamp on Oct 14 was held in the IRCC Auditorium of Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJSOM) at the prestigious centre for training in higher technology, IIT Powai, Mumbai. This event, christened BarCamp Mumbai 2, was the second such meet in the city. Its lead sponsor was Sun Microsystem, the giant Santa Clara, US-based vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and IT services, known as the developer of technologies such as the Java platform and NFS, and as a key promoter of open systems in general and UNIX in particular. Sun Microsystem recently emerged as one of the leading proponents and contributors of open source software. The organisers, making their intent clear before the event itself, said that the underlying theme of a BarCamp is to turn the idea of a 'conference' on its head by removing all possible rules that hinder or limit "intense discussion". An 'unconference' is thus a collaborative discussion with no classroom rules. It is a participative session, where the speaker only leads the discussion. Participants can leave if bored or cut in when the 'speaker' is speaking to ask as many questions as they want. In July 2007, BarCamp Bangalore 4 turned out to be the biggest BarCamp so far with around 600 participants. Organiser Arpit Agarwal noticed that BarCamp Mumbai 2 was more focused on entrepreneurship than on the darling of previous BarCamps -- technology. Participation in technology-heavy sessions was low, he explained, as compared to those on entrepreneurship-related topics. This was evident when discussions led by venture capitalists (VCs) like Mahesh Murthy of the IT companies-focussed Seed Fund and start-up founders like Nikhil Kulkarni of blog-oriented Bloozle attracted visibly larger numbers. But Kunal Lagwankar's discussion on video streaming for mobile phones had many takers as well. Participants took the 'unconference-like' nature of the BarCamp to heart during his session when Lagwankar was allowed to explain his 'innovation' only after facing a quarter hour of heated questioning. Towards the end, the multimedia content delivering company Novix CEO assured all present that his team had come up with an innovation to enable mobile video quality to increase manifold. Lagwankar explained that the limited amount of bandwidth available today (30 - 35 kilobytes per second) causes a huge sacrifice in the quality of videos for mobile phones. "One of the favoured standards for video compression is H.264, an algorithm that is now available as the de facto video compressor for Apple," he said. "But this (H.264) is very complicated," Novix co-founder Lilesh Ghadi later told IANS. "Besides that, during the process of synchronization (between the device receiving the stream and the server broadcasting the stream), a lot of extra bytes get added to the stream. So the download becomes even heavier. Our innovation is a high compression algorithm that is simpler than H.264. It compresses the synchronization process. So your stream is lighter and therefore much more efficient. Now there's room for more quality," Ghadi explained, speaking from the company's Thane office. Socially oriented technologies surfaced briefly this BarCamp in Ashish Saboo's talk about building entrepreneurship among public Internet providers. He is president of the NGO Association of Public ICT Tools Access Providers (APIP) and is keen on bridging the digital divide. There was also talk about a human-powered mobile phone charger by Ankit Mehta, the managing director of Idea Forge. When asked what drove him towards this innovation, he replied that he had "felt the need for a power source in emergency situations in his personal life". "This was a huge motivation," he continued. "When you look at the bigger picture," he emphasised, "there is a huge need for such a charger because of acute power shortages in rural and semi-urban areas." With the expansion of mobile usage and networks across the country, Ankit believes his product will fulfil a growing need. Priced at Rs.200, the product called 'e-charger' will hit the market in a few months. BarCamp claims to have a history of product launches and this event saw two. One was a new feature of randomly navigating through recommended Short Messaging Service (SMS) forwards available online on Rahul Gupta's vakow.com. The other is a peer-reviewed blog and news content aggregator called Bloozle. Interestingly, the trend of collaboration and sharing seen emerging since the introduction of Web 2.0 technologies like blogs and wikis seemed to be driving this 'unconference' even in the nature of innovations launched. Some participants later felt that running four parallel sessions made it inconvenient for some, especially since the four venues were far apart. The term 'BarCamp' was first coined when a couple of geeks revolted against not being invited to open source publishing luminary Tim O'Reilly's annual invitation-only participant driven conference Foocamp. The first BarCamp was held in Palo Alto, California, in August 2005 and didn't take much time to reach India. -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 11866 downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Introduction to Inkscape -Graphic Design and publishing with Free / Open Source Software
by Vidyadhar Gadgil 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Introduction to > Inkscape -Graphic Design and publishing with Free / Open Source > Software > From: Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 > 21:00:21 +0530 Don't know where this subject line is inherited from, the discussion seems to have strayed way off. Anyway, since this is my first post on this forum, I will refrain from tampering with it. > It is surprising that after being a power user and an expert in > Linux, you still have a Windows partition in your system and it is > used too. If linux experts ( I mean all experts) find Windows crappy, > then why do they still have the partition in their systems? Don't know about 'experts', but for ordinary folk like me, many of us have to deal with clients who work with proprietary software and sometimes want stuff in proprietary formats. Like, when some work is needed on an Indesign file, there is little choice for me but to go to Windoze. Thus, while I hate it and rarely go there, that partition stays undisturbed on my comp., ready for use when needed. Free software fundamentalism to this extent would mean some serious pain -- paapi pet ka sawaal hai! -- Question everything -- Karl Marx

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Need Help on Linux Clustering
by Neelesh Gurjar 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

>jtd wrote: >A cluster are available for for high availability, load balancing, >disk space, parallel processing etc. What is it that you want the >cluster to do? reply to DJ's questions and we will get a fix on what >u want. I want clustering for parallel processing. >From your description it seems that you require just nfs / samba for >file sharing. DHCP and NFSboot for diskless booting and a proxy / >firewall / mailserver for the internet. If you use local resources of >the clients and stagger booting you can get away with puny servers. >Look at drbl on sourceforge. I have done thinclient setup with using LTSP4.2. I have given detail info in my previous post. > Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > how many workstations in total? They have 50 client computers on one server. All clients are diskless. Server has FC4. Thanks n Regards, NeeleshG

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Introduction to Inkscape - Graphic Design and publishing with Free / Open Source Software
by Prashant Verma 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

At 12:51 AM 10/22/2007, Chetan S wrote: >On 10/17/07, Puneet Lakhina <puneet.lakhina(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/15/07, Rony <> wrote: > > > > > > There are many such instances where one > > > is compelled to use the Windows platform to get their work done. > > > > > > Any suggestions on which others softwares are available for Linux-Windows > > video conferencing? > >I sense a hijack , but wengophone works nicely. I, for once, welcome our thread hijacking overlords.

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Introduction to Inkscape - Graphic Design and publishing with Free / Open Source Software
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Indranil Das Gupta <indradg(a)gmail.com> Date: Oct 10, 2007 12:54 AM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Introduction to Inkscape - Graphic Design and publishing with Free / Open Source Software To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> Hi all, We need to design icons, buttons, graphics for our web-pages, blogs, user interfaces for software projects done. And it is really simple to do so using a fantastic tool called Inkscape. Typically this goes under user-experience engineering and design, a critical part of the software development industry. So, if you are interested in teaching yourselves how you can do the same, following this blog regular and practice according to the tutorials - http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/ This blog is the aggregation of some of the top guys working in the field. So, in a way, if you start following their advice you will be learning from some of the best. And who knows, one of you may just turn out to be the next graphics design and user experience guru from India! cheers, -indra _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Re: Need Help on Linux Clustering
by Neelesh Gurjar 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi, >Dinesh A. Joshi wrote: > 1. Purpose of the old Windows machines They were using old windows machines for Excel, Word, Tally, two accounting softwares developed in VB and access. Which we still need to convert for linux. > 2. What are their requirements? I didnot get you properly. However, these all applications or their replacement should run properly on Linux. This is their basic requirement. > 3. What are their _expectations_ from the Linux machines? same as above > 4. What would be the job of the other 46-47 machines? They will be used as thinclients. All users will work on those machines. They will bootup on server. > 5. What kind of cluster are you looking at? I heard that Google uses normal computers as a server. So I thought of this, instead of using single server we will use normal PCs. May be it is called paralle processing cluster. > 6. Define: "their collective output"? Their collective output means if i am using 3 computers of 1 Ghz processor and 512 MB RAM each. Then after clustering I should get power of 3 Ghz & 1.5 GB RAM. > 7. What infrastructure do they have? Do they have a n/w? yes they have 100MB/s network. -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Need Help on Linux Clustering
by Neelesh Gurjar 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hi, I work in NGO. They are migrating from windows to Linux. They can't spend so much money on servers. They have around 50 PCs. So I want to setup cluster on 2-3 PCs or more than that for setting up server. I am excepted to get their collective output. So that it will be compatible with one server. I heard that it can be done with Linux Clustering. Do anybody have any idea on this ? Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Biggest Linux Event of Central India - LinuxIndore-2007
by Prabhat Sandheliya 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hi Linuxers, LUG Indore proudly announce the Biggest Linux Event of Central India - LinuxIndore-2007. All are welcome. Details of the event and its history can be found on on http://linuxindore2007.com Hope to see you guys there ! -- Prabhat Sandheliya Moderator - LUG - Indore --------------------------------------------------------------------- Promote Linux - Join mailing list : http://groups.google.com/group/lug-indore (Linux Users Group - Indore)

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Triband through USB - Ubuntu 7.10
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

If you are a MTNL Triband user and want to connect to the internet through USB, Ubuntu 7.10 will automatically detect the network through the USB. However, one would have to add the DNS servers in order to get started. (Kubuntu 6.06 (and later), though, could do it out-of-the box - See the K effect ;) ) Please see the http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Broadband_Howto#MTNL_Triband page for details. (Somehow, pppoeconf never worked for me on Triband - not even on Kubuntu). http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Suggest any bug sheet management tool.
by Bhavesh Kamani 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi Team, Can someone suggest any good, open source bug sheet management tool which can maintain data of all the bugs, states and info like status update, priority, severity, etc. Thanks, Bhavesh.

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Ubuntu 7.10 Alternate CD
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

List, Since the wiki is down and I managed to collect a few ISO last week, I'll post it here. I have Ubuntu 7.10 Alternate CD (Ubuntu) for those who would like to upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 without wasting bandwidth. I also have Knoppix 5.1.1 (version number may be wrong). http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Flash for linux
by Kamaleshwar Morjal [कम लेश्व र मो रजाल] 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi all, I need to edit and create some Flash content for the web. Do we have a tool to create Flash content on Linux that supports ActioScript 2 (or 3!) Any pointers would be greatly helpful. Thanks and regards. -- "LUCK i$ the RE$iDUE of GooD De$iGn" kamaleshwar morjal (कमलेश्वर मोरजाल)

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RE:[Ilug-cal-discuss] Introduction to Inkscape-Graphic Design and publishing with Free / Open Source Software
by Neelesh Gurjar 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi Rony, Look, there must be problem with your installation of linux / hardware configuration in linux or may the distor which u r using is may not be compatible with your hardware. Otherwise I am using Linux from last 3 years, even I have setup thinclient Linux server client setup in panvel for around 40 Pcs. They are using OO, Tally7.2, even PDF viewer but no issues. Yes I got some issues in start but OO & linux forums helped me and now there are no issues. About DTP you can use scribus. It is free and fantastic tool for DTP. And it's mailing list is also good. Or if u can purchase u can use pagestream also. Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity...

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Introduction to Inkscape -Graphic Design and publishing with Free / Open Source Software
by Neelesh Gurjar 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

>Poor old Inkscape ignited the flame of this intellectual war of two >_worlds_ (Platforms); that is now going on a roller coaster ride >and in some time, the warriors would totally forget why the war started >but still keep fighting! :D I don;t think this is fight. Everybody is presenting their thoughts, their research. And thats good to for getting knowledge also. >Ahem, coming to the point, shouldn't we rather channelise our energies >towards making *all* these prominent platforms work together seamlessly, >at least pointing to ways to achieve that objective? >Well no matter how hard every linuxer tries, every computer user on >earth won't shift to Linux!! Well I love my GNU box but to be frank I >used Windoze without a single glitch since the last 4 yrs! Not a single >reformat, reinstall, "virus epidemic" or any destructive maintenance >operation for that matter! And I believe it will always be the same for >my Linux box unless i remain utterly careless and ignorant about its >functioning. So, thats the point. If well maintained, both these systems >work to satisfactory level of efficiency. I think you are the luckiest person on the earth, who had no issues in windows.... :) But here point is how much you are paying for windows and for linux. How much you are paying for support on windows and support on Linux..... Can you tell me what is happening in background of windows ? what is boot process for windows ? Yes Linux explores you the fundas of operating systems, networks... It not only shows but give you freedom of modifying itself as per your requirement.. That windows never give you... :) -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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[Commercial] Job Opportunity at Magnet
by Kartik Mistry 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Dear All, Magnet Technologies is a new age organization providing world class innovative solutions to discerning organizations and businesses. Magnet provides end to end solutions for business transformation initiatives. Following are the openings at Magnet (Mumbai Office) : PHP Team Leader (1) Job Profile: - Monitoring and Segregation of Projects and targets for your teams. - Adherence to process guidelines stand up/ client/ team meetings etc. - Representing the the Technical team and putting forth their concerns, feedbacks and suggestions to the HR and Management. - Making sure there is adherence to coding standards, understandability, architecture. - Communication with all the teams, departments and clients. - Providing Technical Training and guidance to team members. - Personal skill upgradation tech & leadership, engaging in team building activities. - Ensure project execution aligns with cash flow targets. - Achievement of personal and the reporting teams timely goals. - Leadership and Ownership towards the organization goals and objectives. PHP Sr Developer (3) & PHP Developer (7) Job Profile: - Work closely with Project In charge and the team for ensuring project success - Coding and configuration to ensure timely execution - Participate in pre-development phases of prototyping and pseudocoding - Adherence to development standards coding, testing, quality, design - Provide on the job to the junior developers and trainees to get started with the project - Brainstorming on complex project for innovative solutions - Document on all phases of the project - Develop and share knowledge - Analyzing the project and individual oriented sessions and trainings, planning and conduction. Following are the openings at Magnet (Ahmedabad Office) : PHP Sr Developer (1) ,PHP Developer (2) & Jr Developer (3) Job Profile: - Work closely with Project In charge and the team for ensuring project success - Coding and configuration to ensure timely execution - Participate in pre-development phases of prototyping and pseudocoding - Adherence to development standards coding, testing, quality, design - Provide on the job to the junior developers and trainees to get started with the project - Brainstorming on complex project for innovative solutions - Document on all phases of the project - Develop and share knowledge - Analyzing the project and individual oriented sessions and trainings, planning and conduction. Salary : As per industry standards. Salary will not be a restriction for the right candidate. Those interested must rush your latest CV as soon as possible to reshma.t at magnettechnologies.com or jobs at magnet-i.com -- Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry || GPG: 0xD1028C8D || IRC: kart_ kartikmistry.org/blog || kartikm.wordpress.com ----------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: KDE Stall @ FOSS.IN
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob(a)gmail.com> Date: Oct 18, 2007 9:27 AM Subject: KDE Stall @ FOSS.IN To: KDE-India List <kde-india(a)kde.org> Hi, So FOSS.IN/2007 is just round the corner. I am not sure if all the stalls have been allocated yet but there is no harm in trying. But more importantly these questions need to be addressed - #1 Do you want a KDE Stall at FOSS.IN/2007? #2 Who all are willing to volunteer for the KDE stall? #3 What all do you want to see at the KDE stall? Please note a few things : We are not allowed to sell merchandise at this stall. So lets not discuss things like - we can sell such and such. We are however allowed to give away merchandise. Also people who would like to volunteer - - its a fun job yes but be aware, you will miss the cool talks because you have to be man the stall. - 2-3 people at a time at the stall are more than enough. Nobody is expected to give more than 3 hours per day each day ( this is an estimate assuming that we will get atleast 9-10 volunteers during the main conference ). So basically, 3 shifts of 3 hours each. So basically a commitment for 3 hours or more per day during the Main Conference. - Ofcourse, if there is one all important talk you *have* to attend, I am guessing you can mutually decide among the volunteers take turns. - Assuming that there will be KDE talks during the Main Conference - of course all of us will go to attend that talk ( unless you are not interested in that talk and want to miss it, why would you want to do that? ; ) - Don't forget - volunteer might have to come in early - say about 30 minutes to arrange stuff and what not and probably leave last. What we can do at the stall - - Show case KDE - esp freshly baked KDE 4 from SVN - Explain potential/curious developers/contributors/students how to get involved, where to start, where to look for help. - Hand out flyers, KDE Distros - Showcase KDE based distros - Suggestions? What will you get if you volunteer ? - Lots of good wishes - Oh well you want more right .... , a KDE/KDE-India T-shirt. ( Since t-shirts[*] will be limited you will get preference :) - Lots of good wishes and gratitude. - Maybe some surprise - may be not. In case you have not checked recently - the updated KDE Project Day schedule is here [1]. It of course is not carved in stone. Will let everybody know when the speaker lists are out. Thanks for understanding. Please add to this thread any points that I might have missed. I would be more than happy if we can have a KDE Stall, but if the interest is low on this on or if I don't get enough volunteers, the idea might have to be scrapped. [*] Yes, there will be t-shirts this time. A new set of t-shirts will be made. More about this one later, there is quite a bit to talk about and talk happily about it. But it deserves its own thread :) [1]http://kde.in/foss-in07-pd.php Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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[Commercial] Invite suggestions for Open Source India Week (LinuxAsia)
by Janani Gopalakrishnan 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

Hi all, LinuxAsia is now morphing into a bigger avatar -- Open Source India Week -- a three city event that will start on a Monday from Bangalore and end on a Friday at Delhi, with a stop at Mumbai on a Wednesday. How is it different from LinuxAsia as it was? --------------------------------------------- 1. OSIW will be held in three cities: Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi 2. The tech track will, almost entirely be, 'by the techies, for the techies' (and that's precisely the reason for this email: to request you to shape it!) What is the goal of the event (what sets it apart from other FOSS events in India)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. OSIW is not focused on specific projects, but on the technologies and concepts behind these. For example, workshops on technopreneurship through FOSS models, embedded systems, developing applns for mobiles, the future of Web programming (hmm, maybe even more power in the user's hands!), etc. What's more, it is not just about software but spans the entire gamut of IT solutions that qualify as free/open source. For example, technologies like the T-Engine also find a place. 2. Also, OSIW aims to foster entrepreneurship through FOSS models. If any of you run companies based on FOSS, please come forth and encourage others. Perhaps it would also be a good idea to bring in venture capitalists and get to know their views on FOSS companies, how to pitch to them, etc. It would also be nice to highlight what is hot and what is not in terms of tech domains so that those with start-up dreams know where to invest their energy. Also, I always wonder how some projects like Ubuntu rose to fame much faster than others, maybe others would like to know that too. 3. Companies can also come forth to conduct customised workshops for techies and users. 4. The FOSS India awards have also been launched and will be given away at the event. Entries are invited (http://www.openitis.com/openitis/index1.php) I am launching a discussion on behalf of the non-profit FOSII (http://fosii.org) to seek the suggestions of the community on workshop themes, preferred topics of discussion/talks, suggestions for the event as a whole, possible help to link up with keynote speakers, etc -- these will be compiled and discussed with the OSIW/LA team. The wiki is up at http://www.linuxasia.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome -- look forward to your suggestions. If you have any nits about the past LA episodes to dig up, I am not the person to discuss it with. But if you have any suggestions for the upcoming event, I am all ears. So, even if it is criticism, disguise it as suggestions please! I request you to please share your thoughts on the Wiki, and please spread this message across the community, so we get more suggestions (already posted on Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Goa GNU/Linux user group mailing lists). Perhaps you can also discuss this at your respective LUG meets and share your collective suggestions with us. Cheers! Janani http://gjanani.googlepages.com

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restrict max . number of mail per user
by Agnello George 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Hi Is there a way at the server side to to restrict user to send out mails . I am currently using postfix mail server having virtual domains and users on it. Which parameter do i need to edit in the main.cf file to restrict users to send out mails. ( this feature i want to enable cause i don't want people doing mass mailing ) Thank you -- Agnello . G .Dsouza

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server setup: ubuntu server version.
by Abhishek Daga 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

I am planning to get myself a new machine to be used as a server. To deploy ubuntu 7.04 server version (amd64 bit). It would be a LAMP stack with subversion, wiki, trac, postfix. Does anyone have the CD/DVD handy? ubuntu 7.04 amd 64 bit server version. thanks. abhishek

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[Commercial]Sneak Peek Into LINUX For You
by niraj＠efyindia.com 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

Dear Readers, To begin with apologies for posting the October 2007 Sneak Preview rather later. Now, were were we? Yes! I'm sure you know that virtualisation is the latest buzz. And therefore we've dedicated our October 2007 issue to detailed articles on various Free and Open Source virtualisation technologies to give you an idea of what's the reason behind the "buzz". Following are the five articles you can check out in this special issue: * A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtualisation, where we briefly cover the technology and how hardware assists come into play. Then, we try and analyse how Xen can take advance of a virtualisation-capable processor. * Xen Live Migration Using iSCSI Target: Here we show you how to successfully migrate a live Xen virtual machine from one physical server to another, without interrupting any service. * Virtualise with Bochs and QEMU: In here we try and analyse how to use two easy-to-follow technologies, and have tried to avoid too much technical jargon - it's as simple as follow the instructions and set up a virtual guest OS in no time. * Spartan Virtualisation with Lguest: So, who's heard of Lguest? It's a mare 6,000 line virtualisation solution that has been integrated into the mainline kernel, and you can get a sneak peak once Linus releases keenel 2.6.23. However, since we couldn't have waited that long, we straight away went ahead with an RC release to give you a an idea of what's coming. * High-Speed Virtualisation with KVM-How it Works: Well, KVM was the first solution that was added to the mainline kernel back in the days of kernel 2.6.20. Here we try and find out wot's ...uh the deal with it. The October issue of LFY has already hit the stands! So if the concept of virtualisation intrigues you, then we can assure you this issue won't disappoint you. Also in this issue you'll find: For You and Me ~~~~~~~~~~~ * ODF SPAT: IV's Version * Desktop Linux Redefined: SLED 10 SP1 * SPACE-A Society that Promotes FOSS * Making Sense of the Many Caesars - An interview with the autopackage developers * All About Linux Certifications * OOXML: The Anti-Common Man Standard For Developers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Introduction to C++ Templates * Getting Familiar with RPC * Getting Started with the Trolltech Greenphone SDK For BizUsers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * GnuCash: A Freeway to Managing Money * Make Screencasts for Building a Business Training Programme * Software as a Service is the Next Big Trend - An interview with Raven Zachary, research director for Open Source, 451 Group Players ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * IBM's Bob Sutor On OSS and Standards - An interview For Geeks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * I Like Making Strong Statements - Interview with Linus Torvalds (Part II) * Multimedia Dynamite * KDE-enliven Your Videos * The Ultimate Linux Home * A Music-Playing Daemon Called MPD The LFY CDs ~~~~~~~~~~~~ LFY DVD - SLED 10 SP1: Find out what makes Novell say "Your Linux Is Ready!" LFY CD - A collection of best-of-the-breed virtualisation software, plus other assorted software applications. Our effort is in your hands now. We hope you cherish reading the issue. WHERE TO GET YOUR COPY? Problems getting a copy of LFY? Feel free to reach out to our distributors (IBH) listed below: # Ahmedabad - Mr. S. K. Sharma (079-26577068, 09898121277) # Bangalore - Mr. Devaru Bhatt (080-22261305, 080-22252385) # Chennai - Ms. R. Hira (044-28592582, 28592743) # Hyderabad - Mr. Ramesh Rajgopal (040-27564945) # Kolkata - Mr. Mehta (033-22498096/97) # Mumbai - Mr. Indur Vaswani (022-24925651) # New Delhi - Mr. P. K. Das (011-23313014/15) # Pune - Mr. Ashok Basant (020-26131261) # Trivandrum - Mr. Hari Kumar (0471-2475443) HOW TO SUBSCRIBE OR COMPLAIN? Go to our website www.lfymag.com OR email at support(a)efyindia.com OR call at 011-26810601/02/03 Warm Regards! LinuxFor You Team

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How to open Pagemaker .pmd files in Scribus?
by Riyaz Usman 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Hi All, For people who've worked on scribus -> Is there a way to open/import Pagemaker file format in Scribus? Or is there any FOSS capable of doing that? I've a couple of PMD files with me, which I need to edit. -- Riyaz Usman http://riyaz.bitinc.co.in 1d:c5:fb:59:df:ec:79:88:ec:81:d9:3a:87:28:10:25

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Talk for free using jaxtr?
by Arjun Jain 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Mumbai, India, I am using jaxtr, and if you also sign up, we can talk for free on the phone at any time. -Arjun P.S. Here is the link to sign up: http://www.jaxtr.com/user/ticket?n=Tgzlpw99gs5um&type=joininvite --- Delivered by jaxtr, Inc., 855 Oak Grove Avenue, Suite 100, Menlo Park, California 94025. To stop receiving messages from this sender go to http://www.jaxtr.com/user/reportabuse.jsp?it=Tgzlpw99gs5um

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[x-posted] Suggestion for VPS hosting
by vivek khurana 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Hi! all, Anyone using VPS based hosting for hosting application ? If so, let me know the host, experience, service and cost. regards VK

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[OT] Relience vs Tata, Speed Check
by Rony 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Hello All, MTNL's triband is getting from bad to worse with connectivity problems, when I need it the most. So I am pondering over dumping the extra line and going for the USB modems from Tata or Reliance. That will give me connectivity outside Mumbai too. What are the user experiences with Reliance and Tata USB modems? How do they fare during peak hours? What download speeds do you average? -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Simple File Browser for KDE
by Rony 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Hello All, If you are using KDE and don't want Konqueror but a simple file browser then install Dolphin using apt or adept. Then right click on any folder and select 'Open With'. Here select Dolphin and check the remember box. Now every time you open a folder, it opens in Dolphin. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Relience vs Tata, Speed Check
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 Rony wrote : > MTNL's triband is getting from bad to worse with connectivity > problems, when I need it the most. It is surprising for /me/ to note this. I assume, the causes could be a. The (longer) distance of your (exchange's?) DSLAM from the place of installation. (Wire quality, QoS etc.) b. The SNR (or Line Attenuation) on your line. c. A parallel line (telephone at your home) of the same number. Solutions: a. Probably doesn't have a /concrete/ solution. Authorities at MTNL would have to be notified of it. b. If the line is running in parallel to other (affecting) lines, the SNR may have increased, there _might_ be differences in your speed. Line Attenuation might also be another cause. Reducing it by some means, could help. c. Parallel lines, may be a cause for line attenuation. (Assuming that signals are relayed to a non-receiving device). A single line from the exchange, would be plugged, in the filter. Two other wires, one to the DSL router, and the other to the phone. Bas! That's it. There should be some improvement. Ofcourse, if you have tried these, and Triband doesn't serve the purpose well, you can switch to a different provider. http://www.exatt.net - was mentioned somewhere in the archives for good unlimited data transfer plans. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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[Commercial] Job available at an open source product company
by OVL Kiran Kumar 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Synovel Technologies is an open source product start up founded by graduates of IIIT Hyderabad and is based out of Hyderabad. Having been recently angel-funded, they are currently looking to hire full time employees for the product development. The candidates should be passionate about open source development, self-driven and must be proficient in the technologies they know. There are two roles on offer: a) Linux hacker with experience in handling various servers (email, jabber etc.), server side programming abilities with knowledge of any scripting language. The candidate must have over at least two years of experience in hacking (maybe at college or work or wherever!) and should be proficient in what they do. b) Php + Ajax developers with at least two years of experience in development of such web applications (back-end or front-end). Should have previously developed at least two web applications based on these technologies. Note from Synovel: We are not looking for people who were on the teams that worked on these projects, we are looking for people who involved hands in actual development! The dirtier your hands got, the better your chances of getting picked up by us. Please send in your CVs to careers(a)synovel.com in case you are interested in any of these roles. Compensation will be commensurate with the candidates' expertise and may have a cash and stock component. If you have other skills in open source product development, you are welcome to apply. We will let you know if we can find a place for you in the organization.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re:GLUG wiki
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 Easwar Hariharan wrote : > I'm unable to access the wiki(404 Not Found) and when I try to give only >http://db.glug-bom.org/ ,I get a page with the address >http://db.glug-bom.org/apache2-default/ and It Works! in bold and big font >size.This is as of Wed Oct 10,00:08 hours.Is this issue limited to me or is >it a general problem(feature?) We'll probably come to know in sometime. I haven't been able to update the wiki for quite sometime now. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Re:GLUG wiki
by Easwar Hariharan 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Hi all, Is the site being migrated to Apache 2 or in general is something going on?I'm unable to access the wiki(404 Not Found) and when I try to give only http://db.glug-bom.org/ ,I get a page with the address http://db.glug-bom.org/apache2-default/ and It Works! in bold and big font size.This is as of Wed Oct 10,00:08 hours.Is this issue limited to me or is it a general problem(feature?) Regards, Easwar

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Software powering the President of India's website
by Kumar Appaiah 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Dear Linuxers, We know Dr. Kalam was a FOSS advocate, and as soon as he was told that his own (President's) web site was powered by non-free technologies, he had it switched to a FOSS based server. But I think the de-Kalamization (read de-FOSSization) has started with his exit: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.presidentofindia.nic.in Comments/Observations? Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT?] Book on Java for C / C++ (beginners too)
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote : >you mean there is a language independant definition of OO? Yes, you could consider UML to be that. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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[OT?] Book on Java for C / C++ (beginners too)
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

All, May be this isn't the right place to post this, but I'll do it anyway. This is because, it is worth it. Title: Head First Java Authors: Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjava2/ The reason, I have recommended this book for C/C++ programmers (or beginners) is because, one actually *_learns_* from it. You don't just /read/ it. "... It excels at teaching" - Slashdot.org Sure, there aren't many Java fans or for that matter programmers interested in Java on the list, but would be helpful for one or two. After all, if you know OO, learning OO languages isn't too /difficult/. (Yahoo! has bouncing emails to the list, again! :( ) http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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modi script
by Kenneth Gonsalves 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

hi, is a full description with the characters of the modi script available anywhere online? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Local language computing ... and FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software)
by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया] 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa(a)sudhanwa.com> sent me a copy of a document in Marathi written entirely using the free font Aksharyogini and completely done in FLOSS. If you want to take a look, please click here: http://www.divshare.com/download/2219535-e99 and download the light document. No reason why Konkani can't work similarly! FN !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ Have you tried the new "FREE" Marathi font "Aksharyogini" we have released? News!! Aksharyogini font will now be available in debian indic fonts package!! Please get it from http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~~ www.sudhanwa.com -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 List of Indian e-lists http://wikiwikiweb.de/MailingListsInIndia

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[COMMERCIAL] facebook apps.
by Rohan Dighe 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Hi Friends, Let me first give you a small introduction, i am Rohan Dighe from Pune and i am a facebook developer. I thought the list would a great place to meet like minded people and maybe share thoughts. We see a lot of buzz these days about facebook, every company wanting to take advantage of the social-networking to put their business forward. I am also giving a talk on the same topics at Barcamp Mumbai2. Hope to meet few interesting people there who are into the same business. Also, since i am a freelancer let me know if anyone wants help in building commercial applications. Thank You, -- Rohan Dighe Fedora Ambassador India. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RohanDighe

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